KJEL SPORTS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TUESDAY-

LEBANON SWEPT SPRINGFIELD PARKVIEW IN 3

CAMDENTON DEFEATED JEFFERSON CITY IN 3

KICKAPOO OVER ROLLA IN 3

SKYLINE OVER FAIR GROVE IN 4

SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL IN FIVE OVER BOLIVAR

EUGENE DEFEATED DIXON IN 3

AVA TOPPED WILLOW SPRINGS IN 5

SALEM SWEPT THAYER IN 3

REEDS SPRING DEFEATED MARSHFIELD IN 3

STOCKTON DEFEATED LOCKWOOD IN 3

STRAFFORD EDGED MILLER IN 5

CALIFORNIA SWEPT SOUTHERN BOONE IN 3

BLAIR OAKS DEFEATED VERSAILLES IN 3

BELLE OVER VIBURNUM IN 3

SOCCER-

GLENDALE 9 WAYNESVILLE 1

LEBANON 4 DIXON 3

OSAGE 2 FATIMA 0

TENNIS-

SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL CAPTURED THE OZARK CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP TUESDAY AT THE COOPER COMPLEX…BOLIVAR FINISHED SECOND IN THE TEAM STANDINGS…LEBANON WAS SIXTH…

HELIAS 9 OSAGE 0

SOFTBALL-

LEBANON 17 BOLIVAR 7 (6)

ROLLA 14 WAYNESVILLE 1

MARSHFIELD 15 SEYMOUR 3

RICHLAND 21 MACKS CREEK 0

FAIR PLAY 20 CLIMAX SPRINGS 8

HALFWAY 13 HERMITAGE 3

VIENNA 6 BELLE 0

ROGERSVILLE 10 MONETT 0

MORRISVILLE 11 WALNUT GROVE 0

SALEM 15 WILLOW SPRINGS 5

FATIMA 8 IBERIA 3

NEW HAVEN 7 ST. JAMES 5

RUSSELLVILLE 12 LINN 2

EUGENE 11 SOUTH CALLAWAY 8

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL-

NORWOOD 19 FORDLAND 17 (8)

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL-

CARDINALS 6 MILWAUKEE 2

17 STRAIGHT VICTORIES IN SEPTEMBER AND 19 OF 20 GETS YOU A SPOT IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS, AND THAT’S WHAT THE CARDINALS CELEBRATED LAST NIGHT INSIDE BUSCH STADIUM…DYLAN CARLSON, JOSÉ RONDÓN, AND NOLAN ARENADO ALL HOMERED FOR THE CARDS. ARENADO ON HEADING TO THE POSTSEASON IN HIS FIRST YEAR UNDER THE ARCH.

ADAM WAINRIGHT PICKED UP THE WIN TO IMPROVE TO 17 AND-7. MANAGER MIKE SHILDT SAID THE CARDS SHOWED CONSISTENT TRAITS THROUGHOUT A LONG SEASON WITH LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS.

THE WIN STREAK AGAINST THE N.L. CENTRAL DIVSION CHAMPION BREWERS SITS AT FIVE STRAIGHT WITH ANOTHER MATCHUP TONIGHT..PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 5:50 ON KJEL..

ROYALS 6 CLEVELAND 4

SALVADOR PEREZ BELTED HIS M.L.B. BEST 47TH HOMER AND K.C. RETURNED HOME TO SUBDUE THE INDIANS AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM…NICKY LOPEZ DROVE IN THE ROYALS GO-AHEAD RUN WITH A TRIPLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH..

LOPEZ ADDED AN INSURANCE RUN ON A WILD PITCH.. ANDREW BENINTENDI ALSO WENT DEEP FOR KANSAS CITY. JAKE BRENTZ BLEW A SAVE FOR THE FIFTH TIME, BUT JOSH STAUMONT EARNED HIS FOURTH WIN OUT OF THE BULLPEN. THE ROYALS HAVE WON TWO OF THREE.

BELMONT UNIVERSITY HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO BECOME THE 11TH MEMBER OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE. THE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE SCHOOL WILL BEGIN COMPETITION IN THE FALL OF 2022. VALLEY COMMISSIONER JEFF JACKSON.