KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2021
WEEK 1 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL-
HILLCREST AT LEBANON
THE OZARK CONFERENCE OPENER FEATURES THE HORNETS OF NEW HEAD COACH LEE COLEMAN, A FORMER HILLCREST STANDOUT FROM THE LATE NINETIES WHO’S WORKED DURING THE SUMMER TO ACCLIMATE HIS SQUAD TO SOME OF THE SAME AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE YELLOWJACKETS COME OFF A 7-4 SEASON IN 2020 AND A THIRD DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS..COACH WILL CHRISTIAN
HAS RESPECT FOR THE HILLCREST OFFENSE WITH SENIOR QUARTERBACK MIKE FLOYD AND SOME CAPABLE SKILL PEOPLE..
LHS HAS WON SIX STRAIGHT AGAINST HILLCREST, INCLUDING 34-13 LAST YEAR IN SPRINGFIELD..PRE-GAME COVERAGE WILL AIR AT 6:15 WITH THE KICKOFF AT 7:00 ON KJEL…
KICKAPOO AT CAMDENTON
THE LAKERS HOST THE CHIEFS…COACH JEFF SHORE FEELS DEPTH WILL BE AN ASSET FOR CAMDENTON THIS SEASON…
LAKER TALK AIRS AT 9:30 THIS MORNING ON KJEL..
PARKVIEW AT WAYNESVILLE
ROLLA AT BOLIVAR
CENTER HILL, MISSISSIPPI AT WEST PLAINS
MARSHFIELD AT SENECA
BUFFALO AT AVA
WILLARD AT CARL JUNCTION
NEOSHO AT REPUBLIC
CARTHAGE AT OZARK
BRANSON AT NIXA
JOPLIN AT WEBB CITY
VALLE CATHOLIC AT SKYLINE
MOUNTAIN GROVE AT FAIR GROVE
ROGERSVILLE AT NEVADA
ELDON AT SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL
COLE CAMP AT WARSAW
OSAGE AT FULTON
KNOB KNOSTER AT VERSAILLES
STOCKTON AT MARIONVILLE
CABOOL AT MILLER
STRAFFORD AT LIBERTY
CLEVER AT WILLOW SPRINGS
SARCOXIE AT HOUSTON
SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC AT LAMAR
DIAMOND AT ASH GROVE
THAYER AT HAYTI
PIERCE CITY AT LOCKWOOD
EL DORADO SPRINGS AT FORSYTH
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY CHARTER AT TIPTON
RUSSELLVILLE AT MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY
SOUTHERN BOONE AT ODESSA
LINCOLN AT MIDWAY
SEDALIA SMITH COTTON AT MOBERLY
CHAMINADE AT JEFFERSON CITY
HANNIBAL AT HELIAS
CAPITAL CITY AT WARRENSBURG
BLAIR OAKS-MARYVILLE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY-
EVANGEL AT CLARKE
NFL PRE-SEASON TONIGHT-
MINNESOTA AT KANSAS CITY
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THURSDAY-
PITTSBURGH 11 CARDINALS 7
THE PIRATES SCORED EIGHT IN THE SEVENTH TO TOP THE CARDINALS AT PNC PARK. YOSHI TSUTSUGO TOPPED OFF THE INNING WITH A TWO-RUN HOMER FOR PITTSBURGH, WHICH HAS WON FIVE-OF-SEVEN. CHAD KUHL PICKED UP THE WIN IN RELIEF, HIS FOURTH OF THE YEAR. CARDS MANAGER MIKE SHILDT SAID THIS ONE HURT.
NOLAN ARENADO AND EDMUNDO SOSA BOTH HOMERED TO STAKE ST. LOUIS TO AN EARLY 7-1 LEAD. GENESIS CABRERA GAVE UP SIX RUNS WITHOUT RECORDING AN OUT TO FALL TO 2-AND-5. THE CARDS HAVE DROPPED FOUR-OF-SIX AND PLAY THE PIRATES AGAIN TONITE AT 6:05…
ROYALS 6 SEATTLE 4
A SIXTH INNING GRAND SLAM BY SALVADOR PEREZ HELPED THE ROYALS BEAT THE MARINERS IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE LED 4-1 WHEN PEREZ HIT HIS 35TH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON WITH THE SACKS JAMMED…. MANAGER MIKE MATHENY CREDITED THE LINEUP WITH CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY…
WHIT MERRIFIELD AND NICKY LOPEZ EACH ADDED AN RBI. BRAD KELLER ALLOWED TWO RUNS IN FOUR-AND-ONE-THIRD INNINGS AND ERVIN SANTANA GOT THE WIN OUT OF THE BULLPEN FOR THE ROYALS, WHO HAVE WON FIVE OF SEVEN. YUSEI KIKUCHI GAVE UP FOUR RUNS OVER FIVE INNINGS AND RELEIVER JOE SMITH WAS TAGGED WITH THE LOSS. KYLE SEAGER HIT A SOLO HOMER AND JAKE FRALEY DREW A BASES-LOADED WALK AND ADDED A TWO-RUN BLAST FOR THE MARINERS’ WHOSE THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK WAS SNAPPED.
DOUBLE A CENTRAL LEAGUE-
SPRINGFIELD AT NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RAINED OUT
IT IS THE LATTER PART OF AUGUST, BUT THERE WAS SOME BASKETBALL DISCUSSED THURSDAY AS DRURY WOMEN’S COACH AMY EAGEN MADE AN APPEARANCE IN LEBANON AT THE ROTARY CLUB….THE LADY PANTHERS WERE NATIONAL RUNNERUP IN DIVISION TWO LAST SEASON, AND THE COACH CREDITED LEBANON NATIVE KELSEY WINFREY FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT.
DRURY WAS 24-2 AND WILL RETURN 4 STARTERS, INCLUDING NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR PAIGE ROBINSON…THE SCHEDULE WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 29TH AGAINST 2019 NATIONAL RUNNERUP SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA STATE IN THE WEST TEXAS A&M CLASSIC…
