HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL-

THE 2022 PLAYOFFS ENTER THE NEXT STEP THIS WEEKEND…

TONIGHT-

CLASS 3 QUARTERFINALS:

ST. CHARLES WEST AT SULLIVAN

CLASS 4 QUARTERFINALS:

HANNIBAL AT WEST PLAINS

CLASS 5 QUARTERFINALS:

FRANCIS HOWELL AT WENTZVILLE TIMBERLAND

GRAIN VALLEY AT FORT OSAGE

CLASS 6 SEMIFINALS:

LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH AT DESMET

TOMORROW:

CLASS 5 QUARTERFINALS:

CARTHAGE AT LEBANON

THE TOP RANKED TIGERS COME TO YELLOWJACKET STADIUM..IT’LL BE A REMATCH OF 2018 WHEN THE TIGERS HANDLED L.H.S. 43-8 AT HOME….CARTHAGE COACH JON GUIDIE IS IMPRESSED WITH LEBANON..

CARTHAGE IS 10-1…LEBANON 11-1…IT’S THE FIRST HOME PLAYOFF GAME FOR THE BLACK AND GOLD SINCE 1993..COACH WILL CHRISTIAN
ANTICIPATES HIS TEAM GOING FULL THROTTLE..

THE WINNER GETS EITHER FRANCIS HOWELL OR TIMBERLAND IN THE SEMIFINALS; ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE FINALS..PRE-GAME AIRS AT 1:15TOMORROW WITH KICKOFF AT 2:00 ON KJEL…

ALSO IN CLASS 5 TOMORROW:

CAPE GIRARDEAU CENTRAL AT M.I.C.D.S.

CLASS 4:

PARKWAY CENTRAL AT ST. DOMINIC

KANSAS CITY CENTER AT SMITHVILLE

HILLSBORO AT ST. MARY’S

CLASS 3:

PLEASANT HILL AT MARYVILLE

REEDS SPRING AT BOONVILLE

CARDINAL RITTER AT PARK HILLS CENTRAL

CLASS 2:

LAMAR AT HOLDEN

LIBERTY AT SENECA

BOWLING GREEN AT LAFAYETTE COUNTY

BLAIR OAKS AT LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY

CLASS 1:

LINCOLN AT MONROE CITY

MARIONVILLE AT ADRIAN

EAST BUCHANNAN AT GALLATIN

PORTAGEVILLE AT DUCHESNE

CLASS 6:

C.B.C. AT LIBERTY NORTH

THE CAMDENTON LAKERS CONCLUDED THIS SEASON AT 9-2, AND WILL BE IN THE MARKET FOR THE NEXT HEAD COACH AFTER JEFF SHORE ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION THIS WEEK..

THE FORMER LAKER ALL STATE QUARTERBACK WENT 96-44 IN TWELVE SEASONS, FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS..

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOMORROW-

NEW MEXICO STATE AT MIZZOU

THE AGGIES ARE A TEAM THAT HAS WON THREE IN A ROW, BUT EARLIER IN THE SEASON LOST TO THE BIG TEN’S MINNESOTA 38-0 AND WISCONSIN 66-7. THE TIGERS NEED TO WIN BOTH OF THEIR FINAL GAMES TO BECOME BOWL ELIGIBLE BUT  COACH ELI  DRINKWITZ IS FOCUSED ON HONORING THE SENIORS BY GETTING A WIN AND LETTING THEM CARRY OFF A ROCK FROM THE M.

KICKOFF IS AT 6:30 FOR A COLD NIGHT OF FOOTBALL AT MEMORIAL STADIUM….

MISSOURI STATE AT INDIANA STATE

THE BEARS END 2022 ON THE ROAD….COACH BOBBY PETRINO’S TEAM GOES IN SEARCH OF A THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY AND PUTTING THE FOCUS INTERNALLY…

THE SYCAMORES ARE 2-8 AND 1-6 IN THE M.V.C. KICKOFF IS AT NOON TOMORROW IN TERRE HAUTE…

NFL SUNDAY-

KANSAS CITY AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

THE CHIEFS ENTER THE SUNDAY NIGHT GAME AS THE TOP-SEED IN THE AFC AFTER BEATING JACKSONVILLE 27-17 IN WEEK 10 TO IMPROVE TO 7-AND-2. ROOKIE CORNER TRENT MCDUFFIE ON THE DEFENSIVE CHALLENGE TRYING TO LIMIT JUSTIN HERBERT AND THE CHARGERS OFFENSE…

KANSAS CITY HAS THE BEST SCORING OFFENSE IN THE LEAGUE, AND PATRICK MAHOMES LEADS THE NFL IN TOUCHDOWN PASSES AND PASSING YARDS.
THE CHIEFS PLACED WIDE RECEIVER MECOLE HARDMAN ON INJURED RESERVE THURSDAY DUE TO AN ABDOMINAL INJURY. HARDMAN WILL NOW MISS AT LEAST THE NEXT FOUR GAMES.

