Marv Sports-KFBD-Monday February 15

PLENTY OF GAMES SCHEDULED BUT MOST IF ALL WILL NOT HAPPEN….EVEN BETWEEN THE CLOSEST OF NEIGHBORS, WIND CHILL AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THIS PRESIDENTS DAY WILL KEEP THE GYM DOORS CLOSED….

WAYESVILLE IS BACKED UP WITH RE-SCHEUDLED GAMES THANKS TO MOTHER NATURE AND COVID PROTOCOL…

LAST WEEK, THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS GAME WITH KICKAPOO DID NOT HAPPEN, AND NEITHER DID THE TIGERS ROAD TRIP TO PARKVIEW IN SPRINGFIELD FOR A COVID MAKE UP FROM LAST MONTH….
BOTH HAVE BEEN RE=SCHEDULED…THE BOYS GET A 2PM TIP OFF ON SATURDAY, FEB. 20TH…..GIRLS WITH KICKAPOO @ WAYNESVILLE IS FRIDAY, FEB. 26 AT 4:30 PM …..
THE LADY TIGERS GAME WITH ROLLA, POSTPONED ON THE 8TH DUE TO WEATHER, THEN AGAIN ON THE 16TH DUE TO QUARENTINE, IS NOW SET FOR SATURDAY, FEB. 20TH AT 4:30 AT ROLLA….THEY’LL PLAY HALF OF A FRESHMAN GAME, J.V. AND VARSITY WILL FOLLOW.. ROLLA COMES OUT OF PROTOCOL THIS THURSDAY…..
WAYNESVILLE GIRLS AT HILLCREST FOR TONIGHT HAS BEEN RE-SKED FOR 2-19 AT WAYNESVILLE AT 4:30….

THIS IS FROM LAQUEY.
Boys at Licking is canceled no makeup date yet, girls at Crocker POSTPONED and rescheduled for Wednesday the 17th..
Last Fridays LAQUEY boys game against Iberia is rescheduled for Wednesday the 17th..
The RICHLAND Lady Bears game at Iberia is POSTPONED today and rescheduled for Saturday, February 20, at 1:00. Only a varsity game will be played.

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WHILE WERE ON THE WAYNESVILLE TIGER AND LADY TIGER SUBJECT, BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAYED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND THE WRESTLERS WENT TO THEIR DISTRICT TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY…..

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THE MSHSAA HAS ADDED A SECTIONAL ROUND OF WRESTLING THIS YEAR AND 9 WAYNESVILLE TIGERS ARE HEADED TO THAT ROUND AFTER QUALIFYING OUT OF DISTRICT ON SATURDAY..
THE TIGERS HAD 4 IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES WITH WILLIAM AUSTIN AT 106 POUNDS A DISTRICT CHAMPION AFTER A 1-0 DECISION OVER SAM MELTON OF JOPLIN…
DUSTIN GREEN AT 120 WAS ALSO IN THE TITLE MATCH, BUT LOST HIS TO PAYTON MOORE OF NIXA AND TAKES 2ND…
COLTON JUSTUS, WRESTLING AT 195 FELL TO DAVID HONEYCUTT OF REPUBLIC IN THE TITLE MATCH AND HEAVYWEIGHT JACOB FORSHAY LOST HIS TITLE MATCH TO HUNTER TENNISON OF OZARK AND WAS 2ND..
KAIDEN CRUZ WON 3RD PLACE AT 138, SO DID MARTIN MEDRANO AT 152, AND ISAAC PETERSON AT 160…
KEVIN CRUZ AT 145 AND DILLON SMITH AT 182 LOST THEIR 3RD PLACE MATCHES, BUT STILL QUALIFY FOR DISTRICTS WITH 4TH PLACE FINISHES..

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SATURDAY, THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS BEAT FAIR GROVE, 55-37 IN A GAME AT SBU IN BOLIVAR AT THE MO. Hall of Fame Classic SHOOTOUT…..

