Marv’s Friday Sports

IT’S FRIDAY, AND IT’S FOOTBALL….AT LEAST THAT’S THE CASE THIS MORNING….THE ROLLA BULLDOGS ARE COMING TO TOWN AFTER THEIR HIATIS FROM COVID-19 PROTOCAL….
WAYNESVILLE HAS WON 2 AND LOOKS TO CLIMB TO 500 TONIGHT AND MAYBE TAKE A STEP UP IN THE DISTRICT SEEDINGS…
TIGER COACH JOE HAYNES COMING UP….

THERE WERE SEVERAL GAMES AND MATCHES THAT COULD NOT MAKE THE BELL YESTERDAY DUE TO COVID CONCERNS…
SOME ARE HOPING THEY’LL BE READY FOR DISTRICTS COMING UP SOON….SOME ALREADY HAVE HAD TO OPT OUT OF DISTRICTS DUE TO QUARENTINE PROTOCAL AND THAT’S WHEN YOU KNOW THE CHIPS ARE NOT FALLING YOUR WAY..
MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THRU THE SEASON, AND WHEN DISTRICTS ROLL AROUND, YOU’RE SITTING THERE WATCHING…..

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VB
WILLOW SPRINGS 3-0 OVER PLATO

PLATO MADE THE TRIP TO WILLOW SPRINGS FOR VOLLEYBALL AND THE LADY BEARS SWEPT THEIR VISITORS 3 GAMES TO NONE..

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ON THE SOFTBALL DIAMONDS..

CROCKER 7-6 OVER ST. JAMES

THE CROCKER LADY LIONS RALLIED FROM A 2 RUN DEFICIT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH, PLATED 3 AND THAT’S WHY YOU LIKE THE HOME GAMES…THE LAST AT BAT….CROCKER WINS THIS 7-6 OVER ST. JAMES….
CROCKER JUMPED OUT TO A 2-0 LEAD AFTER ONE…BY THE 3RD, ST. JAMES HAD A 3-2 LEAD, THEN MADE IT 5-2 BEFORE CROCKER GOT ONE BACK IN THE 4TH, ST. JAMES MADE IT 6-3 AFTER 4 1/2 INNINGS, CROCKER CUT INTO THAT WITH ANOTHER RUN AND TRAILED 6-4 AT THE END OF 5..THEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH, CROCKER SCORED 3 FOR THE “W”…
ELAINA FOSTER GETS THE WIN…SHE WENT THE DISTANCE..SHE GAVE UP 6 RUNS ON 13 HITS, FANNED 3 AND WALKED 2….FOSTER COLLECTED 2 RBI’S ON THE DAY…MEGAN BECKER, KENNEDY KILLIAN AND LANIE CONNELL ALL HAD RBI’S…CONNELL HAD A SOLO HOMER…

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IBERIA 6-5 OVER VIENNA

THEY’RE NOT DISTRICT OR CONFERENCE RIVALS, BUT THEY ARE NEIGHBORS AND WHEN TWO GOOD TEAMS GET TOGETHER, THE FANS GET THEIR MONEY’S WORTH AND THEY DID LAST NIGHT AT LAW FIELD IN IBERIA…
IBERIA JUMPED OUT TO A 4-0 LEAD, THANKS IN PART TO A BASES CLEARING DOUBLE FROM MORGAN LUTTRELL…HAILEY WHITTLE HELD THE LADY EAGLES IN CHECK UNTIL THE 7TH….VIENNA PLATED 5 IN THE TOP OF THE INNING…Karssia Feeler, Molly Otto, Eva Hollis, and Marsie Messersmith all picked up RBIs in the rally AND NOW VIENNA HAS A 5-4 LEAD HEADING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH….MORGAN LUTTRELL STEPPED UP AGAIN AND DELIVERED A TWO RUN DOUBLE FOR THE WALK OFF WIN….
KARISSA FEELER LED THE LADY EAGLES OFFENSE WITH 3 HITS, LUTTRELL HAD 4 HITS IN 4 TRIPS TO THE PLATE FOR THE LADY RANGERS…
WHITTLE PICKS UP THE WIN..SHE ALLOWED FIVE RUNS ON SIX HITS AND STRUCK OUT EIGHT.MARSIE MESSERSMITH WAS THE LOSING PITCHER. SHE GAVE UP 4 EARNED RUNS ON 8 HITS AND 3 WALKS. SHE STRUCK OUT 5.
VIENNA FALLS TO 15-4 ON THE SEASON…IBERIA IMPROVES TO 18-3…

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DIXON 33-1 OVER CLIMAX SPRINGS

WELL, WERE TO WE START HERE…23 HITS, 33 RUNS, AND DIXON BLOWS OUT CLIMAX SPEINGS, 33-1 BEHIND MACI HOLTSCLAW 2 HITTER..SHE GETS THE WIN…..RYLIE MARTIN ALSO WORKED AN INNING.

