Marvs Sports-KFBD-Wednesday September 23

A RATHER BUSY DAY IN PREP SPORTS….

BASEBALL:
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DIXON 11-3 OVER RICHLAND

IN A VARSITY MATCH UP ONLY AT RICHLAND, THE DIXON BULLDOGS CAME IN, FELL BEHIND BUT RALLIED BACK AND KNOCKED OFF THE BEARS 11-2..

RICHLAND GOT 1 IN THE FIRST, DIXON COUNTERED IN THE 2ND..BOTH TALLIED ONE IN THE 3RD, DIXON WENT AHEAD WITH 1 IN THE 4TH, THEN ADDED A 5 SPOT IN THE 5TH, GOT 2 IN THE 6TH AND ALL BUT WRAPPED UP THE “W”….RICHLAND OUTHIT THE BULLDOGS, BUT LEFT TOO MANY STRANDED…

CLAYTON SINDEN PICKS UP THE WIN..HE WORKED 4 INNINGS, RANDON MAHURIN RELEIVED…
MAHURIN BUSTED THIS OPEN WITH A 3 RUN HOMER IN THE 5TH…
SINDEN HAD 2 HITS AND AN RBI….ALSO RBI’S FROM ANTHONY McCANCE, JACOB CROSS AND EVAN NORTON.
DIXON COACH ALEX SHELTON SAID “This was another good team win tonight. We got good pitching tonight from Clayton Sinden and Randon Mahurin. We got timely hitting from our order, including a very special 3 run homerun from Randon Mahurin (who is playing with a very heavy heart with the recent passing of his mother, Charity) in the 5th inning.
COACH SHELTON CONTINUED “MAHURIN’S homerun was not only special, but also broke open a close game and got the team energized, allowing us to add to our lead and finally put the game out of reach. Randon also came in and picked up the save, working the final 3 frames for us on the mound. The win puts us at 8-4 this fall.

DIXON GETS BELLE AT 5:00 (IN BELLE) IN THE VIENNA FALL CLASSIC STARTING FRIDAY.

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LAQUEY’S AT IBERIA

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VAN BUREN 7-4 OVER LICKING

THE LICKING WILDCATS DROPPED A 7-4 DECISION TO THE VAN BUREN BULLDOGS LAST NIGHT.
THE WILDCATS STRANDED EIGHT RUNNERS ON THE NIGHT INCLUDING THE BASES LOADED IN THE FIFTH INNING.

“We’re a little inconsistent offensively right now,” Licking coach Harv Antle said following the game. “Tonight we just didn’t put together enough good at bats and we failed to get that timely hit.”

COLE WALLACE STARTED AND SUFFERED THE LOSS. IN FOUR INNINGS, WALLACE WAS CHARGED WITH SIX RUNS ON EIGHT HITS AND FOUR WALKS.
WALLACE PRODUCED AT THE PLATE WITH A 2-FOR-3 NIGHT THAT INCLUDED AN RBI AND A RUN SCORED. MALACHI ANTLE WENT 2-FOR-4 WITH A DOUBLE AND RUN-BATTED-IN, WILSON MURRAY SINGLED AND KNOCKED IN A RUN, AND RUSTY BUCKNER SINGLED AND SCORED A RUN.
THE LOSS DROPPED LICKING’S RECORD TO 8-4.

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NEWBURG’S AT VIENNA
BELLE COMES TO PLATO
STOUTLAND HEADS TO FORDLAND
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WEAUBLEAU 15-0 OVER MACKS CREEK

MACKS CREEK HIT THE ROAD LAST NIGHT, TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY 54 TO WEAUBLEAU AND CAME BACK HOME AFTER A 3 INNING, 15-0 SET BACK AT THE HANDS ON THE HOME TOWNERS…..
WEAUBLEAU PLATED TWO IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST, ONE IN THE THIRD, AND THEN PUSHED ACROSS 12 IN THE THIRD FOR THE FINAL MARGIN.

“Offensively we are still struggling, defensively we played better, and our pitching started well but struggled a bit in the fourth,” said Macks Creek Coach Jason Trusty.

EACH TEAM USED A COMMITTEE APPROACH WITH THEIR PITCHING STAFFS WITH TOURNAMENT PLAY COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK…MACKS CREEK USED TANNER SMITH, GRANT ENGLISH, DAKOTA WILLIS, KEITH EDELMAN AND ETHAN ENGLISH IN THE 3 INNING GAME….
OFFENSIVELY THE PIRATES COLLECTED ONE HIT, A SINGLE OFF THE BAT OF TANNER SMITH.

