LISTEN TO CHRIS SCHNEIDER’S RENEGADE RADIO SPORTS UPDATES AROUND :30-:40 PAST THE HOUR, FROM 6:30 AM TO 6:30 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CHRIS IS PLAYING SOUND FROM HIS CLASSIC INTERVIEWS WITH SPORTS GREATS LIKE ROGER STAUBACH, LOU HOLTZ, BOBBY BOWDEN AND MANY OTHER LEGENDS AND HALL OF FAMERS IN THE SPORTS UPDATES!
MISSOURI BECAME THE LAST STATE IN THE UNION TO CANCEL ITS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT MONDAY. CLASSES 1, 2 & 3 CROWNED THEIR CHAMPIONS LAST WEEK (SEE RESULTS BELOW) CLASSES 4 & 5 WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY THEIR FINAL 4 THIS WEEKEND, BUT THAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HERE IS A LIST OF THE TEAMS THAT QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL 4, THAT WILL NOT GET A CHANCE TO PLAY FOR THE STATE TITLE THIS WEEKEND.
CLASS 4 BOYS STATE SEMI FINALS
NOTRE DAME (CAPE GIRARDEAU) (26-4) vs RAYTOWN SOUTH (25-3)
VASHON (24-5) vs HELIAS CATHOLIC (23-6)
CLASS 5 BOYS STATE SEMI FINALS
CHAMINADE COLL PREP (21-6) vs STALEY (23-6)
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLL (21-7) vs KICKAPOO (20-9)
CLASS 4 GIRLS STATE SEMI FINALS
NOTRE DAME CAPE GIRADEAU (25-4) vs LINCOLN COLL. PREP (18-9-1)
INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY (27-4) vs CARL JUNCTION (28-0)
CLASS 5 GIRLS STATE SEMI FINALS
KIRKWOOD (24-4) vs BLUE SPRINGS (24-5) 12N
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL (20-9) vs ROCK BRIDGE (22-5) 2PM
STATE CHAMPIONS CROWNED LAST WEEKEND
CLASS 1 BOYS CHAMP – DORA beat ST. ELIZABETH 59-49
CLASS 2 BOYS CHAMP – HARTVILLE beat SKYLINE 69-40
CLASS 3 BOYS CHAMP – CARDINAL RITTER beat CHARLESTON 88-32
CLASS 1 GIRLS CHAMP- WALNUT GROVE beat S. NODAWAY 52-41
CLASS 2 GIRLS CHAMP – EAST BUCHANAN beat TIPTON 62-51
CLASS 3 GIRLS CHAMP – STRAFFORD beat LICKING 65-62
ABOUT THE ONLY PRO SPORTS LEAGUE STILL FUNCTIONING IS THE NFL, AND ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE OFF SEASON WITH NO GAMES IMMENANT. THE DRAFT IS STILL SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23-25. TEAM/PLAYER NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING NOW. THE NEW LEAGUE YEAR WILL START WEDNESDAY AT 3PM.
A SURPRISING TRADE WAS MADE ON MONDAY. HOUSTON TEXANS SEND ALL-PRO RECEIVER DEANDRE HAPKINS TO ARIZONA FOR RB DAVID JOHNSON. HOPKINS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST RECEIVERS IN THE NFL, BUT WAS UNHAPPY APPARENTLY IN HOUSTON.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS PUSHING BACK THE START OF THE NEW SEASON UNTIL AT LEAST MID-MAY. THE COMMISIONER MADE THE ANNOUNCEEMENT MONDAY. “THE CLUBS REMAIN COMMITTED TO PLAYING AS MANY GAMES AS POSSIBLE WHEN THE SEASON BEGINS,” THE COMMISSIONER SAID. MLB HAD NOT HAD A MASS LOSS OF GAMES LIKE THIS SINCE 1995 WHEN THERE WAS A PLAYERS STRIKE. THE 1918 SEASON WAS CUT SHORT DUE TO WORLD WAR I.
THE NCAA CANCELLED THE BIG POST SEASON TOURNAMENTS, FOR BOTH THE MEN AND THE WOMEN- THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE NO NATIONAL CHAMPIONS CROWNED. THE SEASON IS OVER.
STANLEY CUP CHAMPION BLUES SEASON IS ON HOLD FOR NOW. WHEN THINGS CAME TO A HALT THE BLUES HAD SCORED 220 GOALS, OUTSCORING OPPONENTS BY 31