LADY TIGERS FELL BEHIND BY 4 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, OUTSCORED FAIR GROVE 13-9 IN THE 2ND AND THIS WAS TIED AT 24 AT THE BREAK….A WAYNESVILLE 15-7 RUN IN THE 3RD AND A 16-6 RUN IN THE 4TH PUT THIS OUT OF REACH….
NAUDIA EVANS LED THE WAY WITH 26 FOR WAYNESVILLE, BREONNA HURD ADDED 14, AND ARIANNA JONES CONTRIBUTED 10…..
BROOKLYN LUNA FOR FAIR GROVE TOSSED DOWN 15…
COACH BRITTANY MATLOCK SAID “We got off to a slow start. We regrouped at half time and came out with a little more fire and determination.”

THEY WERE SCHEUDLED FOR HILLCREST TONIGHT….

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FRIDAY NIGHT, THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS HIT THE ROAD TO KICKAPOO AND LOST A 14 POINTER TO THE 2ND RANKED CHIEFS, 59-45….
A 17-9 RUN IN THE FIRST QUARTER BY KICKAPOO WAS TRIMMED TO 5 POINT CHIEFS ADVANTAGE BY HALFTIME….THE TIGERS TIED IT UP MIDWAY THRU THE 3RD AND ONLY TRAILED BY 4 HEADING INTO THE 4TH AND BY 5 LATE IN THE LAST QUARTER, BUT COULD NOT SCORE ON THEIR LAST 3 POSSESSIONS WHILE THE CHIEFS DRAINED A TRAY, HIT 4 FREE THROWS AND A LAY UP TO END IT..
MICHAEL LEWIS HAD 13, XAY MacARTHUR TOSSED DOWN 12…

TIGER COACH CHRIS PILZ SAID “I am proud of the way our guys competed tonight…. There are no moral victories. We had an opportunity tonight to play the best team in the state tonight and were unable to get it done. I saw progress and improvement in many areas tonight. Our bench was great and our guys on the floor played hard. We looked and felted like a team that was pulling the rope the same way tonight. I really like this group and think they are going to finish the season strong.”

UP NEXT FOR WAYNESVILLE..
Hillcrest @ Waynesville TUES.
February 16…

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NOTHING HAPPENED ON FRIDAY IN THE FRISCO, BUT SATURDAY, THEY DID GET IN SOME MAKE UPS…..

IBERIA WAS IN CROCKER ON SATURDAY FOR A GIRLS MAKE UP AND CROCKER CAME OUT ON TOP, 53-36….
IBERIA LED BY A HALF DOZEN AFTER ONE, CROCKER TOOK A 2 POINT LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE HALF, CHANGED THE GAME PLAN A LITTLE WHEN THEY GOT A SMALL LEAD, FORCED IBERIA OUT OF THEIR ZONE, TACKED ON SOME HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOTS, AND OUTSCORED IBERIA 22-7 IN THE FINAL QUARTER FOR THE “W”..CROCKER OUTREBOUNDED IBERIA, 40-24 HELPING TO ELIMINATE SECOND AND 3RD OPPERTUNITIES…IBERIA ONLY HAD OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS
COACH RICH MUELLER OF CROCKER SAID Our defense did an outstanding job giving up only 36 points to a good Iberia team. We held all of their scorers to single digits…
CALLIE MCMURTREY AND SKYLAR LAYMAN BOTH HAD DOUBLE DOUBLE’S FOR THE LADY LIONS..
McMURTRY FINISHED WITH 15 POINTS AND 10 BOARDS..
LAYMAN HAD 13 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS.
MEGAN BECKER HAD 10 POINTS AND HAD THE DIFFICULT TASK OF GUARDING LAINEY HALLEY BUT THE COACH SAID BUT DID A AWESOME JOB FOR BEING MUCH UNDER SIZED.
WHILE McMURTRY DID A GREAT JOB DEFENDING PAIGE SPENCER, SHE STILL BECAME A MEMBER OF THE 1,000 CLUB…..CROCKER COACH RICH MUELLER COMPLIMENTED SPENCER….”PAIGE IS AN AWESOME YOUNG LADY AND A SUPER BASKETBALL PLAYER. SHE HAS PUT TOGETHER A VERY GOOD SENIOR SEASON AND I WISH HER THE BEST FOR THE REST OF HER CAREER.”

