BASEBALL:

FRIDAY, THE TIGERS MADE UP AN APRIL 8TH RAIN OUT AT CAMDENTON AND GOT RUN RULED, 13-3 AT THE LAKE…..

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DIXON 22-0 OVER NEWBURG

TALK ABOUT JUMPING OUT TO A LEAD IS AN UNDERSTATMENT WHEN IT CAME TO THE DIXON-NEWBURG BASEBALL GAME FRIDAY AT DIXON.
NEWBURG WENT SCORELESS IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST WHILE DIXON STEPPED TO THE PLATE AND RIPPED THE NEWBURG PITCHERS FOR 22 RUNS ON 11 HITS AND THIS WAS OVER IN 2 1/2 INNINGS…
RANDON MAHURIN TOSSED 3 INNINGS OF NO HIT BALL, FANNED 7 AND DIDN’T WALK ANYONE.
7 DIFFERENT BULLDOGS DROVE IN RUNS AND HAD AT LEAST ONE HIT…CASE SINDEN LED THE WAY AND WAS A HOME SHY OF THE CYCLE WITH A SINGLE, DOPUBLE, AND TRIPLE, SCORED 3 AND DROVE IN ONE…CLAYTON SINDEN DROVE IN 3 RUNS, SHANNON KAMPETER, C.J. THILTGEN AND JACOB CROSS EACH DROVE IN 2..
COACH ALEX SHELTON OF DIXON SAID “This was a good game tonight. We came out and hit the ball well and took control of the game from the beginning.”
SHELTON CONTINUED ” Randon Mahurin tossed a no-hitter and faced just 1 batter over the minimum.”
DIXON IS 12-5, 6-1 IN THE FRISCO LEAGUE AND PLAY HOST TO LICKING TONIGHT FOR SENIOR NIGHT..
THE WIN MOVES US TO 12-5 THIS SPRING (6-1 IN CONFERENCE). WE HOST LICKING MONDAY FOR AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AND DISTRICT CONTEST. IT WILL ALSO BE SENIOR NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK.

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IBERIA 13, HURLEY 0

IBERIA PLAYED HURLEY AT SBU IN BOLIVAR ON SATURDAY AND SHUT OUT THE TIGERS, 13-0. ISAAC LAWSON TOSSED 2 INNINGS OF ONE HIT BALL…JAKE WHITTER GOT IN 2 INNINGS AND HE STRUCK OUT 5 OF THE 6 OUTS HE NEEDED…TANNER ALEXANDER WORKED THE LAST AND FANNED 2…
OF THE 15 OUTS THE RANGERS NEEDED, THEY TRIO STRUCK OUT 11….
JAKE WHITTLE WAS 2 FOR 3 WITH A DOUBLE AND 2 RBI’S..
ISAAC LAWSON, JAYDIN ROWDEN AND EVAN REIMENSNIDER EACH DROVE IN A RUN..

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VIENNA 12-1 OVER LAQUEY
VIENNA ENJOYED THE HOME COOKIN’ FRIDAY IN MARIES COUNTY AS THEY SENT LAQUEY BACK TO PULASKI WITH A 12-1 RUN RULE LOSS….

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RICHLAND 12-5 OVER TUSCUMBIA…..
THE RICHLAND BEARS WON THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT AFFAIR, 12-5 OVER TUSCUMBIA…
THE BEARS ARE 6-4 IN THEIR LAST 10 GAMES WHICH INCLUDED A 5 GAME WINNING STREAK THAT DIXON SNAPPED LAST THURSDAY…

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THE MACKS CREEK PIRATES RAN INTO A BUZZSAW ON FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE HALFWAY CARDINALS SWOOPED IN AND HANDED MACKS CREEK A 24-0 DEFEAT IN THREE INNINGS.
THE CARDINALS PLATED 10 RUNS IN THE FIRST AND ANOTHER 14 IN THE SECOND TO CREATE THEIR FINAL MARGIN.

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MTN. VIEW 14-12 OVER PLATO
MTN. VIEW FLEW INTO PLATO FOR A BATTLE OF THE EAGLES, AND THE VISITORS FLEW HOME WITH A 14-12 NON CONFERENCE VICTORY….

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SOFTBALL
PLATO 6-4 OVER MTN. VIEW
WHILE THE TWO BASEBALL TEAMS FROM PLATO AND MTN. VIEW WERE IN NORTHWEST TEXAS COUNTY, THE SOFTBALL TEAMS FROM THE 2 WERE IN MTN. VIEW AND AGAIN, A BATTLE OF THE LADY EAGLES, AND LIKE THE BASEBALL GAME, THE VISITORS EMERGE A WINNER..
PLATO DOWNS MTN. VIEW 6-4……

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ON THE PITCH, WAYNESVILLE AND CROCKER PLAYED IN THE 12TH ANNUAL CENTRAL MISSOURI SOCCER INVITATIONAL BEING PLAYED AT BOTH CAMDENTON AND SCHOOL OF THE OSAGE….
THIS WAS A BIG TOURNAMENT…
CROCKER LOST TO HANNIBAL 8-4 ON FRIDAY.
WAYNESVILLE WON A 3-0 SHUT OUT OF OSAGE, THEN LOST TO KIRSKVILLE BEFORE COMING BACK AND TIED WARRENSBURG 1-1 TO FINISH AT 1-1 AND 1…

LAQUEY PLAYED IN THE WILLARD SOCCER INVITE…
THE WERE SHUT OUT BY WILLARD 3-0 ON FRIDAY….
THE LOST TO CLINTON 8-2 ON SATURDAY….

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SOFTBALL WILL BE THE FIRST OF THE SPRING SPORTS TO HEAD TO DISTRICTS AND THEY START TODAY……..ONLY 1 FRISCO LEAGUE TEAM, THE PLATO LADY EAGLES PARTICIPATE IN THE SPRING SEASON AND THEY’RE AT FORDLAND FOR THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 4 TOURNAMENT…THE LADY EAGLES HAVE THE TOP SEED AND A FIRST ROUND BYE…

TODAY, 4TH SEED KOSHKONONG AND 5TH SEED BLUE EYE TANGLE IN A 3:30 MEETING…
2ND SEED CRANE AND 7TH SEED BRADLEYVILLE ARE NEXT AT 5….3RD SEED FORDLAND AND 6TH SEED HURLEY WRAP UP DAY ONE AT 6:30.
PLATO FACES THE 4 V 5 WINNER ON TUESDAY, MAY 4TH AT 4:30…THE OTHER SEMI GOES AT 6…
THE FINAL IS MAY 6TH AT 5, AGAIN ALL FROM FORDLAND….

ALSO TODAY:
BASEBALL
ST. JAMES COMES TO WAYNESVILLE
CROCKER’S AT RICHLAND
LICKING’S AT DIXON
IBERIA’S AT VERSAILLES AND
STOUTLAND’S AT PLATO

GOLF, THE OZARK CONFERENCE MEET TEES OFF THIS MORNING AT RIVERCUT IN SPRINGFIELD.

THE WAYNESVILLE TIGER TRACK WILL BE BUSY TODAY WITH THE CROCKER INVITATIONAL..
THE TIGER J.V. TEAM WILL JOIN FRISCO LEAGUERS CROCKER, DIXON, IBERIA, PLATO, RICHLAND AND STOUTLAND…

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CARDS

CARDINALS BROKE OUT THE BROOMS YESTERDAY AND MOVE A GAME OUT OF FIRST…

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royals REMAIN IN 1ST IN THE AL CENTRAL, 1 1/2 GAMES AHEAD OF THE WHITE SOX…
THE ROYALS ARE IN CLEVELAND TONIGHT..

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Eight times this PGA Tour season, Sam Burns has been atop the leaderboard after every round except the one that mattered.
That changed, finally, at the Valspar Championship in Florida.
Burns got some help from Keegan Bradley hitting into the water on the 13th hole, and then the 24-year-old from Louisiana took it from there with two birdies that led to a 3-under 68 and a three-shot victory.

Burns, with a score of 17-under 267, won for the first time on the PGA Tour after twice failing to convert 54-hole leads.
The victory at Innisbrook Golf Resort moves Burns into the top 50 in the world and all but assures a spot in the US Open, along with his first trip to the Masters next spring.