KFBD Sports For Thursday October 21

THE FASTPITCH SOFTBALL SEASON HAS 2 FINAL 4’S SET FOR THE END OF THE MONTH, 2 MORE SHOULD GET SET TODAY, AND CLASS 1 HAS MOVED TO THEIR QUARTER FINALS THIS SATURDAY….
THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO THE SEMI FINALS AND FINALS AFTER A 2-1 WIN OVER KELLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI YESTERDAY….MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT…

WE BEGIN WITH CLASS 1…
IN CLASS 1, EAST CARTER SHUT OUT NORWOOD, 10-0……LEETON, MAYSVILLE, PATTONSBERG ALL ADVANCED…..
ST. ELIZABETH MOVED TO THE QUARTERS BUT IT TOOK THEM 10 INNINGS AND 11 RUNS TO ELIMINATE NEW FRANKLIN, 11-10 AND THIS ENDED ON A DROPPED 3RD STRIKE, AND THE CATCHER’S THROW TO FIRST ENDING UP IN RIGHT FIELD AND THE WINNING RUN CROSSED THE PLATE….ST. E WAS DOWN BY 9 RUNS AT ONE TIME IN THIS CONTEST, BUT CAME BACK TO WIN IT……
THE REST OF THE CLASS 1 QUARTER FINALISTS, SILEX, LA PLATA, AND ATLANTA…
CLASS 1 QUARTERS ARE THIS SATURDAY…..
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CLASS 2, AND IT’S A 20 WIN SEASON FOR THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS, AND A TRIP TO THE FINAL 4 AFTER A 2-1 WIN OVER THE KELLY HAWKS…..
ADDISON WILLIAMS GOT IBERIA ON THE BOARD WITH A SOLO HOMER IN THE 2ND…KELLY TIED IT IN THE 5TH AND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6TH, HALEY HUMPHREY SINGLED TO CENTER, A THROWING ERROR SENT HER TO SECOND….ADDISON WILLIAMS LAID DOWN A SAC BUNT AND MOVED HER TO THIRD WHERE SHE CAME HOME ON A PASS BALL……

TOP OF THE SEVENTH, AND THE LADY HAWKS ARE DOWN TO THEIR LAST 3 OUTS……WINNING PITCHER KINLEE COCHRAN STRIKES OUT THE FIRST BATTER. A SINGLE TO CENTER PUTS THE TYING RUN ON BASE….A POP OUT TO LEFT FIELDER ATIERIA ROWDEN IS THE SECOND OUT, THEN COCHRAN GETS HER BIGGEST STRIKE OF THE GAME THAT ENDS IT AND SENDS IBERIA ONTO SPRINGFIELD ON OCT. 29TH FOR THE STATE’S SEMI FINALS…
COCHRAN TWIRLED A ONE HITTER AND FANNED 7 WHILE GOING THE DISTANCE….
COACH MADALINE COCHRAN SAID “Kinlee had a
tremendous game. She was in control the whole game and pitched with confidence”.
MALLORY LEMONDS SUFFERS THE LOSS AS KELLY’S SEASON COMES TO AN END, BUT THEY’RE A YOUNG TEAM AND SHOULD RETURN TO POST SEASON PLAY IN THE FUTURE.

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COACH COCHRAN CONTINUED
“These girls never gave up. They are the definition of true grit. They make us so proud.”
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HAYLEE HUMPHREY WENT 2-FOR-3 AT THE PLATE TO HELP LEAD THE LADY RANGERS OFFENSE…
IBERIA WILL PLAY SHERWOOD IN THE SEMI’S AT NOON ON THE 29TH….SHERWOOD BEAT MID BUCHANAN
5-1…SHERWOOD WAS THE STATE CHAMP IN 2019…THE LAST TIME IBERIA WAS AT THE FINAL 4 WAS 2015…..THEY TOOK 4TH THAT YEAR, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUMP THAT UP A FEW NOTCHES..

NEW BLOOMFIELD AND MARCELINE ALSO ADVANCED TO THE DANCE AT THE KILLIAN SOFTBALL COMPLEX…..
NEW BLOOMFIELD EDGED BY ELSBERRY 7-6…..MARCELINE DEFEATED CLARK COUNTY 3-1…

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CLASS 3 SAW PERRYVILLE, CHILLICOTHE, SULLIVAN AND BLAIR OAKS ADVANCE TO THE FINALS..
SULLIVAN SHUT OUT LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE 7-0….BLAIR OAKS WAS A 6-1 WINNER OVER FULTON..
THOSE 2 WILL MEET IN THE CLSS 3 SEMI FINALS ON OCT. 29TH AT 2PM…

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CLASS 4 AND 5 HAVE THEIR QUARTERS TODAY.
CLASS 4 HAS WASHINGTON GOING TO FARMINGTON…NEVADA IS HOME TO PLATT COUNTY….
WARRENTON VISITS INCARNATE WORD IN ST. LOUIS, AND WEBB CITY COME TO ROLLA TO MEET THE LADY BULLDOGS AT ROLLA MIDDLE SCHOOLS SOFTBALL COMPLEX……

IN CLASS 5, PARKWAY SOUTH GOES TO POPLAR BLUFF……..LIBERTY NORTH HEADS TO LEES SUMMITT WEST…TROY BUCHANAN TRAVELS TO FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL, AND BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH IS HOSTING NIXA…..

