KJEL SPORTS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2021

BASEBALL-

THE CARDINALS HAVE REPORTEDLY REACHED AGREEMENT WITH CATCHER YADIER MOLINA TO RETURN FOR AN 18TH SEASON…THE VETERAN BACKSTOP BECAME A FREE AGENT FOLLOWING THE 2020 CAMPAIGN..
SOURCES BELIEVE THE CONTRACT IS FOR ONE YEAR, AT NINE MILLION DOLLARS….

NFL-

FORMER KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HEAD COACH MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER DIED MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 77 UNDER HOSPICE CARE IN CHARLOTTE…HE HAD BEEN BATTLING ALZHEIMER’S FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS..SCHOTTENHEIMER COMPILED 200 CAREER VICTORIES WHILE COACHING CLEVELAND, THE CHIEFS, WASHINGTON AND THE CHARGERS; THE EIGHTH MOST IN NFL HISTORY.

NHL-

ARIZONA 4 ST. LOUIS 3

THE COYOTES TIED IT ON CLAYTON KELLER’S POWER PLAY GOAL WITH SEVEN TENTHS OF A SECOND REMAINING IN REGULATION, THEN WON IT IN A SHOOTOUT ON CHRISTIAN DVORAK’S GOAL. RYAN O’REILLY SCORED TWICE WITH ONE ASSIST FOR THE BLUES…..

ARIZONA WON THREE STRAIGHT AT THE ENTERPRISE CENTER DURING THE ADJUSTED SCHEDULE OVER THE PAST WEEK, AND THE TWO TEAM’S WILL MEET AGAIN IN PHOENIX SATURDAY AND MONDAY. IN THE MEANTIME, TWO GAME’S AT MINNESOTA, SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY HAVE BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO A COVID 19 OUTBREAK WITHIN THE WILD’S ROSTER…

LAST NIGHT’S LEBANON-SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME WAS POSTPONED AND RESCHEDULED FOR THIS FRIDAY AT BOSWELL AUDITORIUM…..COVID NINETEEN CONCERN WITH CENTRAL AND GLENDALE HAS FORCED THE LEBANON YELLOWJACKETS GAMES WITH THOSE TWO OPPONENTS THIS WEEK TO BE CALLED OFF..THE CENTRAL GAME IS RESCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 26TH..

 

Tuesday Basketball Games Affected by Weather

Boonville-Eldon girls basketball
Versailles- Hallsville boys basketball
Fatima-Eugene boys basketball
Eldon-Blair Oaks boys basketball
Marshfield-Mount Vernon boys basketball postponed to Wednesday
Hillcrest-Camdenton boys basketball
Macks Creek-Hermitage boys basketball postponed to Thursday