KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY JULY 12, 2023

ONE OF THE GREATS OF AREA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHING HAS PASSED…….74 YEAR OLD TIM HARDESTY DIED SUNDAY….HE WAS THE LONGTIME SUCCESSFUL COACH OF THE CROCKER LIONS, AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MISSOURI BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME IN 2004…..FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY AT 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH IN RICHLAND AT 1:00….MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH SHADEL’S COLONIAL CHAPEL IN LEBANON….

ALL STAR GAME TUESDAY IN SEATTLE-

NATIONAL LEAGUE 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE 2

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THE BASEBALL DRAFT CONCLUDED TUESDAY WITH 3 MISSOURI TIGERS SELECTED…PITCHER ZACH FRANKLIN WAS CHOSEN BY THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX IN THE 10TH ROUND…PITCHER CHANDLER MURPHY WAS TAKEN BY TAMPA BAY IN THE 12TH ROUND, AND INFIELDER LUKE MANN WENT TO OAKLAND IN THE 14TH ROUND….