TODAY
BASEBALL:
WAYNESVILLE AT LICKING
CROCKER’S AT STOUTLAND, that;s A MAKE UP..
DIXON’S AT OSAGE
ELDON AT IBERIA
MACKS CREEK AT LAQUEY
NEWBURG AT BOURBON
CABOOL AT PLATO

SOCCER
GLENDALE AT WAYESVILLE
CROCKER AT STOVER
DIXON AT SULLIVAN

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GOLF DISTRICTS HAVE TEED OFF……..
CROCKER IS HOSTING THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 1 TOURNAMENT AT THE GOLF CLUB AT DEER CHASE IN LINN CREEK….
STOUTLAND AND NEWBURG FROM THE FRISCO ARE JOINING THE LIONS FOR THIS 20 TEAM FIELD….

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 1 GOLF SEES DIXON AND LICKING IN FLORRISANT AT THE EAGLE SPRINGS GOLF COURSE….
16 SCHOOLS ARE IN THIS FIELD.

THE WAYNESVILLE TIGER GOLFERS ARE AT THE SHIFFERDECKER GOLF COURSE IN JOPLIN FOR CLASS 5 DISTRICT 3 GOLF…..
THE TIGERS ARE JOINING 14 OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL AND KICKAPOO FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE

THIS YEAR, FIRST AND 2ND PLACE TEAMS ARE NOT AUTOMATIC QUALIFYERS AND THE TOP 18, INCLUDING TIES, QUALIFY FOR STATE…..
ANY TEAM WITH 4 OF 5 GOLFERS IN TEH TOP 18 WILL BE DEEMED TEAM QUALIFYERS TO STATE…..
STATE IS A 2 DAY, 36 HOLE TOURNAMENT MAY 17TH AND 18TH..

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STATE THIS YEAR WILL BE AT FREEMONT HILLS IN SPRINGFIELD FOR CLASS 1 ON MAY 17TH AND 18TH….
CLASS 2 WILL BE SILO RIDGE IN BOLIVAR….
CLASS 3 WILL BE A CROWN POINT GOLF CLUB IN FARMINGTON…
CLASS 4 AT TWIN HILLS IN JOPLIN…..
CLASS 5 AT THE SEDALIA COUNTRY CLUB…..
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NORMALLY, GOLF IS THE FIRST OF THE SPRING SPORTS TO COMPLETE DISTRICTS, BUT THIS YEAR, IT WAS CLASS 1 AND 2 TRACK, HELD THIS PAST SATURDAY….
THE TOP 4 IN EACH EVENT MAKE THE SECTIONAL ROUND NEXT WEEK………

CROCKER, DIXON, LICKING AND PLATO WERE AT THE CLASS 2 DISTRICT 5 MEET AT BOLIVAR……
TOMI ROSE OF LICKING AND CALLIE McMURTRY OF CROCKER WERE FIRST AND 2ND IN 3 DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THEY FINISHED 1 AND 2 IN THE 100 METER DASH, THE 200, AND THE LONG JUMP WHERE 4 FRISCO LEAGUERS MADE THE NEXT ROUND…
ROSE TOOK FIRST, McMURTRY WAS 2ND…IN THE LONG JUMP, THEY’RE JOINED BY KAYLEE COPELY OF PLATO AND MONTGOMERY KECK OF DIXON…
THE FRISCO QUALIFIED 1,2 AND 3 IN THE TRIPLE JUMP…McMURTRY FROM CROCKER WAS FIRST, KECK OF DIXON WAS 2ND AND KYRA TAYLOR OF LICKING WAS 3RD…
MONTGOMERY KECK OF DIXON WAS A DISTRICT CHAMPION IN BOTH THE 100 AND 300 HURDLES….
KYRA TAYLOR OF LICKING WAS 4TH IN THE 300 HURDLES AND QUALIFIED…..

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CASEY RICHARDS FROM LICKING WAS 3RD IN TEH MILE AND 4TH IN THE 2 MILE.
LICKINGS 4X100 METER RELAY TEAM WAS 2ND..
AVA HARRISON OF CROCKER TOOK 2ND IN TEH POLE VAULT, AND LICKING KYRA TAYLOR WAS 3RD..
CROCKER’S RILEY GEORGE TOOK 2ND IN THE DISCUS, AND VICTORIA SASFY WAS 3RD IN THE SHOT PUT, AND 4TH IN THE JAVALINE…

THE BOYS QUAIFYERS FROM THE DISTRICT 5 MEET:
PLATO’S DAVID HELD WAS 1ST IN THE 800, 1600, AND 3200 METER RUNS…COLBY WILSON OF PLATO TOOK 4TH IN THE 110 HURDLES AND OSCAR PHILLIPS WAS 4TH IN TEH POLE VAULT..
DIXON’S RILEY SLOAN WON THE 110 HURDLES, THE 300 METER HURDLES, AND TOOK 3RD IN THE LONG JUMP……
TYSON REATHEFORD WAS 3RD IN THE JAVALIN AND 4TH IN TEH SHOT PUT….
OWEN JACOBS OF DIXON WAS 2ND IN TEH 200 METER RUN, AND 2ND IN THE TRIPLE JUMP….
CROCKER’S DAVID CARRIGER WON THE JAVALIN, ABD CROCKER’S CARTER ORISON WAS 3RD IN THE 200…
LICKING’S JARRETT HUFF WAS 2ND IN THE MILE, AND LICKING’S CLIFFORD HAWN WAS 3RD IN THE SHOT PUT AND WILSON MURRAY WAS 3RD IN THE TROPLE JUMP…

ALL FROM THE CLASS 2 DISTRICT 5 RUN AT SARCOXIE THIS WEEK IN SECTIONALS..

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THE FRISCO LEAGUE WILL SEND A BUS LOAD TO THE STATE SECTIONAL TRACK MEETS THIS SATURDAY AND NOT ALL AT THE SAME PLACE…
THE TOP 4 IN EACH DISTRICT EVENT MAKE THE NEXT ROUND..

AT THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT AT LADONNIA, HOSTED BY COMMUNITY, NEWBURG, STOUTLAND AND RICHLAND WERE THERE…
NEWBURG’S JARAD LOTT FINISHED 2ND IN THE 200 METER DASH, 2ND IN THE LONG JUMP AND 2ND IN THE JAVELIN..NEWBURG’S GABE KILLIAN WAS 3RD IN THE SHOT PUT.
FOR THE LADY WOLVES…THEIR 4X400 METER RELAY TEAM WAS 1ST…..A 3RD FOR THE 4X8….
ANNA-LEES LOGAN WAS 3RD IN THE MILE AND TOOK 3RD IN THE 2 MILE…
KALIETHIA HARRIS WAS 3RD IN THE 400, AND CORA TWYMAN TOOK 4TH IN THE 300 METER HURDLES… MAURA SUSCHANKE WAS 2ND IN TEH JAVALIN, RIGHT BEHIND ANOTHER FRISCO LEAGUER, KAILYN STRADT OF STOUTLAND WHO WON THE DISTRICT JAVALIN TITLE…
STOUTLAND’S BETHANY KINCADE TOOK 2ND IN THE SHOT PUT..
RICHLAND’S BREA MORRIS TOOK 3RD IN TEH 800….RICHLAND’S HUNTER REED WILL ALSO HEAD TO DISTRICTS AFTER A 4TH PLACE FINISH IN THE 800…

AT THE CLASS 2, DISTRICT 2 MEET, HOSTED BY NEW HAVEN, THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS WILL SEND A HOST TO THE SECTIONALS..
THE 4X200 METER RELAY TEAM WERE A DISTRICT CHAMP…..THE 4X100 TOOK 3RD AND QUALIFIED.
PAIGE SPENCER WAS A DISTRICT CHAMP IN THE 800, AND TOOK 2ND IN THE 400..
HARPER ROLLINS WAS 2ND IN THE 100 METER DASH.
CHOLIE ASHTON WAS 2ND IN TEH 100 HURDLES AND 4TH IN THE 300…..
CHARLY SCHARF WAS 2ND IN THE HIGH JUMP…

ALL HEAD TO SECTIONALS ON SATURDAY AT SOUTH CALLAWAY FOR A COMBINED CLASS 1 AND 2 SECTIONAL MEET..

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BASEBALL-FROM FRIDAY
IBERIA 5, VIENNA 4

THE VIENNA EAGLES GAVE THE STATE’S TOP RANKED TEAM A SCARE, BUT IN THE END, A 3 RUN 7TH GAVE THE IBERIA RANGERS A 5-4 WALK OFF WIN AT HOOPER FIELD….
A SCORELESS CONTEST UNTIL THE TOP OF THE 4TH WHEN THE EAGLES PLATED 2…IBERIA TIED IT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5TH….VIENNA PLATED A PAIR IN THE TOP OF 7TH AND NEEDED 3 OUTS, BUT INSTEAD, IBERIA GOT 3 RUNS, THE LAST A WALK OFF RBI BY TANNER ALEXANDER WHO FINISHED WITH 2 HITS, THE ONLY RANGER WITH MULTIPLE HITS IN THE GAME AND WAS THE WINNING PITCHER……HAIDEN MARTIN HAD IBERIA’S ONLY EXTRA BASE HIT WITH DOUBLE….JAKE WHITTLE AND ISAAC LAWSON HAD AN RBI EACH.
JAKE WHITTLE STARTED. HE WENT 3 INNINGS AND STRUCK OUT 3. HE WAS RELIEVED BY ISAAC LAWSON RELEIVED AND TOSSED 3 INNINGS AND STRUCK OUT 5. TANNER ALEXANDER THREW THE FINAL INNING AND PICKED UP THE WIN. HE STRUCK OUT 1.

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ST. CLAIR WON THE SALEM BASEBALL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY……
TWO GAMES PRIOR TO THE TROPHEY GAMES SAW SULLIVAN KNOCK OFF WAYNESVILLE 8-1,
The Tigers had 3 hits in the game Hunter Poole went 1-1 with a double and 3 walks. Blake Althusius singled, walked, and scored a run. Blake Holloway had the other hit for the Tigers. Hunter Poole took the loss..
PACIFIC BEAT SALEM 5-2…
THAT PUT PACIFIC IN THE TITLE GAME WITH ST. CLAIR AND THE BULLDOGS GOT BY THE INDIANS 5-3 AND TOOK THE TITLE BACK TO ST. CLAIR…
WITH THEIR LOSS TO SULLIVAN, WAYNESVILLE PLAYED IN THE CONSOLATION GAME AGAINST LICKING AND THE WILDCATS RUN RULED THE TIGERS, 15-5……..
SILAS ANTLE PICKS UP THE WIN…THE WILDCATS DROVE IN 13 RUNS, LED BY MALACHI ANTLE AND RUSTY BUCKNER WITH 4 EACH…..BOTH WENT DEEP IN THE GAME…..
The Tigers offense had 6 hits in the game and was paced by Zachary Hale who had 3 hits including a double and 3 RBI’s. Blake Holloway had 2 hits, 1 RBI, and scored a run. Hunter Poole had the other hit for the Tigers and stole two bases which puts him at 17 for the season which ties the school recored….LJ Beam also stole a bag and he sets at 17 for the season. Dustin Murphy took the loss on the mound..
waynesville’s Hunter Poole was named to the all tournament team as he went 3-6 in the tournament with 5 walks, a home run, a double, 2 runs, 2 RBI, and 4 stolen bases.

