Marvs Sports-KFBD-Friday November 27

IT’S FOOTBALL FINALS AND SEMI FINALS THE NEXT TWO DAYS, THE OPENING OF THE FRISCO LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS BASEKTBALL TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT LAQUEY, AND THE WRAP UP OF SOCCER WITH THE RELEASE OF THE ALL STATE TEAMS….
3 FRISCO LEAGUE PROGRAMS HAVE PLAYERS ON THE TEAM, AND SEVERAL FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE APPEAR ON THE LIST AND THAT’S WHERE WE BEGIN THIS MORNING..

ALL 5 OF THE FRISCO LEAGUE TEAMS ARE IN CLASS 1….
LAQUEY HAD THE BEST REPRESENTATION WITH 3 HORNETS MAKING ALL STATE..
JASON YOUNG WAS THE 7TH SELECTION OVERALL MAKING FIRST TEAM ALL STATE DEFENDER..
TEAMMATE GUAGE FLESHUTE WAS THE 14TH OVERALL SELECTION MAKING FIRST TEAM MID FIELDER…
IBERIA’S CARSON WHITTLE WAS SELECTED 18TH AND MADE FIRST TEAM ALL STATE FORWARD…
LAQUEY’S MASON SHAW WAS SELECTED 2ND TEAM GOAL KEEPER…….
CROCKER’S SHAWN BOBERG WAS HONORABLE MENTION FORWARD……

FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE, GLENDALE HAD 4 PLAYERS ON THE ALL STATE TEAM, KICKAPOO AND LEBANON HAD 1 EACH.
IN CLASS 3, GLENDALE’S JACK GINTZ WAS FIRST TEAM DEFENDER….LEBANON’S ZACH RICHARDS MADE FIRST TEAM FORWARD WHILE THE FALCONS CAMDEN MEYER WAS A FIRST TEAM FORWARD..

2ND TEAM, ALEX SPENCE OF GLENDALE MADE MIDFIELDER AND THE FALCONS AARON BALDWIN WAS HONORABLE MENTION FORWARD.

CLASS 4, KICKAPOO’S LUKE COURTNEY WAS 2ND TEAM DEFENSE…..

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A COUPLE OF FOOTBALL SEMI FINALS IN CLASSES 4 AND 5 KICKOFF TONIGHT AT 7..
ALL THE REST ARE TOMORROW….

IN CLASS 5 TONIGHT, FT. ZUMWALT NORTH WILL HOST JACKSON OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, IN O’FALLON…..
CLASS 4 TONIGHT, SMITHVILLE FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA IS HOSTING THE JEFF CITY HELIAS CRUSADERS, ALSO WITH A 7PM KICKOFF….

EVERYTHING ELSE IN CLASSES 1 THRU 5 WILL HAVE THEIR SEMI FINALS TOMORROW..

CLASS 6 AND 8 MAN WILL PLAY THEIR FINALS…….

8 MAN WILL SEE SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND NORTH ANDREW AT CHILLOCOTHE AT 1PM THIS SATURDAY

CLASS 6..
DeSMET GETS RAY-PEC THIS SATURDAY AT ADKINS STADIUM IN JEFFERSON CITY IN A 1PM KICKOFF………

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CLASS 5 SEMI FINALS TOMORROW HAS WEBB CITY HOSTING PLATTE COUNTY AT 1:30 ON SATURDAY IN SOUITHWEST MISSOURI….

CLASS 4…….UNION’S AT COUNTRY DAY IN ST. LOUIS AT 12 NOON SATURDAY..

CLASS 3 ..THE 2 SEMI’S HAVE CARDINAL RITTER HOSTING BLAIR OAKS AT 1..
ALSO AT 1, MARYVILLE IS HOME TO CASSVILLE…

CLASS 2 SEMI’S TOMORROW… IT’S A 2 PM KICKOFF AT ST. PIUS OF KANSAS CITY, THEY HOST PALMYRA.
AN HOUR LATER AT 3, PERENNIAL POWER LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HOSTS JEFFERSON OF FESTUS…

CLASS 1 SEMI’S.
THAYER WILL HOST WINDSOR AT 2 PM ON SATURDAY
ADRIAN GOES TO MID BUCHANAN FOR A 1 PM KICKOFF TOMRROW……

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TOMORROW IS ALSO THE FIRST DAY OF THE FRISCO LEAGUE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT TIME AT LAQUEY, AND IT’S HERE ON 97.9 FM….
4 GAMES ON THE SCHEDULE….
AT 12 NOON, THE GIRLS PLAY IN GAME WITH THE 8 AND 9 SEEDS WILL FEATURE STOUTLAND AND LAQUEY…
THEN THE 4 AND 5 SEEDS ON THE GIRLS SIDE, CROCKER AND IBERIA AT 1:30…
THE 8 AND 9 SEEDS ON THE BOYS BRACKET TIP AT 3 WITH CROCKER AND STOUTLAND…
THE 4 AND 5 SEEDS ON THE BOYS BRACKET ROUND UP DAY 1 AT 4:30 WITH DIXON AND NEWBURG…..

