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COLLEGE BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

MISSOURI STATE 80 ILLINOIS STATE 60

FORTY TWO POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF WAS THE BEST OPENING TWENTY MINUTE PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON FOR THE BEARS…TULIO DA SILVA SCORED 22 POINTS TO GO WITH EIGHT REBOUNDS….COACH DANA FORD SAID THE WORK ETHIC WAS NOTICEABLY BETTER..

KEANDRE COOK ADDED 18 POINTS AND JOSH HALL TOTALED SIX ASSISTS…
MISSOURI STATE IMPROVES TO 11-13 AND 5-6 IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY WITH A TRIP TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ON TAP FOR SATURDAY…

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

MIZZOU INKED 17 NEW TIGERS DURING WEDNESDAY’S FIRST DAY OF THE FEBRUARY SIGNING PERIOD. NEW HEAD COACH ELI DRINKWITZ WAS ESPECIALLY THRILLED TO GET A NEW CORNERBACK OUT OF TEXAS, WHO TURNED DOWN OFFERS TO ALABAMA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS..

NEW MISSOURI STATE COACH BOBBY PETRINO BROUGHT EIGHT NEW BEARS INTO THE FOLD…AT SOUTHWEST BAPTIST, A LARGE CLASS OF FORTY NINE NEW BEARCATS ARE COMMITTED INCLUDING 47 FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL RANKS… BOLIVAR TEAMMATES EATHAN DINWIDDIE, HUNTER BERRY, HAYDEN BURKS AND GARRED ENGLE WILL STAY HOME…THEY’RE JOINED BY FAIR GROVE’S DOMICK HOSKINS, AVA’S KAYDEN MYERS AND WEST PLAINS QUARTERBACK CONNOR RACKLEY…
WAYNESVILLE RUNNING BACK SHEN BUTLER LAWSON SIGNED WITH MISSOURI WESTERN..COACH TODD DRURY SIGNED 24 NEW MINERS FOR MISSOURI S&T INCLUDING ROLLA’S COLTON FRANKS, AND CAMDENTON’S RYAN MAASEN, THE OZARK CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2019, AND BUFFALO LINEMAN CODY SMITH..NEW EVANGEL RECRUITS INCLUDE ROLLA OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DARUIS FACEN, AVA’S NATE SWOFFORD, JOPLIN Q.B. BLAKE TASH, ROGERSVILLE RUNNING BACK BROOKS WILSON AND FAIR GROVE RECEIVER COLE GILPIN…CENTRAL METHODIST WILL GAIN THE SERVICES OF MARSHFIELD’S AYDEN ROUSE, AND CAMDENTON’S JEREMIAH WILKENS.

NFL-

It was red and gold day in Kansas City as fans saluted the NFL champs…Owner Clark Hunt said the training camp objective set last summer was achieved…