DIXON GOT 10 IN THE FIRST INNING, CLIMAX GOT 1…THE REST BELONGED TO THE VISITING LADY BULLDOGS…THEY PLATED 2 IN THE 3RD, SCORED 21 RUNS IN THE 4TH AND THIS WAS ALL BUT OVER…
ALL 9 IN THE LADY BULLDOGS LINEUP COLLECTED AT LEAST ONE HIT.
LEXI GRAVES HAD 5 HITS, INCLUDING 3 DOUBLES AND DROVE IN 5 RUNS…COURTNEY SCOTT HAD 4 HITS AND DROVE IN 7 RUNS…
KYLIE BALLARD HAD 3 HITS AND DROVE IN 4…
HOLTSCLAW DROVE IN 3 AND SCORED 5 WHILE COLLECTING 2 HITS.
RYLI MARTIN HOMERD AND DROVE IN 3…ABBY OVERSHON ALSO HAD 3 RBI’S…..
EMMA THILTGEN AND ANNA MOORE BOTH DROVE IN 2…SEVERAL MORE HAD AN RBI IN THE ROUTE..
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BELLE-LAQUEY AND
NEWBURG-RICHLAND DID NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID CONCERNS..
RICHLAND SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK FOR DISTRICTS NEXT WEEK, LAQUEY WILL NOT…..

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BASEBALL
CALVARY LUTHERAN 5-3 OVER DIXON

DIXON RODE TO JEFF CITY AND MET CALVARY LUTHERAN AND CAME HOME AFTER GETTING ONE HIT, MADE SOME MISTAKES AND DROPPED A TOUGH 5-3 DECISION…
A 4 RUN 4TH DID IN THE BULLDOGS…THAT AND THE FACT THEY ONLY HAD 1 HIT AND THAT CAME OFF THE BAT OF SHANNON KAMPETER…..
CLAYTON SINDEN WORKED 2 2/3 INNINGS AND TOOK THE LOSS…HE GAVE UP 1 RUN ON 2 HITS.
RANDON MAHURIN AND CASE SINDEN ALSO WORKED THE HILL FOR THE BULLDOGS..
COACH ALEX SHELTON OF DIXON SAID “This was a really disappointing loss for our team tonight. We didn’t have much go our way in the game and did not really show up offensively to give ourselves a chance. We had a rough 4th inning, where we gave Calvary 4 runs multiple ways.
DIXON FALLS TO 12-7……
COACH SHELTON CONTINUED “We had a couple of costly baserunning mistakes that really hurt our chances. Combine them with only 1 hit and it was a bad combination and a frustrating night.
We will have to try and bounce back tomorrow night as we will host Iberia for our final fall game of the year at 5:00.

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MACKS CREEK VISITED HUMANSVILLE ON THURSDAY AFTER PLAYING HOST TO THEM ON TUESDAY AND LEFT WITH A 10-0 DEFEAT IN FIVE INNINGS.
HUMANSVILLE PUT FOUR RUNS ON IN THE FIRST AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.
OFFENSIVELY THE PIRATES WERE HELD HITLESS AT THE PLATE.
ETHAN ENGLISH (0-2) STARTED AND TOOK THE LOSS FOR THE PIRATES. MACKS CREEK COACH JASON TRUSTY SAID “Offensively we really didn’t get anything going and we played pretty decent defensively behind our pitchers,”
MACKS CREEK FALLS TO 0-13 AND WILL PLAY THEIR FINAL CONTEST TODAY AT CROCKER…..

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FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS WILL SEE A GOOD OLD FASHION HARD HITTING RIVALRY IN TIGER TOWN TONIGHT AS THE ROLLA BULLDOGS MAKE THEIR WAY TO TIGER STADIUM…
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BATTLES OVER THE YEARS BETWEEN THESE TWO, AND TONIGHT’S MAY END UP THE SAME….ROLLA HAS NOT PLAYED IN TWO WEEKS AND WILL BE EAGER TO GET BACK…THE TIGERS HAVE WON TWO THRILLERS IN THE LAST MINUTE THE LAST 2 WEEKS….COACH JOE HAYNES SAID THEY’RE READY TO STREAK…HE’S NEXT..

PRE GAME AT 6:45, IT’S A 7PM KICKOFF ON 102.3….
MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, ALL 10 OZARK CONFERNECE SCHOOLS ARE PLAYING ON FRIDAY NIGHT…

Oct 9 Ozark Conference
7:00 pm Lebanon vs. Camdenton
7:00 pm Hillcrest vs. Bolivar
7:00 pm Kickapoo vs. Glendale
7:00 pm West Plains vs. Parkview

THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE TODAY LOOKS LIKE THIS…

SOFTBALL
WAYNESVILLE IS IN THE ROLLA TOURNAMENT TODAY AND TOMORROW.
DXON’S AT NEWBURG FOR SOFTBALL

BASEBALL
MACKS CREEK AT CROCKER
IBERIA AT DIXON

SOCCER
LAQUEY AT FAIR GROVE

SWIMMING
WAYNESVILLE MEETS CENTRAL AT THE FOSTER NATATORIUM IN SPRINGFIELD…

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The Chicago Bears continue their improbable start to 2020, moving to 4-1 on the season after defeating Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-2) at Soldier Field, 20-19.

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Hours after yet another Tennessee Titans player tested positive for COVID-19, the NFL has finally stepped in to reschedule the team’s Week 5 game against the Buffalo Bills. According to ESPN, the Bills-Titans matchup, originally set for Sunday afternoon, has been postponed to Tuesday at 7. That date is also dependent upon no more positive tests surfacing within the Titans organization, which has seen 23 different players and/or staff contract the virus since the end of September.

As a result of the postponement, the Bills will also have their Week 6 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, tentatively pushed back to Sunday, Oct. 18.

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MLB
MLB playoff TV schedule, scores
FINAL: Braves 7, Marlins 0 — Atlanta wins series 3-0
FINAL: Astros 11, Athletics 6 — Houston wins series 3-1
FINAL: Yankees 5, Rays 1 — Series tied 2-2
FINAL: Dodgers 12, Padres 3 — Los Angeles wins series 3-0