KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY MARCH 17, 2023

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-

MSHSAA SHOW-ME SHOWDOWN THURSDAY-

CLASS 4 BOYS SEMIFINALS:

PARK HILLS CENTRAL 82 ST. JOSEPH LAFAYETTE 57

ST. LOUIS VASHON 49 TOLTON CATHOLIC 45

TODAY AT MISSOURI STATE IN SPRINGFIELD:

LAFAYETTE-TOLTON CATHOLIC FOR 3RD AT 10AM

PARK HILLS CENTRAL-VASHON FOR FIRST AT 2:00

GIRLS CLASS 4 SEMIFINALS:

ST. JOSEPH BENTON 55 PARK HILLS CENTRAL 48

VASHON 55 SOUTHERN BOONE 40

GIRLS CLASS 5 SEMIFINALS:

CAPE GIRARDEAU NOTRE DAME-CARL JUNCTION AT 6:00

WEST PLAINS-ST. CHARLES LUTHERAN AT 8:00

GIRLS CLASS 6 SEMIFINALS:

ROCK BRIDGE-EUREKA AT 6:00

RAYTOWN-INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY AT 8:00

TODAY:

PARK HILLS-SOUTHERN BOONE FOR 3RD AT 12 NOON

VASHON-BENTON FOR 1ST AT 4:00

TODAY:

BOY’S CLASS 6 SEMIFINALS:

STALEY-JACKSON AT 1O AM

TROY-KICKAPOO AT 12 NOON

CLASS 5 SEMIFINALS:

CARDINAL RITTER-PEMBROKE HILL AT 2:00

LADUE-JEFFERSON CITY AT 4:00

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT:

MIZZOU 76 UTAH STATE 65

THE TIGER’S PICKED UP A SOUTH REGION VICTORY ON DAY-1 IN SACRAMENTO; THE FIRST N.C.A.A. VICTORY IN 13-YEARS… D’MOI HODGE LED THE TIGERS WITH 23 POINTS, BUT KOBE BROWN GOT HOT IN THE SECOND HALF, SCORING 12 STRAIGHT POINTS AND FINISHING WITH 19 ON 7 OF 8 SHOOTING. BROWN HELPED INITIATE A 13-2 SECOND HALF RUN WITH THREE THREE POINTERS….COACH DENNIS GATES SAID HIS GROUP STAYED WITH THE PLAN….

THE TIGERS SHOT 10 OF 25 FROM DEEP, AND HELD THE AGGIES TO 4 OF 24 FROM THREE….MIZZOU TAKES A 25-9 RECORD INTO SATURDAY’S MATCHUP WITH PRINCETON WITH TIPOFF SET FOR 5:10….. (COURTESY MISSOURINET)

NCCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT:

COLLEGE OF THE LADY BOBCATS 68 GRACE COLLEGE 63
C OF O WILL PLAY IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SATURDAY AT 1:00 IN WINONA LAKE, INDIANA AGAINST OAKLAND CITY UNIVERSITY

BASEBALL-

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