KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2021

TUESDAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-

ROLLA 74 WAYNESVILLE 71 (OT)

SKYLINE 82 FORSYTH 53

MANSFIELD 56 SEYMOUR 24

STRAFFORD 64 CLEVER 62

ROGERSVILLE 68 REEDS SPRING 29

REPUBLIC 80 WILLARD 54

THAYER 54 AVA 49

JEFFERSON CITY 70 COLUMBIA HICKMAN 63

GIRLS BASKETBALL TUESDAY-

HOLLISTER 59 ROGERSVILLE 51

WILLARD 64 REPUBLIC 51

KICKAPOO 70 PARKVIEW 38

NEW COVENANT ACADEMY 46 SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC 31

JEFFERSON CITY 78 CAPITAL CITY 18

COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONITE-

MIZZOU AT MISSISSIPPI

The Tigers moved back up to 10 in both basketball polls followings wins over Kentucky and Alabama.
Sophomore forward Kobe Brown on being a contender after being picked tenth in the league pre-season poll…

Dru Smith named co-SEC player of the week for the third time this season. He averaged 22 points in the two wins. Mizzou and the Rebels tonight from Oxford with tipoff at 8:00…

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT MISSOURI STATE

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL-

SHANNON JOLLEY HAS ACCEPTED THE HEAD COACHING POSITION AT SCHOOL OF THE OSAGE…HE WILL DEPART CAPITAL CITY WHERE HE HELPED START THE CAVALIERS PROGRAM IN 2017, AND RETURN TO THE LAKE WHERE HE COACHED THE INDIANS FROM 2000 TO 2005 BEFORE SPENDING 10 YEARS AS HEAD COACH AT ELDON..COACH JOLLEY WILL SUCCEED DEVIN JOHNSON WHO STEPPED DOWN TO BECOME THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT ST. JAMES…

BASEBALL-

The St. Louis Cardinals are bringing back Yadier Molina for an 18th season, signing the veteran backstop to a one-yar, $9 million deal. President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak says the move obviously improves the team substantially with spring training in the not too distant future..

Molina has played all 2,025 games of his career with the Cardinals. The only two to play more games in a Cardinals uniform in franchise history are Hall of Famers Stan Musial (3,026) and Lou Brock (2,289).

CARDINAL COUNTDOWN TO OPENING DAY SHOW IS TONIGHT AT 6:06 ON KJEL…

MIDWEEK JACKET TALK AIRS AT 11:05 THIS MORNING FROM A TASTE OF ANDY’S ON KJEL..