Article: Third time's no charm for Moberly boys: Hannibal springs upset on No. 2 Spartans.

Byline: William Hupp

Feb. 22--MOBERLY -- There is an old sports cliche that says it's hard to beat a good team three times. Last night, Moberly found that axiom to be only too true. Though the second-seeded Spartans were 2-0 against third-seeded Hannibal this season, they fell to the Pirates 54-48 last night in the Class 4 District 8 semifinals at Fitzsimmons-John Arena on the campus of Moberly Area Community College. Moberly had defeated Hannibal by fewer than five points in each of its previous two North Central Missouri Conference meetings this season. But districts proved to be a different story. The Pirates consistently doubled down on Spartans ...

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