KFBD Sports For Monday August 31

IF THE WEATHER COOPERATES, THE ANNUAL FRISCO LEAGUE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AT CROCKER……….THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS BRING IN THE TOP SEED, AND DRAW A FIRST ROUND BYE AND WILL MEET THE WINNER OF TODAY’S 4 VS 5 SEED MATCH UP WITH STOUTLAND AND RICHLAND…..
THE 2ND GAME TODAY FEATURES 2ND SEED CROCKER AND NEWBURG AT 5:45…..3 SEED DIXON GETS LAQUEY AT 7:30 THIS EVENING… THEY BUILT UP SOME MAKE UP DATES THIS WEEK IN CASE OF RAIN, AND MAY NEED THEM….TUESDAY IS AN OFF DAY WITH MORE ACTION ON WEDNESDAY AND THE TROHEY GAMES ON FRIDAY….

THE FALL SPORTS SEASON IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS OPENED WITH
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, AND SOCCER ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY…..

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IN SOCCER, THE LAQUEY HORNETS WHO WENT TO THE QUARTER FINALS LAST FALL PICKED UP THE PACE AND SHUT OUT COLLEGE HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN ON SATURDAY, 5-0…..THAT WAS AT LAQUEY…THE HORNETS GET ANOTHER HOME MATCH TOMORROW HOSTING DIXON….

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THE LAQUEY SOFTBALL TEAM ALSO STARTED THE SEASON WITH A “W” ON FRIDAY….THEY CAME HOME FROM MACKS CREEK WITH A 17-1 VICTORY BEHIND AURORA RICE AND HANNA THIER….RICE PICKS UP THE WIN, THEIR RELEIVED AND GOT IN SOME VALUABLE TIME IN THE CIRCLE…BETWEEN THE 2, THEY STRUCK OUT 8…..THEY’RE SCHEUDLED FOR A 7:30 GAME TONIGHT AGAINST DIXON, AT CROCKER IN TEH ANNUAL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT…

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RICHLAND GOT IN BOTH A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL GAME AT BELLE ON FRIDAY…

THE SOFTBALL GAME WAS AS AS EXCITING AS OPENING DAY CAN BE AND THE BASEBALL GAME WENT TO EXTRA INNINGS, BOTH ONE RUN GAMES……

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THE LADY BEARS JOINED THE BASEBALL TEAM AT BELLE AND IT GOT CRAZY ON OPENING DAY….RICHLAND WAS TWO RUNS SHY OF LOSING ON THE RUN RULE IN THE 5TH, TRAILING 16-8…THEY CAME BACK, BATTED AROUND IN THE TOP OF 7TH, HELD OFF A BELLE RALLY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH AND LEFT WITH A 20-19 VICTORY….
THE LADY BEARS TRAILED BY 3 IN THE TOP OF THE 7TH, 17-14…BECCA SMITH, WHO FINISHED 3 FOR 4 WITH 4 RBI’S SENT ONE DEEP FOR A 3 RUN DINGER AND TIED THIS UP….RICHLAND ADDED 3 MORE FOR A 6 RUN SEVENTH AND HAD TO HOLD ON WHEN BELLE WENT DEEP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INNING MAKING IT A ONE RUN GAME….A GROUNDER TO SHORT ENDED IT…
MIRANDA MOSS WAS 4 FOR 6 WITH 5 RBI’S….MORGAN LEDBETTER TRIPLED AND SINGLED….ABBY LATHAM HAD 2 HITS AND SCORED 3 RUNS..
VIVIAN SHEERER STARTED, WORKED 5, GAVE UP 9 EARNED RUNS, WALKED 6 AND FANNED ONE…BRANDY ALLAN RELEIVED IN THE 6TH, WORKED 2 INNINGS, ALLOWED 2 EARNED RUNS, A STRUCK OUT ONE..
COACH MARK SCHNEIDER OF RICHLAND SAID IT WAS A CRAZY WAY TO START, BUT PROUD OF LADY BEARS NEVER SAY DIE ATTIDTUDE…..

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THE RICHLAND BEARS OPENED THEIR FALL BASEBALL SEASON FRIDAY AT BELLE AND LOST A TOUGH WALK OFF IN 8 INNINGS TO THE TIGERS..
NOAH JOHNSON STARTED AND THREW 6 INNINGS WITHOUT GIVING UP AN EARNED RUN….MASON MICHAELS RELEIVED IN THE 5TH GAVE UP 4 RUNS, BUT THE BEARS MOUNTED A COMEBACK WITH 5 IN THE 6TH INNING TO TIE IT…
IT STAYED THAT WAY UNTIL THE BOTTOM OF THE 8TH WHEN A WALK OFF HOME RUN SENT RICHAND HOME WITH A 7-6 LOSS….
COACH TIM BELSHE SAID “Proud of our boys for battling back , a lot of good things I saw to build on.”

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THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS PLAYED TWO AT THE MARSHALL TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY…
THE STATUS OF THIS TOURNAMENT EVEN HAPPENING WAS IN DOUBT EARLIER IN THE WEEK, BUT SOME TEAMS DID SHOW UP AND THE LADY RANGERS SPLIT..
FIRST CAME CARROLLTON WHO ENDED UP BEING A LITTLE STRONGER AT THE PLATE COMING OUT ON TOP 2-1….
HAILEY WHITTLE STARTED FOR IBERIA AND CARROLTON JUMPED ON TOP WITH A SINGLE TALLEY.
IN THE 2ND, THE LADY RANGERS TIED IT ON AN RBI DOUBLE BY ATIERA (AH-TEER-AH) ROWDEN.
CARROLTON WENT ON TOP WITH ANOTHER IN THE 3RD AND THAT WAS ALL THE SCORING…
IBERIA WOULD OUTHIT CARROLTON 6-5, BUT THE HAD 1 LESS ON THE SCOREBOARD..
WHITTLE TOOK THE LOSS GOING 5 INNINGS, GIVING UP 2 RUNS ON 5 HITS AND STRUCK OUT 3..