MACKS CREEK FALLS TO 0-6. THEY WILL COMPETE IN THE CONWAY FALL CLASSIC THIS THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. THEY TAKE ON HARTVILLE (3:00) AND DORA (5:15) FOR POOL PLAY AT HARTVILLE ON THURSDAY. PENDING THOSE RESULTS WILL DETERMINE WHAT TIME THEY PLAY ON SATURDAY.

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SOFTBALL:

IBERIA ENJOYED THE HOME COOKIN’ AT LAW FIELD IN ROCKTOWN YESTERDAY AS HAILEY WHITTLE TWIRLED A NO HITTER AT THE CROCKER LADY LIONS AND IBERIA ROLLED TO A 12-0 FINAL IN 5 INNINGS…WH
A SLOW START FOR BOTH, BUT LANEY HALLEY’S HOME RUN IN THE 2ND STARTED THE IBERIA SLUG FEST.. THE LADY RANGERS BLEW THIS OPEN IN THE 3RD PLATING 10 RUNS….
ALYSSA PERRY, EMILY THOMPSON, MORGAN LUTTRELL, HAILEY WHITTLE, AND EMMA RAY ALL COLELCTING RBI’S IN THE INNING.
LUTTRELL AND RAY HOMERED, BOTH THOMPSON’S DOUBLED WITH PERRY AND WHITTLE COLLECTING SINGLES.
ELAINA FOSTER TOOK THE LOSS FOR CROCKER. SHE WAS TAGGED FOR 12 HITS AND 12 RUNS OVER FOUR INNINGS.
EMMA RAY FINISHED 3 FOR 3 AT THE PLATE….HARPER ROLLINS ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF HITS..
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DIXON 13-5 OVER RICHLAND

THE DIXON LADY BULLDOGS JUMPED ON THE VISITING RICHLAND LADY BEARS EARLY, AND FINISHED THEM OFF WITH A 13-5 VICTORY AT DIXON…RYLI MARTIN RIPPED A DOUBLE, A PAIR OF SINGLES AND DROVE IN 4 RUNS…
LEXI GRAVES AND KYLI BALLARD BOTH DOUBLED AND BOTH DROVE IN 2 RUNS…….
MADDIE RYAN AND COURTNEY SCOTT HAD 2 HITS EACH, RYAN HAD AN RBI.
TRISTEN LIPSCOMB, ABBY OVERSHON AND ANNA MOORE ALL DROVE IN RUNS.
MACI HOLTSCLAW GETS THE WIN…SHE GAVE UP 3 EARNED RUNS ON 4 HITS WHILE WALKING 3 IN 3 INNINGS. MADDIE RYAN PICKS UP THE SAVE…..

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ST. ELIZABETH RUN RULED THE NEWBURG LADY WOLVES, 22-0 AT NEWBURG YESTERDAY……..

VERSAILLES TRAVELED TO LAQUEY AND RUN RULED THE LADY HORNETS 16-0….

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OZARK CONFERENCE SOFTBALL
LEBANON 13-3 OVER SALEM
ROGERSVILLE DOWNS HILLCREST 11-1
KICKAPOO ALL OVER ROLLA, 12-3….

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SOCCER
LEB 2-1 OVER WHS

THE LEBANON YELLOWJACKETS MADE THE SHORT TRIP TO TIGER TOWN TO BATTLE WAYNESVILLE AT THE ANDERSON SOCCER FIELD AT TIGER PRIDE PARK..THE JACKETS LEFT TOWN WITH A 2-1 OZARK CONFERENCE VICTORY….

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IN VOLLEYBALL

THE LADY BULLDOGS FROM SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL CAME TO WAYNESVILLE AND THE HOME TOWN LADY TIGERS SENT THEM BACK TO THE QUEEN CITY AFTER WAYNESVILLE WIN THAT TOOK ALL 5 MATCHES TO GET IT DONE….
WAYNESVILLE DROPS THE FIRST GAME 25-20, THEN CAME BACK WITH BACK TO BACK WINS OF 25-22, 25-20…..
CENTRAL WAS ABLE TO EXTEND IT TO THE RUBBER GAME WITH A 25-19 WIN IN GAME 4..
THE RACE TO 15 IN THE 5TH GAME WENT TO THE LADY TIGERS, 15-11….
NO JV MATCH, BUT WAYNESVILLE DID GET A TWO GAME SWEEP IN THE FRESHMAN CONTEST.

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A LIGHT DAY IN SPORTS…
A FRISCO LEAGUE SOCCER MATCH IS ABOUT ALL THERE IS…
IBERIA GOES TO CROCKER…..

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THE MISSOURI STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION HAS RELEASED IT’S DISTRICT ASSIGNMENTS..YESTERDAY WE FEATURED FOOTBALL, TODAY, IT’S SOCCER AND SOFTBALL….