THIS WIN PUSHES CROCKER’S CONFERENCE RECORD TO 4-2 (9-11 OVERALL) WITH 2 GAMES LEFT THIS COMING WEEK. THEY’RE SCHEDULED TO PLAY LAQUEY AT HOME MONDAY AND GO TO RICHLAND ON THURSDAY.

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ALSO ON SATURDAY, A VARSITY SWEEP BY LICKING IN A DOUBLE DIP AGAINST NEWBURG IN TEXAS COUNTY…
THE WILDCATS KNOCKED OFF NEWBURG 70-54 IN THE BOYS GAME..
RIGHT BEFORE THAT, THE LADY WILDCATS HAD THE TURBO CLOCK TURNED ON WITH A 57-17 WIN OVER THE LADY WOLVES ON SENIOR DAY……..
THE LADYCATS EXECUTED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE FLOOR, LED 30-9 AT THE HALF, 48-15 AFTER 3 AND WON IT BIG WITH THE TURBO CLOCK TICKING….
LICKING HAD 1 IN DOUBLES WITH ABBIE SULLINS AT 13 BUT FIVE OTHERS HAD 7 OR MORE POINTS FOR A GOOD BALANCE..
MACY SUSCHANKE SCORED 10 FOR NEWBURG.
COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID “The Newburg girls are just now coming back from injuries and sickness so they will be a different team for their district tourney.”

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THEY FINALLY GOT THE CLASS 2 DISTRICT 9 BRACKET SEEDED AND TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, THE 2ND RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 2, THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS GRABBED THE TOP SEED ON THE GIRLS BRACKET WITH NEWBURG NO. 2, CROCKER IS THE 3 SEED, PLATO, LAQUEY, VIENNA AND STOUTLAND ROUND OUT THE FIELD…
ALL THE GIRLS FIRST ROUND GAMES TIP ON SATURDAY, FEB. 20TH….THIS YEAR, FIRST AND 2ND ROUND GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT THE HIGHER SEEDS HOME COURT….
SO, ON THAT SATURDAY, PLATO WILL HOST LAQUEY IN A 4 VS 5 TILT….
STOUTLAND WILL VISIT NEWBURG, AND CROCKER GETS TO HOST VIENNA….
RICHLAND WILL MEET THE 4-5 WINNER ON TUESDAY THE 23RD WITH THE OTHER SEMI FINAL ON THAT TUESDAY…FINALS AT LAQUEY ON THURSDAY THE 25TH….

THE BOYS BRACKET HAS NEWBURG AT THE TOP DOG ON THE PORCH…
VIENNA DREW THE 2 SEED, LAQUEY IS 3RD, WITH RICHLAND 4TH, FOLLOWED BY CROCKER, PLATO AND STOUTLAND…
THE BOYS WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST ROUND GAMES ON MONDAY THE 22ND..ALL GAMES TIP AT 6..
RICHLAND HOSTS CROCKER IN 4 VS 5 SEED…
VIENNA GETS STOUTLAND ON THAT MONDAY AND LAQUEY WILL HOST PLATO….
THE 4-5 WINNER GOES TO NEWBURG ON THE 24TH, HIGHER SEED HOSTS THE OTHER SEMI WITH THE FINALS ON FRIDAY THE 26TH…

BOTH FINALS WILL BE ON 97.9 FM….

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THE CLASS 3 DISTRICT 8 BRACKET WITH TIPTON HOSTING IS SEEDED AND THE IBERIA RANGERS HAVE THE 1 SEED ON THE BOYS SIDE, AND THE 4 SEED ON THE GIRLS SIDE, SO BOTH TEAMS WILL GET THE CHANCE TO HOST A FIRST AND SECOND ROUND GAME….
THIS IS A 6 TEAM DISTRICT SO THE TOP 2 SEEDS DRAW BYE’S…
LINN IS THE 2 SEED, FOLLOWED BY TIPTON, STOVER, RUSSELLVILLE AND BELLE.
TIPTON HOSTS BELLE ON TUESDAY THE 23RD, RUSSELLVILE GOES TO STOVER…
THAT WINNER GOES TO IBERIA FOR THE 2ND ROUND ON THE 25TH….CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET FOR 5PM SATURDAY THE 27TH AT STOVER…..

