SOCCER WAS THE ONLY DOG ON THE PORCH YESTERDAY AS FOOTBALL AND SWIMMING PRACTICES CONTINUED FOR THOSE STILL DOING FALL SPORTS….
THE BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING FINALS ARE TOMORROW THRU SATURDAY AT THE REC PLEX IN ST. PETERS..
FOOTBALL IS INTO THE DISTRICT FINALS THIS FRIDAY THE 13TH….

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THE ROUND OF 8 IN SOCCER IS NOW THE FINAL 4 IN ALL CLASSES…

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IN CLASS 1,
WHITFIELD DEFEATED LUTHERAN ST. CHARLES 5-2…….
LONE JACKSHUT OUT MARYVILLE 6-0…
SOUTHERN BOONE BLANKED SMITHTON 5-0….
FATIMA WENT TO SPRINGFIELD AND LOST TO THE NEW COVENANT WARRIORS, 2-0…..
A LEAPING SAVE ON A 28 YARD FREE KICK BY WARRIOR KEEPER DILLON DOUGHERTY KEPT IT A 1-0 GAME LATE IN THE CONTEST PRESERVED THE LEAD BEFORE NEW COVENANT FORWARD DAKE WINSLOW SCORED ON A BREAKAWAY A FEW MINUTES LATER THAT WOULD SEAL THE DEAL AND THE WARRIORS ARE ONTO THE SEMI FINALS ON SATURDAY AS THEY’LL FACE SOUTHERN BOONE…THE STATE’S SEMI FINALS IS A FIRST IN NEW COVENANT’S HISTORY….

CLASS 2,
ORCHARD FARM OF ST. CHARLES ENDED IT FOR ST. MARY’S OF ST. LOUIS IN A 2-1 FINAL….
BISHOP LeBLOND ENJOYED THE HOME COOKIN’ IN A 2-1 WIN OVER OAK GROVE.
COUNTRY DAY MADE THE LONG TRIP FROM ST. LOUIS TO MONET IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI AND ENJOYED THEIR TRIP BACK HOME AFTER A 5-1 WIN..
PLEASANT HILL ALSO WON ON THE ROAD AT FULTON, BUT IT TOOK OVERTIME IN THE 2-1 FINAL..

CLASS 3,
CAPE GIRARDEAU NOTRE DAME BLEW BY CLAYTON 5-1….
PEMBROKE HILL OVERTIMED VAN HORN 2-1….
FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH SHUT OUT ROCKWOOD SUMMIT 1-0….
THE GLENDALE FALCONS, THE LONE OZARK CONFERNECE TEAM STILL LEFT, IS STILL PLAYING AFTER THEIR 3-1 WIN AT NEOSHO…
GLENDALE SCORED THEIR FIRST GOAL AT THE 27 MINUTE MARK ON A FREE KICK AND HAD A 3-0 LEAD UNTIL THE FINAL MINUTE WHEN NEOSHO PUNCHED ONE IN, BUT IT TOO LATE TO MOUNT A COMEBACK…
THIS IS THE FALCON’S 7TH TRIP TO THE FINAL 4….THE LAST TIME, BACK IN 2018, THEY BEAT NEOSHO TO GET THERE….

IN CLASS 4,
JACKSON AND CHAMINADE ARE THE ONLY ONE’S LEFT IN THE QUARTERS….THEY PLAY THIS EVENING AT 6, IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY…
PARK HILL BEAT ROCKHURST IN A 1-0 PENALTY KICK SHOOTOUT….
ST. DOMINIC OF O’FALLON ALSO NEEDED A P.K. SHOOTOUT TO BEAT DeSMET OF ST. LOUIS 1-0…
THE JEFF CITY JAYS MOVED RIGHT ON THE BRACKET WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER OZARK….
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THE ALL OZARK CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS RELEASED AND 4 WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS MAKE THE TEAM…..

NO 1ST TEAMERS FOR THE LADY TIGERS….

2nd team
Jordan Harpel – Waynesville

Honorable Mention
Mary Henry – Waynesville
Sydney Kunnemann – Waynesville
Aldon Pilz – Waynesville

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IT’S NOW AS OFFICIAL AS IT WILL GET….AFTER MEETING WITH CHANCE ALLAN, THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT LAQUEY, THE HOST OF THE ANNUAL FRISCO LEAGUE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, THE SOURCE, 97.9 FM WILL CONTINUE OUR TRADITION OF BRINGING OUR LISTENERS THE ANNUAL BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS…..
IT GETS UNDERWAY NOV. 28TH WITH A 12 NOON START..4 GAMES THAT SATURDAY, A DAY OFF SUNDAY, THEN IT’S MONDAY THRU SATURDAY, THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER THRU SATURDAY, DEC. 5TH OF 3 GAMES A NIGHT WITH 4 ON FRIDAY AND THE 6 HARDWARE GAMES ON SATURDAY….

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IT’S NOT A FIRST, BUT IT’S BEEN AWHILE SINCE THE MISSOURI STATE LADY BEARS HAVE BEEN RANKED IN THE TOP 25 BEFORE THE SEASON EVEN STARTS…..
THE LADY BEARS WILL COME INTO THIS SEASON RANKED NO. 24….THE LADY BEARS WERE ON TOP OF THE HILL IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE AND LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO WIN IT ALL
UNTIL THE SEASON WAS STOPPED WHEN A PANDEMIC SHUT DOWN SPORTS AROUND THE NATION AND THE GLOBE…..MISSOURI STATE WANTS TO FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED LAST YEAR, BUT THE PERSONELL IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT…..
THE LADY BEARS FIRST GAME IS NOV. 27 ON THE ROAD VS. FLORIDA GULF COAST.

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Mizzou Football (2-3, 2-3 SEC) is fresh off of a bye week and will welcome three-time SEC East Division champion and No. 12/11-ranked Georgia (4-2, 4-2 SEC) to Memorial Stadium this Saturday at 11 a.m. The game will air on ESPN with Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek and Quint Kessenich on the call.
Mizzou last played on Halloween night in Florida, dropping a 41-17 decision to the Gators in Gainesville.

When Mizzou Football takes the field against Georgia it will be playing its fifth Associated Press-ranked team in six games to open the season, which marks the most ranked opponents the Tigers have ever played over the season’s first six games since the AP released its first poll in 1936. Mizzou played four rated foes in the season’s first six games to open both the 1975 and 1978 campaigns.