KJEL SPORTS TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2024

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER MONDAY-

HILLCREST 5 FAIR GROVE 0

TENNIS-

SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 7 LEBANON 2

SOFTBALL-

NORWOOD 1 HARTVILLE 0

HOUSTON 12 MOUNTAIN GROVE 2

PLATO 12 BAKERSFIELD 2

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL-

CONWAY 5 WHEATLAND 0

SALEM 6 HOUSTON 2

CROCKER 4 DIXON 0

MANSFIELD 7 HARTVILLE 4

FORDLAND 9 NORWOOD 0

MOUNTAIN GROVE 11 THAYER 3

WEAUBLEAU 10 HERMITAGE 0

FORSYTH 6 ROGERSVILLE 2

STRAFFORD 6 CLEVER 2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 6 SAN DIEGO 2

THE CARDINALS RATTLED OFF 14 HITS DURING A  WIN OVER THE PADRES AT PETCO PARK. BRENDAN DONOVAN WAS THREE-FOR-FOUR WITH A HOME RUN AND TWO RBI DURING THE WIN, WHILE WILLSON CONTRERAS ALSO WENT DEEP.

 

KYLE GIBSON EARNED HIS FIRST WIN AS A CARDINAL BY GIVING UP JUST TWO RUNS ON FOUR HITS IN SEVEN INNINGS.

THE CARDS HAVE WON TWO OF THREE TO IMPROVE TO 2-AND-3. MILES MIKOLAS STARTS FOR THE CARDINALS AGAINST SAN DIEGO TONIGHT.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET

BALTIMORE 6 ROYALS 4

FORMER ST. LOUIS RIGHTHANDER MICHAEL WACHA STARTED THE GAME AND ALLOWED THREE RUNS OVER FIVE INNINGS OF WORK. RELIEVER NICK ANDERSON WAS CHARGED WITH THE LOSS AFTER ALLOWING TWO RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH ON A WALKOFF HOMER BY JORDAN WESTBURG…..K.C. MANAGER MATT QUATRARO.

 

BOBBY WITT JR. AND SALVADOR PEREZ EACH SLUGGED THEIR SECOND HOME RUN OF THE SEASON, HELPING THE ROYALS TO AN EARLY 3-0 LEAD..
WACHA MADE HIS ROYALS DEBUT PITCHING FIVE INNINGS ALLOWING THREE RUNS WITH FIVE STRIKEOUTS. GAME 2 OF THE SERIES IS TONIGHT AT 5:35..
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

N.H.L.

ST. LOUIS 3 EDMONTON 2 (OT)

BRANDON SAAD CAME THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH AS THE BLUES BEAT THE  OILERS  IN OVERTIME AT ENTERPRISE CENTER. SAAD THE GAME-WINNINER IN THE THIRD MINUTE OF THE EXTRA PERIOD TO GIVE ST. LOUIS THE VICTORY ON THE HEELS OF SATURDAY’S DISAPPOINTING LOSS TO SAN JOSE.

 

BRAYDEN SCHENN ADDED TWO GOALS IN THE WIN. ST. LOUIS IS JUST THREE POINTS OUT OF THE FINAL WILD CARD SPOT IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE WITH 84 POINTS AND A 40-31-AND-4 RECORD. THE BLUES ARE AT NASHVILLE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MISSOURI STATE INTRODUCED CUONZO MARTIN AS THE NEXT MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH….HE’LL UNDERTAKE HIS 2ND TOUR IN SPRINGFIELD AFTER COACHING THE BEARS FROM 2009 TO 2011….

 

MARTIN WILL SUCCEED DANA FORD WHO WAS DISMISSED LAST MONTH AFTER SIX SEASONS……

THE NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS ARE TONIGHT AT INDIANAPOLIS….UTAH-INDIANA STATE AND GEORGIA-SETON HALL…

N.C.A.A. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL-

ELITE 8

IOWA 94 LSU 87

UCONN 80 U.S.C. 73

FINAL 4-

SOUTH CAROLINA-NORTH CAROLINA STATE AND UCONN-IOWA FRIDAY NIGHT IN CLEVELAND

LEBANON SENIOR BASKETBALL STANDOUT AND KJEL ALL-STAR BODIE COX HAS ANNOUNCED SHE’LL PLAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE…SHE AVERAGED 15 POINTS  AND  5 REBOUDNS DURING HER SENIOR SEASON FOR THE LADY YELLOWJACKETS..