THE SOCCER SQUADS ARE ALL CLASS 1 FROM THE FRISCO….DISTRICT 5 HAS CROCKER, DIXON, FATIMA AND IBERIA..
DISTRICT 6 SEES LAQUEY, AND RICHLAND JOINING COLLEGE HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN, FAIR GROVE AND NEW COVENANT…
CLASS 4 HAS WAYNESVILLE IN WITH SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL, KICKAPOO, AND OZARK.
NO HOST SCHOOLS HAD BEEN DETERMINED AS OF THIS MORNING…

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SOFTBALL
THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 2 BRACKET WILL CONSIST OF CROCKER, NEWBURG, RICHLAND, STOUTLAND AND VIENNA….CROCKER IS HOSTING THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT…

CLASS 2, DISTRICT 2 HAS THE REST OF THE FRISCO LEAGUERS, DIXON, IBRIA, AND LAQUEY, JOING BY BELLE, HARTVILLE, MANSFIELD AND SEYMORE..
HARTVILLE IS HOSTING….

CLASS 5 DISTRICT 5 IS WHERE THE LADY TIGERS ARE..JOINING WAYNESVILLE WILL BE CAPITAL CITY, JEFF CITY, JEFF CITY HELIAS, LEBANON, LEE’S SUMMITT WEST, RAY-PEC, AND SEDALIA SMITH COTTON…SEDALIA IS HOSTING…

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ONCE THE DISTRICT’S WERE RELEASED, SO WERE THE FOOTBALL RANKINGS FROM THE MISSOURI SPORTSWRITERS AND SPORTSCASTERS…
RAY PEC IS NO. 1 IN CLASS 6….KICKAPOO GOT SOME VOTES BUT FINISHED JUST OUTSIDE THE TOP 10.

IN CLASS 5, CARTHAGE IS NO. 1, WEBB CITY IS NO. 2 AS THE CARDINALS, A PERRENIAL CLASS 4 POWER HAS BEEN MOVED UP A CLASSIFICATION…

CLASS 4, JEFF CITY HELIAS IS NO. 1….WEST PLAINS COMES IN AT NO. 2….BOLIVAR AT NO. 4…BOTH WEST PLAINS AND BOLIVAR ARE ON THE WAYNESVILLE SCHEDULE…

CLASS 3, BLAIR OAKS IS NO. 1…..PALMYRA IS NO. 1 IN CLASS 2 AND MID BUCHANAN IS THE TOP RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 1.

SEE THE COMPLETE LIST ON MY OZARKS ON LINE DOT COM

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THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BEAT KANSAS CITY LAST NIGHT 5-TO-0. THEY’LL PLAY THE ROYALS AGAIN THIS EVENING.

ONLY 4 PLAYOFF SPOTS HAVE BEEN SECURED IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, 4 MORE ARE STILL OUT THERE..
ST. LOUIS IS 2 GAMES ABOVE 500, AND 1 GAMES AHEAD OF BOTH CINCINATTI AND MILWAUKEE AND AFTER TODAY’S TILT WITH KANSAS CITY, THE CARDS HOST THE BREWERS FOR 5 GAMES IN 4 DAYS…

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Tuesday night in baseball brought us some more clarity to the 2020 postseason picture.

First, Jose Ramirez’s three-run, walk-off home run (CLE 5, CHW 3) clinched Cleveland’s postseason spot. Ramirez is adding to his AL MVP resume this season, and he’ll return with his ball club to the playoffs after it was eliminated from contention last year.

Then with a win over the Miami Marlins (ATL 11, MIA 1) the Atlanta Braves clinched the National League East. It’s their third straight division title.

And finally, thanks to the Washington Nationals’ doubleheader sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Chicago Cubs secured their 2020 playoff berth. The Cubs will return to the playoffs after missing out on the action in October in 2019.

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The Denver Nuggets picked up an impressive 114-106 Game 3 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday to cut the Lakers’ Western Conference finals lead to 2-1. Jamal Murray was absolutely brilliant all night, nearly putting up a triple-double and hitting big shots in the fourth quarter when the Lakers launched a late comeback bid.

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GAME 3 OF THE STANLEY CUP FINALS IS TONIGHT WITH DALLAS AND TAMPA BAY TIED AT 1 GAME EACH.
THE SERIES IS TAKING PLACE AT THE ROGERS PLACE IN TORONTO…..PUCK DROPS AT 7 CENTRAL…

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After a grueling week of play at the U.S. Open, the Payne’s Valley Cup exhibition at Tiger Woods’ new course design in Missouri — also entitled Payne’s Valley — was a nice reprieve and an enjoyable five hours from four of the best players in the world. Woods and Justin Thomas beat Europeans Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy in a faux Ryder Cup-style match that featured six holes of four-ball, six of alternate shot and seven of singles play that was capped by a closest-to-the-pin competition with two all-time greats — Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player — at the closing hole.