IN THE 2ND GAME AGAINST MARSHALL, IBERIA CAME OUT ON TOP 7-3.
MARSHALL SCORED FIRST WITH 1 IN THE FIRST, AND IBERIA WAS LOOKING AT ANOTHER DEFICIT….THIS TIME, THEY OVERCAME IT, TYING THE GAME ON AN EMILY THOMPSON HOMER IN BOTTOM OF THE INNING, THEN HAD IT KNOTTED AT 3 IN THE 5TH WHEN IBERIA TOOK THE LEAD ON A MARSHALL ERROR AND DIDN’T LOOK BACK..
LANEY HALLEY EARNS THE WIN….SHE WENT 6 INNINGS, GAVE UP 3 RUNS ON 6 HITS WITH 6 STRIKE OUTS.
THE LADY RANGERS BANGED OUT 10 HITS, LED BY EMMA RAY, ALYSSA PERRY AND EMILY THOMPSON EACH COLLECTING 2 HITS….

IBERIA PLAYS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN F/L TOURN AGAINST THE WINNER OF RICHLAND/STOUTLAND.

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IBERIA 9-0 OVER DIXON

AFTER THE NEWBURG BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WAS CANCELLED TO START THE SEASON, TWO TEAMS THAT WERE IN THE TOURNAMENT DECIDED TO GET TOGETHER AND FRIDAY, DIXON AND IBERIA OPENED THEIR SEASONS AT HOPPER FIELD, AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH GOOD OL’ HOME COOKIN’ WITH ISAACE LAWSON THE CHEF….
THE IBERIA STARTER WENT THE DISTANCE, TOSSING A ONE HITTER AND STRIKING OUT 11…..
THE RANGERS SCORED 2 IN THE 1ST, 3 IN EACH THE 3RD AND 4TH, ADDED ONE MORE IN THE 5TH AND WON IT 9-0..
DIXON DID NOT HELP THEMSELVES COMMITTIG 9 ERRORS…
CLATON SINDEN TOOK THE LOSS…
DIXON COACH ALEX SHELTON SAID “Our first game of the fall season did not go the way we had anticipated. We were pretty timid in our play and allowed Iberia to dictate the entire game.”
THE RANGERS RIPPED OUT A DOZEN HITS IN THE GAME, LED BY WINNING PITCHER ISAAC LAWSON WHO HELPED HIS CAUSE GOIGN 3 FOR 4 WITH A DOUBLE AND AN RBI.
JAYDIN ROWDEN DOUBLED, SINGLED, AND DROVE IN 3…..
KADEN LAWSON ALSO DOUBLED AND DROVE IN A RUN…ETHAN WRACHER, KALE ONSTOTT, AND WADE BOND DROVE HOME RUNS.
DIXON’S LONE HIT CAME FROM RANDON MAHURIN..

COACH SHELTON CONTINUED “We have a lot of newcomers to the Varsity level this year, including 6 guys who were making their Varsity debuts. We know we are going to have some games like this this fall, as we learn to compete at a new level, but we will have to do much better defensively if we want to find success this season. I am confident that we will continue to improve this fall, however, as I have been very happy with the progress we have made already in a few weeks of practice. We will continue pushing ourselves everyday and will be determined to raise our level of play!

DIXON GOES TO CALVARY LUTHERN TOMORROW..
IBERIA HOSTS MACKS CREEK TUESDAY…

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FOOTBALL STARTED AROUND THE STATE ON FRIDAY, BUT SEVERAL SCHOOLS HAD TO DRAW A BYE WEEK DUE TO COVID CONCERNS, AND WAYNESVILLE WAS ONE OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS…
IN THE OZARK CONFERENCE:
Kickapoo 28, Camdenton 7
Bolivar 16, Rolla 8
West Plains 66, Glendale 44
Lebanon 34, Hillcrest 13
Lighthouse Christian, WHO TOOK THE TIGERS PLACE ON FRIDAY UPENDED PARKVIEW 29 – 14.

SINCE THE TIGER VARSITY DIDN’T GET IN A GAME WITH PARKVIEW, THE JV AND FRESHMAN TEAMS ALSO GET A BYE WEEK THIS MONDAY, DESPITE BEING BACK IN THE CLASSROOM TODAY, AND WILL SEE THEIR FIRST ACTION OF THE SEASON NEXT MONDAY WITH CAMDENTON….

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TODAY IS A FARILY QUIET DAY ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCENE….

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Jon Rahm HOLED A 66 FOOT PUTT IN A PLAYOFF WITH DUSTIN JOHNSON AND WON THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP OUTSIDE OF CHIGACO YESTERDAY ON one of the toughest courses of the year.
Rahm AND JOHNSON BOTH finished at 4 under, BUT it looked like JOHNSON was going to come up a stroke or two short. Instead, Johnson birdied the 15th and made the 3 of the year on No. 18 by sinking an impossible 43-foot putt over a ridge and down a hill.
BACK ON NO. 18 IN OVERTIME, ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER D.J, SANK HIS 43 FOOTER, RAHM MADE HIS 66 FOOTER, THIS ONE TURNED OUT TO BE THE MONEY AND THE WIN…..

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The Denver Nuggets are still alive. After going down 3-1 to the Utah Jazz in their first-round series, they’ve now won two straight to tie the series at 3-3 and force Game 7. They came back from an early double-digit deficit to take Game 6 on Sunday night, 119-107.
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