KJEL SPORTS MONDAY MAY 23, 2022

HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL SUNDAY-

WILLARD 6 GLENDALE 0

SIXTEEN SECTIONAL GAMES WILL BEGIN STATE PLAYOFF ACTION TODAY IN CLASS ONE, WHERE SOUTH IRON PLAYS AT NORWOOD, PLATO GOES TO GAINESVILLE, MORRISVILLE HOSTS MARIONVILLE, AND SALISBURY TRAVELS TO RUSSELLVILLE, WHILE ST. ELIZABETH WELCOMES WEAUBLEAU…
CLASS TWO ACTION TOMORROW WILL FEATURE EAST NEWTON AT FAIR GROVE, HARTVILLE FACING SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC AT OZARK, STOCKTON TRAVELING TO HOLDEN, HALLSVILLE AT SOUTHERN BOONE, AND CALIFORNIA AT ROGERSVILLE..

SECTIONAL TRACK AND FIELD AT WAYNESVILLE WAS WEATHERED-OUT SATURDAY AND RESCHEDULED FOR TODAY…

CLASS ONE AND TWO CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS WERE HELD THIS PAST WEEKEND AT JEFFERSON CITY……MORRISVILLE’S ZACH ELLIS FINISHED FIFTH IN THE CLASS ONE 400 METER DASH…GAVIN DUCHSCHERER OF MORRISVILLE RAN THIRD IN THE SIXTEEN HUNDRED METERS, TWO SPOTS AHEAD OF MACKS CREEK’S CALEB PHILLIPS..JUSTIN YATES OF HERMITAGE PLACED SEVENTH AND STOUTLAND’S BRADLEY SHAW EIGHTH….CALEB PHILLIPS OF MACKS CREEK ALSO ENDED UP FOURTH IN THE 3200 METERS FIVE SECONDS AHEAD OF JUSTIN HORN OF HERMITAGE…VESTON FEARON OF RICHLAND FINISHED SIXTH IN THE HIGH JUMP…JUSTIN CHADWELL OF NORWOOD WAS SIXTH IN THE TRIPLE JUMP..VIRGIL MCGINNIS OF HUMANSVILLE PLACED SIXTH IN THE SHOT PUT AND FIFTH IN THE JAVELIN…..JUAN COFFMAN OF HUMANSVILLE ENDED UP SECOND IN THE DISCUS…
CLASS TWO, COLE CAMP’S REID HARRISON RAN FIFTH IN THE HUNDRED METERS..PLATO’S DAVID HELD WAS RUNNERUP IN THE 800 AND 1600 METER RUNS AND THIRD IN THE 3200 METERS……BLAINE BRODERSON OF STOVER WAS FIFTH IN THE 1600 METERS AND SIXTH IN THE 3200 METERS…KEVAN MONDS OF PLATO PLACED FOURTH IN THE 110 METER HURDLES AND SEVENTH IN THE 300 HURDLES…PLEASANT HOPE’S TANNER HILLENBURG PLACED SECOND IN THE HIGH JUMP WHILE KEATON COCHRAN OF STOVER WAS SIXTH AND EUGENE’S RYDER BELT WAS 8TH…COLTON BANKS OF COLE CAMP FINISHED EIGHTH IN THE TRIPLE JUMP..CABOOL’S EDWARD SWISLOSKI WAS EIGHTH IN THE SHOT PUT..AZLEN METSCHER OF SKYLINE WAS SIXTH IN THE DISCUS AND THE JAVELIN…

GIRLS CLASS ONE, RICHLAND’S BREAH MORRIS RAN SIXTH IN THE HUNDRED METERS, AND SEVENTH IN THE 200 METERS…MIYA BESS OF MORRISVILLE PLACED EIGHTH IN THE 1600 METERS..MOLLY PHILLIPS OF MACKS CREEK WAS SIXTH IN THE 3200 METERS..SARAH BACKES OF ST. ELIZABETH WAS SEVENTH IN THE HIGH JUMP..KYLIE MAXWELL OF MORRISVILLE PLACED EIGHTH IN THE JAVELIN..
GIRLS CLASS 2, SKYLINE’S JUSTINE BARB RAN FOURTH IN THE 1600 METERS.. MONTGOMERY KECK OF DIXON WAS RUNNERUP IN THE 100 METER HURDLES AND PLACED THIRD IN THE TRIPLE JUMP..OLIVIA ANGERER OF EUGENE WAS SIXTH IN THE HIGH JUMP..ALLIE HOCK OF LICKING TIED FOR 7TH..RILEY ROSENTRETER OF VIENNA PLACED SEVENTH IN THE POLE VAULT..TIPTON’S LILY BURNS WAS SEVENTH IN THE SHOT PUT WHILE JOSIE STEWART OF RUSSELLVILLE PLACED THIRD IN THE DISCUS..

