SOCCER, TENNIS, VOLLEYBALL, SOFTBALL, BASEBALL AND SWIMMING ON TAP ON THE PREP SPORTS SCENE TODAY……

THE FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CONTINUES TODAY, AND WILL MOVE TO STOUTLAND…..CROCKER’S FIELD IS NOT QUITE PLAYABLE…….WE DIDN’T GET THE WIND AND SUNSHINE NEEDED TO HELP WITH THE DRYING….THEY HAVE ANOTHER EVENT GOING ON AT RICHLAND SO WITH STOUTLAND’S FIELD PLAYABLE, IT’S NEWBURG AND LAQUEY IN THE EARLY GAME UNDERWAY AT 4, IBERIA GETS RICHLAND AT 5:45 WITH CROCKER AND DIXON AT 7:30…

SOFTBALL HAS WAYENSVILLE AT HILLCREST TO OPEN UP…

THE WAYNESVILLE SOCCER TIGERS OPEN UP AT SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL….
MARSHFIELD COMES TO CROCKER……LAQUEY’S AT IBERIA…STOVER’S AT RICHLAND…

ON THE TENNIS COURT, WAYNESVILLE HITS THE ROAD TO BOLIVAR….

VOLLEYBALL TONIGHT HAS WAYNESVILLE AT MARSHFIELD, LICKING’S AT WINONA, AND PLATO IS HOME WITH CONWAY COMING IN.

BASEBALL TODAY IN THE FRISCO…
IBERIA GOES TO TUSCUMBIA..
DORA’S AT LICKING
PLATO’S AT CONWAY
STOUTLAND GOES TO MACKS CREEK.
THE NEWBURG AT DIXON GAME HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE 29TH……

IN SWIMMING, THE WAYNESVILLE TIGER SWIMMERS JOIN WEST PLAINS AT SEYMORE….

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THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGER GOLFERS OPENED UP AT THE LAKER INVITATIONAL AT CAMDENTON YESTERDAY..
THERE WERE 17 TEAMS WITH ROCKBRIDGE WINNING IT BY 48 STROKES ON 2ND PLACE OZARK..JEFF CITY WAS THIRD, HELIAS 4TH..
WAYNESVILLE TIED WITH CAMDENTON, AND CAPITAL CITY, ALL 3 CARDING 471’S….
KICKAPOO, ROLLA, WEST PLAINS AND LEBANON WERE ALSO THERE FROM THE OZARK CONFRENCE…
SIENA MINOR OF ROCKBRIDGE, AND TEAMMATE MADISON MOLLER WERE 1 AND 2….MINOR SHOT A 70, MOLLER A 76…..
ABBY HOBBS OF ROLLA WAS 11TH, EMMA HOBBS OF ROLLA WAS 16TH….

ALIZE GODWIN, CIERA FRINK, OLIVIA GARCIA, KATHARYN SHERRER AND LEXI QUICK MAKE UP THE LADY TIGERS AND ALL FINISHED DOWN IN THE PACK..

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ROUND ONE OF THE FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT WAS PLAYED AT RICHLAND….
WEDNESDAY’S HOST, THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS UPSET THE 4TH SEED STOUTLAND LADY TIGERS, 16-9 BEHIND VIVIAN SHEERER WHO WENT THE DISTANCE, ALLOWING 9 RUNS, 8 EARNED, STRUCK OUT 5 AND WALKED 3….
MIRANDA MOSS AND BECCA SMITH EACH WENT 2 FOR 4, AND BOTH DROVE IN A RUN….DAKOTA CRUZE AND VIVIAN SHEERER WERE 2 FOR 5….CRUZE HAD AN RBI…ABBY LATHAM DROVE IN A RUN AND LILLY GIBSON HAD 2 RBI’S….
MADISON COOLEY TOOK THE LOSS….SHE WENT ALL 7, GAVE UP 16 RUNS, 10 EARNED ON 9 HITS WITH 5 STRIKE OUTS, BUT WALKED 10 AND RICHLAND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE PASSES..
FOR THE LADY TIGERS, KAYLYN STRADT HAD 3 HITS AND DROVE IN 3 RUNS, LEYAH KASTER HAD 2 HITS AND 2 RBI’S, MADISON COOLEY, AND TAYLOR HILL BOTH HAD A PAIR OF HITS AND DROVE IN A RUN, AND LIZZY BETTS DROVE IN ONE……

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2ND SEED CROCKER BLEW OUT 7TH SEED NEWBURG, 19-4 IN 3 INNINGS…

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THE NIGHT CAP WENT 5 INNINGS WITH 3RD SEED DIXON TOPPING 6TH SEED LAQUEY, 12-2…
MACI HOLTSCLAW PICKS UP THE WIN TWIRLING A 3 HITTER WITH 4 STRIKE OUTS AND 6 WALKS.
BOTH RUNS WERE EARNED..
LEXI YOAKUM, AND RYLI MARTIN EACH DROVE IN 2 RUNS, EMMA THILTGEN, MADDIE RYAN AND COURTNEY SCOTT EACH DROVE IN ONE…..THE LADY BULLDOGS RIPPED OUT 4 DOUBLES AND A TRIPLE IN THEIR WIN….
RYAN TRIPLED, YOAKUM, MARTIN, SCOTT AND ABBY OVERSHON ALL DOUBLED….
NO SCORE AFTER ONE, BUT A 6 RUN SECOND INNING PUT DIXON ON THE PATH FOR THE “W”…

AGAIN, THE TOURNAMENT IS BEING PLAYED IN STOUTLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING….

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THE REIGNING CLASS 2 STATE CHAMPIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE 2021 BASS PRO SHOPS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.

THE HARTVILLE EAGLES WILL REPLACE PHILADELPHIA ROMAN CATHOLIC AS ONE OF EIGHT TEAMS IN THE ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS TOURNAMENT IN SPRINGFIELD.

HARTVILLE WILL JOIN KICKAPOO AND GREENWOOD AS LOCAL TEAMS FROM THE OZARKS IN THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS. THE T OF C HAS GROWN TO BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS IN THE NATION AND IS PLAYED IN JANUARY AT MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY AT THE JQH ARENA….
THE BRACKET WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR…

The St. Louis Blues traded goalender Jake Allen to the Montreal Canadiens. the trade was not completely unexpected, BUT A LITTLE SURPRISED CONSIDERING WHAT THEY GOT IN RETURN…….While some wanted him to stay as a duo with Jordan Binnington, the reality was that Allen was likely gone when the team gave A YOUNGER GOALTENDER a one-way contract during his extension.
AS FAR AS WHAT THE BLUES RECEIVED…..Montreal is not a team in need of goaltending and the Blues only got back a third and a seventh-round pick.