KFBD Sports For Tuesday August 31

IT’S PROBABLY A GOOD THING THE FRISCO LEAGUE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT WAS HELD NORTH OF I-44 TO START PLAY YESTERDAY, OR ROUND ONE COULD STILL BE A PENDING ISSUE…
THE TOURNAMENT OPENED AT DIXON’S NEW PARK YESTERDAY AND ROUND ONE IS IN THE BOOKS..
IBERIA HAS THE 1 SEED AND A FIRST ROUND BYE..
2ND SEED DIXON NEEDED ONLY 4 INNINGS TO SEND NEWBURG TO THE CONSOLATION SIDE IN A 15-0, NO HIT SHUT OUT BY MADDIE RYAN WHO FANNED 11 AND WALKED ONE…
DIXON OPENED WITH A 4 RUN FIRST, WENT QUIETLY IN THE 2ND, THEN TACKED ON 4 MORE IN THE 3RD AND A 7 RUN 4TH ENDED IT ON THE RUN RULE.
TRISTEN LIPSCOMB, MADDIE RYAN, AND ABBY OVERSHON EACH HAD 2 HITS…ONE OF LIPSOMB’S WAS A TRIPLE, RYAN HOMERED AND DROVE IN 3 RUNS, AND OVERSHON HAD 2 RBI’S….
COURTNEY SCOTT TRIPLED AND DROVE IN A RUN….EMMA THILTGEN, KYLIE BALLARD AND ANNA MOORE ALL DROVE IN A RUN FOR THE LADY BULLDOGS.

IN THE OTHER GAMES, 2 UPSETS……5TH SEED STOUTLAND UPSET 4TH SEED CROCKER 9-1….
6TH SEED LAQUEY GETS BY RICHLAND 5-4…. Aurora Rice PICKS UP THE WIN IN THE CIRCLE…..THE COACH SAID “we hit by committee!”

THAT SENDS THE 3 AND 4 SEEDS TO THE CONSOLATION SIDE WHILE THE 5 AND 6 CAN FAR NO WORSE THAN 4TH…

TODAY, 3 MORE GAMES WILL SET UP THE FINALS ON THURSDAY..MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT…

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IN VOLLEYBALL:

THE TWO TEXAS COUNTY FRISCO LEAGUERS, 2 OF THE 3 CONFERENCE MEMBERS WHO HAVE VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS OPENED THEIR SEASON WITH WINS YESTERDAY AND BOTH DID IT ON THE ROAD….
LICKING TRAVELED TO MTN. VIEW LIBERTY FOR A DISTRICT PREVIEW…IT TOOK 4 GAMES TO WIN THE 3 NEEDED FOR THE MATCH, BUT THE LADY WILDCATS ENJOYED THE RIDE BACK HOME.
LICKING WON THEIR FIRST AND SECOND GAMES, 25-17, 25-23…LIBERTY WON THE 3RD IN OVERTIME, 28-26 BEFORE THE LADY WILDCATS ENDED IT WITH A 25-21 WIN..
LICKING PLAYS HOUSTON TONIGHT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT PREVIEW….HOUSTON, LIBERTY, MANSFIELD AND THAYER JOIN LICKING IN THE CLASS 2 DISTRICT 9 BRACKET..

PLATO RODE INTO MANSFIELD FOR VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT AND BROKE OUT THE BROOMS IN A 3 GAME SWEEP OF THE LADY LIONS AND THIS WAS NOT CLOSE……25-9, 25-6, AND 25-7…PLATO KEPT MANSFIELD SHY OF DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING IN ALL 3 GAMES….
PLATO PLAYS IN THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 6 BRACKET WITH COUCH, EMINENCE, KOSHKONONG, SUMMERSVILLE, AND WINONA.

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OZARK CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL SAW ROLLA SWEEP UNION IN 3 STRAIGHT……

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SOCCER LAST NIGHT IN THE OZARK CONFERENCE, PARKVIEW SHUT OUT MONET, 4-0…

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FOOTBALL YESTERDAY AT THE J.V. AND FRESHMAN LEVEL DID NOT HAPPEN.
WE KNEW OF THE FRESHMAN’S FATE….THEIR FIRST 2 GAMES HAVE BEEN BUMPED DUE TO LACK OF PLAYERS ON THEIR OPPONENTS TEAMS…THE FRESHMAN’S FIRST GAME LOOKS TO BE WITH KICKAPOO ON SEPT. 13TH..
THE J.V. GAME AT PARKVIEW THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO START AT 5:30 WAS CANCELLED…
NO REASON WAS GIVEN BUT THE WEATHER IN SPRINGFIELD WAS NOT GOOD MONDAY AFTERNOON….
THESE DAY’S, WHEN THE WORD CANCELLED POPS UP IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, IT TENDS TO LEAD ONE TO GUESSING…..COULD IT THE BIG “Q”, OR DID MOTHER NATURE INTERVENE……

