KJEL SPORTS MONDAY APRIL 29, 2024

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER SATURDAY-

CAMDENTON 5 CARL JUNCTION 1

CAMDENTON 4 WEST PLAINS 1

BASEBALL-

LEBANON 11 BOLIVAR 1 (5)

THE YELLOWJACKETS WON THEIR 20TH GAME OF THE SPRING IN RUN-RULE FASHON SATURDAY AT U.S. BALLPARK IN OZARK…THE LINEUP PROVIDED TEN HITS INCLUDING AN INSIDE-THE-PARK HOMER BY COLE DUSTIN, COLE MILLIKEN’S 3 FOR 4 PERFORMANCE THAT FEATURED 3 RBI’S AND 2 STOLEN BASES…
AND SENIOR CATCHER GAVIN SMITH BROKE HIS OWN SCHOOL RECORD SET A YEAR AGO WITH HIS 37TH STOLEN BASE…..L.H.S. POSTED A RUN IN THE FIRST, THEN 4 UNEARNED RUNS IN THE 2ND TO ASSUME CONTROL FOR COACH ALEX WEATHERMON…

 

THE ‘JACKETS ARE 20-6 AND 5-1 IN OZARK CONFERENCE PLAY……

BOLIVAR 10 GRANDVIEW 0

MARSHFIELD 9 JOPLIN 3

SMITHVILLE 10 MARSHFIELD 7

SEDALIA SMITH-COTTON 11 CAMDENTON 0

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 9 CAMDENTON 8

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 10 SEDALIA SMITH-COTTON 7

MOUNTAIN GROVE 6 SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 5

FAIR GROVE 11 SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 5

FAIR GROVE 9 MOUNTAIN GROVE 1

 

OZARK HIGHLANDS TOURNAMENT:

VERSAILLES 11 EL DORADO SPRINGS 1

WARSAW 18 EL DORADO SPRINGS 0

SHERWOOD 5 BUFFALO 1

BUTLER 4 WARSAW 0

BUTLER 4 VERSAILLES 2

 

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

NEW YORK METS 4 CARDINALS 2 (11)

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A 3-GAME SWEEP AT CITI FIELD SLIPPED BY THE VISITORS AS A ONE RUN LEAD IN EXTRA INNINGS DIDN’T HOLD UP….FORMER REDBIRD HARRISON BADER TIED IT AT 2-2 WITH AN R.B.I. SINGLE, PRECEDING A WALKOFF BLAST THAT ENDED THE GAME…..

 

THE CARDINAL BATS WERE QUIET FOR THE MOST PART…A SQUEEZE BUNT SCORED THE FIRST RUN IN THE FIFTH, AND THAT WAS IT UNTIL BRENDAN DONOVAN’S R.B.I. HIT IN THE 11TH THAT PUT ST. LOUIS BRIEFLY AHEAD…LANCE LYNN STARTED AND WORKED FIVE PLUS INNINGS, LEAVING IN THE SIXTH WITH THE SCORE TIED AT 1….

 

THE CARDS HEAD TO DETROIT TO FACE THE TIGERS TONIGHT AT COMERICA PARK..PRE-GAME BEGINS AT 4:45 ON KJEL….

DETROIT 4 ROYALS 1

BOBBY WITT, JUNIOR’S RBI SINGLE IN THE 1ST TURNED OUT TO BE THE ONLY OFFENSE GENERATED IN A 3-RUN LOSS TO THE TIGERS WHO TOOK TWO OF THREE OVER THE WEEKEND IN MOTOWN…WENCEEL PEREZ HIT A 2-RUN HOMER IN THE BOTTOM THE FIRST TO PUT DETROIT IN FRONT…MICHAEL WACHA SAW HIS RECORD DROP TO 1-3…. TARIK SKUBAL THREW 7 INNINGS AND PICKED UP THE WIN FOR THE TIGERS..K.C. MANAGER MATT QUATRARO ON THE LONG DAY FOR THE OFFENSE…

 

THE ROYALS ARE 17-12 AND IN TORONTO TO FACE THE BLUE JAYS TONIGHT AT 6:07….

TEXAS LEAGUE SUNDAY-

ARKANSAS 15 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 8

 

COLLEGE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

MISSOURI STATE 19 EVANSVILLE 8

MISSOURI S&T 11 ROCKHURST 8

S.B.U. 15 ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELD 6

ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELD 7 S.B.U. 5

MARYVILLE 8 DRURY 4

U.F.L. FOOTBALL-

ST. LOUIS BATTLEHAWKS 45 D.C. DEFENDERS 12

A 17-12 HALFTIME ADVANTAGE FOR ST. LOUIS WAS ENHANCED BY 28 STRAIGHT POINTS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER AS THE BATTLEHAWKS IMPROVED TO 4-1 ON THE SEASON WITH A ROAD VICTORY……..
ST. LOUIS RETURNS TO THE DOME THIS SATURDAY TO HOST THE HOUSTON ROUGHNECKS IN A 2:00 KICKOFF…

RACING-

DENNY HAMLIN WON THE NASCAR EVENT SUNDAY AT DOVER, DELAWARE..RYAN TRUEX CAPTURED SATURDAY’S XFINITY RACE……

AT SPRINGFIELD SATURDAY, BLAKE ELLIS OF SARCOXIE WON THE MIDWEST MODZ B-CLASS FEATURE..SPRINGFIELD’S JAY REYNOLDS WAS 1ST IN THE LEGENDS FEATURE..THE PURE STOCK MAIN WENT TO MICHAEL MCKNIGHT OF SPRINGFIELD..HARTVILLE’S TRENT WYNN DROVE TO VICTORY IN THE MIDWEST MOD A-CLASS FEATURE…THE B-MOD FEATURE WAS WON BY TREVOR DRAKE OF BRIGHTON……TYREL JONES OF BOIS D’ARC CAPTURED THE HORNET FEATURE..95 CARS WERE ENTERED TO RUN AT SPRINGFIELD……..

SATURDAY EVENTS AT WHEATLAND’S LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY AND LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY AT ELDON WERE RAINED OUT…..

M.L.S. SOCCER SATURDAY-

MINNESOTA 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1

N.W.S.L. FRIDAY-

KANSAS CITY 3 ANGEL CITY 1

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-

FORMER LEBANON KJEL ALL-STAR RAEGAN MCCOWAN ANNOUNCED THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT SHE WOULD RETURN FOR HER SOPHOMORE SEASON AT WESTERN ILLINOIS WHERE SHE WAS THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR IN 2024….

THE MISSOURI BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION INDUCTED NEW MEMBERS INTO THE HALL OF FAME SATURDAY….THOSE HONORED INCLUDE FORMER STOUTLAND LADY TIGER COACH JERRY SONGER AND FORMER NORWOOD PIRATE COACH MORRIS JENKINS…FORMER MIZZOU PLAYER AND COACH KIM ANDERSON RECEIVED THE GARY FILBERT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD DURING THE CEREMONY IN SPRINGFIELD…..

MEMPHIS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LAIRD VEATCH IS HEADED TO COLUMBIA TO BECOME MIZZOU’S NEXT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. VEACH IS NO STRANGER TO THE UNIVERSITY’S ADMINISTRATION…… HE STARTED WORKING AT MU IN 1997 AND MOVED UP TO LEAD THE FUNDRAISING DIVISION. HE HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

 

VEATCH HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SINCE OCT. 1, 2019, AND WAS ELEVATED TO VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS IN JUNE 2021. HE FOLLOWS DESIREE REED-FRANCOIS WHO RESIGNED HER POSITION EARLIER THIS YEAR TO BECOME THE A.D. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA….