by Bill Pollock | Mar 14, 2016 | Sports Features
Barstow’s Shea Rush intentionally missed his second free throw attempt with 2.5 seconds remaining in the 2016 Class 3 Boys Final in the MSHSAA Show-Me Showdown. Rush got his own rebound, but his final shot hit the back iron and Father Tolton-Columbia held on...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 13, 2016 | Sports Features
Missouri State captured its 10th Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship and earned a bid to its 14th NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon with a 71-58 victory over top-seeded UNI. The Lady Bears (24-9) trailed for only 55 seconds in their seventh straight win,...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 13, 2016 | News, Sports Features
The first weekend of MSHSAA’s Show-Me Showdown ended with six great championship games from Classes 1-3. Great individual accomplishments, total dominating team efforts and history in the making were all in play on Saturday. In the first game of the day, Saxony...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 13, 2016 | Sports Features
Second seeded Northwest Missouri shot .510 from the field as they picked up a 78-53 victory over Ouachita Baptist in the first round of the men’s central regional. For the Bearcats Zach Schneider finished with a team best 18 points and Justin Pitts added 16 points...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 13, 2016 | Sports Features
It came down to the final event, but the Lincoln women’s track & field team won the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Championship in record-breaking style on Saturday (March 12). In the process, the Blue Tigers won their fifth-ever NCAA Division II Indoor Track...