Marv’s Sports Friday August 28

THE PITTSBURG PIRATES GOT THE BROOMS WORKING YESTERDAY SWEEPING TWO FROM THE REDBIRDS. HERE’S MIKE SHANNON AND JOHN ROONEY..

 

 

THE DATE HAS ARRIVED…..THE FALL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SEASON IS ON IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI……

TODAY’S OPENERS INCLUDE:
BASEBALL–DIXON AT IBERIA AT 4:30..
VIENNA’S AT LICKING AND NEW BLOOMFIELD TRAVELS TO STOUTLAND FOR BASEBALL……..RICHLAND GOES TO BELLE FOR BOTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.
OTHER SOFTBALL IN THE FRISCO, LAQUEY VISITS MACKS CREEK……AND STOUTLAND HEADS TO LEBANON…

SOCCER HAS DIXON PARTICIPATING IN THE LEBANON TOURNAMENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY….

THE FRISCO LEAGUE DID HAVE SOME EARLY CANCELLATIONS AND POSTPONMENTS…..
THE NEWBURG BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WAS CANCELLED FOR THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY….THE LAQUEY-CROCKER BASEBALL OPENER WAS POSTPONED A WEEK TO SEPT. 4TH…….A SATURDAY SOCCER MATCH WITH RICHLAND AND COLLEGE HEIGHT’S CHRISTIAN GOT THE BUMP…..

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4 SPORTS GOT THE BOOT AT WAYNESVILLE THANKS TO COVID=19 ISSUES WITH PRACTICES AND JAMBOREE’S SHUT DOWN….
SO WERE 4 GAMES TODAY..
THE SOFTBALL TIGERS TRIP TO PARKVIEW, THE TIGERS SOCCER OPENER WITH REPUBLIC, AND THE VOLLEYBALL TIGERS MATCH WITH JEFFERSON CITY ALL GOT THE BUMP…..
THE FOOTBALL TIGERS WILL NOT OPEN AT PARKVIEW TONIGHT…
IT’S A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO SOME FORM OF NORMAL BEFORE HITTING THE GRID IRON NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM AND AFTER SCHOOL PRACTICE THAT’S NOT FROM HOME…
COACH JOE HAYNES OF THE FOOTBALL TIGERS SAID TESTING FOR THE VIRUS IS CONSTANT.

THE TIGER COACH WILL OPEN AT HOME RATHER THAN THE ROAD…SOME COACHES LIKE ROAD GAMES BECAUSE OF THE DISTRACTIONS OF HOME GAMES…THE TIGER COACH IS NOT ONE OF THOSE…

THE OZARK CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR OPENING NIGHT HAS:
CAMDENTON AT KICKAPOO….
BOLIVAR’S INAUGURAL GAME IN THE OZARK CONFERENCE IS IN ROLLA TONIGHT.
WEST PLAINS MAKES THE TRIP TO SPRINGFIELD GLENDALE….
LEBANON VISITS HILLCREST……
LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN IS AT PARKVIEW IN PLACE OF THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS…
FORMER O.C. MEMBER, SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL IS AT ELDON AS AN INDEPENDANT THIS YEAR…..

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SOME OF THE OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES AROUND THE STATE SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT..
SKYLINE’S AT VALLE CATHOLIC… THAT MEANS A TRIP ACROSS THE STATE FROM URBANA IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO ST. GENEVIEVE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI…THAT’S ABOUT A 200 MILE PLUS TRIP, ONE WAY….
ST. JAMES AT SALEM
FAIR GROVE AT MOUNTAIN GROVE
HOUSTON AT SARCOXIE
VERSAILLES AT KNOB KNOSTER
FULTON AT OSAGE
CALIFORNIA AT TIPTON
WEBB CITY AT JOPLIN

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THE FALL FRISCO LEAGUE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IS HOSTED BY RICHLAND THIS YEAR, BUT OPENING ROUND GAMES WILL BE HELD AT BOTH IBERIA AND RICHLAND….
8 OF THE 9 CONFERENCE TEAMS WILL START ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 8TH, THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY…
TOP SEED LICKING FACES NEWBURG AT 4 WITH 3RD SEED DIXON TAKING ON 6TH SEED RICHLAND AT 6:30…BOTH THOSE AT RICHLAND..
AT HOOPER FIELD IN IBERIA THAT TUESDAY, THE 2ND SEEDED RANGERS FACE STOUTLAND AT 4…
4TH SEED CROCKER AND 5TH SEED PLATO SQUARE OFF AT 6:30 IN ROCK TOWN….
THEN THE TOURNAMENT MOVES SOLELY TO RICHLAND FOR THE CONSOLATION AND WINNERS SEMI FINALS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY….THE 3 TROPHEY GAMES ARE SATURDAY, SEPT. 12TH AT 10, 12:30 AND 3……

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NBA
THE NBA AND NHL PLAYOFFS WERE PUT ON HOLD YESTERDAY following the shooting of Jacob Blake by Wisconsin police officers SUNDAY NIGHT IN KENOSHA……

THE NBA SHOULD RESUME PLAY TODAY AS THEY VOTED NOT TO CANCEL THE SEASON…
5 GAMES NEED TO BE MADE UP AFTER POSTPONEMENTS.
TODAY, MILWAUKEE HOPES TO CLOSE OUT THEIR SERIES WITH ORLANDO, LEADING 3 GAMES TO 1…
SAME WITH THE LAKERS AS THEY TRY TO SEND PORTLAND BACK HOME TO THE CITY OF PROTESTS…THE LAKERS LEAD THE TRAILBLAZERS 3 GAMES TO 1.
THE ROCKETS-OKC THUNDER SERIES IS TIED AT 2 EACH..

THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LOST 4 GAMES TO POSTPONEMENT YESTERDAY, HAVE NOTHING SCHEUDLED FOR THIS FRIDAY AND TWO SCHEUDLED FOR SATURDAY…
FLYERS AND ISLANDERS IN TORONTO, LAS VEGAS AND VANCOUVER IN EDMENTON….