May 21, 2012

Tigers Fall to KU

Cole Aldrich had 12 points, 16 rebounds and blocked seven shots, helping No. 2 Kansas run over rival Missouri 84-65 Monday night.

Kansas (19-1, 5-0 Big 12) dominated inside and hounded Missouri defensively to turn the Border Showdown into a beatdown.

Marcus Morris scored 11 of his 17 points to help Kansas build a 20-point lead by halftime and twin brother Markieff Morris grabbed 11 rebounds for the Jayhawks, who haven’t lost to Missouri at home since 1999. Tyrel Reed was 4-for-4 from 3-point range in adding 14 points.

The Tigers (15-5, 3-2) needed a good shooting night to end a 10-game losing streak in Lawrence and didn’t get it. Missouri had trouble getting shots off inside against Aldrich and couldn’t hit from the outside, either, shooting 28 percent.

Blues Blank Flames

Ty Conklin turned aside all 34 shots he faced to record his third shutout of the season, as the St. Louis Blues blanked the spiraling Calgary Flames, 2-0, at the Pengrowth Saddledome. “You win hockey games on the road when your goaltender performs like that, he was solid,” said St. Louis head coach Davis Payne. Patrik Berglund and David Perron scored for the Blues, who snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the sixth time in their last nine tries. Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 27 shots in a losing cause. Calgary lately has been more of a wet match than an inferno, losing seven straight and nine of 10 overall. The slump comes on the heels of a season- high five-game winning streak. “We certainly had opportunities here tonight and it’s just not happening for us around the net,” said Calgary head coach Brent Sutter. Berglund broke a scoreless tie with 1:18 remaining in the middle stanza. The second-year center carried the puck to the middle of the left circle before firing a low shot that pinballed behind a frustrated Kiprusoff. Perron was at the left side of the enemy cage, took a cross-crease pass from Andy McDonald and roofed the puck over the Calgary netminder to make it 2-0 with 8:39 left in the third period.

Nat’l Parks Service takes public opinion into consideration for Ozarks rivers’ plan

The National Parks Service is formulating a parks plan for the Ozarks and the public has spoken up. The hundreds of comments — some controversial — can now be viewed online.

The Parks Service says it will take all comments into consideration when proposing it’s general draft proposal for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. It also says due to an overwhelming level of interest, it’s made those documents available for public review.

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