KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY MARCH 31, 2023

 

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL THURSDAY-

FORDLAND 4 CONWAY 3

SEYMOUR 12 HARTVILLE 1

CAMDENTON 3 PARKVIEW 1

LEBANON 4 SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 3

THE VISITING BULLDOGS PROVIDED A MAJOR CHALLENGE, BUT THE YELLOWJACKETS MANAGED TO COME FROM BEHIND TO PREVAIL IN OZARK CONFERENCE PLAY AT OLEY SCOTT FIELD ON KBNN……CENTRAL SCORED THREE IN THE FIRST TO GRAB AN EARLY LEAD…L.H.S. POSTED SINGLE RUNS IN THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH TO DRAW EVEN, THEN WON IT IN THE 7TH ON A WALK, SACRIFICE AND R.B.I. SINGLE TO LEFTFIELD BY GAVIN SMITH……COACH ALEX WEATHERMON SAID IT WAS NICE TO PREVAIL DURING A CHALLENGING CONTEST…

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PARKER WEHNER THREW SIX AND TWO THIRDS INNINGS FOR LEBANON, BUT LEFT WITH A NO-DECISION IN THE 7TH…HOYT HONEY IN RELIEF PICKED UP THE VICTORY….LEBANON IS 7-1 ON THE SEASON WITH FIVE CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES….

ELSEWHERE:

WEST PLAINS 12 WAYNESVILLE 2

GLENDALE 8 KICKAPOO 4

ST. ELIZABETH 8 IBERIA 3

ROLLA 6 BOLIVAR 4

SKYLINE 4 STRAFFORD 0

COLE CAMP 5 LINCOLN 2

HUMANSVILLE 16 MACKS CREEK 0

STOUTLAND 22 NEWBURG 2

CROCKER 1 LICKING 0

MANSFIELD 11 AVA 6

MOUNTAIN GROVE 14 DORA 0

WILLOW SPRINGS 6 NORWOOD 4

ST. JAMES 2 CUBA 0

POTOSI 10 SALEM 2

HOUSTON 23 BOURBON 3

BLAIR OAKS 11 LINN 1

HELIAS 5 FATIMA 3

STOCKTON 12 WARSAW 2

OSAGE 10 CLIMAX SPRINGS 0

SOFTBALL-

DIXON 10 STOUTLAND 0

DIXON 15 BOURBON 7

FAIR GROVE 7 SKYLINE 0

STRAFFORD 10 LINCOLN 1

AVA 15 CABOOL 0

NORWOOD 12 MANSFIELD 3

SOCCER-

LEBANON 2 HILLCREST 1

FATIMA 7 SMITHTON 0

CAMDENTON 3 WAYNESVILLE 1

OSAGE 6 STOVER 0

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

TORONTO 10 CARDINALS 9

THE CARDINALS SAW ONE-RUN LEADS GET AWAY IN THREE STRAIGHT INNINGS DURING THE OPENING DAY LOSS TO THE JAYS AT BUSCH STADIUM. RYAN HELSLEY WAS TAGGED WITH THE LOSS AFTER SURRENDERING A 9-8 LEAD IN THE NINTH. TYLER O’NEILL AND BRENDAN DONOVAN BOTH WENT DEEP, WHILE NOLAN ARENADO DROVE IN THREE RUNS.
IT IS THE FOURTH STRAIGHT OPENING DAY HOME RUN FROM O’NEILL WHO JOINS YOGI BERRA, GARY CARTER AND TODD HUNDLEY (ALL CATCHERS) WHO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT FEAT.
ST. LOUIS STARTER MILES MIKOLAS THREW 90 PITCHES AND COULDN’T CLEAR THE FOURTH, ALLOWING FIVE RUNS ON TEN HITS….

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CATCHER WILLSON CONTRERAS LEFT AFTER TAKING A WILD PITCH FROM HICKS OFF HIS KNEE IN THE EIGHTH INNING. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR AN MRI.
THE CARDINALS ARE OFF TODAY, AND THEY SEND JACK FLAHERTY TO THE RUBBER AGAINST THE BLUE JAYS TOMORROW. PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 12:20 ON KJEL…..
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

MINNESOTA 2 ROYALS 0

ZACK GREINKE ALLOWED TWO RUNS WHILE STRIKING OUT FOUR IN FIVE-AND-ONE-THIRD INNINGS…..MANAGER MATT QUATRARO SAID THE VETERAN RIGHTHANDER WAS MORE THAN UP TO THE TASK….

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KYLE ISBEL AND SALVADOR PEREZ WERE THE LONE BATTERS TO RECORD A HIT FOR KANSAS CITY . THE ROYALS RETURN TO THE DIAMOND TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 3:10 AGAINST MINNESOTA. RIGHT-HANDER JORDAN LYLES IS SLATED TO TAKE THE MOUND FOR K.C..
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

NHL-

ST. LOUIS 5 CHICAGO 3

A THREE GOAL SECOND PERIOD HELPED LIFT THE BLUES TO A ROAD VICTORY IN CHI-TOWN…..JAKUB VRANA GOT THE SCORING STARTED, WHILE LOGAN BROWN AND ALEXEY TOROPCHENKO ALSO LIT THE LAMP IN THE FRAME TO GIVE THE BLUES A 3-1 LEAD HEADING INTO THE THIRD. BORIS KATCHOUK KNOCKED IN A GOAL FOR CHICAGO TO GET WITHIN ONE, BUT BRANDON SAAD SEALED THE DEAL WITH AN EMPTY-NETTER IN THE FINAL 90 SECONDS… DEFENSEMAN JUSTIN FAULK SAYS THEY’LL PLAY HARD EVERY TIME NO MATTER WHAT THE STANDINGS INDICATE..

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JORDAN KYROU ALSO SCORED FOR THE BLUES, WHO ARE NOW NINE POINTS BEHIND WINNIPEG FOR THE FINAL SPOT IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS…..ST. LOUIS WILL SKATE IN NASHVILLE TOMORROW, THEN HOST BOSTON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE ENTERPRISE CENTER…
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

N.I.T. CHAMPIONSHIP: NORTH TEXAS 68 U.A.B. 61

FINAL 4 TOMORROW IN HOUSTON:

SAN DIEGO STATE-FLORIDA ATLANTIC

MIAMI-UCONN

WOMEN’S FINAL 4 TONIGHT IN DALLAS:

LSU-VIRGINIA TECH

IOWA-SOUTH CAROLINA