KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2024

BOYS SECTIONAL BASKETBALL TUESDAY-

HARTVILLE 61 EUGENE 58

THESE TWO TEAMS MET FOR A 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR IN A PLAYOFF SETTING, THIS TIME IN WRIGHT COUNTY, AND HARTVILLE EMERGED WITH A HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY ON KJEL….EUGENE HAD A CHANCE TO SEND IT TO OVERTIME BUT A LONG 3-POINT ATTEMPT MISSED AT THE FINAL BUZZER….THE VISITORS TRAILED MOST OF THE NIGHT, BUT NEARLY ERASED A 10 POINT 4TH QUARTER DEFICIT….HARTVILLE COACH BRETT REED SAID IT WAS A TREAT WITH A HOME STATE TOURNAMENT GAME IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE….

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HARTVILLE MADE 10 OF 18 FREE THROW ATTEMPTS IN THE LATE-GOING TO STAY IN FRONT DESPITE PLAYING WITHOUT SENIOR GUARD LOGAN SIMPSON WHO’S OUT THE REST OF THE SEASON WITH A KNEE INJURY…….MASON COGDILL LED HARTVILLE WITH 15 POINTS….ETHAN WUNDERLICH PROVIDED 16 FOR EUGENE WHICH ENDS THE SEASON AT 25-4…..HARTVILLE MOVES TO 26-2, STILL UNBEATEN IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A SIXTEEN GAME WINNING STREAK, AND A DATE WITH COLLEGE HEIGHTS IN THE STATE QUARTERFINAL ROUND THIS SATURDAY…..

COLLEGE HEIGHTS 61 BLUE EYE 51

SHELDON 50 ST. ELIZABETH 46

MONTGOMERY COUNTY 56 VERSAILLES 40

THAYER 53 FATIMA 42

SOUTH PEMISCOT 58 CABOOL 47

CHADWICK 47 SOUTH IRON 41

DADEVILLE 46 BILLINGS 44

SALISBURY 46 TIPTON 36

WEAUBLEAU 79 CREST RIDGE 30

SPRINGFIELD GREENWOOD 77 SOUTHWEST 45

SUMMIT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 74 BUTLER 36

DISTRICT TOURNAMENT FINALS-

BOLIVAR 58 BUFFALO 25

OSAGE 58 ELDON 50

AVA 40 REEDS SPRING 37

COLLEGE BASKETBALL TONIGHT-

MIZZOU AT FLORIDA

MISSOURI STATE AT ILLINOIS STATE

BASEBALL TUESDAY-

CARDINALS 3 BOSTON 3

THE CARDINALS ARE BRINGING IN 37-YEAR-OLD BRANDON CRAWFORD…IN HIS PRIME, CRAWFORD WAS ONE OF THE TOP SHORTSTOPS IN BASEBALL WITH THE GIANTS. WITH FOUR GOLD GLOVES ON HIS MANTLE …

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CRAWFORD SAYS HE’S WILLING TO PLAY OTHER INFIELD POSITIONS. THE CLUB THINKS TOMMY EDMAN WILL MISS THE START OF THE SEASON RECOVERING FROM OFFSEASON WRIST SURGERY BUT THEY WANT HIM TO FOCUS SOLELY ON CENTER FIELD….THE CARDS FACE THE NEW YORK METS TODAY IN GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE ACTION…..
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ROYALS 4 COLORADO 3

SAN DIEGO 6 ROYALS 3

COLLEGE BASEBALL-

SEMO 8 MIZZOU 3

EVANGEL SWEPT UHSP 14-10 AND 18-6

COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS SWEPT ECCLESIA 29-2 AND 6-4

NHL TUESDAY-

WINNIPEG 4 ST. LOUIS 2

THE BLUES GAVE UP THREE GOALS IN THE FIRST PERIOD OF A ROAD LOSS TO THE JETS AT CANADA LIFE CENTRE. PAVEL BUCHNEVICH HAD A GOAL IN THE FIRST PERIOD DURING THE LOSS, AND BRANDON SAAD LIT THE LAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND TO MAKE IT A ONE-GOAL GAME BEFORE THE JETS SCORED AGAIN IN THE THIRD. INTERIM COACH DREW BANNISTER SAID ST. LOUIS HAS BEEN FORCED TO PLAY FROM BEHIND TOO MUCH IN RECENT GAMES…

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THE BLUES REMAIN TIED FOR FIFTH PLACE IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION WITH 62 POINTS AND A 30-26-AND-2 RECORD. THEY VISIT EDMONTON TONIGHT FOR A 7:30 MATCHUP WITH THE OILERS.
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MIDWEEK JACKET TALK AIRS AT 11:00 THIS MORNING FROM A TASTE OF ANDY’S ON KJEL