Kevin’s Monday Sports

FALL PRACTICE FOR MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CAN BEGIN TODAY WITH THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC LOOMING OVER EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING……
LEBANON FOOTBALL COACH WILL CHRISTIAN SAYS HIS GROUP HAS HAD A PRODUCTIVE SUMMER IN THE FACE OF THE NEW REALITY AND HE’S FEELING UPBEAT RIGHT NOW.

 

THE YELLOWJACKETS ARE SLATED TO OPEN THE OZARK CONFERENCE SEASON FRIDAY AUGUST 28TH IN SPRINGFIELD AGAINST THE HILLCREST HORNETS..

BASEBALL-

THE CARDINALS GETTING BACK ON THE FIELD TO PLAY AUGUST BASEBALL REMAINS PROBLEMATIC…

ROYALS 4 MINNESOTA 2

THE SUDDENLY RED-HOT ROYALS COMPLETED A THREE GAME SWEEP OF THE TWINS…MAIKEL FRANCO HOMERED AND HUNTER DOZIER DELIVERED A TWO RUN SINGLE TO BACK THE PITCHING OF BRADY SINGER WHO SQUARED HIS RECORD AT 1-1 WITH FIVE QUALITY INNINGS FOR HIS FIRST BIG LEAGUE VICTORY.

 

THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY FOUR SCORELESS FRAMES FROM THE BULLPEN AS SCOTT BARLOW EARNED THE SAVE…KANSAS CITY HAS WON FOUR STRAIGHT.. MONDAY IS A DAY-OFF BEFORE THE ROYALS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT IN CINCINNATI..

RACING-

AT THE LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, KRIS JACKSON WON THE B-MOD FEATURE. MARK SIMON CAPTURED THE LATE MODEL FEATURE, BRYAN WHITE THE MIDWEST MODS FEATURE, KARLA LAMPE THE PURE STOCK MAIN AND RANDY DYE THE HORNETS FEATURE..

AT ELDON, TODD MCCOIN OF BARNETT WON THE LATE MODEL FEATURE AT LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY…COLLIN PARMER OF STE. GENEVIEVE LED AT THE FLAG IN THE STREET STOCK FEATURE..AARON GUSTIN OF OSAGE BEACH WAS FIRST IN THE PURE STOCK FEATURE, WHILE STAN KREISEL OF WARSAW EMERGED WITH THE LIGHTNING SPRINT FEATURE WIN WHILE TROY’S EARL PRYOR OUTDISTANCED THE FIELD IN THE B-MOD MAIN…

AT LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY SATURDAY, WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA’S DERECK RAMIREZ WON THE U.S.M.T.S. MODIFIED FEATURE…LEBANON’S KRIS JACKSON CAPTURED THE B-MOD FEATURE…JOHNNY FENNEWALD OF APPLETON CITY WON THE STREET STOCK FEATURE, AND RAYVILLE’S GARY DONALDSON WAS FIRST IN THE USRA STOCK CAR FEATURE.

AT SPRINGFIELD, STEVEN BOWERS, JR. OF TOPEKA, KANSAS TOOK THE IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE..JUSTIN COMER OF JOPLIN TOOK THE B-MOD FEATURE, CLEVER’S JEREMY LAHEY WON ANOTHER A CLASS MIDWEST MODZ FEATURE, WITH TOBY SHERILL WINNING THE B-CLASS FEATURE, WHILE JOPLIN’S GRAYSON COX SPED TO VICTORY IN THE LEGENDS FEATURE..JAMES REDUS OF SPRINGFIELD PREVAILED IN THE PURE STOCK FEATURE..
SPRINGFIELD’S PETE RICHARDSON WON THE MINI LATE MODEL FEATURE.

AT BOLIVAR SATURDAY, COLE MIZIO WON THE BABY GRANDS FEATURE, JORDAN NESBITT TOOK THE LATE MODEL MAIN, RICHARD LEWIS WAS FIRST IN THE MODIFIED FEATURE, JUSTIN GANTT WON THE CHARGERS FEATURE, SHAWN SCHMIDT THE STREET STOCK FEATURE, AND COY ADAMS WAS FIRST IN THE SUPER SIX FEATURE..

KEVIN HARVICK SWEPT A NASCAR DOUBLEHEADER THIS WEEKEND WITH CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY..

THE XFINITY RACE AT ROAD AMERICA WAS WON BY AUSTIN CINDRIC WHILE ZANE SMITH WON FRIDAY’S GANDER OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES RACE AT MICHIGAN..

GOLF-

COLIN MORIKAWA WON THE 102ND PGA CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AT SAN FRANCISCO..

NHL-

DALLAS 2 ST. LOUIS 1

FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SUNDAY, THE DEFENDING STANLEY CUP CHAMPS DROPPED A HEARTBREAKER IN EDMONTON…LAST WEEK, IT WAS A GOAL AT THE HORN THAT GAVE COLORADO THE VICTORY, YESTERDAY, THE STARS TIED IT AT 1 ON JOE PAVELSKI’S GOAL WITH 31 SECONDS REMAINING IN REGULATION, THEN WON IT ON A SHOOTOUT GOAL FROM DENIS GURIANOV… ST. LOUIS COACH CRAIG BERUBE DISCUSSED THE 0-2-1 RECORD DURING ROUND-ROBIN FORMAT IN AUGUST THAT PRECEDES THE POST-SEASON.

 

THE BLUES WILL OCCUPY THE 4-SEED IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS, AND FACE VANCOUVER STARTING WEDNESDAY WITH OPENING FACEOFF RIGHT AFTER 9:30…