COVID-19 GUIDELINES FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY HEALTH CENTER: ALL PLAYERS, COACHES, AND SPECTATORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK WHEN ENTERING THE FACILITY..
SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN SEATING, VISITING, OR USING THE CONCESSION STAND….

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THE GAMES, AGAIN, WE ARE PLANNING OF HAVING THEM ON 97.9 FM……WE HOPE TO START ABOUT 11:45 SATURDAY MORNING…….

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FOOTBALL WAS NOT THE ONLY SPORT TAKING PLACE TURKEY DAY..

THE FIRST MINUTE OR SO of Thursday’s Thanksgiving day COLLEGE BASKETBALL showdown between No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 6 Kansas featured 10 points, two turnovers, a highlight-reel dunk and a technical foul, just to name a few of the highlights AND ALL IT DID WAS GET BETTER/. The torrent pace continued for much of the game as the top-ranked Bulldogs outlasted the Jayhawks 102-90 in the marquee game of college basketball’s opening weekend.

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ARKANSAS AT MIZZOU WILL NOT HAPPEN TOMORROW, BUT MISSOURI WILL STILL HAVE A GAME..
ARKANSAS WILL NOT..DUE TO A COMBINATION OF POSITIVE TESTS, CONTACT TRACING AND SUBSEQUENT QUARANTINING OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ARKANSAS FOOTBALL PROGRAM, CONSISTENT WITH SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE COVID-19 MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS, THE GAME WAS RE-SCHEUDLED FOR MISSOURI TO FACE VANDERBILT…THEIR GAME WITH TENNESSEE WAS BUMPED APPERENTLY DUE TO COVID CONCERNS IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE…….

MISSOURI AND VANDY WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEUDLED TO PLAY ON OCT. 17TH BUT COVID ISSUES AT MIZZOU PUT THAT ON HOLD……IT’S BACK, AND KICKSOFF AT 11 AM TOMORROW FROM FAROUT FIELD…

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The new leaders in the NFC East: The Washington Football Team. LED BY COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE, QB ALEX SMITH, THE WFT got the best of the Dallas Cowboys as they registered a 41-16 victory on Thanksgiving. This marks the first time Washington has swept Dallas since 2012. Rookie running back Antonio Gibson was an absolute monster, as he rushed 20 times for 115 yards and three touchdowns. Star wide receiver Terry McLaurin also played a major role in the victory, as he caught seven passes for 92 yards and also made a clutch tackle that saved what would have been a pick-six.

Washington’s defense registered what might be their best performance of the season, as they sacked Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton a total of three times, picked him off once for a touchdown, recovered an Ezekiel Elliott fumble in the third quarter and held the Cowboys to just 1 of 4 on fourth down attempts. It was a total team effort, and the end result is that they are now in the driver’s seat of the worst division in football.

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Matthew Stafford continues to climb up the NFL record books, despite how poor the Detroit Lions have been around him over the years. Stafford has been the franchise quarterback in Detroit for 12 seasons, yet puts up impressive numbers despite the team going just 73-86-1 in his starts. For as depressing as the Lions have been, Stafford has thrived.

In the fourth quarter of Detroit’s 41-25 loss to the Houston Texans, Stafford passed Joe Montana on the all-time passing touchdown list with a 14-yard strike to Mohamed Sanu. Stafford threw the 274th touchdown pass of his career, passing Montana for 17th on the all-time list. The touchdown was Stafford’s 18th on Thanksgiving Day, tying Tony Romo for the most passing touchdowns on the holiday.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the Baltimore Ravens this past week, and it now has reportedly affected their best player. On Thursday night, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson tested positive for the coronavirus. The Ravens were scheduled to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday night, but the league was forced to reschedule the matchup due to the Ravens’ COVID-19 outbreak. . The game as of now is scheduled for Sunday at 1:15 p.m. ET and it will remain on NBC and broadcast nationally.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, four more Ravens players and one more staff member have tested positive for COVID-19 — which should include Jackson. While the game against the Steelers has already been moved to Sunday, the chances of it being played are reportedly “diminishing quickly.”

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Phil Mickelson and Charles Barkley will square off against Peyton Manning and Stephen Curry in a charity golf match on Friday, Nov. 27. The Match III will be held at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Oro Valley, Arizona. The third rendition of “The Match” will get underway at 3 p.m. ET and the competition will be modified alternate-shot match play.

Manning and Curry are listed as the -165 favorites.

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THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WILL PLAY IN THE SUNSHINE STATE ON SUNDAY AND HAVE A LATE AFTERNOON GAME WITH THE VETERAN LOADED TAMPA BAY BUCANEERS WHO WILL BRING IN SEVERAL FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS IN QUARTERBACK TOM BRADY, TIGHT END ROB GRONKOWSKI, WIDE RECEIVER, ANTONIO BROWN, AND FORMER CHEIF, LaSHAWN McCOY WHO LEFT K.C. FOR SUNNY FLORIDA…
THE CHIEFS ARE 9-1 AND COMING OFF A BIG AFC WEST WIN LAST WEEK WHILE THE BUCCANEERS LOST TO THE RAMS LAST MONDAY NIGHT…..