Kevin’s Friday Sports

BASKETBALL AT THE MSHSAA SHOW-ME SHOWDOWN CONTINUES TODAY WITH ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO 150 TICKETS PER SCHOOL AND THE THIRD PLACE GAMES CANCELED……THURSDAY, IN CLASS ONE, DORA DEFEATED JEFFERSON 82-66 AND ST. ELIZABETH TOPPED GOLDEN CITY 67-58…ON THE GIRLS SIDE, WALNUT GROVE TOPPED COMMUNITY 52-47 WHILE SOUTH NODAWAY WAS A 43-34 WINNER OVER SOUTH IRON….SOUTH NODAWAY MEETS WALNUT GROVE IN THE GIRLS TITLE GAME TODAY AT 2:40, FOLLOWED BY ST. ELIZABETH AND DORA AT 4:30….
THINGS TODAY BEGIN WITH THE CLASS 3 GIRLS AT 11 THIS MORNING WITH MACON SET TO CHALLENGE THE LICKING LADY WILDCATS..FOUR TIME DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION STRAFFORD WILL OPPOSE ST. LOUIS WHITFIELD IN THE SECOND GAME AT 12:50 IN JQH ARENA..CLASS TWO GIRLS WILL FEATURE ORAN MEETING EAST BUCHANNAN AT 2:40, THEN BLUE EYE AND TIPTON AT 4:30 AT HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER….CLASS THREE BOY’S GAMES ARE TONIGHT AT JQH WITH CHARLESTON AND MONROE CITY AT 6:20 FOLLOWED BY BLAIR OAKS AND ST. LOUIS CARDINAL RITTER AT 8:10…
BOY’S CLASS TWO SEMIFINAL GAMES BEGIN AT 6:2O WITH SKYLINE MATCHING UP WITH ORAN..COACH TOMMY EGAN OF THE TIGERS SAYS THE 26-5 EAGLES WILL BE FORMIDABLE.

SKYLINE AND ORAN TONITE AT 6:20 AT HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER ON
KJEL, FOLLOWED BY HARTVILLE’S GAME WITH MILAN AT 8:10..EAGLES COACH BRETT REED.

WINNERS MEET TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8:10 IN THE STATE TITLE GAME AT JQH ARENA..

THE N.C.A.A. HAS SCRAPPED POST-SEASON BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AND THE REST OF THE SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE AND ALL CHAMPIONSHIPS…

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD FOR TWO WEEKS WITH OPENING DAY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN THIRTEEN DAYS..

AND THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE SEASON JOINED THE N.B.A. WITH ITS SEASON PUT IN LIMBO AS WELL…