The Central Missouri Prospects 11U baseball team captured the state title in the USSA Missouri State Championships on Sunday, June 26 at Capitol Federal Sports Complex in Liberty, Missouri. The CM Prospects finished the tournament at 5-0-1 overall to win the title.
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)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November.
The 2022 Cooper County Fair Queen as well as Prince and Princess contests are open for registration. To be eligible to run for fair queen, contestants must be female, never married, and residents of Cooper County for at least 6 months or graduated from a Cooper County high school. They must be between the ages of 17 and 22 years of age as of September 1, 2022 and a high school graduate. All contestants must be sponsored by a youth organization, such as FFA, 4-H, or church youth group, but need not be a member of said organization.