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Track and Field championships in Jeff City suspended. Press box roof gone at Adkins Stadium

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Adkins Stadium at Jefferson City High School.

The high school track and field championships for Classes 3, 4 and 5  in Jefferson City have been suspended following the tornado that hit the city late Wednesday night.  Jason West of MSHSAA is advising all schools to stay put and not travel to the state capitol.

At a press conference on Thursday morning, Jefferson City Public Schools Superintendent Larry Linthacum says the roof at Adkins Stadium was ripped off.

“You can literally see through the top,” Linthacum said.

Teams affected can check MSHSAA’s website for updated information.  Jason West’s comments below.

SLU pitcher sets school and A-10 record with 19 strikeouts

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Saint Louis senior right-hander Connor Lehmann set a school and Atlantic 10 Championship game record with 19 strikeouts, but Rhode Island scored twice in the bottom of the 10th for a walk-off, 2-1 victory over Saint Louis in an elimination game at the A-10 Baseball Championship.  Lehmann’s 19 Ks bettered the previous school record of 16, set by Mike Ruhman vs. Westminster in 1996.

The Billikens conclude their season with a 25-30 record. Rhode Island improves to 24-27 with the win.

Goodell delaying NFL decision on Tyreek Hill 

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At the NFL spring meeting, commissioner Roger Goodell said they are still gathering more information and waiting for the court proceedings before making any decision on Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill.  The Kansas Department for Children and Families and the Johnson County District Attorney are looking into alleged child abuse or neglect involving Hill’s son.  Goodell said he preparing to do an interview with Hill and will make a decision on his status after that.  Goodell said he “won’t speculate about where we’ll go.”  Hill has been suspended from all team activities.

“We are prepared to go ahead and have an interview whenever we have the permission to do so,” he explained. ”And then we’ll make a determination based on what information we have at that point in time. I won’t speculate about where we’ll go, but we’ll certainly get all the information we can as soon as possible,” Goodell added.

MLB recaps: Royals and Cardinals take turns beating up each other. Teams split doubleheader

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>>Royals Top Cardinals In First Game

(St. Louis, MO)  —  Brad Keller allowed two runs over seven-plus innings as the Royals beat the Cardinals 8-2 in the first game of a doubleheader in St. Louis.  Keller picked up his first win since April 12th.  Jorge Soler blasted a three-run homer in a six-run third, while Adalberto tripled, singled and drove in two.  Michael Wacha yielded seven runs in less than five innings to take the loss.  Marcell Ozuna doubled home both St. Louis runs in the eighth inning.

>>Cardinals Gain Split, Beat Royals In Nightcap

(St. Louis, MO)  —  Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer in a 12-pitch at-bat in the first inning to lead the Cardinals to a 10-3 win over the Royals in the second game of a doubleheader in St. Louis.  Kansas City won the first game 8-2.  Matt Carpenter, Dexter Fowler and Kolten Wong also homered for the Cardinals in the nightcap.  Adam Wainwright yielded three runs in five innings to claim the victory.  Royals starter Homer Bailey failed to make it through two innings, permitting five runs.  Hunter Dozier homered in defeat.

>>Cubs, Almora Slam Phillies

(Chicago, IL)  —  Albert Almora Jr. hit a tiebreaking grand slam to lead the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Phillies in Chicago.  Anthony Rizzo’s three-run homer in the third erased a 3-0 deficit for Chicago.  Almora’s slam in the fifth made it 7-3 Cubs and Javier Baez went deep in the seventh.  Tyler Chatwood got the win in relief of Cole Hamels.  Chicago has won three-of-four.  Cole Irvin took the loss for Philadelphia, which lost its second straight.  Andrew McCutchen homered for the Phillies in defeat.

>>Brewers Outslug Reds

(Milwaukee, WI)  —  Hernan Perez plated the go-ahead run in a five-run sixth inning as the Brewers outslugged the Reds 11-9 in Milwaukee.  Yasmani Grandal drilled a two-run homer to tie the game in the sixth for the Crew, who earned a split of the two-game set.  Mike Moustakas and Keston Hiura also went deep in the victory.  Junior Guerra got the win and Joe Hader posted his 12th save.  Tucker Barnhart belted a three-run homer and Derek Dietrich added a solo shot for Cincinnati, which has alternated wins and losses over its last six games.  Wandy Peralta suffered the loss.

>>White Sox Grand In Beating Astros

(Houston, TX)  —  Charlie Tilson pounded a grand slam in a six-run sixth inning as the White Sox beat the Astros 9-4 in Houston.  Eloy Jimenez homered twice for Chicago and Jose Abreu contributed a solo shot.  Iván Nova allowed 10 hits, but only three runs in seven innings to claim the win as the Sox snapped a three-game skid.  Gerrit Cole gave up six runs in five-plus innings to take the loss.  Alex Bregman hit his 15th homer in defeat.  Jake Marisnick grounded into a triple play in the Astros’ third.  Houston is 2-and-2 since a 10-game winning streak.

