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January 29, 2009 By

The No. 18 Central Missouri Mules held off the Missouri Southern Lions 79-68 on Wednesday night at the UCM Multipurpose Building.  The Lions played the Mules tough again, having beaten them once already back on December 6 in Joplin.

Central Missouri (16-3, 9-3 MIAA) moved into sole possession of first place with the win, a half game ahead of No. 9 Southwest Baptist, who had a bye Wednesday night.

The teams traded leads eight times in the first 15 minutes of the half before the Mules started to take control.  The Lions cut that margin down to one on four occasions in the first six minutes of the second half,  but UCM answered every time. A 9-3 rally by the Mules pushed their lead to seven with 11:37 left, but the Lions kept coming and didn’t let UCM get up by more than that.

The closest the Lions would get was three with as little as 2:13 left.   

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Central Missouri picked top MIAA baseball team

January 29, 2009 By

The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association baseball coaches have selected defending tournament champion University of Central Missouri as the team to beat in the 2009 preseason poll.

This is the first time in a long time, the MIAA’s baseball coaches have done a preseason ranking.

The Mules collected nine of a possible 10 first-place votes (coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team) and finished with 99 of a possible 100 points. Central Missouri earned the regional championship and was eliminated in the semifinal round of the 2008 NCAA Division II Championship by eventual national champion Mount Olive (N.C.).

The 2008 regular season MIAA champions from Emporia State picked up the other two available first-place votes — the Hornets finished second in the balloting with 92 points.

MIAA newcomer Nebraska-Omaha, like UCM and ESU a qualifier for the NCAA Division II regional in 2008, placed third in the poll with 78 points. Fort Hays State finished fourth on the list with 69 points.

Northwest Missouri State edged out Missouri Western for fifth place in the poll, the Bearcats scoring 60 points to the Griffons’ 58. Missouri Southern was seventh with 52 points.

The Washburn Ichabods were one point ahead of the Pittsburg State Gorillas for eighth in the ranking, while Southwest Baptist and Truman round out the list.

The Mules are third in the preseason Collegiate Baseball Division II Coaches Poll. The MIAA will compete in the NCAA Division II South Central Region for baseball with the Lone Star and Heartland conferences this season.

 1. Central Missouri         
 2. Emporia State            
 3. Nebraska-Omaha              
 4. Fort Hays State             
 5. Northwest Missouri State    
 6. Missouri Western            
 7. Missouri Southern           
 8. Washburn                    
 9. Pittsburg State             
10. Southwest Baptist           
11. Truman                      

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Wizards release 2009 schedule

January 29, 2009 By

1-29 wizards.jpg The Kansas City Wizards announced their 30 game 2009 Major League Soccer regular-season schedule . For a third consecutive season, every Kansas City Wizards game will be televised. Games will be shown live locally on Metro Sports.

The Wizards open the season Saturday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. CT against Toronto FC at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. Kansas City will play one Wednesday home match, one Thursday home match and one Sunday home match. The remaining 12 home matches will be played on Saturday nights. 

Season ticket packages for 2009 are still available, starting as low as $180. Contact the Wizards at (913) 387-3400 for tickets or visit www.kcwizards.com . Individual tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Thursday, Feb. 19.  at (816) 931-3330 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

Call for details on how to get the limited tickets available at CommunityAmerica Ballpark to see the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, July 25, which is Beckham’s team, although he is on loan to AC Milan and may not be with the Galaxy, because AC Milan is willing to pay what it takes to keep Beckahm.  

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Tigers handled by Wildcats 88-72

January 29, 2009 By

The tables were turned on the Missouri Tigers last night as Kansas State used strong defense to help out hustle and out muscle Mizzou with an 88-72 win over the Tigers.  Mizzou’s winning streak ends at four, now 4-2 in the Big 12.

Head coach Mike Anderson warned his team that K-State’s energy level would be high and that they would need to respond, but it just never happened.  It took over three minutes for the Tigers to get on the board and right from the onset it just looked like K-State was the hungrier team.

The Wildcats battled inside outscoring MU 42-24 in the paint and scored 29 points off  17 Missouri turnovers.

The Tigers shot just 39% while K-State was a solid 53%.  DeMarre Carroll led Mizzou with 19 points and Matt Lawrence had 17.  Anderson was disappointed with guard play.  The starters JT Tiller, Kim English, and Zaire Taylor were a combined 5 of 18 while Miguel Paul and Marcus Denmon were just 1 of 7, with Denmon going 0 for 5 in front of a strong following of friends and family.

Check out comments from head coach Mike Anderson, DeMarre Carroll, and Matt Lawrence.

Download/listen to Tiger comments

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State’s new ag chief talks consumerism, regulation

January 28, 2009 By

Missouri’s new agriculture director thinks the Missourians need to know his agency is not just about farming.

Dr. John Hagler was Governor Nixon’s agricultural advisor during last year’s campaign. He raises horses in Dent County.

He says the department make sure it has resources to respond to any bio-security or agro-security issue.

He also says the department must make sure Missouri’s livestock is safe for export as well as home consumption.

Hagler calls the relationship between his department and the natural resources department one of the most important in state government because DNR’s regulations directly affect agriculture business development.

But Hagler says the agriculture department touches Missourians in many ways they don’t realize…

He says the division of weights and measures, for instance, makes sure that a gallon of gas is really a gallon of gas…and more. He says the department makes sure a pound of steak at the grocery store is a pound of steak, that it also checks taxicab meters, and various scanners in various places.

Hagler’s background includes development work at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. He also has experience dealing with the legislature. He’s a former chief of staff for the Speaker of the House

Download Bob Priddy’s story (:58 mp3)

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