KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY APRIL 5, 2024

 

IT’S BACK! SHORT TRACK ASPHALT RACING RETURNS TO THE LEBANON I-44 SPEEDWAY TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019 A LOCAL SHOW WILL COME TO THE HIGH BANKS….AARON DOUGLAS IS THE NEW PROMOTER OF EVENTS AT THE ICONIC VENUE…

RACING BEGINS AT I-44 SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT, AND TONIGHT MARKS THE SEASON OPENER AT THE LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY WITH DIRT LATE MODELS, SUPER STOCKS, MIDWEST MODS, PURE STOCKS, B-MODS AND CROWN VICS…

GOLF-

CARL JUNCTION WON THE MISSOURI STATE RELAYS THURSDAY IN SPRINGFIELD..KICKAPOO WAS SECOND AND LEBANON THIRD..ROLLA’S JONATHAN JORDAN FINISHED ATOP THE LEADERBOARD WITH A 70…LEBANON’S ETHAN MUSTARD TIED FOR SECOND WITH A 71…

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER-

BLAIR OAKS 2 OSAGE 1

CROCKER 4 EUGENE 0

NEW COVENANT ACADEMY 8 FAIR GROVE 0

SULLIVAN 5 FATIMA 1

TENNIS-

LEBANON TOURNAMENT:

LEBANON 6
OSAGE 3

LEBANON 6
WAYNESVILLE 3

LEBANON 8
WILLOW SPRINGS 1

SOFTBALL-

AVA 9 MOUNTAIN GROVE 1

PLATO 14 BOURBON 2

WARSAW 6 VERSAILLES 5

HARTVILLE 16 MANSFIELD 1

WILLOW SPRINGS 19 SALEM 6

DIXON 6 STEELVILLE 5

HOUSTON 13 THAYER 2

CABOOL 21 LIBERTY 13

STRAFFORD 9 SPARTA 4

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL-

SHERWOOD 9 BUFFALO 5

IBERIA 5 TUSCUMBIA 2

DIXON 14 STOUTLAND 4

MARSHFIELD 7 MONETT 2

ROLLA 16 SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 4

ASH GROVE 7 MORRISVILLE 4

FAIR PLAY 4 HUMANSVILLE 3

STOVER 17 LA MONTE 2

LAKELAND 8 FORDLAND 4

TIPTON 15 GREEN RIDGE 0

HALFWAY 19 GREENWOOD 4

SALEM 9 CABOOL 7

AVA 14 LIBERTY 4

LEBANON 11 HILLCREST 0 (5)

A 7 RUN THIRD INNING HELPED POWER THE YELLOWJACKETS TO AN OZARK CONFERENCE ROAD VICTORY IN SPRINGFIELD….BRAIDEN LAMONTAGNE WENT FOUR FOR FOUR WITH FOUR R.B.I.’S TO HEADLINE AN 11 HIT ATTACK….BLAKE DECKARD AND AUSTIN GARRISON COMBINED FOR A FIVE INNING NO-HITTER FOR COACH ALEX WEATHERMON…

 

LEBANON TOOK A QUICK 2-0 LEAD IN THE FIRST BEFORE ADDING A PAIR IN THE FIFTH TO IMPROVE TO 11-2 ON THE SEASON AND 3-0 IN THE LEAGUE…THE ‘JACKETS PLAY THIS AFTERNOON AT REEDS SPRING AT 4:30…..

WEST PLAINS 12 BOLIVAR 4

GLENDALE 11 PARKVIEW 0

VIENNA 3 CALVARY LUTHERAN 2

ELDON 11 NEW BLOOMFIELD 0

CROCKER 15 CLIMAX SPRINGS 3

STRAFFORD 9 LAMAR 2

DADEVILLE 14 HERMITAGE 6

FORSYTH 3 FAIR GROVE 2

NEW HAVEN 7 ST. JAMES 4

REPUBLIC 7 RUSSELLVILLE 2

VERSAILLES 11 WARSAW 9

STOCKTON 4 WEAUBLEAU 1

WHEATLAND 5 LIBERAL 3

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 8 MIAMI 5

THE CARDINALS FANS WENT HOME HAPPY FOLLOWING A WIN OVER THE MARLINS IN THE TEAM’S HOME OPENER FROM BUSCH STADIUM. ST. LOUIS TRAILED BY TWO RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH UNTIL NOLAN GORMAN AND ALEC BURLESON DOUBLED-IN RUNS AS PART OF A FIVE-RUN FRAME. LANCE LYNN STARTED AND PITCHED INTO THE FIFTH FOR THE CARDS, ALLOWING FOUR RUNS ON FOUR HITS INCLUDING THREE HOMERS…

 

GIOVANNY GALLEGOS GOT THE WIN AFTER RECORDING ONE OUT IN RELIEF, WHILE RYAN HELSLEY TALLIED HIS SECOND SAVE OF THE SEASON.
SHORTSTOP MASYN WINN COMPLETED THE SCORING IN THE SEVENTH….

 

WINN WENT 2 FOR 4 AND UPPED HIS AVERAGE TO .350… THE CARDS ARE 4-AND-4 ON THE SEASON. JAKE BURGER SLUGGED A PAIR OF SOLO HOMERS FOR MIAMI AND JOSH BELL ALSO WENT YARD. SIXTO SANCHEZ SUFFERED THE LOSS IN RELIEF AS THE FISH ARE STILL WINLESS ON THE YEAR AT 0-AND-8. AFTER A DAY-OFF THE SERIES RESUMES TOMORROW AT 1:15…PRE-GAME AIRS AT 12:20 SATURDAY ON KJEL…
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

ROYALS 10 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1

KANSAS CITY USED A HUGE INNING TO DISMANTLE THE VISITORS FROM THE WINDY CITY….. KYLE ISBEL AND MAIKEL GARCIA DROVE IN RUNS AS PART OF AN EIGHT-RUN SEVENTH INNING. MJ MELENDEZ BLASTED A TWO-RUN HOMER, WHILE NELSON VELAZQUEZ ALSO WENT DEEP EARLIER IN THE GAME. SETH LUGO EARNED THE WIN AFTER GIVING UP ONE RUN IN NEARLY SEVEN INNINGS OF WORK…

 

KC IS 3-AND-4 ON THE SEASON. ANDREW VAUGHN DROVE IN CHICAGO’S ONLY RUN WITH A SIXTH-INNING SINGLE. MICHAEL SOROKA GOT THE LOSS AFTER GIVING UP TWO RUNS OVER SIX INNINGS AS THE WHITE SOX DROPPED TO 1-AND-5.
THE TWO TEAMS MEET AGAIN TONIGHT AT 6:40.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

N.H.L.-

NASHVILLE 6 ST. LOUIS 3

THE PREDATORS SCORED THREE GOALS IN THE THIRD PERIOD OF THEIR WIN OVER THE BLUES AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. MICHAEL MCCARRON SCORED IN THE FIFTH MINUTE OF THE FINAL FRAME TO PUT THE PREDS UP BY THREE…… JAKE NEIGHBOURS AND JORDAN KYROU SCORED TO GET THE BLUES TO WITHIN ONE WITH JUST OVER TWO MINUTES LEFT IN REGULATION. FILIP FORSBERG AND MARK JANKOWSKI PUT IT AWAY WITH A PAIR OF EMPTY-NETTERS….. FORSBERG SCORED TWICE IN THE VICTORY…BLUES INTERIM COACH DREW BANNISTER..

 

JUUSE SAROS LAID OUT FOR 44 SAVES. THE PREDATORS COMFORTABLY HOLD THE FIRST WILD CARD SPOT IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE WITH 92 POINTS. BRANDON SAAD SCORED FOR THE BLUES, WHO ARE IN DANGER OF FALLING OUT OF PLAYOFF CONTENTION WITH 84 POINTS, AND NOW 7 POINTS BACK OF LOS ANGELS…THE BLUES ARE IN SAN JOSE TO MEET THE SHARKS TOMORROW AT 5:00.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

N.I.T. CHAMPIONSHIP:

SETON HALL 79 INDIANA STATE 77

FINAL 4 SATURDAY AT GLENDALE, ARIZONA:

PURDUE-NORTH CAROLINA STATE

UCONN-ALABAMA

WOMEN’S FINAL 4 TONIGHT IN CLEVELAND:

NORTH CAROLINA STATE-SOUTH CAROLINA

IOWA-UCONN