TODAY

BASEBALL
WAYNESVILLE AT PARKVIEW
IBERIA AT MACKS CREEK
PLATO AT LAQUEY
LICKING AT CABOOL
STOUTLAND AT OSCEOLA

SOCCER
WAYNESVILLE AT WEST PLAINS
GREENWOOD AT CROCKER
MTN. VIEW AT DIXON
LAQUEY AT ST. JAMES

TENNIS
WAYNESVILLE’S AT THE OZARK CONFERENCE MEET TODAY IN SPRINGFIELD….
HOUSTON AT LICKING

TRACK
LICKING AND PLATO HEAD TO BOURBON FOR A MEET

SOFTBALL
TOP SEED PLATO TAKES ON 4TH SEED KOSHKONONG THIS AFTERNOON IN SEMI FINAL DISTRICT ACTION AT FORDLAND…FIRST PITCH SCHEDULED FOR 4:30…
HOST FORDLAND, THE 3 SEED MEETS 2ND SEED CRANE AT 6…

YESTERDAY IN THE OPENING ROUND OF SPRING SOFTBALL DISTRICTS,
KOSHKONONG ENDED THE SEASON FOR BLUE EYE WITH A 14-2 WIN..
2ND SEED CRANE SHUT OUT BRADLEYVILLE, 7-0, AND FORDLAND ELIMINATED HURLEY, 16-1…

FORDLAND, DUE SOUTH OF MARSHFIELD ON HIGHWAY 60 HAS BEEN HIT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI, SO TODAY’S GAMES BEING PLAYED ARE MARGINAL, AT BEST…

 

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BASEBALL
ST. JAMES 5-1 OVER WAYNESVILLE

ONE INNING AND SILENT STICKS WERE THE PROBLEMS FOR THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS YESTERDAY AGAINST THE VISITING ST. JAMES TIGERS AT THE BANDY BASEBALL FIELD…..THE VISITOR’S LEFT WITH A 5-1 WIN….
WAYNESVILLE PICKED UP THEIR ONLY RUN IN THE 3RD….A LEAD OFF DOUBLE FROM HUNTER POOLE SAW HIM MOVE TO 3RD…L.J BEAM GROUNDED TO 2ND, THE THROW HOME GOT POOLE AT THE PLATE, BUT L.J. BEAM WOULD END UP SCORING ON A WILD PITCH…..
1-0 IN THE 5TH WHEN THE WHEELS CAME OFF THE WAGON. STARTER L.J. BEAM HAD A NO HITTER UNDERWAY WHEN RILEY WILLIAMS LED OFF WITH A SINGLE AND AFTER THAT, 3 FIELD ERRORS, ONE MENTAL ERROR, A SINGLE, A TWO RUN TRIPLE, AND AN RBI SINGLE CHASED BEAM FROM MOUND, COACH TYLER SHALBOT BROGHT IN JARRET SAHR, TWO FLY BALLS TO CENTER FIELD AND THE INNING IS OVER, BUT ST. JAMES SCORED 5 AND THE PITCHERS TOOK OVER…ST. JAMES ONLY HAD 4 HITS IN THE GAME, WAYNESVILLE ONLY 3…..
AIDEN MOFFAT STARTED AND GETS THE WIN FOR ST. JAMES.
HIS PITCH COUNT GOT UP TO 90 AND HE WAS LIFTED AFTER WALKING DAVIN VERNON TO LEAD OFF THE 7TH….A RELEIVER ENTERED, THREW A WILD PITCH AND HIT JAMES TURNER, AND NOW THE TIGERS HAVE 2 ON, NO OUTS AND ANOTHER RELEIVER IS BROUGHT IN, DEREK SKAGGS AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE HOME TOWN TIGERS..SKAGGS THREW 9 PITCHES, ALL STRIKES AND STRUCK OUT THE SIDE TO END THE GAME….

OTHER OZARK CONFERENCE GAMES..
COLUMBIA BATTLE BEAT ROLLA 7-6.
KICKAPOO SQUEEZED BY NIXA 3-2..
LEBANON KNOCKS OFF CAPITAL CITY 13-6.
MARSHFIELD DEFEATS CAMDENTON 4-2…
WEST PLAINS RUN RULES SALEM ARK. 15-5…

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RICHLAND 13-8 OVER CROCKER

RICHLAND ENJOYED THE HOME COOKIN’ AT SHADEY DELL PARK AS THEY WELCOMED IN THEIR NEIGHBOR, THE CROCKER LIONS, 13-8….

