KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 2023

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL WEDNESDAY-

HELIAS SWEPT ROLLA IN 3

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL-

WILLARD 5 LEBANON 0

THE LADY TIGERS RECEIVED COMBINED SHUTOUT PITCHING FROM HANNAH BURKS AND EMILY BARR IN A NON-CONFERENCE   ROAD VICTORY AT L.H.S. IN A GAME HEARD ON KBNN AM 750.
WILLARD PICKED UP SINGLE RUNS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH AND THEN PULLED AWAY WITH THREE UNEARNED RUNS IN THE FIFTH……ALYSON MILLER BELTED A SOLO HOMER FOR WILLARD WHICH OUTHIT THE LADY JACKETS 7-3……LEBANON COACH ROB SELANDER SAYS HIS BALLCLUB THAT INCLUDES FIVE SENIORS WILL GROW UP AS THE CAMPAIGN MOVES ALONG.

 

LEBANON IS 2-3 AND WILL PLAY IN SPRINGFIELD TODAY AGAINST CENTRAL…WILLARD IMPROVED TO 4-1 AND WILL HOST MCDONALD COUNTY TOMORROW…

ALSO:

WEBB CITY 11 ROLLA 5

REPUBLIC 5 MORRISVILLE 0

KNOB KNOSTER 2 SEDALIA SMITH COTTON 1

JEFFERSON CITY 12 WARRENSBURG 4

TENNIS-

LEBANON 7 CAMDENTON  2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 5 SAN DIEGO 4

TOMMY EDMAN PLAYED “HERO” AGAIN FOR ST. LOUIS.

 

ANDRE PALLANTE EARNED THE WIN AFTER GIVING UP ONE HIT IN A SCORELESS INNING OF RELIEF. JORDAN WALKER WENT FOUR FOR FOUR AND CRUSHED A THREE-RUN HOMER IN THE FOURTH INNING AS ST. LOUIS SECURED THE SERIES WIN FOR MANAGER OLI MARMOL.

 

THE CARDS IMPROVED TO 58-AND-76. ST. LOUIS HOSTS PITTSBURGH TOMORROW NIGHT.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

 

PITTSBURGH 4 ROYALS 1

THE ROYALS WERE SWEPT IN THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT SERIES. STARTING PITCHER ANGEL ZERPA WAS HANDED HIS THIRD LOSS AFTER HE ALLOWED THREE EARNED RUNS THROUGH FIVE-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS. BOBBY WITT JR. BROUGHT HOME KC’S LONE RUN ON A SOLO SHOT IN THE FOURTH INNING GIVING HIM 27 ROUNDTRIPPERS ON THE SEASON…..

 

ANDRE JACKSON WAS THE WINNER FOR THE ‘BUCCOS AND BRIAN REYNOLDS HOMERED FOR THE VISITORS….THE ROYALS HAVE LOST SIX STRAIGHT TO FALL TO 41-AND-94. THEY WILL REMAIN HOME TO HOST THE BOSTON RED SOX TOMORROW NIGHT.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

TEXAS LEAGUE-

SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 6 NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

THE MISSOURI TIGERS KICK OFF THE 2023 SEASON TONIGHT HOSTING SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE….. ELI DRINKWITZ BEGINS HIS FOURTH SEASON AS HEAD COACH IN COLUMBIA…
THE TIGERS ARE COMING OFF A 6-7 SEASON INCLUDING A BOWL LOSS, BUT MIZZOU LOST FOUR GAMES BY SEVEN POINTS OR LESS.
BRADY COOK AND REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN SAM HORN WILL BOTH SEE PLAYING TIME AT QUARTERBACK. DRINKWITZ HAS NOT OFFICIALLY NAMED A STARTER QB FOR THE SEASON.

 

IT’S AN EXPERIENCED MIZZOU FOOTBALL TEAM WITH THIRTEEN STARTERS RETURNING, INCLUDING EIGHT ON DEFENSE EVEN THOUGH LINEBACKER CHAD BAILEY WILL BE OUT TONIGHT WITH AN INJURY……..MIZZOU AND SOUTH DAKOTA WITH KICKOFF AT 7:00 THIS EVENING AT FAUROT FIELD….

ALSO TONIGHT-

#10 DELTA STATE AT MISSOURI S&T

TWO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES ARE ON THE DOCKET TONIGHT IN THE CENTRAL OZARK CONFERENCE AS JOPLIN HOSTS WILLARD AND REPUBLIC TRAVELS TO OZARK ……