IRVING, Texas (AP) — Defending Big 12 champion Baylor has been tabbed as the preseason favorite to win the conference title again, based on a poll of media who cover the league. It is the first time Baylor has been favored in the preseason vote.
With Independence Day falling on Monday this year, the first July city council meeting was postponed until Tuesday, July 5. The main item on the agenda that evening was the third reading of Bill NO.
The Boonville 12-year-old All-Stars will be the host team for the Cal Ripken 12-year-old State Tournament on July 8-10. Five teams will make up the tournament along with Boonville, which includes MABA #2 (Redhawks), Carthage, MABA #1 (American) and SEMO Storm.
Exchange Bank closed out the season in Little League Girls Softball on June 30 in New Franklin by edging Shelter Insurance 13-12. Exchange Bank never trailed in the game against Shelter Insurance and led 5-4 after one and 9-8 after two.
KWRT’s Josh Barber beats the throw at second during a steal attempt in the second inning while the Fayette shortstop attempts to catch the ball Tuesday night in Junior Babe Ruth action at Twillman Field in Harley Park. KWRT went on to beat Fayette 6-3 to improve to 9-3 on the season. Fayette dropped to 6-6. In the nightcap, Cooper County Bandits defeated Imhoff’s 11-8. (Photo by Chris Bowie)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – All-purpose player Jeremy Maclin and defensive lineman Justin Smith are included on the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced by the National Football Foundation (NFF) on Monday. The ballot totals 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 96 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri baseball head coach Steve Bieser has selected Ricky Meinhold, a Missouri native and former staff member in the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets organizations, as the Tigers’ pitching coach. Meinhold has spent the past season as the Director of Pitching for the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).
In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten added Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. The expansion to 16 teams will happen after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire and make the Big Ten the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Before being interviewed on Centre Court about his return to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, Nick Kyrgios traded in his allwhite grass-court shoes for a red-and-white pair of basketball sneakers, and swapped out his white hat for a red one.
KWRT’s Brayden Viertel slides under the tag by the Fayette shortstop in the second inning Tuesday night in Junior Babe Ruth action at Twillman Field in Harley Park. KWRT defeated Fayette 6-3 to improve to 9-3 on the season. Fayette dropped to 6-6. In the nightcap, Cooper County Bandits beat Imhoff’s 11-8. (Photo by Chris Bowie)