MSHSAA ANNOUNCED THE DISTRICT ALIGNMENT FOR WINTER SPORTS THIS MORNING…..IN CLASS SIX BASKETBALL BOTH LEBANON AND WAYNESVILLE RETURN TO DISTRICT TWO WITH ST. LOUIS AREA SCHOOLS EUREKA, KIRKWOOD, LAFAYETTE, MARQUETTE, PARKWAY SOUTH AND NORTHWEST CEDAR HILL…..
IN CLASS FIVE, CAMDENTON WILL BE IN DISTRICT FIVE WITH JEFFERSON CITY, WASHINGTON, WARRENSBURG, UNION, PACIFIC, HELIAS AND CAPITAL CITY..ROLLA AND MARSHFIELD WILL BE GROUPED WITH WILLARD, WEST PLAINS, PARKVIEW, MCDONALD COUNTY, BRANSON AND HILLCREST IN DISTRICT SIX…CLASS FOUR WILL FEATURE ELDON, BUFFALO, BOLIVAR, OSAGE, SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC AND STRAFFORD IN DISTRICT TEN…CLASS THREE DISTRICT 8 INCLUDES WARSAW, VERSAILLES, STOVER, SKYLINE, RUSSELLVILLE AND COLE CAMP….DISTRICT NINE HAS DIXON, BELLE, FATIMA, IBERIA, BOURBON, LINN AND STEELVILLE….CONWAY, SPARTA, PLEASANT HOPE, NEW COVENANT, GREENWOOD, FORSYTH AND FAIR GROVE ARE IN DISTRICT ELEVEN….PLATO IS IN CLASS TWO DISTRICT TWO WITH CABOOL, ELLINGTON, SUMMERSVILLE, VAN BUREN AND WINONA…DISTRICT NINE FEATURES EUGENE, CROCKER, LAQUEY, NEWBURG, RICHLAND, STOUTLAND AND VIENNA…..DISTRICT TEN WILL INCLUDE HARTVILLE, MANSFIELD, NORWOOD, GAINESVILLE, FORDLAND, BAKERSFIELD AND DORA….CLASS ONE HAS NIANGUA IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH BRADLEYVILLE, CHADWICK, COUCH, EMINENCE, KOSHKONONG AND LUTIE….DISTRICT SEVEN INCLUDES CLIMAX SPRINGS, HERMITAGE, CALVARY LUTHERAN, MACKS CREEK, ST. ELIZABETH, TUSCUMBIA AND WHEATLAND….LEBANON AND WAYNESVILLE WRESTLING WILL COMPETE IN CLASS FOUR WHILE ROLLA, MARSHFIELD, BOLIVAR AND CAMDENTON ARE IN CLASS THREE…

STATE QUARTERFINAL FOOTBALL  PLAYOFF SCHEDULE:

CLASS 1 FRIDAY-

WINDSOR AT NORTH PLATTE

CLASS 1 SATURDAY-

PORTAGEVILLE AT MARIONVILLE

CLASS 2 SATURDAY-

FAIR GROVE AT TOLTON CATHOLIC

LAFAYETTE COUNTY AT LAMAR

CLASS 3 FRIDAY-

BLAIR OAKS AT WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

SENECA AT AVA

CLASS 4 SATURDAY-

JEFFERSON CITY AT MCDONALD COUNTY

CLASS 5 FRIDAY-

GRAIN VALLEY AT WEBB CITY

CLASS 5 SATURDAY-

HELIAS AT REPUBLIC

CLASS 6 FRIDAY-

NIXA AT ROCKHURST

MSHSAA SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS TODAY AT FENTON:

CLASS 1

MARYVILLE-BISHOP DUBOURG

DUCHESNE-LAQUEY

CLASS 2

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN-EXCELSIOR SPRINGS

ROGERSVILLE-ORCHARD FARM

CLASS 3

EAST KANSAS CITY-ROCKWOOD SUMMIT

LADUE-SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC

CLASS 4

LINDBERGH-PARK HILL SOUTH

JOHN BURROUGHS-ROCKHURST

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY-

FLORIDA AT MZZOU

THE ELEVENTH RANKED TIGERS MAKE THEIR FINAL APPEARANCE AT FAUROT FIELD, HOSTING THE GATORS…FLORIDA COMES IN AT 5-5, BUT MIZZOU COACH ELI DRINKWITZ KNOWS THE CAPABILITY THIS OPPONENT POSSESSES…

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FLORIDA WON LAST YEAR’S MATCHUP IN GAINESVILLE, 24-17……IT’S SENIOR NIGHT IN COLUMBIA WITH 8-2 MIZZOU STILL LOOKING TO BE PLACED IN THE RUNNING FOR A NEW YEAR’S BOWL INVITE…KICKOFF WILL BE RIGHT AFTER 6:30….

