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The Joplin Globe • 117 E. Fourth St. • Joplin, MO 64801 • 417.623.3480 • 800.444.8514 • Fax 417.623.8450 Today's Top News: Regional Sports Business Opinion | Editorial Features CHC collects tourney wins Michael Davison more Globe Sports Writer 2/4/06 Print this story For John Blankenship, an ugly win is still a win.But Friday night’s win over Joplin High School’s junior varsity was especially atrocious, given the turnovers, bad shots and mental mistakes on both teams’ part as College Heights pulled out a 41-39 victory in the consolation semifinals of the Warrior Classic at McAuley Gymnasium.“We just got careless,” Blankenship said. “We had 21 turnovers in the first half and cut that in half in the second.“We had so many turnovers that we couldn’t get into any kind of rhythm offensively.” The Lady Cougars will play Wheaton, 38-37 victors over Diamond, at 1:30 p.m. today for fifth place. Today’s games begin at noon with the young Lady Eagles taking on the Lady Wildcats for seventh.In the boys game, College Heights, after falling behind briefly in the second quarter, beat Exeter 58-43.That sets up a championship game of McAuley against the Cougars at 4:30 p.m. today, while the Tigers play New - more available