SOCCER

FATIMA 3-2 OVER DIXON CLASS 1 DISTRICT 5 BRACKET…FATIMA MOVES ONTO THE QUARTER FINALS NEXT TUESDAY AND WILL FACE THE WINNER OF THE DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENT…..
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THE FINALS OF THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 6 TOURNAMENT WITH NEW COVENANT AND FAIR GROVE WILL BE TODAY AT 4 FROM THE COOPER COMPLEX IN SPRINGFIELD….

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CLASS 4, DISTRICT 11 AT SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL… OZARK 2-1 OVER KICKAPOO
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TOP SEED LEBANON KNOCKED OUT 2ND SEED ROLLA, 3-1 IN THE CLASS 3 DISTRICT 9 FINAL GIVING THE JACKETS THEIR FIRST DISTRICT TITLE IN THE PROGRAMS HISTORY….
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE LOPSIDED AS THE JACKETS CAME UP SHY OF CONVERTING SEVERAL CHANCES……ZACH RICHARDS HOOKED A CORNER KICK INTO THE NET FOR THE FIRST TALLEY…
IT WAS 1-0 A THE HALF AND THE JACKETS RODE THEIR DEFENSE WITH KEEPER CLAYTON FRAZIER STOPPING SEVERAL GOOD ATTEMPTS BY THE BULLDOGS..
LEBANON MOVES ONTO FACE CONFERENCE MEMBER GLENDALE ON SATURDAY IN THE CLASS 3 SECTIONAL ROUND OF 16….

IN THE CLASS 3, DISTRICT 10 TOURNAMENT, GLENDALE SHUT OUT SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC 1-0….

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BOLIVAR WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF THE OZARK CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR IN ALL SPORTS….
THIS YEAR, IT’S JUST FOOTBALL AS THEY REPLACED SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL ON THE GRID IRON….
WE’LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE LIBERATORS….LIKE TODAY….
THEY’VE ADVANCED IN THE CLASS 3 SOCCER BRACKET INTO THE SECTIONALS WITH A 1-0 SHUT OUT OF WILLARD AT PARKVIEW’S JFK STADIUM….ANDREW LEWIS NAILED GAME WINNER EARLY IN THE 2ND HALF AND KEEPER TRENTON ARNOLD TALLIED THE SHUT OUT IN THE NET…
THAT MOVES BOLIVAR TO FACE NEOSHO ON SATURDAY IN THE ROUND OF 16..

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SOCCER CHANGES THIS YEAR WILL HAVE ALL 4 FINALS AT THE COPPER COMPLEX IN SPRINGFIELD ON NOV. 21ST…..THERE WILL BE NO THIRD PLACE GAMES…..ALL SEMI’S WILL BE AT CAMPUS SITES OF TEAMS STILL ALIVE…
THE SMALL AND LARGER CLASSES WILL ALL GET THEIR FINALS ON THE SAME DAY, UNLIKE IN YEARS PAST WHEN THE SMALLER CLASSES HAD THEIR FINALS A WEEK BEFORE THE LARGER CLASSES..
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VOLLEYBALL’S FINAL 4 STARTS THIS MORNING AT THE SHOW ME CENTER IN CAPE GIRARDEAU…..
CLASS 3, 4, AND 5 SEMI’S AND 3RD PLACE GAMES ARE TODAY..

CLASS 3 IS PARK HILLS CENTRAL GETS SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC TODAY AT 9 THIS MORNING, MARYVILLE AND HERMANN PLAY THE OTHER SEMI, SAME TIME…..

CLASS 4 HAS NERINX HALL MEETING WILLARD, PLATTE COUNTY FACES PARKWAY WEST…BOTH SERVE IT UP AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON…

CLASS 5: ST. FRANCIS BORGIA PLAYS NIXA….LIBERTY NORTH FACES ST. DOMINIC OF ST. CHARLES….SEMI’S ARE AT 6 THIS EVENING…..

THE LARGE CLASS FINALS AND 3RD PLACE GAMES WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY ALONG WITH
THE CLASS 1 AND 2 SEMI FINALS……
IN CLASS 1….NEW HAVEN MEETS ADVANCE, MIDWAY TAKES ON LESTERVILLE…SEMI’S AT 6:30 TOMORROW…
CLASS 2: VALLE CATHOLIC FACES MILLER, LAWSON GOES UP AGAINST ST. CHARLES CHRISTIAN, THAT’S FRIDAY AT 7….

DUE TO ATTENDANCE LIMITATIONS AT THE SHOW ME CENTER AND ALLOWING TIME FOR CROWDS TO ENTER AND EXIT THE ARENA FOLLOWING EACH MATCH, EXTRA
TIME HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE…

SPECTATORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PRE-PURCHASED
DIGITAL TICKET FOR ADMITTANCE…….
WILL ONLY BE ADMITTED FOR THE TICKETED
MATCH, AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AND WEAR A
MASK AT ALL TIMES IN THE FACILITY UNLESS
CONSUMING FOOD OR BEVERAGES…

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CROSS COUNTRY STATE BEGINS TODAY AT THE GANS CREEK CROSS COUNTRY COURSE IN COLUMBIA…

DUE TO COVID ISSUES, THE RACES ARE SEPERATED INTO 3 DAYS WITH CLASS 3 GOING FIRST TODAY…….THE GIRLS STATE IS AT 12:30…CLASS 3 STATE FOR THE BOYS STARTS AT 3PM..

TOMORROW, IT’S CLASS 4 GIRLS RUNNING STATE AT 8:30, BOYS RUN THEIR RACE AT 11..

THEN CLASS 2 GETS THE AFTERNOON SESSIONS…… GIRLS AT 1:30,
BOYS AT 4..ONE FRISCO LEAGUER IS RUNNING IN THIS RACE…KACI RICHARDS, A DISTRICT 5 CHAMP AT POM DeTERRE LAST SATURDAY TAKES THAT TITLE TO STATE TOMORROW…..

SATURDAY, THE CLASS 5 GIRLS RUN THE EARLY MORNING RACE AT 8:30..THAT WILL HAVE TESSA SCOTT OF THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS COMPETING…THE CLASS 5 BOYS RUN AT 11 SATURDAY MORNING WITH DISTRICT 5 RUNNER UP, BRYAN O’BARR OF WAYNESVILLE ALONG WITH TEAMMATE ALAJANDRO MALAVE….
WAYNESVILLE COACH NICHOLE “We are excited to be heading to the state meet with Bryan, Alejandro and Tessa on Saturday. These runners have put in a tremendous amount of work and earned their spots. I am very proud of them as well as the rest of the team and their efforts at districts” -Coach Jarman

The state meet will be this Saturday at Gans Creek Recreation Area in Columbia. Tessa will race at 8:30. Bryan and Alejandro will race at 11:00. Due to Covid guidelines spectators are very limited.

THEN, CLASS 1 WRAPS IT UP…. GIRLS RUN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:30…FRISCO LEAGUERS KELSEY TODD OF PLATO AND BETHANY KINCADE OF STOUTLAND ARE RUNNING IN CLASS 1 STATE..
THE BOYS CLASS 1 STATE RUNS AT 4 AND IT FEATURES 3 FRISCO LEAGUERS…
DAVID HELD OF PLATO TAKES A DISTRICT 5 TITLE TO STATE…HE’S JOINED BY TEAMMATE WYATT COTREL……
ALSO FROM STOUTLAND, BRADLEY SHAW JOINS THE MIX AFTER QUALIFYING OUT OF DISTRICTS LAST WEEK AT LINN….

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IT’S BACK TO THE GRID IRON THIS WEEK FOR THOSE WHO HAD BYE WEEKS LAST FRIDAY……
MOST BYE’S WERE DUE TO A 5 OR 6 TEAM DISTRICT BRACKET WITH THE 1 AND 2 SEEDS TAKING THE WEEK OFF…
THAT WAS NOT THE CASE WITH WAYNESVILLE..
DUE TO COVID QUARENTINE ISSUES AT PARKVIEW, THE TEAM THE TIGERS WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY AND HOST, PARKVIEW DID NOT MAKE THE KICKOFF, AND WHILE IT DID NOT GO DOWN AS A FORFEIT IN THE MEE-SHA BRACKET, THE TIGERS MOVE ON, AND GET GLENDALE TOMORROW NIGHT…..THE FALCONS WERE THE LAST TEAM THE TIGERS PLAYED ON OCT. 23…GLENDALE WON THAT IN A 47-32 SHOOTOUT…
A CHAT WITH TIGER COACH JOY HAYNES COMES YOUR WAY TOMORROW MORNING, PRIOR TO THE 7PM KICKOFF IN SPRINGFIELD….
THE OTHER SEMI IN THIS CLASS 5 BRACKET HAS
LEBANON HOSTING WILLARD……..
CLASS 5, DISTRICT 4 HAS CAMDENTON TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON, AND FROM THAT SAME BRACKET, ROLLA HEADS TO COLUMBIA BATTLE…
CLASS 4 DISTRICT 5, HILLCREST GOES TO CARL JUNCTION….
McDONALD COUNTY GETS TOP SEED WEST PLAINS….

BOLIVAR, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE O.C. IS THE 2 SEED IN THE CLASS 4 DISTRICT 6 BRACKET…
THEY PLAY WARRENSBURG AT BOLIVAR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT…..

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Phil Mickelson has won 44 times on the PGA Tour, gone two-for-two on the senior circuit, and claimed the Houston Open back in 2011. Now, he’ll be part of the 2020 Houston Open field when the event begins TODAY AT THE 7,021-yard, par-71 Memorial Park Golf Course.
Two of the last three Houston Open winners, defending champ Lanto Griffin and 2017 victor Russell Henley, are also among the 2020 Houston Open contenders….

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INJURIES ARE A MAINSTAY IN THE NFL, AND THEY’VE ALREADY WRECKED SEVERAL TEAMS THIS SEASON…LOOK UNDER DALLAS IN THE “UNABLE TO PERFORM TABLE OF CONTENTS”….
WHICH TEAMS ARE HEALTHY ENTERING WEEK 9…NOT GREEN BAY OR SAN FRANCISCO…INJURY UPDATES AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S CLASH BETWEEN THE TWO….FOR THE PACKERS, THEY’LL BE SHORT A COFRNER BACK, AT LEAST 2 AND MAYBE 3 SAFTIES, A RUNNING BACK AND 2 OFFENSIVE TACKELS.
ALL ARE TYPICAL FOOTBALL INJURIES…
FOR THE 49ERS: THEIR STARTING QB, A RUNNING BACK, 2 WIDE RECEIVERS, A LINEBACKER AND AN OFFENSIVE TACKLE OUT….2 WITH COVID ISSUES, THE OTHERS, THE TYPICAL WEEK 9 STUFF…HAMSTRINGS, ANKLES AND KNEES……