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THE CLASS 1 ALL DISTRICT 2 SOFTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE TOURNAMENT THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR CROCKER, AND WHILE THE OPENING ROUND GAMES DID GET DONE AT CROCKER, PARKVIEW AND HARTVILLE LOANED THEIR FIELDS TO GET IT DONE IN THE WEEK THAT WAS ALLOWED…
FIRST TEAM PITCHERS WERE CASSIE CHADWELL OF DISTRICT CHAMP NORWOOD, VIVIAN SHEERER OF RICHLAND AND MADISON COOLEY OF STOUTLAND…
CATCHER, FIRST TEAM AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE, MIRANDA MOSS OF THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS..
3 OUTFIELDERS WERE SELECTED….AUTUMN NOLD OF DORA, KAYLEE HENSON OF STOUTLAND AND MORGAN LEDBETTER OF RICHLAND…
THE DISTRICT SELECTED 8 INFIELDERS ON 1ST TEAM…
CASSIDY HAMBLETON AND McKENNA MILLER OF DORA…..KAYLIN STRADT AND KARSYN BIGGERS OF STOUTLAND….NORWOOD’S ANNIE SULLIVAN….RICHLAND PLACED TWO, ABBY LATHAM, AND DAKOTA CRUZ AND CROCKER’S ALAINA FOSTER MADE FIRST TEAM INFIELD.
AT LARGE PLAYER WAS CADENCE CHAFFIN ON STOUTLAND..

2ND TEAM…CROCKER’S GRACIE COFELT WAS SELECTED AS THE PITCHER….NORWOOD’S KAYLEE BRADSHAW AT CATCHER.
OUTFIELD WENT TO NEWBURG’S KALEI HARRIS, CROCKER’S CADIE HUEY, ALONG WITH LILLY GIBSON OF RICHLAND AND CADENCE JARRETT OF NORWOOD…..
2ND TEAM INFIELD WAS HAILY HALL AND CAITLIN CAMPBELL OF NORWOOD, SHAUNA LAKE AND LAUREN MARTIN OF DORA….
AT LARGE 2ND TEAM, NEWBURG’S CORRA TWYMAN..

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SOME OF THE STATE’S VOLLEYBALL DISTRICTS WILL GET UNDERWAY TODAY………

DISTRICT 10-CLASS 5 AT GLENDALE STARTS WITH THE PLAY IN GAME IN THIS 5 TEAM TOURNAMENT…
4TH SEED WAYNESVILLE MEETS 5TH SEED PARKVIEW AT 5…WINNER MOVES RIGHT AND FACES TOP SEED SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL TOMORROW AT 5.
2ND SEED LEBANON AND 3RD SEED GLENDALE MEET AT 7 THAT FRIDAY, FINALS ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY..

ALSO STARTING TODAY IS THE CLASS 2 DISTRICT 8 AND 9 TOURNAMENTS AT DIXON AND HOUSTON RESPECTIVLY.

AT DIXON, THE LADY BULLDOGS DREW THE 4 SEED, BOURBON THE 5TH AND THE TWO MEET AT 5:30 WITH THE WINNER GOING ONTO PLAY TOP SEED CONWAY SATURDAY AT 3.
2ND SEED STEELVILLE AND 3RD SEED BELLE PLAY AT 4:30 ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON..FINALS ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY..

AT HOUSTON, DISTRICT 9, LICKING HAS THE TOP SEED AND A FIRST ROUND BYE…4TH SEED MANSFIELD AND 5TH SEED THAYER PLAY AT 6 THIS EVENING….THAT WINNER GETS THE LADY WILDCATS ON SATURDAY AT 3PM.
2ND SEED HOUSTON AND 3RD SEED MTN. VIEW PLAY AT 5 SATURDAY…..FINALS ON MONDAY THE 25TH AT 6…….

THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENT AT CABOOL WILL START ON SATURDAY WITH 3 GAMES..
THIS IS A 7 TEAM TOURNAMENT WITH WINONA HAVING THE 1 SEED AND A BYE.
SATURDAY AT 4:30, 2ND SEED SUMMERSVILLE PLAYS KOSHKONONG….3RD SEED CABOOL MEETS 6TH SEED COUCH AT 6PM..4TH SEED PLATO AND 5TH SEED EMINENCE MEET AT 7:30…..
THAT WINNER GETS WINONA ON THE 25TH AT 5…FINALS ON THE 26TH…

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10 OF THE 11 OZARK CONFERENCE SOCCER TEAMS PLAY TODAY, AND ALL ARE CONFERENCE GAMES…
WAYNESVILLE WILL BE AT PARKVIEW….
KICKAPOO’S AT BOLIVAR
HILLCREST RIDES THE BUS TO CAMDENTON
SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL HEADS CROSS TOWN TO GLENDALE
LEBANON VISITS WEST PLAINS

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CROSS COUNTRY TODAY HAS THE WAYNESVILLE INVITE DISTRICT WARMUP….
CROCKER AND LAQUEY JOIN THE TIGERS AND LADY TIGERS….

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The Atlanta Braves are one win away from their first trip to the World Series since 1999. After seeing the Dodgers bust through with an eighth-inning comeback to win Game 3, the Braves bounced back in a big way Wednesday to take NLCS Game 4, 9-2, at Dodger Stadium. Atlanta now owns a 3-1 series lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series.
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The Houston Astros pulled away from the Red Sox for a 9-1 victory in ALCS Game 5 on Wednesday and have now shocked Boston by taking back-to-back games at Fenway Park. The Game 5 result means that the Red Sox — who were just six outs away from a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven ALCS on Tuesday night — now face a 3-2 deficit heading to Friday’s Game 6 in Houston. The Astros, meanwhile, are now just one win away from their third AL pennant in the last five years and have two chances at home to get it done.

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