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUNDAY-

CARDINALS 18 PITTSBURGH 4

IT WAS AN EARLY 10:35 AM SUNDAY START AT P.N.C. PARK, BUT THE ST. LOUIS OFFENSE WAS WIDE AWAKE WITH THE ONLY DOWN NOTE BEING THE ABBREVIATED START BY STEVEN MATZ WHO THREW JUST FOUR PITCHES BEFORE LEAVING WITH SHOULDER STIFFNESS…THAT ALLOWED ANGEL RONDON TO ENTER AND BLANK THE PIRATES ON ONE HIT OVER FIVE INNINGS FOR HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY T.J. MCFARLAND GOING THE FINAL 3…
THE CARDS ARE NOW THREE GAMES BEHIND FIRST PLACE MILWAUKEE. AND WILL BE STARTING A FOUR-GAME SERIES WITH THE BREWERS ON THURSDAY AT BUSCH STADIUM.
OF NOTE DURING THE BATS ERUPTING WAS ALBERT PUJOLS JUMPING INTO THE MIXTURE OFFENSIVELY WITH A PAIR OF HOMERS..
THE CARDS RECORDED 20 HITS INCLUDING THREE FROM BOTH TOMMY EDMAN AND NOLAN GORMAN..HARRISON BADER ALSO HOMERED….ST. LOUIS SWEPT THE 3-GAME SERIES AND RETURNS HOME TONIGHT TO MEET TORONTO…PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 5:50 ON KJEL….

MINNESOTA 7 ROYALS 6

GIO URSHELA SINGLED IN THE GO-AHEAD RUN AND THE TWINS COMPLETED A COMEBACK FROM SIX RUNS DOWN TO STUN K.C. AND SWEEP THE 3-GAME WEEKEND SERIES AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM…..IT NEGATED ANOTHER BRILLIANT START FROM BRADY SINGER WHO BLANKED THE A.L. CENTRAL DIVISION LEADERS FOR SEVEN INNINGS…JOSH STAUMONT SUFFERED THE LOSS OUT OF THE BULLPEN….
KYLE GARLICK’S 2 RUN HOMER IN THE 8TH SPARKED A FIVE RUN FRAME, PUTTING THE VISITORS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE..CARLOS SANTANA DELIVERED A 3-RUN DOUBLE WHILE ANDREW BENINTENDI CONTRIBUTED THREE HITS FOR KANSAS CITY, NOW 14-26 ON THE SEASON
THE ROYALS HEAD WEST TO FACE ARIZONA TONIGHT AT 8:40…

TEXAS LEAGUE-

WICHITA 2 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 1

N.C.A.A. COLLEGE SOFTBALL-

ARIZONA 1 MIZZOU 0
WILDCATS WIN THE COLUMBIA REGIONAL

THE MSHSAA STATE SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS ARE ON TAP TODAY IN SPRINGFIELD AT THE KILLIAN COMPLEX….IN CLASS ONE, JASPER GOES AGAINST HOLCOMB AND PLATO WILL CHALLENGE WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON AT 1:15…THOSE GAMES WILL BE PRECEDED BY THE CLASS TWO SEMIFINALS AT 11:00 MATCHING SKYLINE AND PARK HILLS CENTRAL, AND DIAMOND GOING AGAINST KENNET…

NHL PLAYOFFS TONIGHT-

COLORADO AT ST. LOUIS

JORDAN BINNINGTON IS OUT THE REST OF THE SERIES AFTER SUSTAINING A KNEE INJURY IN A GOAL-CREASE COLLISION SATURDAY NIGHT..
IT’S A MUST-WIN FOR THE BLUES TO AVOID GOING DOWN 3 GAMES TO ONE TO THE AVALANCHE AFTER THE 5-2 SETBACK IN GAME THREE…
PUCK DROP IS RIGHT AFTER 8:45 AT THE ENTERPRISE CENTER….

RACING-

IT WAS A WEEKEND WASHOUT DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL AT AREA TRACKS WITH PROGRAMS CANCELED AT LEBANON MIDWAY SPEEDWAY, LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY AT ELDON, SPRINGFIELD AND LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY AT WHEATLAND…

RYAN BLANEY WON THE NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEXAS…