Marvs Sports-KFBD-Thursday September 17

WEDNESDAY’S ARE MADE FOR MAKE UPS AND THERE WERE A COUPLE YESTERDAY…
OF COURSE, MAKE UPS THIS YEAR ARE MORE COMMON, AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WEATHER PROBLEMS..THIS YEAR, THERE’S THAT PANDEMIC THING THAT’S FORCING TEAMS TO ALTER SCHEDULES…

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DIXON 13-0 OVER LAQUEY

THE DIXON LADY BULLDOGS HOSTED LAQUEY FROM A SEPT. 8TH DATE AND SHUT OUT THE LADY HORNETS 13-ZIP.
MADDIE RYAN WAS THE WINNING PITCHER TOSSING A ONE HITTER AND STRIKING OUT 9…
DIXON TALLIED 2 IN THE 1ST, ONE IN THE 2ND AND 10 IN THE 4TH TO END IT ON THE RUN RULE IN THE 5TH…..
LEXI GRAVES, RYLI MARTIN AND MADDIE RYAN ALL DROVE IN 3 RUNS…..GRAVES AND MARTIN BOTH HAD A PAIR OF HITS…ONE OF GRAVES WAS A DOUBLE….RYAN ALSO DOUBLED.
TRISTEN LIPSCOMB AND ABBY OVERSHON ALSO DROVE IN RUNS FOR THE LADY BULLDOGS.

COUPLE OF OZARK CONFERENCE TEAMS PLAYED YESTERDAY…
ROGERSVILLE GOT BY GLENDALE, 9-4..
ROLLA BLEW OUT UNION, 22-2…

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LAQUEY 12-10 OVER BOURBON

THE LAQUEY BASEBALL HORNETS AVENGED A LOSS LAST YEAR TO THE BOURBON WARHAWKS, THIS TIME, THEY ENJOYED THE HOME COOKIN’ IN PULASKI COUNTY…
LAST FALL, BOURBON RUN RULED LAQUEY IN A 3 INNING GAME MEANING THERE WAS A 15 RUN MARGIN..
THIS TIME, THE HORNETS SQUELCHED A LATE GAME SURGE BY THE WARHAWKS, BUT NOT BEFORE BOURBON TALLIED A 6 SPOT….THANKFULLY, COACH CHANCE ALLAN’S HORNETS HAD A NICE LEAD PRIOR TO THE WARHAWK RALLY AS HITTING BY COMMITTEE PRODUCED 12 RUNS EARLY FOR LAQUEY FOR A 12-10 FINAL…

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COVID

UNFORTUNATLY, IT’S BECOMING ALL TOO COMMON WHERE FOOTBALL GAMES ON FRIDAY NIGHT’S ARE SEEING SCHEUDLE CHANGES DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS….
WAYNESVILLE EXPERIANCED THAT IN WEEK ONE AND HAD THEIR GAME WITH PARKVIEW CANCELLED..
NOW, PARKVIEW HAS HAD TO CANCELL THEIR NEXT TWO WEEKS WITH KICKAPOO AND ROLLA BECAUSE OF COVID-19 QUARENTINE ISSUES…
BOTH THE CHIEFS AND BULLDOGS HAVE PICKED UP OPPONENTS FOR THEIR LOSS OF THEIR PARKVIEW GAMES…
KICKAPOO THIS WEEK WILL FACE PERENNIAL CLASS 4 POWERHOUSE WEBB CITY, BECAUSE WEBB CITY’S GAME WITH CARTHAGE WAS POSTPONED DUE TO QUARENTINE ISSUES AT CARTHAGE.
ROLLA WAS ABLE TO GET POPLAR BLUFF ON SEPT. 25TH BECUASE THE MULES GAME WITH ST. MARY’S OF ST. LOUIS IS NOT HAPPENING DUE TO PANDEMIC PROBLEMS AT ST. MARY’S…
ELDON WILL NOT PLAY THIS WEEK, AND WORD HAS IT, NEITHER WILL VERSAILLES…

AS OF THIS MORNING, THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS MAY BE AS CLOSE TO FULL STRENGTH AS THEY’VE BEEN BEFORE WEEK ONE’S CANCELLATION…THE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PLAYERS OUT WITH ACTUAL FOOTBALL INJURIES AND NOTHING TO DO WITH COVID-19….THIS IS ONLY THURSDAY HOWEVER….
THE TIGERS ARE SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO LEBANON THIS WEEK…..THE JACKETS ARE NOT 100%, BUT THIS IS WEEK 4, AND A LOT OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO SUIT UP WILL BE DOING SO BECAUSE OF FOOTBALL INJURIES….
WE VISIT WITH TIGER COACH JOE HAYNES TOMORROW….

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TODAY, HEAVY SLATE OF SPORTS..
SOCCER:
WAYNESVILLE’S AT CAMDENTON
MARANATHA BAPTIST GOES TO IBERIA
RICHLAND’S AT COLE CAMP

VOLLEYBALL:
WAYNESVILLE’S AT GLENDALE
SALEM’S AT LICKING

SOFTBALL
IBERIA COMES TO WAYNESVILLE
CROCKER’S AT STOUTLAND
LAQUEY’S AT SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL
VERSAILLES ROLLS INTO RICHLAND

BASEBALL:
CROCKER AT STOUTLAND
DIXON AT LINN
IBERIA’S AT LICKING
PLATO’S AT EMINENCE

GOLF TODAY HAS WAYNESVILLE AT CROCKER ON ONE OF THE SCHEDULES..

CROSS COUNTRY:
CROCKER AT STEELVILLE

SWIMMING
WAYNESVILLE’S AT THE FOSTER NATATORIUM IN SPRINGFIELD FOR A MEET WITH HILLCREST….

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Missouri’s count of football players who will miss the team’s season-opener against Alabama on Sept. 26 due to COVID-19 protocols is up to 12, Tigers coach Elijah Drinkwitz said Wednesday. Though not all 12 have necessarily tested positive for the coronavirus, the SEC mandates a 14-day quarantine for those those who have been in “prolonged close contact” with someone who tests positive.

An instance of “prolonged close contact” is when a person has spent 15 minutes within 6 feet of someone in the two days prior to their development of COVID-19 symptoms, according to the SEC’s medical guidelines.

“We’ve got to make due,” Drinkwitz said. “We’re going to tee it up the 26th, and everybody in Missouri is going to expect that we’re prepared. So we’re going to get ready.”

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The NBA announced the players selected to the 2019-20 All-NBA teams Wednesday afternoon, with Bucks big man Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lakers forward LeBron James leading the way in votes. Both players were the only unanimous first-team selections, and joining them on the first team are Rockets guard James Harden, Mavericks guard Luka Doncic and Lakers big man Anthony Davis.

James’ selection is the 16th All-NBA selection of his storied NBA career, and he has now earned the most All-NBA selections of all time. LeBron was previously tied with the likes of Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 15 All-NBA nominations. In addition, James’ All-NBA First Team selection was the 13th of his career and also sets a new NBA record in that category.

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Tee times for the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot are out, and THE FIRST OF A LOADED FIELD OF PGA GOLFERS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO THE TEE BOX AT FIRST HOLE….there are some absolutely loaded groups for what COULD be the toughest test of golf this season in southern New York. The USGA always creates interesting trios, and that’s true again this year with most of the best players in the world in attendance at the season’s first major championship.

The threesome of Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa headlines the groups — how often do you think Tiger has been the third-best ball-striker in his group? — but it’s far from the only tee time worth keeping an eye on this week. Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Justin Rose will play together on Thursday and Friday as well. So will Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau and world No. 1 Dustin Johnson. World No. 2 Jon Rahm is grouped with Phil Mickelson and Paul Casey.