GOLF YESTERDAY AT SILO RIDGE IN BOLIVAR SAW ROLLA SQUEEZE BY GLENDALE 351 TO 353 TO WIN THE OZARK CONFERENCE GOLF TOURNAMENT BY 2 STROKES……
ALL FOUR OF ROLLA’S SCORING GOLFERS EARNED FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE HONORSS. EMMA HOBBS LED ROLLA AND THE FIELD WITH AN 80 TO CLAIM THE INDIVIDUAL TITLE… TEAMMATES ABBY HOBBS (4TH – 86), CALLIE HARMON (7TH – 91) AND AUDREY SMITH (10TH – 94) ALL EARNED ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS.
WAYNESVILLE’S ALEXIS QUICK SHOT A 98….ISABELLA YEO CAME IN WITH A 122, LILLY PEACE A 124.
THEY WERE THE ONLY 3 ON THE LADY TIGER TEAM…

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SOCCER:

THE WAYNESVILLE SOCCER TIGERS OUTRAN THE LEBANON YELLOWJACKETS AND THUS, OUTSCORED THEIR NEIGHBORS TO THE TUNE OF 8-0 IN A SHUT OUT YESTERDAY AT THE ANDERSON SOCCER FIELD…
GETTING SOME INJURED PLAYERS BACK ON DEFENSE ALLOWED THE TIGER COACHES TO MOVE SOME PLAYERS AROUND AND HELPED STRENGTHEN UP THE MID FIELD….
HEAD COACH MIKE GOW SAID “Our speed just broke down their defense enough that we’re able to get in behind them and if you do that enough times in the course of a game you’re gonna get the scores from goals.”
“Martavius Robinson a senior is improving with each passing game, and was able to get into the net last night… That was good to see.”

OZARK CONFERENCE MATCHES SAW:
NEW COVENANT BLANK SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 1-0.
BOLIVAR BEAT UP ON HILLCREST, 7-0…
GLENDALE SHUTS OUT CAMDENTON 8-0….

CROCKER WENT TO FAIR GROVE FOR SOME SOCCER YESTERDAY AND THE HOME TOWN EAGLES HANDED THE LIONS A 9-1 THUMPIN’…

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VOLLEYBALL:
SUMMERSVILLE CAME TO THE SHERMAN HILL FIELDHOUSE IN LICKING AND WERE SWEPT IN 3 STRAIGHT BY THE 19-5 LADY WILDCATS, 25-14. 25-16, 25-14…..

IN THE OZARK CONFERENCE
LEBANON SWEEPS WAYNESVILLE 3-0 AT WAYNESVILLE.
CAMDENTON KNOCKS OFF GLENDALE 3-1.
KICKAPOO SWEEPS WEST PLAINS 3-0
BOLIVAR GOT BY HILLCREST 3-1….
CENTRAL BEAT FAIR GROVE 3 GAMES TO 1…

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BASEBALL

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PLATO HOSTED LAQUEY IN A FRISCO LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME AND THE HOME TOWN EAGLES GOT A 2 RUN SINGLE FROM LANE JOHNSON AND WENT ONTO A 5-3 WIN OVER THE HORNETS….

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THE LICKING WILDCATS CLOSED OUT THEIR FALL SEASON WITH A 12-0 VICTORY OVER THE RICHLAND BEARS AT DEER LICK PARK.

AUSTIN STEPHENS FACED JUST ONE HITTER OVER THE MINIMUM AND WENT THE DISTANCE ON THE MOUND FOR LICKING. OVER FIVE INNINGS, THE SOPHOMORE ALLOWED ONE HIT AND STRUCK OUT SIX.

LICKING SCORED THREE IN THE FIRST INNING TO BREAK ON TOP, ADDED A RUN IN THE SECOND AND BROKE THE GAME OPEN WITH AN EIGHT-RUN FOURTH, ALL WITH TWO OUTS.
THE WILDCATS MADE THE MOST OF SEVEN HITS. KEYTON RINNE LED THE WAY WITH A TWO-HIT NIGHT THAT INCLUDED TWO DOUBLES AND A RBI.
MALACHI ANTLE TRIPLED IN TWO RUNS FOR THE WINNERS. SILAS ANTLE DOUBLED AND KNOCKED IN TWO RUNS WHILE KEYTON COOK AND KAIDEN WANTLAND CONTRIBUTED RBI SINGLES.
LICKING FINISHES THE FALL WITH A RECORD OF 17-4 AND A SECOND STRAIGHT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP.

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SOFTBALL:

RICHLAND ENJOYED SOME HOME COOKIN’ YESTERDAY AS THEY WELCOMED CUBA TO TOWN AND SPANKED THE LADY WILDCATS 14-4….

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DIXON WENT TO CROCKER AND MADDIE RYAN TWIRLED A 4 HIT SHUTOUT, STRIKING OUT 8 AND PICKING UP THE 7-0 WIN…..
HOMERED, DOUBLED AND DROVE IN 2 RUNS…
EMMA THILTGEN AND COURTNEY SCOTT BOTH DOUBLED AND DROVE IN RUNS..THILTGEN HAD 3 HITS ON THE DAY, SCOTT SCORED 3 RUNS…ABBY OVERSHON DRIVE IN A RUN, ALEXA HALL DOUBLED TO HELP THE LADY BULLDOG OFFENSE.

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THE CAPITAL CITY CAVALIERS CAME TO LAW FIELD AT IBERIA AND THE LADY RANGERS RUN RULED THE 5TH RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 4, 12-2……
IBERIA DIDN’T GRAB THE LEAD UNTIL THE BOTTOM OF THE 5TH WHEN THE GAME WAS TIED AT 2….
LEXI CARMACK SMACKED A TWO RUN HOMER TO GET THE INNING STARTED AND FROM THERE, LANEY HALLEY, NATALIE PLEMMONS AND ADDISON WILLIAMS ALL DROVE IN RUNS..PLEMMONS ALSO HOMERED IN THE INNING AND STARTED THE SCORING WITH A 2 RUN SINGLE IN THE 1ST INNING.