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LICKING’S AT DIXON
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IBERIA 14-3 OVER VERSAILLES

THE TOP RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 2, IBERIA HAD THEIR WAY AT VERSAILLES LAST NIGHT TAKING CARE OF THE TIGERS 14-3 IN 5 INNINGS..
IBERIA GOT ON THE BOARD WITH ON THE 2ND, ADDED 4 IN THE 3RD, ANOTHER IN THE 4TH AND IT’S 6-0….VERSAILLES CUT THE LEAD IN HALF WITH A 3 SPOT IN THEIR HALF OF THE 4TH, BUT AN 8 RUN 5TH FOR THE RANGERS WOULD END THIS.
IBERIA BANGS OUT 16 HITS….JAYDIN ROWDEN HAD 4 HITS, ONE A TRIPLE, AND DROVE IN 3 RUNS TO LEAD THE OFFENSE….JAKE WHITTLE HAD 3 HITS, INCLUDING A TRIPLE AND DROVE IN A RUN…KADEN LAWSON DOUBLED AND DROVE IN 3 RUNS…
ISAAC LAWSON WAS 2-2 WITH A DOUBLE AND 2 RBI’S..
ISAAC LAWSON STARTED AND PICKED UP THE WIN. HE THREW A COMPLETE GAME, ALLOWED 3 HITS, AND STRUCK OUT 7.

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PLATO 4-3 OVER STOUTLAND
PLATO COACH BRADY DEAN WENT UP AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM, THE STOUTLAND TIGERS, AT PLATO AND THE HOME TOWN EAGLES TRIMMED THE TIGERS, 4-3….

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MACKS CREEK 10-0 OVER CLIMAX SPRINGS

THE MACKS CREEK PIRATES CELEBRATED SENIOR NIGHT ON MONDAY BY WELCOMING IN THE CLIMAX SPRINGS COUGARS. AT THE END OF THE NIGHT MACKS CREEK WAS ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH A 10-0 WIN IN FIVE INNINGS.
AFTER THE COUGARS WENT 1-2-3 IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST THE PIRATES PLATED THEIR FIRST RUN OF THE NIGHT AND THAT’S ALL THEY WOULD NEED BEHIND GRANT ENGLISH WHO WENT THE DISTANCE IN THE WIN. HE FANNED 11, WALKED ONE, AND SCATTERED THREE HITS OVER FIVE INNINGS..COACH JASON TRUSTY SAID
“We started a bit slowly but managed to push runs across in each inning….. “it was good to get a win for our Seniors tonight.”
OFFENSIVELY THE PIRATES WERE PACED BY TANNER SMITH’S TWO-FOR-TWO DAY AT THE PLATE. HE SINGLED, TRIPLED, AND DROVE IN 2 RUNS..
MACKS CREEK MOVES TO 6-10 WITH THE WIN WHILE THE COUGARS FALL TO 1-13. MACKS CREEK IS BACK IN ACTION TODAY (WEATHER PERMITTING) WHEN THEY HOST THE #1 TEAM IN CLASS 2, THE IBERIA RANGERS. GAME TIME IS SLATED FOR 5:00.

SOME REGIONAL GAMES.
STEELVILLE 13-5 OVER BELLE
CONWAY SHUT OUT MARION C. EARLY 4-0.
NEW HAVEN GETS BY CUBA, 9-2.
HOUSTON WAS A 5-1 WINNER OVER HARTVILLE
MTN. GROVE SHUT OUT MANSFIELD 3-0.
STRAFFORD KNOCKS OFF BUFFALO, 8-1…

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IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE FRISCO LEAGUE TRACK MEET HELD EARLIER AT WAYNESVILLE, ONLY THIS TIME, IT WAS THE CROCKER INVITATIONAL WITH A FEW OUTSIDERS, LIKE VIENNA AND THE WAYNESVILLE JV TIGERS IN ATTENDANCE….

THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS WON THE GIRLS MEET, VIENNA THE BOYS MEET..
ON THE GIRLS SIDE:
IBERIA RAN AWAY WITH THE RELAY’S TAKING THE 4X1, 4X2 AND 4X400..
STOUTLAND WON THE 4X800…

IBERIA’S HARPER ROLLINS WON THE 100 METER DASH.
CALLIE McMURTREY OF CROCKER WON THE 200.

