KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY MAY 5, 2022

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL-

DAVID WHITE, THE FORMER HEAD COACH AND ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT BLUE SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, WILL BECOME THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR WAYNESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL; HE REPLACES JOE HAYNES, WHO HAS ACCEPTED A COACHING POSITION IN ARKANSAS..
WHITE HAS 11 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE AND FIVE YEARS OF NCAA ASSISTANT COACHING EXPERIENCE. HE SERVED THREE YEARS AS COACH OF THE ALL-AMERICAN BOWL (WEST) AND WAS THE HEAD COACH FOR THE 2022 TEAM. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, HE HAS ALSO COACHED AT RIDGELAND IN MISSISSIPPI AND BISHOP GORMAN IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. …
AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, WHITE HAS COACHED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA UNDER BOB STOOPS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA.
FANS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WHITE FROM 3:30 TO 4:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2022, IN THE LECTURE HALL AT WAYNESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. THE LECTURE HALL ENTRANCE IS LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE FACILITY NEAR TIGER STADIUM

TRACK-

THE OZARK CONFERENCE TRACK AND FIELD MEET IN LEBANON WAS INTERRUPTED BY WEATHER YESTERDAY, AND SLATED TO FINISH UP ON FRIDAY…..THRU SEVEN EVENTS, THE WEST PLAINS LADY ZIZZERS OWN THE LEAD BY THIRTEEN POINTS OVER LEBANON…
ON THE BOYS SIDE, CAMDENTON HAS THE UPPER HAND ON WEST PLAINS THRU FIVE EVENTS..

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-

FATIMA 9 ELDON 2

OWENSVILLE 10 ST. JAMES 3

SOUTH CALLAWAY 3 EUGENE 2

THE CLASS SIX DISTRICT SIX BRACKET WAS FINALIZED WEDNESDAY…NIXA IS THE ONE SEED…KICKAPOO SECOND WITH OZARK THIRD, REPUBLIC FOURTH, JOPLIN FIFTH, CARTHAGE SIXTH, LEBANON SEVENTH AND CENTRAL EIGHTH…….THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE HOSTED BY JOPLIN, AND BEGIN ON MONDAY, MAY 16TH WITH FOUR GAMES IN THE QUARTERFINALS…NIXA AND CENTRAL AT 11 FOLLOWED BY REPUBLIC-JOPLIN AT 1:30, LEBANON-KICKAPOO AT 4:00, AND THEN OZARK-CARTHAGE AT 6:30…SEMIFINALS ARE TUESDAY THE 17TH AND CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY THE 19TH…

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS-

LEBANON 6 WEST PLAINS 3

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY-

CARDINALS 10 ROYALS 0

THE REDBIRDS CRUISED TO AN EASY VICTORY AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM…..ROYALS STARTER KRIS BUBIC WAS PULLED AFTER JUST 24 PITCHES, THE CARDINALS HUNG A FIVE SPOT IN THE FIRST INNING. NOLAN ARENADO BELTED A 3 RUN HOMER IN THE FIRST….TYLER O’NEILL CAPPED THE DAY WITH A TWO-RUN HOMER IN THE NINTH.
ARENADO FINISHED WITH FIVE RBIS…. ADAM WAINWRIGHT MAKING HIS 310TH START WITH YADI MOLINA WAS ALMOST UNHITTABLE. ONE HIT, ONE WALK OVER SEVEN INNINGS. HE’S 3-3 ON THE YEAR. KRIS BUBIC IS 0-3 WITH AN ERA OVER 13…
ST. LOUIS HEADS WEST TO MEET SAN FRANCISCO TO BEGIN A 4-GAME SERIES TONIGHT AT 8:45..PRE GAME BEGINS AT 7:50 ON KJEL….KANSAS CITY HAS TODAY OFF AND WILL PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT IN BALTIMORE….

TEXAS LEAGUE-

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 13 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 3

NHL PLAYOFFS WEDNESDAY-

MINNESOTA 6 ST. LOUIS 2

KIRILL KAPRIZOV SCORED THREE GOALS AS MINNESOTA BEAT THE BLUES IN GAME TWO OF THE FIRST ROUND AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER. THE WILD SCORED THE FIRST FOUR GOALS OF THE GAME, INCLUDING THREE IN THE OPENING TWENTY MINUTES.
JOEL ERIKSSON EK HAD TWO GOALS, WHILE FREDERICK GAUDREAU ALSO LIT THE LAMP. MARC ANDRE FLEURY STOPPED 32 SHOTS IN NET FOR THE WILD..
MINNESOTA EVENED THE BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES AT A GAME APIECE. VLADIMIR TARASENKO AND JORDAN KYROU EACH SCORED FOR THE BLUES IN THE LOSING EFFORT. THE BLUES HOST GAME THREE TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE ENTERPRISE CENTER STARTING AT 8:45…

RACING-

GROUND  CONDITIONS HAVE FORCED CANCELLATION OF TOMORROW AND SATURDAY’S PROGRAMS AT THE LAKE OZARK SPEEDWAY NEAR ELDON…