THE MSHSAA SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS START TODAY AT FENTON…

CLASS 1 SEMIFINALS- BORGIA VS BISHOP DUBOURG AND NEW COVENANT ACADEMY VS SUMMIT CHRISTIAN

CLASS 2 SEMIFINALS- ORCHARD FARM VS SAXONY LUTHERAN AND MARSHALL VS EXCELSIOR SPRINGS

CLASS 3 SEMIFINALS- WEBSTER GROVES VS WHITFIELD AND GLENDALE VS KANSAS CITY EAST

CLASS 4 SEMIFINALS- C.B.C. VS ST. DOMINIC AND ROCK BRIDGE VS ROCKHURST

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL THURSDAY-

OKLAHOMA STATE 73 MISSOURI STATE 54

THE LADY BEARS DROPPED TO 1-2 ON THE SEASON…COACH BETH CUNNINGHAM FELT THERE WERE TOO MANY
ERRORS AGAINST AN UNDEFEATED OPPONENT..

THE COWGIRLS PULLED AWAY FROM A NINE POINT HALFTIME LEAD..THE LADY BEARS WON THE REBOUND BATTLE, BUT COMMITTED 21 TURNOVERS…

MIZZOU LADY TIGERS 60 TENNESSEE-MARTIN 55

NHL THURSDAY-

ST. LOUIS 5 WASHINGTON 4 (SHOOTOUT)

THE BLUES WON THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT, BUT NOT WITHOUT ANXIOUS MOMENTS..THE CAPITALS RALLIED FROM 3 GOAL AND TWO GOAL DEFICITS TO SEND IT TO OVERTIME, BUT PAVEL BUCHNEVICH’S GOAL WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SIXTH ROUND OF THE SHOOTOUT…THOMAS GREISS KEPT THE BLUES AFLOAT WITH 47 SAVES IN HIS FIRST VICTORY AS THE ST. LOUIS BACKUP GOALIE…

THE BLUES HOST ANAHEIM TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00…

BASEBALL-

PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT IS TAKING HOME NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP HONORS. THE CARDINAL SLUGGER HIT .317 LAST SEASON WITH 35 HOME RUNS AND 115 RBI. THE 34-YEAR-OLD HAD A .981 OPS AND EARNED HIS FIFTH SILVER SLUGGER LAST WEEK.

GOLDSCHMIDT FINISHED AS A RUNNER UP IN THE MVP RACE TWICE IN HIS CAREER, ONCE IN 2013 AND AGAIN IN 2015. THE FIRST BASEMEN BEAT OUT FELLOW TEAMMATE NOLAN ARENADO AND SAN DIEGO PADRE MANNY MACHADO FOR THE AWARD.

NEW DISTRICT ALIGNMENTS FOR WINTER SPORTS IN MISSOURI WERE ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING…. FOR BASKETBALL, BOTH LEBANON AND WAYNESVILLE WILL BE PAIRED WITH ST. LOUIS AREA SCHOOLS IN CLASS SIX DISTRICT TWO, INCLUDING EUREKA, LAFAYETTE, MARQUETTE, NORTHWEST CEDAR HILL, PARKWAY SOUTH AND PARKWAY WEST…CAMDENTON, ROLLA AND MARSHFIELD WILL BE GROUPED INTO CLASS FIVE DISTRICT FIVE WITH CAPITAL CITY, HELIAS, JEFFERSON CITY, BORGIA AND UNION..CLASS FOUR DISTRICT 10 WILL FEATURE BUFFALO, CALIFORNIA, ELDON, OSAGE, VERSAILLES AND SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC….CLASS THREE DISTRICT NINE INCLUDES CONWAY, DIXON, BELLE, BOURBON, LINN AND STEELVILLE..DISTRICT TEN GROUPS TOGETHER HOUSTON, ALTON, LIBERTY, LICKING, MANSFIELD, SEYMOUR AND THAYER…CLASS TWO DISTRICT NINE WILL FEATURE CROCKER, EUGENE, IBERIA, NEWBURG, RICHLAND, STOUTLAND AND VIENNA…DISTRICT TEN HAS HARTVILLE, LAQUEY, PLATO, NORWOOD, GAINESVILLE, DORA AND BAKERSFIELD…
CLASS ONE DISTRICT SIX INCLUDES TUSCUMBIA, MACKS CREEK, ST. ELIZABETH, CLIMAX SPRINGS, HERMITAGE, CHAMOIS, AND CALVARY LUTHERAN…DISTRICT FIVE FINDS DADEVILLE, EVERTON, FAIR PLAY, HALFWAY, HUMANSVILLE, WALNUT GROVE AND WHEATLAND..IN WRESTLING, LEBANON AND WAYNESVILLE WILL COMPETE IN CLASS FOUR..CAMDENTON, ROLLA, MARSHFIELD AND BOLIVAR IN CLASS THREE..OSAGE, ELDON, BUFFALO, BLAIR OAKS AND ROGERSVILLE WILL BE ON THE MAT IN CLASS TWO..COLE CAMP, VERSAILLES, CALIFORNIA, FATIMA, STOVER, TIPTON AND WARSAW WILL COMPETE IN CLASS ONE..