Kevin’s Monday Sports

THIS YEAR’S GRIN IRON FOOTBALL CLASSIC IN SPRINGFIELD HAS FALLEN VICTIM TO THE CORONA-19 PANDEMIC…THE EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 5TH AT JFK STADIUM IN SPRINGFIELD, BUT HAS BEEN CANCELLED…..SOME OF THE AREA PLAYERS WHO HAD ACCEPTED INVITATIONS TO PARTICIPATE INCLUDE LEBANON’S JORDAN LEWIS, TREVOR CHRISTIAN, CURTIS MOBLEY AND MASON DEVASURE, MARSHFIELD’S BROOKS AND BRENNAN ESPY, SKYLINE’S PRESTON SCOTT, CAMDENTON’S RYAN MAASEN, PAXTON DELAURENT AND JACE NICKLAS, HAYDEN BURKS, SPENCER LIPE, GARRED ENGLE AND EATHEN DINWIDDIE OF BOLIVAR, FAIR GROVE’S DAVID AND DARIN OPLOTNIK ALONG WITH DOMINICK HOSKINS, DARIUS FACEN, ELIJAH CUNNINGHAM AND COLTON FRANKS OF ROLLA, CODY SMITH OF BUFFALO, HOUSTON’S CHANCE MITCHELL AND ROGERSVILLE’S CONNOR LEIGHTON….

RACING-

RAIN INTERFERED WITH MOST OF THE WEEKEND RACING ACTION, WASHING OUT EVENTS AT THE MIDWAY SPEEDWAY, DALLAS COUNTY SPEEDWAY AND LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY…
AT THE LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY SUNDAY NIGHT, STOUTLAND’S TIM BROWN WON THE STREET STOCK FEATURE…..ROBBIE REED OF MEXICO WAS FIRST IN THE MODIFIED FEATURE, LEBANON’S KRIS JACKSON CAPTURED THE B-MOD FEATURE WHILE KAEDEN CORNELL OF WILLARD WON THE LATE MODEL FEATURE…

THE NASCAR SEASON RESUMED SUNDAY AT DARLINGTON WITH KEVIN HARVICK CLAIMING THE VICTORY AHEAD OF ALEX BOWMAN…

WE’LL HAVE A CARDINALS-CUBS MATCHUP TONIGHT FOR REDBIRD BASEBALL FROM THE PAST STARTING AT 6:15 ON KJEL..