KINLEE COCHRAN EARNED THE VICTORY IN THE CIRCLE. SHE WENT THE FULL FIVE INNINGS, ALLOWED THREE HITS AND TWO RUNS WHILE STRIKING OUT THREE.
OLIVIA WOOD TOOK THE LOSS FOR CAPITAL CITY..SHE WOULD SURRENDER 12 RUNS ON 14 HITS OVER FOUR AND TWO-THIRDS INNINGS, STRIKING OUT SIX.

THE LADY RANGERS RACKED UP 14 HITS IN THE GAME. PLEMMONS, WILLIAMS, CHLOE EDWARDS, HALLEY, CARMACK, AND ACELYN BAUER ALL MANAGED MULTIPLE HITS WHILE PLAYING ERROR FREE BALL IN THE FIELD….

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HERMITAGE CAME TO STOUTLAND AND LEFT TOWN WITH A 9-5 VICTORY OVER THE LADY TIGERS…
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BOLIVAR 9-3 OVER WAYNESVILLE

THE LADY LIBERATORS OF BOLIVAR CAME TO TOWN YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST GAME AT WAYNESVILLE AS A MEMBER OF THE OZARK CONFERENCE, AND COACHED BY A FORMER DIXON BULLDOG, BRYAN THOMPSON…
WAYNESVILLE GOT ON THE BOARD FIRST WHEN ABBY HILLMAN REACHED ON AN ERROR. A FIELDER CHOICE RBI BY YISEL PEREZ BROUGHT HER HOME..
BOLIVAR TOOK THE LEAD FOR GOOD WITH A 4 RUN SECOND INNING CAPPED OFF BY A BASES LOADED 3 RUN DOUBLE BY SHORTSTOP AVERY McCLURE..
THE LADY TIGERS CALLIE ZARCONE WALKED IN THE 3RD, MOVED TO 2ND ON A WILD PITCH, WENT TO THIRD ON A GROUND OUT, AND SCORED ON ANOTHER WILD PITCH, AND IT WAS 4-2…
BOLIVAR PUT UP 2 MORE IN THE 5TH..AN RBI SINGLE BY ABBY HILLMAN IN THE 6TH ADDED ANOTHER RUN BUT THE LADY TIGERS LEFT THE BASES LOADED AND BOLIVAR ADDED 3 INSURANCE RUNS IN THE 7TH….
EMMA RAY TOOK THE LOSS…SHE STRUCK OUT 12, BUT GAVE UP 9 RUNS ON 15 HITS..
TESSA CLINE GETS THE WIN FOR BOLIVAR..
ONE LEFT FOR WAYNESVILLE, AND THEY’RE IN JOPLIN THURSDAY.

OTHER O.C. MATCH UPS FROM YESTERDAY….
KICKAPOO SHUTS OUT HILLCREST 16-0.
ROLLA BLANKED CAMDENTON 7-0…

VIENNA GOT BY ST. ELIZABETH 8-3….

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TENNIS DISTRICTS CONTINUED AT SPRINGFIELD AND THE TOP 2 SEEDS MOVED ON FOR THE TEAM TITLE.
TOP SEED CENTRAL BEAT KICKAPOO 5-3…
2ND SEED REPUBLIC ENDS IT FOR SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC 5-1..
CENTRAL AND REPUBLIC PLAY AT 4 THIS AFTERNOON AT GILLENWATERS IN SPRINGFIELD FOR THE CLASS 3 DISTRICT 5 TITLE.

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The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox have again eliminated their historic rivals. The Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees in the AL Wild Card Game (BOS 6, NYY 2) on Tuesday, as they move on to face the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS. The Red Sox have now eliminated the Yankees in each of their last three postseason meetings (2004 ALCS, 2018 ALDS, 2021 Wild Card Game).

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KEVIN WHEELER HAS TONNIGHT’S STARTER IN THE WILDCARD GAME, ADAM WAINRIGHT IN OUR REDBIRD PREVIEW TO THEIR MEETING WITH THE DODGE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WILDCARD GAME.

ST. LOUIS RECENTLY REELED OFF 17 STRAIGHT WINS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS WHILE THE DODGERS WRAPPED UP A PLAY OFF SPOT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT COULD NOT TOP THE GIANTS FOR THE DIVISION CROWN…
ST. LOUIS COMES IN AT 90-72, THE DODGERS 106-56..
MAX SHERZER STARTS FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE…..SHERZER IS A ST. LOUIS NATIVE GROWING UP IN CHESTERFIELD, ATTENDED PARKWAY CENTRAL, GREW UP A CARDINAL FAN, WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AND HAS PLAYED FOR ARIZONA, DETROIT, AND WASHINGTON BEFORE THE DODGERS GOT HIM AT THE TRADE DEADLINE IN JULY….HE HAS A WORLD SERIES RING, 3 CY YOUNG AWARDS AND IS AN 8 TIME ALL STAR….

THE CARDINALS OUTFIELD TAKES HITS AWAY WITH THEIR SPEED, AND THEIR INFIELD IS PRETTY SOLID TOO…
THEY’VE PROVED IN THE WINNING STREAK, THEY CAN GO DEEP, AND PLAY SMALL BALL TOO, AND ARE NEVER OUT OF A GAME..

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, IT’S BEEN A NICE RUN FOR CARDINAL NATION, LET’S JUST HOPE IT CONTINUES AFTER TONIGHT……