Kevin’s Friday Sports

THE MISSOURI GOLF JUNIOR MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP CONCLUDED YESTERDAY IN BOLIVAR…DAWSON MEEK OF OZARK EDGED COLUMBIA’S CHRISTIAN RISCHER, ONE UP TO CLAIM THE GENTLEMAN’S TITLE..ELLA OVERSTREET DEFEATED TARYN OVERSTREET OF JACKSON, 4 AND 3 TO CLAIM THE LADIE’S CHAMPIONSHIP AT SILO RIDGE…

WITH COVID-19 UNCERTAINTY STILL AT THE FOREFRONT, COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK ON THE FIELD TO PREPARE FOR THE FALL SCHEDULE…MIZZOU COACH ELI DRINKWITZ CONDUCTED A MEDIA SESSION EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND TALKED ABOUT THE COMPETITION BREWING FOR THE STARTING QUARTERBACK POSITION…

VOLUNTARY WORKOUTS ARE UNDERWAY WITH AUGUST 7TH SET FOR THE START OF FALL CAMP….
THE TIGERS YESTERDAY RECEIVED A VERBAL COMMITMENT FROM JUCO DEFENSIVE END SHIMMY PEARL WHO WILL PLAY HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON AT GARDEN CITY, KANSAS…HE CHOSE MIZZOU OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND TEXAS TECH.
SEPTEMBER 5TH IS THE SEASON OPENING DATE WITH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT FAUROT FIELD…

WEEKEND RACING STARTS TONIGHT WITH 8:00 ACTION AT THE LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY AND THE DALLAS COUNTY SPEEDWAY AT URBANA….
TOMORROW, LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY AT WHEATLAND AT 7:30 AND LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY AT ELDON, BOLIVAR SPEEDWAY AND SPRINGFIELD RACEWAY AT 7:00…THE LEBANON I-44 SPEEDWAY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT RACES THE NEXT TWO SATURDAY’S HAVE BEEN CANCELLED….THE NEXT PROGRAM WILL BE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.

LEBANON YELLOWJACKET BASEBALL IS SET TO CONCLUDE THE SUMMER SCHEDULE WITH A THURSDAY JULY 9TH GAME AT OLEY SCOTT FIELD BEGINNING AT 6:00 WITH THE 2020 SENIOR CLASS TO ALSO BE HONORED THAT EVENING…

TONITE’S EDITION OF CARDINAL CLASSICS WILL SEND US IN THE TIME CAPSULE BACK TO OCTOBER 14TH, 1987 FOR THE WINNER-TAKE-ALL GAME 7 IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES WITH ST. LOUIS HOSTING SAN FRANCISCO AT BUSCH STADIUM 2, BEGINNING AT 6:15 ON KJEL…