IT WAS A QUIET DAY FRIDAY IN PREP SPORTS AND THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S A BIG DAY IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY…..
SECTIONAL AND DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD TAKES PLACE.
BASEBALL AND SOCCER DISTRICTS CAN START…..

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TRACK AND FIELD WILL SEE A BUS LOAD OF FRISCO LEAGUERS HEAD TO 3 STATE SECTIONALS, TWO OF THEM IN ONE LOCATION TODAY…
MARV LUTEN HAS A LENGTHY LIST OF COMPETITORS WHO QUALIFIED OUT OF DISTRICTS, AND TRY TODAY TO MAKE THE STATE MEET IN JEFF CITY NEXT WEEK………

THE TOP 4 IN EACH EVENT AT SECTIONALS WILL MAKE STATE THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN JEFF CITY…
ANOTHER CHANGE THIS YEAR IS EACH CLASS WILL HAVE THEIR MEET COMPLETED IN ONE DAY.
NEXT FRIDAY, THE SECTIONAL QUALIFIERS IN CLASS 2 WILL HAVE THEIR MEET, NEXT SATURDAY, CLASS 1 WILL HAVE THEIRS, ALL FROM ADKINS STADIUM IN JEFFERSON CITY….

THE LARGER SCHOOLS, CLASSES 3, 4 AND 5, WHICH INCLUDE THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS ARE DOING THEIR DISTRICT MEETS TODAY….WAYNESVILLE IS HOSTING THE CLASS 5, DISTRICT 5 MEET AT TIGER STADIUM, AND A HOST OF SCHOOLS WILL BE IN TOWN FOR THAT…
FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE, SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL, GLENDALE, KICKAPOO, LEBANON, AND PARKVIEW…
THE OTHERS ARE COMING IN FROM THE NEWEST CONFERENCE, THE CENTRAL MISSOURI ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE WHICH INCLUDE CAPITAL CITY AND JEFFERSON CITY, ALONG WITH SEDALIA SMITH COTTON

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SOCCER

THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 5 TOURNAMENT BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A PLAY IN GAME AT LAQUEY…
THE 4TH SEED DIXON LADY BULLDOGS TAKE ON BELLE AT 2PM…THAT WINNER GETS TOP SEED CROCKER MONDAY AT 3..
THE OTHER SEMI MONDAY HAS 2ND SEED LAQUEY AND VALLEY PARK, COMING IN FROM FENTON, AND THAT KICKS AT 5………

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BASEBALL….

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 9 BASEBALL AT HOUSTON HAS A 4 VS 5 SEED THIS AFTERNOON….4TH SEED LICKING MEETS 5TH SEED BELLE WITH A 1PM FIRST PITCH….
THAT WINNER GETS TOP SEED HOUSTON MONDAY AT 2….
THE OTHER SEMI ON MONDAY FEATURES 2ND SEED LINN AND 3RD SEED DIXON AT 4:30…….

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CLASS 1 DISTRICT 5 AT CROCKER IS WHERE WE’LL BE MONDAY ON 102.3 FM….
LAQUEY AND CROCKER AT 5, PLATO AND NEWBURG AT 7:30..PRE GAME ABOUT 4:50 MONDAY AFTERNOON…….
RICHLAND HAS THE 1 SEED, CABOOL THE 2, AND BOTH GET A FIRST ROUND BYE..

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 8 IS IN ST. ELIZABETH, THEY HAVE THE 1 SEED, STOUTLAND IS 2….BOTH DON’T PLAY UNTIL TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK…..THEY START ON MONDAY….

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IBERIA HAS THE 1 SEED IN THEIR CLASS 2 DISTRICT 9 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AT VIENNA…
EUGENE IS 2ND, RUSSELLVILLE 3RD, VIENNA 4TH AND NEW BLOOMFIELD 5TH…THE TOURNAMENT STARTS MONDAY AT VIENNA…THE RANGERS FIRST GAME IS TUESDAY AGAINST THE VIENNA/NEW BLOOMFIELD WINNER FROM MONDAY…

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WAYNESVILLE IS THE 8TH SEED IN THE CLASS 6, DISTRICT 5 TOURNAMENT AND GET THE FIRST GAME OF THE DAY ON MONDAY, MAY 17TH AGAINST TOP SEED JEFF CITY..IT’S AT 11 AND SEDALIA IS HOSTING.

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STATE GOLF APPROACHES….
STATE IS A 2 DAY, 36 HOLE TOURNAMENT, SET FOR THIS COMING MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAY 17TH AND 18TH……
STATE THIS YEAR IN CLASS 1 WILL BE AT FREEMONT HILLS IN SPRINGFIELD…..
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…..

FRISCO LEAGUERS GUNNER VLASIS (VLAH-SIS) OF STOUTLAND AND CALEB MOORE OF CROCKER PLAY IN CLASS 1 STATE..
DIXON’S ALEX EASTERLING, WILL SHELTON AND ETHAN STRUTTON TEE OFF IN CLASS 2 STATE NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY….

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STL

THE CENTRAL DIVISION LEADING CARDINALS ARE IN SAN DIEGO THIS WEEKEND AND PLAYING LATE NIGHT BASEBALL HERE IN MID AMERICA….LAST NIGHT, IN CASE YOU NODDED OFF BEFORE THE GAME WAS OVER, WE JOIN THE REDBIRD NETWORK…

 

COMING INTO THE SERIES WITH THE PADRES, THE CARDS LED MILWAUKEE BY 3 IN THE CENTRAL WHILE THE PODS TRAILED FIRST PLACE SAN FRANCISCO BY 2 1/2 IN THE N.L. WEST….