THE MSHSAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGAN MONDAY…..CLASS ONE AT COLUMBIA SHOWS SALISBURY IN FRONT ON THE TEAM SIDE….TANNER RUST OF ASH GROVE SITS ATOP THE LEADERBOARD BY TWO SHOTS OVER LINN’S JETT MAASEN…JOHN MCDARIS OF HARTVILLE IS TIED FOR 18TH..
CLASS TWO AT RIVERCUT IN SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT CHRISTIAN HAS A NINE SHOT LEAD ON CALIFORNIA..CALIFORNIA’S WILL BOYD OWNS A TWO STROKE ADVANTAGE ON THE FIELD AFTER THE FIRST 18 HOLES…MATT BRIGHT OF COLE CAMP IS SIXTH, JACKSON HACKETT OF CALIFORNIA IS EIGHTH AND COLE CAMP’S SPENCER GODWIN IS NINTH..
CLASS THREE AT NEW BLOOMFIELD HAS BISHOP LEBLOND OF ST. JOSEPH IN FRONT BY NINE SHOTS OVER BLAIR OAKS…JAXON BAILEY OF MONETT IS IN A THREE WAY TIE FOR FIRST WITH ANDREW FALLIS OF TOLTON CATHOLIC AND TIM JOHNSTON OF BISHOP LEBLOND..TEAGEN HULL OF ELDON IS TIED FOR 8TH, WHILE THE MUSTANGS LUKE BARCHENSKI IS TIED FOR 13TH WITH COLE GOFF OF ROGERSVILLE…JACKSON MARCEE OF ST. JAMES IS TIED FOR 20TH…
CLASS FOUR AT SEDALIA, PEMBROKE HILL HAS A 3 STROKE ADVANTAGE ON GLENDALE GOING INTO THE FINAL DAY WITH ROLLA SEVEN SHOTS OUT..ROLLA’S JONATHAN JORDAN OCCUPIES THE TOP SPOT ON THE LEADERBOARD ALONG WITH TREY RUSTHOVEN OF FORT ZUMWALT EAST…CHAYTON JORDAN OF ROLLA IS TIED FOR SEVENTEENTH WITH GUNNAR SCHUSTER OF CAMDENTON…
AND IN CLASS FIVE AT BOLIVAR’S SILO RIDGE, CHAMINADE IS ONE SHOT IN FRONT OF ROCKHURST ON THE TEAM SIDE….CADEN MICKELSON OF LIBERTY NORTH AND HARRISON ZIPFEL OF SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH ARE IN A FIRST PLACE TIE….LEBANON’S ETHAN MUSTARD IS TWO SHOTS OFF THE PACE, IN A 3-WAY TIE FOR THIRD….THE YELLOWJACKETS TITAN HANEY IS TIED FOR 24TH, SEVEN SHOTS BACK..

DISTRICT SOCCER MONDAY-

CROCKER 5 DIXON 2

FATIMA 5 SMITHTON 0

UNION 2 ROLLA 1

HELIAS 5 STOVER 0

MARQUETTE 9 LEBANON 0

SEDALIA SMITH-COTTON 2 FORT OSAGE 1

LAFAYETTE 5 WAYNESVILLE 0

STATE QUARTERFINAL SOFTBALL IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY…AMONG THE AREA GAMES, PLATO VISITS ELLINGTON, AVA ENTERTAINS HOUSTON, AND WARSAW TRAVELS TO FAIR GROVE….

DISTRICT BASEBALL MONDAY-

HALFWAY 13 CLIMAX SPRINGS 3

CABOOL 5 FORDLAND 2

SEYMOUR 11 BAKERSFIELD 1

SULLIVAN 8 SALEM 2

ST. JAMES 6 OWENSVILLE 4

FATIMA 10 BLAIR OAKS 3

ELDON 9 OSAGE 0

CALIFORNIA 6 VERSAILLES 0

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 18 MILWAUKEE 1

AFTER A WINNING ROAD TRIP, ST. LOUIS RETURNED TO BUSCH STADIUM AND ENJOYED A CAKE WALK AGAINST THE CENTRAL DIVISION LEADERS…NOLAN ARENADO STARTED THE SCORING WITH A 3-RUN HOMER IN THE FIRST…TOMMY EDMAN WENT DEEP, ANDREW KNIZNER HOMERED WITH THE BASES LOADED, AND NOLAN GORMAN DROVE IN FIVE RUNS…

 

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THE TEN RUN EIGHTH WAS THE BIGGEST FOR THE CARDS SINCE THE FIRST INNING OF GAME FIVE IN THE N.L.C.S. AGAINST ATLANTA IN 2019…..AND THAT WAS ALL IN THE EFFORT TO BACK JACK FLAHERTY’S SEVEN INNING STINT ON THE MOUND THAT FEATURED TEN STRIKEOUTS FOR MANAGER OLI MARMOL…..

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IT’S THE FIRST 7 INNING PERFORMANCE IN TWO YEARS BY FLAHERTY……THE WIN IS THE FOURTH STRAIGHT FOR THE REDBIRDS, WHO WILL THROW JORDAN MONTGOMERY IN TONIGHT’S MATCHUP..PRE-GAME AIRS AT 5:50 ON KJEL…

SAN DIEGO 4 ROYALS 0

MICHAEL WACHA CARRIED A NO-HITTER INTO THE EIGHTH AND THE PADRES TOOK THE SERIES OPENER AT PETCO PARK….MICHAEL MASSEY’S SINGLE BROKE UP THE FORMER CARDINAL’S BID FOR HISTORY…. BRAD KELLER WAS CHARGED WITH THE LOSS AFTER ALLOWING THREE RUNS, TWO EARNED, IN THREE-AND-TWO-THIRDS INNINGS OF ACTION.

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THE ROYALS MANAGED JUST TWO HITS IN THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT LOSS. KANSAS CITY IS IN LAST-PLACE OF THE AL CENTRAL AT 12-AND-31. RIGHT-HANDER BRADY SINGER IS SLATED FOR THE START AGAINST SAN DIEGO TONIGHT. FIRST PITCH IS SLATED FOR 8:40..
(COURTESY MISSOURINET)

N.B.A. PLAYOFFS TONIGHT-

LOS ANGELES AT DENVER (GAME 1 OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL)

N.H.L PLAYOFFS-

DALLAS 2 SEATTLE 1 (STARS WIN SERIES IN 7 GAMES)