DIXON’S MONTGOMERY KECK WAS FIRST IN BOTH THE 100 AND 300 METER HURDLES…
PAIGE SPENCER OF THE LADY RANGERS TOOK GOLD IN THE 400 AND 800 METER RUNS..

BROOK SPENCER OF IBERIA WON THE MILE, BETHANY KINCADE OF STOUTLAND WON THE 2 MILE.
IN THE FIELD EVENTS, CALLIE McMURTRY OF CROCKER WON THE LONG JUMP AND TRIPLE JUMP.
KAILYN STRADT OF STOUTLAND WON THE SHOT PUT AND THE JAVALIN….
BRIELLE GARCIA OF THE WAYNESVILLE J.V. LADY TIGERS WON THE DISCUS..
RESA MARTIN OF DIXON WON THE HIGH JUMP AND RILEY ROSENTRETER OF VIENNA TOOK GOLD IN THE POLE VAULT…
DIXON WON THE FIELD EVENT RELAY’S

THE BOYS EVENTS:
VIENNA WON THE 4X4 AND 4X800 METER RELAYS.
CROCKER TOOK GOLD IN THE 4X1 AND 4X200 RELAYS
BISHOP GODWIN OF THE WAYNESVILLE J.V. TIGERS WON THE 110 HURDLES.
TEAMMATE MARCUS GLANVILLE OF THE TIGERS WON THE 300 HURDLES.
MIKE ANDREWS OF VIENNA WAS FIRST IN TEH 100 METER DASH.
OWEN JACOBS OF DIXON WON THE 200….
DAVID HELD OF PLATO WON THE MILE AND 2 MILE….
NOAH JOHNSON OF RICHLAND WON THE 400 METER RUN..HUNTER REED OF RICHLAND TOOK GOLD IN THE 800…
FIELD EVENTS,
JONATHAN HEDRICK OF THE J.V. TIGERS WON THE LONG JUMP.
JANIS HUBERT OF VIENNA TOOK THE TRIPLE..
DANIEL CASEY OF RIANN WON THE SHOT PUT.
TYSON REATHAFORD OF DIXON TOOK GOLD IN THE DISCUS ABD WON THE JAVELIN.
MAX STEFFEN OF VIENNA WON THE HIGH JUMP.
CARL GERVACIO OF THE WAYNESVILLE J.V. TIGERS WON THE POLE VAULT.
FIELD EVENT RELAYS WENT TO VIENNA…..

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BABY BIRDS

IT’S BEEN SOMETHING LIKE 610 DAYS SINCE THE SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS HAVE PLAYED A GAME AT HAMMONS FIELD, BUT TODAY, BASEBALL IN BACK IN THE QUEEN CITY…
the Springfield Cardinals face the Wichita Wind Surge, kicking off a 6-game Opening Homestand that lasts until May 9.

This is the first time since 2016 that the Cardinals will open a season at home.. The BABY BIRDS last played on September 4, 2019.,,ANOTHER FIRST, the Cardinals host a Minnesota Twins affiliate as THEY welcome the Wind Surge for the first game in their organization’s history……The Cardinals will play a 120-game season TODAY THRU September 19 with 60 home games scheduled at Hammons Field, including 12 home games in May…..6:35 IS THE FIRST PITCH FROM HAMMONS..
FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN, THE SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS ARE THE DOUBLE A AFFILIATE OF THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS….

SPEAKING OF……

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CARDS

RACK UP ANOTHER “W” FOR THE CARDINALS, AND A SHARE OF THE LEAD IN THE DIVISION..

WITH THEIR 5TH IN ROW, THE CARDS AND BREWERS ARE TIED AT THE TOP OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL DIVISION….
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The struggles of New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor continued apace on Monday night as he went 0 for 4 with a pair of strikeouts and six runners left on in a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals (box score).

While Lindor did manage a walk in the ninth off St. Louis closer Alex Reyes, he was hitless for a fifth straight game. He’s now batting .163/.284/.209 with only home run and one double. In matters related, Lindor is now 0 for his last 21. That’s the second longest hitless streak of his career, in terms of both games and at-bats. Not long after the game went final, the Mets announced the firing of hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Tom Slater. The safe assumption is that the struggles of Lindor played at least a small role in that decision.