MOST BASEBALL AND SOCCER SECTIONALS IN CLASSES 3 AND 4 FROM TUESDAY ARE DONE AND THE QUARTER FINALS ARE ALMOST SET..

IN BASEBALL, ONE GAME IS STILL ON TAP….SKYLINE AT STRAFFORD IN CLASS 3 DID NOT GET DONE AT STRAFFORD WHERE APPARENTLY, THE RAINS FELL A LITTLE HARDER YESTERDAY AND MADE THE FIELD UNPLAYABLE……THEY’LL TRY AGAIN TODAY…

THE SKYLINE-STRAFFORD WINNER WILL GET LINN IN THE QUARTER FINALS TOMORROW…..LINN, THE DISTRICT 9 WINNER WHO TOPPLED BOTH FRISCO LEAGUERS, DIXON AND LICKING TO ADVANCE, DEFEATED FORSYTHE YESTERDAY 10-4..

SOME OTHER CLASS 3 SECTIONAL WINNERS:
KELLY, JEFFERSON-FESTUS WHO ENDED IT FOR CUBA WITH A 4-3 WIN IN 16 INNINGS…
WARSAW, WHO DEFEATED ADRIAN 9-5 IN 8 INNINGS….IF WARSAW WAS THE HOME TEAM, A 4 RUN SPREAD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST INNING INDICATES A WALK OFF GRAND SLAM, AND IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WHAT A WAY TO MOVE ON….
ST. PIUS OF KANSAS CITY, ELLSBERRY AND FATHER TOLTON ARE ALL STILL PLAYING….FATHER TOLTON NEEDED 10 INNINGS TO GET PAST PALMYRA 5-4….
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CLASS 4 BASEBALL, KENNETT, PRIORY, SUMMIT CHRISTIAN, LAFAYETTE ST. JOE ALL WON ON THE TOP OF THE BRACKET…ST. CHARLES WEST, BLAIR OAKS, SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC AND HOLLISTER MOVED ON FROM THE BOTTOM…
BLAIR OAKS SHUT OUT BOONVILLE 6-0….CATHOLIC ENDED IT FOR ST. CLAIR, 4-2….
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CLASSES 1 AND 2 IN BASEBALL PLAY THEIR QUARTER FINALS TODAY..
IN CLASS 1 HAS ORAN HOSTING THE NORWOOD PIRATES..
GREEN CITY, IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI IS HOME WITH PATTONSBURG COMING IN..
THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS TRAVEL TO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR A DATE WITH LOCKWOOD AT 6PM.
LEETON IS HOST TO WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN..
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IN CLASS 2, HOLCOMB HOSTS MEADOW HEIGHTS..
EAST BUCHANAN TRAVELS TO LONE JACK IN KANSAS CITY..
MARIONVILLE HITS THE ROAD TO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TO FACE THE GAINESVILLE BULLDOGS..
EUGENE GETS ANOTHER HOME GAME AS THEY WELCOME PUTNAM COUNTY…..
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THAT LEAVES CLASSES 5 AND 6 AND THEY PLAY THEIR QUARTER FINALS ON SATURDAY….

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ALL DISTRICT TEAM….

ONE MEMBER OF THE WAYNESVILLE BASEBALL TIGERS, HUNTER POOLE WAS SELECTED TO THE CLASS 6, DISTRICT 5 ALL DISTRICT BASEBALL TEAM…
THIS WAS A TOUGH DISTRICT WITH THE WINNER, JEFFERSON CITY, STILL PLAYING AND INTO THE QUARTER FINALS….
THE TIGERS ONLY PLAYED ONE GAME IN THE TOURNAMENT AND WERE ELIMINATED BY THE JAYS…
POOLE NOTCHED HIS BERTH AS A SHORTSTOP…..THERE WAS ONLY 1 TEAM SELECTED….
JEFF CITY PLACED 6 ON THE TEAM, 4 CAME FROM EACH ROCKBRIDGE, BLUE SPRINGS AND BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH….HELIAS HAD 3, CAPITAL CITY AND SEDALIA WITH 2 EACH..

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GIRLS SOCCER IS INTO THEIR QUARTER FINALS IN THE LARGER CLASSES AFTER YESTERDAY’S SECTIONAL ROUND OF 16..

WINDSOR IMPERIAL MOVED TO THE CLASS 3 QUARTERS ON MONDAY..
YESTERDAY, THEY WERE JOINED BY NOTRE DAME ST. LOUIS, GRAIN VALLEY WHO SHUT OUT CAMDENTON, 3-0….PARKWAY WEST, FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH, UNION AND WEBB CITY MOVED RIGHT ON THE BRACKET..UNION SHUT OUT THE LADY IRISH OF SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC..WEBB CITY ENDED IT FOR WILLARD IN A 4-2 VICTORY…
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CLASS 4, COR JESU AND NERINX HALL, BOTH OF ST. LOUIS MOVED ON…
ST. TERESA’S AND PARK HILL SOUTH BOTH WON THEIR SECTIONAL’S…
FRANCIS HOWELL, ST. DOMINIC, LEES SUMMIT WEST AND KICKAPOO ADVANCED..
KICKAPOO, THE OZARK CONFERENCE AND DISTRICT CHAMPS, ADDED A SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TO THIS YEARS RECORD WITH A 2-1 OVERTIME WIN OVERTIME VICTORY OVER ROCKBRIDGE….
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THE QUARTERS IN ALL 4 SOCCER CLASSES SHOULD BE DECIDED THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND..MOST IF NOT ALL WILL PLAY SATURDAY……THAT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE FINALS IN FENTON THE FOLLOWING WEEK AT THE WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY SOCCER PARK……

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THE CLASS 3, 4 AND 5 STATE TRACK MEETS ARE THIS WEEK STARTING THURSDAY WITH CLASS 5 IN JEFFERSON CITY….
TOMORROW, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS WILL HEAD TO ADKINS STADIUM TO COMPETE IN THE CLASS 5 STATE MEET…
THE TIGERS WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES IN 9 DIFFERENT EVENTS AND 2 IN ONE EVENT..
THE TIGERS WILL HAVE A DUO IN THE TRIPLE JUMP AFTER KEYSHAWN SMITH AND JONATHAN HEDRICK FINISHED 3RD AND 4TH RESPECTIVLY..
THE TIGER WILL RUN IN THE 100 METER DASH, THE 110 HURDLES, THE 4X1, 4X2 AND 4X800 METER RELAYS, AND RUN THE 2 MILE…
THEY ALSO HAVE LEAPERS IN THE HIGH JUMP AND LONG JUMP AT STATE…….

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TEAM TENNIS IS ALL THAT’S LEFT ON THAT SPRING SPORT AND IT’S THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE COOPER COMPLEX IN SPRINGFIELD…

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BABY BIRDS

THE SPRINGBIRDS WON THEIR 4TH OF THE SEASON TAKING DOWN THE WICHITA WIND SURGE 7-2 YESTERDAY IN KANSAS….THE BABY BIRDS BANGED OUT 10 HITS, AND PLAYED ERROR FREE IN THE GAME.
ALVARO SEIJAS PICKS UP THE WIN…..GAME 2 OF THE 6 GAME SERIES IS TONIGHT AT RIVERFRONT STADIUM.

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ST. LOUIS IS NOT PLAYING VERY WELL ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO…