THE MSHSAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR CLASS FIVE WERE STAGED THURSDAY IN JEFFERSON CITY…..
LEBANON’S TRISTAN WILSON MEDALED WITH AN 8TH PLACE FINISH IN THE SHOT PUT..THE YELLOWJACKETS CORDELL ZEBEL WAS SEVENTH IN THE JAVELIN AND THE 300 METER HURDLES….
JUSTIN KNIGHT OF WAYNESVILLE WAS SIXTH IN THE LONG JUMP WHILE THE TIGERS JARED HYATT FINISHED 8TH IN THE HIGH JUMP..CLASS FOUR COMPETITION IS SLATED FOR TODAY…

DOUBLE A BASEBALL-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 6 WICHITA 2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 5 ARIZONA 4 (10)

WHAT APPEARED TO BE A COMFORTABLE VICTORY TURNED OUT TO BE ANYTHING BUT, AS THE VISITORS HAD TO GO OVERTIME TO GET THE DECISION ON YADIER MOLINA’S RBI DOUBLE….ST. LOUIS HAD A 4-0 LEAD AFTER CARLOS MARTINEZ THREW SIX NO-HIT INNINGS…BUT TROUBLE ARRIVED IN THE 7TH AS THE DIAMONDBACKS SCORED THREE TIMES, THEN TIED IT IN THE 8TH.. RYAN HELSLEY WAS ABLE TO GET A HOLD WITH A PAIR OF STRIKEOUTS IN THE 7TH WITH THE BASES LOADED….

THE WIN WENT TO ALEX REYES WHO’S NOW 3-1…DANIEL PONCE DE LEON RECORDED HIS FIRST SAVE..TYLER O’NEILL RETURNED FROM THE INJURED  LIST AND SOCKED A TWO RUN HOMER…

THE CARDS AND ARIZONA MEET AGAIN TONITE…PRE-GAME AIRS AT 7:45 ON KJEL…

TAMPA BAY 7 ROYALS 2

AUSTIN MEADOWS HOMERED AND DROVE IN FOUR RUNS HELPING THE RAYS TO AN AFTERNOON VICTORY…SHANE MCCLANAHAN WAS THE WINNER AS HE WORKED FIVE SCORELESS INNINGS ON THE MOUND…BRADY SINGER SUSTAINED THE LOSS AFTER ALLOWING THREE FIRST INNING RUNS…MANAGER MIKE MATHENY SAID THEY MANAGED TO HANG IN THERE AGAINST THE ODDS OF FACING A BIG DEFICIT…

RYAN O’HEARN’S TWO RUN HOMER ACCOUNTED FOR THE ONLY KANSAS CITY OFFENSE..THE RAYS TOOK TWO OF THREE IN THE SERIES..THE ROYALS GO TO MINNESOTA WHERE THEY’LL FACE THE TWINS TONIGHT AT 7:10..

NCAA TOURNAMENT SOFTBALL-

JAMES MADISON AT MIZZOU TONIGHT AT 8:00