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AFTER WEEK ONE UNDER THOSE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS ARE 1-0 AND SHARE 2ND PLACE IN THEIR 7 TEAM DISTRICT WITH 2 OTHER CONFERENCE PROGRAMS….THE TIGERS OPPONENT THIS FRIDAY HOLDS ONTO FIRST…
CAMDENTON, ROLLA, LEBANON AND WAYNESVILLE ARE ALL 1-0 ON THE SEASON..
BRANSON AND SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL ARE 0-1, GLENDALE, QUARENTINED LAST WEEK IS 0-0……
THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A FORFEIT, WHICH SOME SAID WAS COMING THIS YEAR IF A TEAM CANNOT PLAY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE KICKOFF…
THE LAKERS ARE IN FIRST WITH 38 POINTS BECAUSE THEY DEFEATED A LARGER CLASS PROGRAM IN KICKAPOO, WHO ARE CLASS 6….YOU GET A FEW EXTRA POINTS WHEN YOU KNOCK OFF LARGER CLASSES.
ROLLA, LEBANON AND WAYNESVILLE ALL HAVE 33 POINTS AND ARE ESSENTIALLY TIED FOR 2ND…
ROLLA IS SCHEDULED TO PLAY GLENDALE THIS WEEK, LEBANON GETS KICKAPOO….

THE TIGERS HEAD TO CAMDENTON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT…..
LAKERS OPENED WITH A 22-14 WIN OVER KICKAPOO ON FRIDAY…

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THE FIRST ROUND OF FOOTBAL RANKINGS HAVE BEEN RELEASED…
CLASS 6

1. DeSmet (5), 1-0, 95
4. Joplin, 1-0, 54
6. Nixa, 1-0, 45

CLASS 5

1. Jackson (10), 1-0, 100
2. Webb City, 0-1, 78
4. Battle, 1-0, 67
Also receiving votes: Lebanon (1-0) AND 2; Jefferson City Helias (0-1),

CLASS 4
1. Smithville (7), 10, 94
T2. MICDS (1), 1-0, 84
T2. West Plains (1), 1-0, 84
Also receiving votes: Union, A TEAM THE TIGERS SAW IN THE JAMOREE…

CLASS 3

1. Blair Oaks (9), 1-0, 98
T2. Odessa, 1-0, 86
T2. St. Mary’s (1), 1-0, 86
T9. Mexico, 1-0, 16
T9. Summit Christian, 1-0, 16

CLASS 2

1. Lamar (10), 1-0, 100
3. Fair Grove, 1-0, 68
8. MV-Liberty, 1-0, 36

CLASS 1

1. Windsor (8), 1-0, 94
T9. Skyline, 0-1, 17
Also receiving votes: Thayer BOBCATS

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TODAY….
FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SOFTBALL AT DIXON CONTINUES…
AT 4, TOP SEED IBERIA GETS STOUTLAND ON THE WINNERS BRACKET..
DIXON GETS LAQUEY AT 5:45 IN ANOTHER WINNERS SEM FINAL..
NEWBURG PLAYS RICHLAND AT 7 THIS EVENING FROM THE CONSOLATION SIDE…

WAYNESVILLE OPENS AT HOME TODAY WITH HILLCREST COMING TO TOWN….

THE TIGER TENNIS TEAM OPENS TODAY WITH WILLOW SPRINGS IN TOWN..
THE TIGER SWIM TEAM OPENS ON THE ROAD AT THE SPRINGFIELD RELAYS AT THE FOSTER NATATORIUM..

SOCCER TODAY…BOLIVAR’S AT WAYNESVILLE FOR THE TIGERS HOME OPENER…
LAQUEY’S AT DIXON FOR SOCCER…
THE IBERIA-RICHLAND MATCH IS POSTPONED TO OCT. 15TH….

VOLLEYBALL HAS LICKING AT HOUTON..

LOT OF FALL BASEBALL, AND SOME MAY NOT HAPPEN DUE TO WET FIELDS, ESPECIALLY IN GAMES ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-44 WHERE A LOT OF RAIN FELL MONDAY AFTERNOON….
FIRST, CROCKER AT RICHLAND WILL NOT HAPPEN…IT’S BEEN MOVED TO SPET. 27TH….
OTHERS SCHEDULED:
CALVARY LUTHERAN AT DIXON
IBERIA AT MACKS CREEK
LAQUEY AT VIENNA
HARTVILLE AT LICKING
NEWBURG AT PLATO
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STOUTLAND AT CONWAY…..

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The Power Five conferences have made it clear: If you can’t play due to COVID-19, you will take a loss. The SEC became the latest to announce its cancellation policy on Monday with a forfeit mandate similar to the rest of the Power Five. The policy will hand a forfeit to any team that is unable to play due to COVID-19 issues, while assigning a win in the conference standings to the team able to play. The SEC also will consider financial reimbursement to any team whose game was canceled through no fault of its own.

If both teams are unable to play due to the pandemic, they will be issued losses in the conference standings. In that way, the SEC’s rule, which applies to all sports, is similar to the ACC’s regarding double forfeits.

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STL
THE CARDINALS ARE ONE STEP CLOSER IN THE DIVISION AND THE WILD CARD CHASE TO THE REDS AFTER BEATING THAT SAME BUNCH IN CINCI LAST NIGHT..