Missouri football picked up its 11th player for 2013 when lineman Antar Thompson from Maplewood Richmond Heights gave a verbal commitment on Saturday, as reported by the Columbia Daily Tribune. Thompson plays both sides of the ball, but is projected to start on the defensive side at Mizzou. Thompson is 6’5, 295 pounds and has racked up 14 sacks in the last seasons. M-RH made it to the Class 2 semifinals last season.
Mizzou basketball adds final recruit
May 8, 2012 By
Missouri Tiger basketball used their final scholarship for 2012 on 6’4 guard Jordan Clarkson, who is transferring from Tulsa. Last season he average 16.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Clarkson will sit out this year and have two years of eligibility left. Several transfers will be at Mizzou including former UConn center Alex Oriakhi, Pepperdine guard Keion Bell, Auburn swingman Earnest Ross and Oregon swingman Jabari Brown.
“We’re very pleased to have Jordan join our program,” said head coach Frank Haith. “Jordan is a combo guard with a wide variety of skills, someone who can do a lot of things for you. He’s a point guard with tremendous scoring ability, and having him is crucial to helping us achieve balance in our classes. He’ll benefit from being in the program for a year before he gets out there, and I know he’ll take every advantage of the next year to be ready to go when it’s his time. He’s a high-quality kid who will fit very well with our culture at Mizzou, and Tiger fans will enjoy having him represent the program.”
Tiger basketball adds second recruit for 2013
May 3, 2012 By
Zach Coleman, a 6’8 forward from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, made a verbal commitment to Missouri. Coleman is the second junior to pledge to play for Mizzou after Columbia, Rock Bridge point guard Travis Jorgenson announced last year.
Coleman received interest from Bayor, Texas, LSU, Boise State and UMass. Coleman averaged 14 points, 13 rebounds and three assists last season for Woodrow Wilson. He was voted the co-most valuable player in his team’s district.
Mizzou football lands Kansas recruit
May 3, 2012 By
The Missouri Tigers edged out schools from the Big 12, Big Ten and Arizona State when Clay Rhodes, an offensive lineman from Blue Valley High School in Stilwell, KS. gave a verbal commitment to Mizzou’s 2013 recruiting class after visiting the campus earlier this week. Rhodes, 6’6 260 lbs., is the 10th player to commit to Missouri’s 2013 class and the third offensive lineman. Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Purdue and Arizona State all made offers.
Sports Commission considers options for bowl game in St. Louis
May 2, 2012 By
The St. Louis Sports Commission is exploring the idea of creating a bowl game in downtown St. Louis between schools from the SEC and Big Ten. The game could be played in either the dome or Busch Stadium. Commission president Frank Viverito said there are still many considerations that need to be taken into account.
Viverito admits hosting a bowl game, just for the sake of hosting is not the motivation. “We can’t scrape this thing together and keep our fingers crossed that we can grow it. We have to get in at a solid level,” Viverito told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Steps that need to be taken include getting conferences such as the SEC and Big Ten to tie-in to the game. Plus, could the Commission find a title sponsor and get a television deal?
Viverito is meeting in Jefferson City on Wednesday with House and Senate leaders to promote legislation that would provide tax breaks to help bring amateur sporting events to the state. The Commission explored a bowl game back in the late 90′s, but once Missouri and Illinois started playing football in the St. Louis, the idea died. Now that the series has been discontinued for the near future, bowl talks are heating up again.
