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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LATE AUGUST, WE HAVE NO WAYNESVILLE FOOTBALL REPORT TO START OFF A SATURDAY MORNING SPORTS CAST……
THE TIGERS SEASON ENDED LAST FRIDAY IN A DISTRICT 5 LOSS TO GLENDALE IN SPRINGFIELD…..

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THERE WAS FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT IN THE DISTRICT 5 SEMI FINALS….

CLASS 5, DISTRICT 5:
CAMDENTON AT LEBANON–LEBANON 35 CAMDENTON 14
ROLLA AT GLENDALE – GLENDALE 34 ROLLA 28
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CLASS 4 DISTRICT 6:
WEST PLAINS HOSTED LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE –WEST PLAINS 52 ROGERSVILLE 0
McDONALD COUNTY HOSTED HILLCREST- MC DONALD COUNTY 48 HILLCREST 21
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CLASS 4 DISTRICT 7:
BOLIVAR TRAVELED TO NEVADA- NEVADA 40 BOLIVAR 38

ALL WINNERS MOVE ON, LOSERS ARE DONE, JUST LIKE LAST WEEK…

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TODAY, THERE’S SOME STATE CROSS COUNTRY AND VOLLEYBALL TAKING PLACE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCENE..
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CROSS COUNTRY STATE FOR CLASSES 1, 2 AND 3 ARE BEING RUN TODAY AND SEVERAL FRISCO LEAGUERS ARE AT THE GANS CREEK CROSS COUNTRY COURSE IN COLUMBIA….
DISTRICTS QUALIFIERS FROM LAST SATURDAY ARE ON THE COURSE TODAY…

PLATO’S DAVID HELD, A DISTRICT CHAMP IS JOINED BY 2 STOUTLAND TIGERS IN THE CLASS 1 BOYS RACE…..BRADLEY SHAW AND ARRON FRANKLIN OF STOUTLAND ALSO QUALIFIED FOR STATE AND ALL 3 WILL HEAR THE GUN AT 9 THIS MORNING…..
THE CLASS 1 GIRLS RACE RUNS AT 9:45 AND BETHANY KINCADE OF STOUTLAND WILL RUN IN THAT STATE RACE….

THE CLASS 2 STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET FOR THE BOYS STARTS AT 11:15 AND THERE’S A PAIR OF LICKING WILDCATS IN THIS STATE RACE…
JARRETT HUFF AND LEVI STOUT QUALIFIED LAST WEEK AT LINN AND MAKE STATE TODAY……..
CLASS 2 GIRLS GETS THE 12 NOON START TODAY AND CASEY RICHARDS OF LICKING IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS…..

CLASS 3 BOYS RUN AT 1:30, GIRLS AT 2:15 AND THAT WILL WRAP UP ANOTHER FALL SPORT…

Waynesville High School senior Alejandro Malavé, competed at the Missouri State Cross Country championship Friday morning and set a new school record of 16.14, placing 41st in the state Cross Country race, leaving just one minute and 17 seconds between himself and first place. The previous school record was 16:24, set in 2010 by Miles Migliara.

Malavé beat the old record by 10 seconds.

“He has been working towards this for years, consistently putting in the work. It was amazing to see it pay off for him today and I could not be prouder of the runner and person that Alejandro is,” said Cross Country Coach Nicole Jarman.

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IN STATE VOLLEYBALL, CLASSES 1 AND 2 HAVE THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP AND 3RD PLACE GAMES TODAY AT THE SHOW ME CENTER AT CAPE GIRARDEAU..
CLASS 1 FEATURES GIDEON, SOUTH IRON, MILLER AND SANTA FE……
3RD PLACE GAME IS AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON, CHAMPIONSHIP SERVES AT 4PM…..

CLASS 2, JEFFERSON-FESTUS, HERMANN, SKYLINE AND BISHOP LeBLOND PLAY IN THE 3RD AND CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES…3RD PLACE IS AT 10 THIS MORNING, TITLE MATCH AT 12 NOON……

CLASSES 3, 4, AND 5 WRAPPED UP THEIR SEASONS YESTERDAY….

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ALL THE BOYS SOCCER QUARTER FINALS ARE SET FOR NEXT SATURDAY, NOV. 13TH IN ALL 4 CLASSES….

THE LAQUEY HORNETS ARE THE ONLY FRISCO LEAGUER LEFT AFTER WINNING THEIR DISTRICT 5 TOURNAMENT….THE HORNETS WILL TAKE ON FAIR GROVE NEXT SATURDAY…..
THE HORNETS AND FAIR GROVE TANGLED IN EARLY OCTOBER AND FAIR GROVE POSTED A 3-1 WIN, AND THAT WAS AT LAQUEY…..