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DIXON’S “Legends of Lumber” INVITATIONAL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT did get done and the st. louis patriots went 3-0 and won it…the beat capital city 13-3, steelville 21-1, and dixon 13-4 in the title game on saturday…
dixon shut out steelville 11-0 on friday..clayton sinden picks up the win..he was one of 3 pitchers used…he also drove in 4 runs….randon mahurin and shannon kampeter each had a pair of rbi’s..
in dixon’s game against the capital city cavaliers, it was a 7-6 victory on a walk off…a hit batter send case sinden to first, he stole 2nd, made it to third on a strike out…the cav’s walked the next two to load the bases for c.j. tiltgen and he made them pay with a deep line drive over the center fiedlers head and this was over.

the patroits beat the bulldogs 13-4 in the final game as both came into the game with 2-0 tournament records.
clayton sinden took the loss..both sinden’s clayton and case and randon mahrin had an rbi…. case sinden led with 3 hits…DIXON COACH ALEX SHELTON SAID we went up against a very talented STL Patriots team. Their offense was a challenge to keep in line, but despite the loss, I thought we played pretty well and hung with them for much of the game.”
“Eventually, their offense was just too much to overcome and we lost 13-4, as they tallied 7 runs in the final 2 innings. This kind of game will do us good as we prepare to head into districts in a week. I really think we are playing at a very strong level as a team right now and our record is currently 14-6.”

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THE STATE RANKED HOUSTON TIGERS PLAYED HOST TO ANOTHER TEXAS COUNTY SQUAD FROM THE NORTHWEST PART WHEN THE PLATO EAGLES ROLLED SOUTH AND THE 6TH RANKED CLASS 3 TIGERS RUN RULED THE EAGLES 11-0…

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FRI. SOCCER
JEFF CITY CAME TO TIGER TOWN AND SHUT OUT WAYNESVILLE 1-0 IN A LOW SCORING DEFENSIVE SHOWCASE…

CROCKER TRAVELED TO OWENSVILLE IN GASCONADE COUNTY AND SHUT OUT THE DUTCHGIRLS
3-0……

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CARDS

cards knock off the rockies yesterday, take today off and head to milwaukee..john rooney and ricky horton wrap up mothers day in st. louis..

5:45 is the pre game tomorrow…

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Medina Spirit, winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, failed a post-race drug test, trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday. The failed test could invalidate the May 1 victory for Medina Spirit, who gave Baffert his seventh Kentucky Derby victory. Baffert held a press conference on Sunday, saying the horse had 21 picograms of a steroid, betamethasone, in its system, which is more than double the legal allotment for horse racing in Kentucky.

Shortly after the news broke, Baffert was suspended from entering horses by Churchill Downs, the famous track that hosts the Kentucky Derby. The race track also said that Medina Spirit’s victory will be invalidated “if the findings are upheld.” In that case, second-place finisher Mandaloun would be declared the 2021 Kentrucky Derby winner.

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One of the best indicators of an elite golfer — a truly elite golfer — is their ability to turn a year around in a single week. World No. 1 Dustin Johnson did it last year when he shot three straight rounds of 78 or worse and then won three events to close out the year, including the Masters (in November). Rory McIlroy did it this week after missing three of his last five cuts at stroke-play events by winning the 2021 Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday at Quail Hollow for his 19th victory on the PGA Tour.

McIlroy took a Quail Hollow event for the third time in his career, and this year’s victory came on the back of a near-flawless weekend. Frankly, it was difficult to see coming no matter which way you looked.

McIlroy looked lost at both the Players Championship in March and the Masters in April, failing to make the weekend at both events for just the second time in his career He did not look all that great on Thursday this week, either, as he shot 1 over and finished 120th in the field from tee to green.

Then Rory made just three mistakes the rest of the way, finishing 66-68-68 to get to 10 under and beat Abraham Ancer by a single stroke.

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