MISSOURI STATE AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

THE NUMBER ONE RANKED JACKRABBITS COME IN AT 10-0, AND 7-0 IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY, AND LEAD THE ALL-TIME SERIES BETWEEN THE TEAMS, 12-1, HAVING REELED OFF 7 STRAIGHT WINS. BEARS COACH RYAN BEARD IS HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE SHAPING UP AS THE SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE….

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THE BEAR’S ONLY WIN IN THE SERIES CAME ON OCT. 19, 2013, WITH A 35-21 WIN AT PLASTER STADIUM.
MSU IS 1-6 AT HOME AND 0-6 IN BROOKINGS IN THE SERIES. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SINCE 2018.
2:00 KICKOFF TOMORROW AS MISSOURI STATE PLAYS AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE…

COLLEGE BASKETBALL THURSDAY-

MIZZOU 70 MINNESOTA 68

THE TIGER’S LED FOR 9.9 SECONDS, BUT IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT STRETCH OF THE GAME, UTILIZING A 31-9 RUN TO ERASE A TWENTY POINT DEFICIT FOR A NON-CONFERENCE WIN AT THE BARN…THE GOPHERS WERE UP 59-39 BEFORE MIZZOU’S FURIOUS FINISH…SEAN EAST’S THREE POINT PLAY DECIDED IT…NICK HONOR LED THE SCORING WITH SIXTEEN…MINNESOTA OUTREBOUNDED THE TIGERS 44-28 WHILE COMMITING EIGHT MORE TURNOVERS…COACH DENNIS GATES WAS ABLE TO PLAY 8 OFF THE BENCH AND THE RESERVES CONTRIBUTED 26 POINTS…..

 

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BOTH TEAM’S ENDED THE GAME 8 OF 23 FROM BEHIND THE ARC AND MIZZOU WAS ABLE TO PREVAIL DESPITE BEING OUTSCORED 12-6 AT THE FOUL LINE…THE TIGER’S ARE NOW 3-1 AND AFTER THE MINNEAPOLIS MIRACLE, WILL RETURN TO COLUMBIA TO HOST JACKSON STATE SUNDAY EVENING AT 5:00….
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

ALSO:

ARKANSAS TECH 75 DRURY 72

DRURY LADY PANTHERS 114 MISSOURI BAPTIST 74

TONIGHT-

MISSOURI STATE-FLORIDA GULF COAST IN THE PARADISE JAM

THE MISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME WINTER LUNCHEON IS COMING UP NEXT MONTH…..THE 1964-65 BUFFALO BISON BASKETBALL  STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS WILL BE HONORED….OTHER INDUCTEES WILL INCLUDE FORMER MARSHFIELD AND KJEL ALL-STAR LAUREN ALDRIDGE BRITTON, WHO WILL BE A PART OF THE FILBERT FIVE, AND FORMER MISSOURI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH BARRY HINSON…THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT 11AM ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13TH AT THE OASIS HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD……..

NHL THURSDAY-

SAN JOSE 5 ST. LOUIS 1

THE BLUES GAVE UP THE FIRST FIVE GOALS OF THE GAME AND NEVER WERE ABLE TO FIGHT BACK. PAVEL BUCHNEVICH SCORED THE ONLY GOAL FOR THE BLUES LATE IN THE THIRD PERIOD. ST. LOUIS HAD ITS THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK COME TO AN END. FORMER ST. LOUIS FORWARD MIKE HOFFMAN REGISTERED TWO GOALS FOR SAN JOSE…THE BLUE’S BRAYDEN SCHENN SAID THE ISSUES WERE NUMEROUS…

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THE SHARKS ENTERED THE GAME WITH JUST TWO WINS PRIOR TO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BLUES ARE IN FIFTH PLACE IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION WITH 17 POINTS AND AN 8-6-AND-1 RECORD. ST. LOUIS VISITS THE LOS ANGELES KINGS TOMORROW NIGHT.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

NCAA MEN’S SOCCER-

MISSOURI STATE 1 OMAHA 0

THE WIN IS THE BEAR’S THIRD EVER IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AND SECOND IN SPRINGFIELD.
MISSOURI STATE HAS 12 VICTORIES, AND WILL LOOK TO ITS SECOND-EVER SWEET 16 APPEARANCE AS THEY ADVANCE TO MEET STANFORD SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA….THE CARDINAL ARE THE NUMBER 16 SEED…