Bears drop pitcher’s duel. Face elimination Thursday morning in MVC tourney

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Despite a dominant combined mound effort from Davis Schwab and Hayden Juenger, Missouri State dropped a 1-0 pitcher’s duel with Missouri Valley Conference regular-season co-champ DBU Wednesday afternoon on day two of the MVC Baseball Championship at Duffy Bass Field. DBU’s Jordan Martinson (8-3) stifled the Missouri State offense, teaming up with Burl Carraway on a three-hit shutout in the third-straight one-run contest for the Bears and Patriots in MVC Championship play.

Missouri State, which eclipsed a program single-season record with its 35th loss of the season, will face Southern Illinois at 11 a.m.

Finally! Blues head to Stanley Cup Finals after 49 year wait and get their rematch with Boston

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The Blues are headed to their first Stanley Cup Final since 1970 following a 5-1 win against the San Jose Sharks in Game Six of the Western Conference finals at the Enterprise Center.

St. Louis jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on goals by David Perron and Vladimir Tarasenko.  Ryan O’Reilly had three assists and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves for the Blues, who won the final three games of the best-of-seven series.

St. Louis advances to play the Boston Bruins in the Cup Final.  St. Louis native Pat Maroon talks about unfinished business

On Jan. 2, the Blues were in last place overall in the NHL. The fired coach, Mike Yeo, naming AHL coach Craig Berube as the interim. The Blues switched starting goalies and used an 11-game winning streak to get them back into playoff contention.  Prior to this season, four teams in the post-expansion era have reached the Finals after ranking among the bottom three in the standings at any point after 20 games: the 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens, 1967-68 Blues, 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars and 2009-10 Philadelphia Flyers. The Canadiens were the only team to win the Stanley Cup.

Rookie Sammy Blais explains the feeling on the bench when the players heard the fans chanting “WE WANT THE CUP!”

There is the famous photo of Bobby Orr scoring the 1970 Stanley Cup-winning goal to beat his St. Louis Blues.  Orr and the Boston Bruins swept the expansion-era Blues, who were making their third straight Finals appearance in their first three years of existence. Now, Boston is in its third final in nine seasons and St. Louis is back for the first time in 49 years.  A long-awaited rematch for the Blues organization.
between two of the NHL’s best teams since Jan. 1.

The Bruins swept Carolina in the Eastern Conference fina and are favored by many in the series that begins Monday in Boston. Goaltender Tuukka Rask is a contender for the Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP). Brad Marchand 18 points in 17 games, and there’s a mix of veterans with Cup Finals experience coming from the 2011 Stanley Cup-winning team and their brand of fresh players.  It will also mark the return of David Backes.

Boston will have a week and a half off before Game 1, and St. Louis will go six days without playing.  The Finals begin on Monday.

Relative arrested for extortion attempt of Chiefs safety 

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A New Orleans man has been arrested for attempting to extort more than one-million dollars from Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu.  Geourvon Sears, a distant relative of Mathieu, is accused of texting and telephoning Mathieu and threatening to go to the media with sexual misconduct allegations.  He also allegedly threatened to kill family members if the money was not delivered by last Friday.  Mathieu is a New Orleans native and was in his hometown hosting a charity event over the weekend.  He signed a three-year contract for 42 million dollars with Kansas City during the off-season.

Wiley takes no-hitter into seventh. Missouri State open MVC tourney with a win

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Logan Wiley started his day with a second-consecutive All-Missouri Valley Conference selection and punctuated it with 8.0 shutdown innings in the Bears’ 7-1 victory over Valparaiso on the opening day of MVC Championship play.

Wiley (5-5) retired 16 straight Valparaiso hitters to begin his afternoon, holding the Crusaders hitless until the seventh inning and striking out eight batters overall in winning his fifth-straight decision. MSU’s offense clicked as well, scoring a pair of second-inning runs to seize momentum, then methodically extending its margin with two-run rallies in the fifth and seventh frames to pull away for its fourth-consecutive win—all over Valpo.

The victory extended the Bears’ (20-34) streak of recording at least one victory in MVC Championship play to 25 straight appearances dating back to the 1994 Valley Tournament. MSU advances to the double-elimination portion of the bracket with an 11 a.m. contest against top seed DBU Wednesday (May 22).

Slumping bats quiet again as Mizzou drops SEC Tournament opener

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No. 10 seed Mizzou Baseball (34-22-1) lost 2-1 to No. 7 seed Ole Miss in their opening game at the SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover, AL. The Tigers jumped on top early with a single run in the second inning, but the Rebels responded with a pair in the home half of the fifth inning. The Tigers stranded two runners twice against the Rebels, including a pair in the top of the ninth inning to end the game.

After having a firm grip on an NCAA regional bid prior to last weekend’s series with Florida, the Tigers have now dropped five in a row and wait and hope for an NCAA Tournament bid when the field is announced Monday.