Kevin’s Thursday Sports

MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME COACH BOB PRICE HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87..THE MOUNTAIN GROVE NATIVE SPENT TWO SUCCESSFUL SEASONS AT LEBANON IN 1962 AND ’63, WINNING FOURTEEN OF EIGHTEEN GAMES WHILE ALSO SERVING AS THE HEAD TRACK COACH AND ASSISTANT IN BASKETBALL, BEFORE MOVING TO SPRINGFIELD WHERE HE WOULD BECOME THE GLENDALE HEAD COACH FOR 24 YEARS BEGINNING IN 1973, COMPILING A 146-95 LEDGER…FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GORMAN-SCHARPF IN SPRINGFIELD..

SPRING RECRUITING FOR MIZZOU FOOTBALL CONTINUES TO YIELD PROMISING RESULTS..THE TIGERS ON WEDNESDAY RECEIVED A VERBAL COMMITMENT FROM DAVION SISTRUNK, A HIGH SCHOOL DEFENSIVE BACK FROM MELBOURNE, FLORIDA WHO HAD OFFERS FROM OLE’ MISS, PENN STATE, ILLINOIS, SOUTHERN CAL, MINNESOTA, COLORADO, AND MISSISSIPPI STATE ……HEAD COACH ELI DRINKWITZ HAS NINE COMMITMENTS SO FAR IN THE 2021 RECRUITING CLASS..

POST-SEASON CARDINAL BASEBALL FROM THE MID-80’S WILL BE A FEATURED ADDITION TONIGHT ON KJEL..GAME FIVE OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES WITH THE DODGERS FROM 35 YEARS AGO COMES YOUR WAY TONIGHT WITH THINGS EVEN AT TWO VICTORIES APIECE…AIRTIME AT 6:15 ON KJEL…