HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STATE PLAYOFF GAMES INVOLVING TEAMS IN COYOTE NATION START TONIGHT. BELOW IS A LIST OF GAMES AHEAD THIS WEEK:
GIRLS STATE PLAYOFFS
TUESDAY
CLASS 4 SECTIONALS: OSAGE (23-3) VS ROLLA (23-3)
WEDNESDAY
CLASS 5 SECTIONALS: LEBANON (16-10) VS ROCK BRIDGE (17-9)
THURSDAY
CLASS 3 STATE SEMI FINALS: LICKING (25-4) VS SAXONY LUTHERAN (23-7)
CLASS 3 STATE SEMI FINALS: STRAFFORD (31-0) VS TRENTON (26-0)
FRIDAY
CLASS 2 STATE SEMI FINALS: HARTVILLE (27-4) VS MID-BUCHANAN (25-5)
BOYS STATE PLAYOFFS
WEDNESDAY
CLASS 5 SECTIONALS: CAMDENTON (17-11) VS ROCK BRIDGE (21-3)
FRIDAY
CLASS 1 STATE SEMI FINALS: ST. ELIZABETH (23-5) VS DORA (29-1)
CARDINALS ARE 3-5-2 IN GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE ACTION AFTER LOSING TO THE TIGERS MONDAY. THEY TAKE ON THE $330 MILLION DOLLAR MAN, BRYCE HARPER AND THE PHILLIES TODAY.
ROYALS ARE 6-4 IN CACTUS LEAGUE ACTION. THEY TOOK MONDAY OFF IN ARIZONA. THEY HAVE A NIGHT GAME SCHEDULED AGAINST THE DIAMONDBACKS TONIGHT.
MIZZOU MEN ARE OFF UNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO GEORGIA. TIGERS COME OFF A BIG WEEKEND WIN OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. TIGERS ARE 13-15 OVERALL.
MISSOURI ST. BEARS GET READY FOR THE MVC POST SEASON TOURNEY. THEY’LL PLAY BRADLEY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE M.S.U. LADY BEARS ARE 14-2 IN CONFERENCE PLAY, A GAME OUT OF FIRST WITH A TRIP TO EVANSVILLE ON THE SCHEDULE THURSDAY.
MIZZOU LADY TIGERS PUT A BEAT DOWN ON ALABAMA OVER THE WEEKEND TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON. NOW IT’S ONTO THE S.E.C. TOURNAMENT.
THE DRURY LADY PANTHERS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON UNDEFEATED AT 28-0 AND RANKED #1 IN THE NATION IN DIVISION II. NOW ITS ONTO THE POST SEASON PLAY STARTING WITH THEIR CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT.
BLUES HAVE A WEST COAST SWING THIS WEEK AGAINST THE DUCKS, KINGS AND SHARKS STARTING WEDNESDAY. BLUES SIT IN 3RD PLACE IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION
TIGER WOODS HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THIS WEEKS PGA STOP. HE SAYS HE’S HAD A NECK STRAIN FOR WEEKS AND IT HASN’T IMPROVED ENOUGH TO GET OUT AND PLAY THIS WEEKEND. TIGER IS 43 NOW, HE HAD SPINAL FUSION SURGERY ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, BUT HE SAYS IS BACK IS FINE. HE HAS PLAYED IN THREE TOURNAMENTS THIS YEAR.
NORTH DAKOTA ST. JUST WON ITS SEVENTH FCS TITLE IN EIGHT YEARS. THEY CELEBRATED WITH A TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT HAD FRENCH FRIES, CHICK-FIL-A SANDWICHES AND BIG MACS FOR THE PLAYERS. IT’S NOT A FIRST, BACK IN JANUARY DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, FAST FOOD WAS ON THE MENU FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPS FROM CLEMSON AS WELL- ALL THAT FAST FOOD WAS PAID FOR BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
THE CHIEFS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE NFL’S OVERTIME PLAYOFF RULES, AND GUARANTEE THAT BOTH TEAMS WOULD GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THE BALL. THE CHIEFS SEASON ENDED IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WHEN THEY LOST THE COIN TOSS AND TOM BRADY TOOK THE PATRIOTS DOWN THE FIELD FOR THE GAME ENDING TOUCHDOWN. CHIEFS FIGURE THEY COULD HAVE DONE THE SAME IF THEY’D GOT THE BALL BACK.
A VERY RARE TOM BRADY ROOKIE CARD SOLD IN AN ONLINE AUCTION FOR JUST OVER $400,000. THAT IS THE HIGHEST AUCTION PRICE FOR A FOOTBALL CARD EVER PAID. THERE WERE ONLY 100 COPIES OF THE CARD MADE, AND THIS CARD WAS IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION.