KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 2022

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

BLAIR OAKS 63 CAPITAL CITY 61

JEFFERSON CITY 83 WARRENSBURG 39

GIRLS BASKETBALL-

PAIRINGS FOR THE GREENWOOD PINK AND WHITE TOURNAMENT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED…PINK DIVISION GAMES BEGIN ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 27TH IN WEISER GYM ON THE DRURY CAMPUS..MARSHFIELD AND BOLIVAR TIPOFF AT 9:30 FOLLOWED BY WEST PLAINS-WILLARD, AVA-ROGERSVILLE, NIXA-CENTRAL, THEN OZARK AND CAMDENTON MEET AT 3:30… GREENWOOD, ARKANSAS THE TOP-SEED MEETS HOST SPRINGFIELD GREENWOOD…SKYLINE-HILLCREST AND COLUMBIA ROCK BRIDGE-MOUNT VERNON CONCLUDE THE FIRST DAY OF THE PINK…IN THE WHITE DIVISION AT O’REILLY FAMILY CENTER, LEBANON MEETS THAYER AT 9:30, REPUBLIC AND AURORA ARE NEXT, THEN CARTHAGE-GLENDALE, KICKAPOO-CATHOLIC AND EL DORADO SPRINGS-PARKVIEW..TOP-SEED GRAIN VALLEY GOES AGAINST CLEVER, FIVE SEED STRAFFORD MEETS BUFFALO, AND BRANSON WILL MATCHUP WITH CABOT, ARKANSAS TO COMPLETE THE   EIGHT GAME SCHEDULE IN THE WHITE…

COLLEGE BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

ST. MARY’S 66 MISSOURI STATE 46

EVANGEL 79 MID AMERICA NAZARENE 66

EVANGEL WOMEN 72 MID AMERICA NAZARENE 67

NHL TONIGHT-

WINNIPEG AT ST. LOUIS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-

GARY PINKEL IS AMONG THE NEW INDUCTEES INTO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

PINKEL IS ONE OF ONLY THREE IN DIVISION I TO BE THE WINNINGEST COACH AT TWO SCHOOLS, TOLEDO AND MISSOURI.

BASEBALL-

THE CARDINALS HAVE FOUND THE CATCHING SUCCESSOR TO THE RETIRED YADIER MOLINA. WILLSON CONTRERAS HAS REPORTEDLY AGREED TO A FIVE YEAR, 87.5 MILLION DOLLAR FREE AGENT CONTRACT TO JOIN ST. LOUIS IN 2023..THE 30-YEAR OLD CONTRERAS HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE 14 YEAR CAREER IN THE CHICAGO CUBS ORGANIZATION AND IS A THREE TIME ALL-STAR…