MSHSAA SHOW-ME SHOWDOWN THURSDAY:

CLASS SIX GIRLS SEMIFINALS- KICKAPOO 51 BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH 36 AND INCARNATE WORD ACADMEY 71 ST. JOSEPH’S ACADEMY 23

CLASS 6 BOYS SEMIFINALS- NIXA 53 STALEY 43 AND C.B.C. 70 CHAMINADE 52

FRIDAY SCHEDULE-

CLASS 4 GIRLS SEMIFINALS: ST. JAMES-JOHN BURROUGHS 2:00 ST. JOSEPH BENTON-HELIAS 4:00 HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER

CLASS 5 GIRLS SEMIFINALS: WEBSTER GROVES-WHITFIELD 10AM SMITHVILLE-WEST PLAINS 12 NOON JQH ARENA

CLASS 4 BOY’S SEMIFINALS: VASHON-NEW MADRID COUNTY CENTRAL 6:00 TOLTON CATHOLIC-PEMBROKE HILL 8:00 HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER

CLASS 5 BOY’S SEMIFINALS: CARDINAL RITTER-WEBSTER GROVES 6:00 SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC-HELIAS 8:00 JQH ARENA

CLASS 6 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP: KICKAPOO-INCARNATE WORD AT 2:00 JQH ARENA

CLASS 6 GIRLS 3RD PLACE: BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH-ST. JOSEPH’S ACADMEY 10AM AT HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER

CLASS 6 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP: NIXA-C.B.C. 4:00 AT JQH

CLASS 6 BOYS 3RD PLACE: STALEY-CHAMINADE 12 NOON AT HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MISSOURI STATE LADY BEARS 61 FLORIDA STATE 50

DESPITE FOUL PROBLEMS, THE LADY BEARS MANAGED TO PULL AWAY FROM A 29-ALL TIE AT HALFTIME TO ADVANCE IN THE N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT WITH A NEUTRAL FLOOR VICTORY IN BATON ROUGE OVER AN A.C.C. OPPONENT….MYA BHINHAR SCORED TWELVE POINTS WHILE MARIAH WHITE ADDED 11 POINTS AND FIVE STEALS….MISSOURI STATE OUTSCORED THE SEMINOLES 21-10 IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND HELD THE OPPONENT TO 27% FIELD GOAL SHOOTING….MISSOURI STATE IMPROVES TO 25-7, AND WILL MEET OHIO STATE AT 1:30 SATURDAY AS PART OF THE SPOKANE REGIONAL IN ANOTHER GAME TO BE PLAYED AT L.S.U…

W.N.I.T.

DRAKE 83 MIZZOU 78 (OT)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

THE MIZZOU SPRING GAME IS TOMORROW AT 1:00 AT FAUROT FIELD

BASEBALL-

CARDINALS-ASTROS PRE-SEASON OPENER AT 11:55 ON KJEL

ROYALS-TEXAS AT 3:05 IN SURPRISE, ARIZONA

NHL THURSDAY-

PITTSBURGH 3 ST. LOUIS 2 (SHOOTOUT)