THE KICKAPOO CHIEFS AND GLENDALE FALCONS ARE STILL ALIVE FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE..
KICKAPOO WILL PLAY BLUE SPRINGS NEXT SATURDAY IN CLASS 4 SOCCER…..
GLENDALE WILL FACE NEOSHO IN THE CLASS 3 QUARTERS..
SITES ARE TO BE DETERMINED…

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5 FRISCO LEAGUERS HAVE MADE THE CLASS 2 ALL STATE SOFTBALL TEAM AS VOTED ON BY THE MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL FASTPITCH COACHES ASSOCIATION……..
4 OF THE 5 CAME FROM THE STATE’S 4TH PLACE FINISHER, THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS….THE OTHER FROM DIXON, WHO SLUGGED HER WAY TO THE TEAM…..
LANEY HALLEY AND HARPER ROLLINS OF IBERIA ARE FIRST TEAM INFIELD AND OUTFIELD RESPECTIVLY…..KINLEE COCHRAN OF IBERIA IS 2ND TEAM PITCHER, CHLOE EDWARDS OF THE LADY RANGERS WAS 2ND TEAM CATCHER AND JOINING EDWARDS ON 2ND TEAM CATCHER IS EMMA THILTGEN OF THE DIXON LADY BULLDOGS…..

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MISSOURI BASEKTBALL LEGEND NORM STEWART WILL TAKE THE PODIUM TODAY AS THE KEY NOTE SPEAKER AT THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S “MY MISSOURI 2021” MEETING AT THE CENTER FOR MISSOURI STUDIES AS PART OF THEIR WEEKEND MEETING…..BORN IN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI, STEWART WENT TO MISSOURI AND PLAYED BASEKTBALL AND BASEBALL AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL…….HE PLAYED IN THE NBA FOR THE ST. LOUIS HAWKS, AND WAS A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER IN THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ORGANIZATION……
FOR 32 YEARS, STEWART COACHED COLLEGE BASEKTBALL….A FEW AT NORTHERN IOWA AND FROM 1967 TO 1999, AS HEAD COACH OF THE MISSOURI TIGERS…
DURING HIS COACHING CAREER HE ATTAINED A RECORD OF 731 WINS AGAINST 375 LOSSES..AT MISSOURI, STEWART WON EIGHT, BIG 8 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND 6 POST SEASON TITLES……
STEWART’S LECTURE TAKES PLACE AT 1PM THIS AFTERNOON, AND IT’S IN COLUMBIA……

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THE MIZZOU FOOTBALL TIGERS, COMING OFF A 37-20 WIN IN MUSIC CITY LAST SATURDAY OVER VANDERBILT GET THE NO. 1 TEAM IN TEH NATION AND AN S.E.C. POWERHOUST THAT IS NOT ALABAMA….THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE TOP SPOT IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINS AND WILL ENTERTAIN THE TIGERS IN ATHENS IN AN 11 AM KICKOFF, CENTRAL TIME….THE GAME IS TELEVISED ON ESPN……

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THE MISSOURI STATE BEARS ARE ON THE ROAD FOR A SHORT 30 MINUTE DRIVE FROM ST. LOUIS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO EDWARDSVILLE TO TAKE ON SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IN A MISSOURI VALLEY TILT..
THE BEARS WON LAST WEEK 32-28 AT PLASTER STADIUM IN SPRINGFIELD AND IMPROVED TO 4-2 IN THE VALLEY…..SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS 4-1 IN THE LEAGUE AND STAND JUST ABOVE THE BEARS IN THE STANDINGS..
IT’S A 12 NOON KICKOFF…..

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THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MEET THE GREEN BAY PACKERS THIS SUNDAY IN A LATE AFTERNOON GAME AT ARROWHEAD….KICKOFF ABOUT 3:20……THE PACKERS COME TO TOWN WITHOUT AARON ROGERS, THE REIGNING MVP OF THE NFL…ROGERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID, SOMETHING THAT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE AND MORE THESE DAYS AROUND NFL LOCKER ROOMS…..

THE CHIEFS ARE COMING OFF A 20-17 WIN OVER THE NEW YORK GIANTS ON MONDAY NIGHT, THEY’RE 4&4 ON THE SEASON AND WHILE THEY HAVE THE SAME RECORD AS DENVER, THE CHIEFS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE CELLER IN THE AFC WEST, A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS BETTER THAN THE BRONCO’S….A WIN GETS THEM TO 5-4, AND COULD CLIMB A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE DIVISION….