Last night’s game began, much the same way a number of them have for the Blues. Edmonton took an early 1-0 lead with a goal at the 3:29 mark. But this time, the Blues battled back with offense and tight goal tending to top Edmonton 4-1. Rookie Curtis Sanford was able to stop every other shot he saw, finishing with 21 saves. Justin Papineau tied it in the second and the Blues took the lead in the 3rd with a goal from Dallas Drake. Pavol Demitra had three assists. The win allowed St. Louis to keep pace with first place Detroit who beat Toronto 7-2. The Blues trail by two points.

Trent Green has a new deal and the Chiefs have some more money under the salary cap. Not a bad day for both parties. Green agreed to a seven-year $50-milllion dollar deal, which includes cap-friendly bonuses of over $11-million. The deal allows the Chiefs to avoid paying him an $8-million roster bonus, which would have gone against the cap. Wit the freed up money they signed linebacker Mike Maslowski and defensive end Gary Stills to long term contracts of six and four years.

The Rams made four roster cuts yesterday. They released to cornerbacks Aeneas Williams and Dexter Mc Cleon, fullback James Hodgins and quarterback Jamie Martin. Just because the Rams cut Williams doesn’t mean they don’t want him back next season. They’d like to re-sign him to a less expensive contract.

Brandon Berger hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth as the Royals beat the Rangers 6-3 in their Cactus League debut. The Cards topped the Mets by a count of 6-3 as well.

The Springfield Kickapoo girls’ basketball team won their district last night with a 66-57 win over Springfield Parkview. The Lady Chiefs ranked 14th in the nation are 27-0 and headed back to the state tournament. The Kickapoo boys, also ranked 14th in the land, will face Neosho in their district final. Neosho’s only loss this season came to Kickapoo.