KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY AUGUST 20, 2021
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BEGINS TONIGHT WITH THE ANNUAL JAMBOREE SCRIMMAGES COMMENCING THINGS FOR THE 25TH SEASON IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI…
LEBANON WILL SCRIMMAGE TONIGHT AT REEDS SPRING WITH THE WOLVES, AURORA AND BRANSON…COACH WILL CHRISTIAN SAYS IT’S ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THOSE BATTLING FOR POSITIONS TO STATE THEIR CASE..
THE JACKETS WILL OPEN 2021 NEXT FRIDAY AT HOME AGAINST SPRINGFIELD HILLCREST…TONIGHT’S ACTIVITY CAN BE HEARD AT 7:00 ON MYOZARKSONLINE.COM…
ELSEWHERE TONITE:
CAMDENTON HOSTS SEDALIA SMITH COTTON, JEFFERSON CITY AND WEST PLAINS
MARSHFIELD ENTERTAINS FAIR GROVE, GLENDALE AND CABOOL
MOUNT VERNON WELCOMES BOLIVAR, NEOSHO AND MCDONALD COUNTY
AT SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL THE BULLDOGS JAMBOREE WITH HILLCREST, STRAFFORD AND ROGERSVILLE
AT MOUNTAIN GROVE, WILLOW SPRINGS, THAYER AND HOUSTON COMPRISE A FIELD OF S.C.A. SCHOOLS TO GO AGAINST THE PANTHERS
AT ROLLA, THE BULLDOGS HOST WAYNESVILLE, UNION AND CAPITAL CITY
AT WARSAW, THE WILDCATS WILL GO UP AGAINST OSAGE, SKYLINE AND BUFFALO
VERSAILLES ENTERTAINS ELDON, TIPTON AND COLE CAMP
SOCCER-
LEBANON HOSTS BOLIVAR, CAMDENTON AND BRANSON TODAY AT 4:30
NFL-
KANSAS CITY AT ARIZONA
THE CHIEFS 2ND PRE-SEASON TILT IS TONIGHT OUT IN GLENDALE…BOTH TEAMS ARE 1-0..THE CARDINALS KICKED THE WINNING FIELD GOAL ON THE GAME’S FINAL PLAY LAST FRIDAY TO EDGE DALLAS, WHILE KANSAS CITY WON AT SAN FRANCISCO SATURDAY 19-16….
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THURSDAY-
CARDINALS 8 MILWAUKEE 4
A BIG FIFTH INNING PROPELLED THE REDBIRDS TO A VICTORY LAST NIGHT AT BUSCH STADIUM….TYLER O’NEILL AND LARS NOOTBAAR BOTH WENT DEEP IN THAT FRAME HELPING OVERCOME A 4-1 DEFICIT AFTER FOUR AND A HALF INNINGS…
O’NEILL WENT TWO FOR THREE AND NOW HAS 21 ROUNDTRIPPERS ON THE YEAR…THE CARDS HAD TEN HITS, LEFT SEVEN ON BASE AND AFTER WEDNESDAY’S DEFENSIVE MELTDOWN, PLAYED ERROR-FREE BASEBALL…JON LESTER STARTED AND WENT 4 AND A THIRD INNINGS ON THE HILL AND WAS ON THE HOOK BEFORE THE OFFENSE CAME TO LIFE..
HE WAS FOLLOWED BY EXCELLENT BULLPEN WORK FROM JUNIOR FERNANDEZ, LUIS GARCIA, GENESIS CABRERA, GIOVANNY GALLEGOS AND T.J. MCFARLAND WHO COMBINED TO BLANK THE BREWERS THE REST OF THE WAY…ST. LOUIS HOSTS PITTSBURGH TONITE WITH MILES MIKOLAS OFF THE INJURED LIST SCHEDULED TO MAKE THE START…PRE-GAME COVERAGE WILL BEGIN AT 6:20 ON KJEL…
HOUSTON 6 ROYALS 3 (10)
THE ASTROS SALVAGED THE FINAL GAME OF FOUR IN KANSAS CITY WITH A THREE RUN OUTBURST IN THE TENTH…FORMER CARDINAL ALEDMYS DIAZ SINGLED IN THE GO-AHEAD RUN OFF WADE DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY A BASES LOADED WALK AND SACRIFICE FLY..KANSAS CITY JUMPED TO A 3-0 LEAD EARLY IN THE GAME ON A TWO RUN HOMER BY NICKY LOPEZ; HIS FIRST OF THE SEASON.
BUT K.C. DIDN’T SCORE AGAIN AS HOUSTON TIED IT IN THE SIXTH..THE ROYALS ARE IN CHICAGO TODAY TO FACE THE CUBS IN A 1:20 INTERLEAGUE CONTEST AT WRIGLEY FIELD..