THE GIRLS BRACKET HAS TIPTON AND RUSSELLVILLE AT 1 AND 2 RESPECTIVLEY…BOTH HAVE BYE’S.
LINN IS 3RD AND GETS TO HOST 6TH SEED BELLE ON MONDAY THE 22ND AT 6…
IBERIA IS THE 4 SEED AND THEY HOST 5TH SEED STOVER, ALSO MONDAY THE 22ND AT 6….
THE IBERIA STOVER WINNER TRAVELS IN THE 2ND ROUND AND GET TOP SEED TIPTON ON THE 24TH..
GIRLS FINAL WILL ALSO BE AT STOVER ON SATURDAY THE 27TH AT 2PM, MAKING FOR A 3 HOUR TIME FRAME FROM THE GIRLS AND BOYS FINAL….
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With a stunning, fiery, final-lap crash involving Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch, Michael McDowell navigated through the pileup to win the 2021 Daytona 500. It’s McDowell’s first career NASCAR Cup Series win in his 14th season.

McDowell was in first place when the caution flag came out following the crash on Lap 200, just edging out Chase Elliott and winning the first Daytona 500 for Front Row Motorsports. The only time that McDowell led the race at all was after the crash.

McDowell’s win was the conclusion to an extremely long day — and night — at Daytona International Speedway. The race finished about 20 minutes after midnight in the eastern time zone — about nine hours after the green flag flew for the first time after a more-than-five-and-a-half-hour weather delay brought things to a halt.

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The 18th hole at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am was twice a fork in the road for Daniel Berger this week. On Saturday afternoon, he made double bogey after hitting his ball out of bounds. On Sunday, he eagled it for a walk-off two-stroke win over Maverick McNealy. A four-stroke swing that changed the entire tournament.

Berger’s double on Saturday in Round 3 meant that Berger was no longer in the final group for the finale. This was maybe a good thing for him considering Jordan Spieth was in the final group, and that dynamic has not always ended well for Berger. He lost to Spieth in a playoff at the 2017 Travelers Championship and somehow found himself two down after Spieth played pretty mediocre golf on Saturday at Pebble.

Berger played ahead of his former Presidents Cup mate on Sunday and put two 3s on the card in the first three holes. He went out in 33, and it became clear that he was among the two or three golfers who truly had a grip on the golf tournament.

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SAVE FOR TUESDAY…

ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 12, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced their revised 2021 Spring Training schedule today in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s league-wide release. The team’s 24-game Grapefruit League slate is set to begin on Sunday, February 28 at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium when the Cardinals host the Washington Nationals.

The Cardinals revised 2021 Spring Training schedule features 12 home dates and 12 road games, including three games as the visiting team against stadium co-tenants Miami Marlins (March 2, 13, & 22), giving them 15 total games at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Eight of the club’s 24 spring games will be played under the lights, with 6:05 PM local start times.

As a result of Major League Baseball’s recently announced health and safety protocols, the Cardinals will only face the four other MLB clubs based along Florida’s east coast for the 2021 spring season. The club will play each of the Marlins, Nationals, New York Mets and Houston Astros six times, with an even split both home and away dates. The Cardinals will have five off days once games begin on March 6, 11, 16, 21, & 26.

The Cardinals will break camp on Monday, March 29, following their game against the Mets at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium and will open their regular season schedule on Thursday, April 1, in Cincinnati at 3:10 PM CT. The 2021 spring schedule will mark the 24th year that the Cardinals will train at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter, Florida.

The Cardinals will make future announcements regarding 2021 Spring Training television and radio broadcast schedules in the coming days. The complete 2021 Cardinals Spring Training schedule can be viewed at cardinals.com and follows.