March 2019 – Page 58 – St. Joseph Post Archive

Missouri Western softball swept by No. 8 Central Oklahoma Friday

Posted on March 8, 2019

EDMOND, Okla. – Griffon Softball (11-10, 1-3) built early leads in both games of a doubleheader at No. 8 Central Oklahoma (20-1, 4-0), but eventually became the latest victim of the Bronchos who stretched their win streak to 16 games.

Missouri Western led 3-0 in game one before falling 7-3 and led 2-1 in a 6-2 game two loss.

GAME 1
Central Oklahoma 7, Missouri Western 3

MWSU led 3-0 after back-to-back solo home runs by Gabi Carter and Cassidy Kelsheimer in the third
UCO answered with a six-run, three-hit bottom of the third
Carter’s home run was her fourth of the weekend
The Griffons were only able to take advantage of one of three UCO errors in the game
Griffon pitchers walked seven UCO batters and didn’t record a strikeout in the game
Kelsheimer went 2-for-3 with two runs scored
Taylor Hoelscher was 2-for-3 as well

GAME 2
Central Oklahoma 6, Missouri Western 2

Missouri Western led 2-1 after Kelsheimer’s second solo home run of the day in the fourth
UCO got a pair of two-out runs in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead
The Bronchos added three insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth
MWSU was held to three hits in the game
The Bronchos walked seven times again in game two

UP NEXT

After playing its first 21 games away from St. Joseph, the Griffons are scheduled to begin an 18-game homestand next week
A doubleheader at home vs Texas Woman’s is first on the docket on Mar. 12 with twin-bills against Central Missouri and Southwest Baptist scheduled for next weekend.

— MWSU Athletics —

Missouri State loses to Bradley in MVC quarterfinals 61-58

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Darrell Brown had 20 points as Bradley edged Missouri State 61-58 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals on Friday.

Brown, who converted all 10 of his foul shots, made two free throws with 8.3 seconds left for a four-point edge. Josh Webster scored to cut the lead to two with 2.1 seconds remaining but Elijah Childs added a free throw for Bradley then missed the second and the Bears could only heave the ball the length of the court as time ran out.

Elijah Childs had 12 points and seven rebounds for Bradley (18-14). Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye added 11 points.

Jarred Dixon had 17 points for the Bears (16-16). Josh Webster added 12 points. Ryan Kreklow had 12 points.

Tulio Da Silva, the Bears’ leading scorer heading into the matchup at 15 points per game, shot only 17 percent for the game (1 of 6).

— Associated Press —

Bearcat softball drops two games at Northeastern State

Posted on March 8, 2019

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma – The Northeastern State University Riverhawks completed a two-game series sweep of the Northwest Missouri State University softball team on Friday afternoon.

Northeastern State notched a 6-1 win in the opener. The Riverhawks tallied a 10-1 victory in six innings on the second game of the day.

GAME ONE
The Bearcats tallied six hits in the opening game but could not push across a run against Northeastern State starting pitcher Gail Young. Young struck out five and walked three.

Northwest’s Olivia Daugherty went for 3-for-3 at the plate and Kiana Baderdeen went 2-for-3 to tally five of the Bearcats’s six base hits.

GAME TWO
Northwest scratched four hits and a run in the back half of the doubleheader. However, Northeastern State turned a 2-1 game into a 10-1 victory with an eight-run sixth.

Northeastern took the 1-0 lead in the first. The Bearcats answered in the top of the fourth with an RBI from Karli Allen that plated Sydne Brashear.

Up next for the Bearcats will be a scheduled home series against Southwest Baptist on March 15, Central Missouri on March 16 and Missouri Western on March 19. Stay tuned to Northwest athletics for the latest schedule changes.

NOTES: Kaitlyn Weis leads the squad with a .417 average, 4 home runs, and 12 RBI … Regan Thompson leads with a 4.20 ERA in six plate appearances.

— Northwest Athletics —

MWSU tennis rolls past St. Cloud State down in Orlando

Posted on March 8, 2019

ORLANDO, Fla. – Missouri Western (7-3) continued play in Orlando with another win on Friday, this time coming with less suspense than the team’s 4-3 win on Thursday. The Griffons put together a dominating team performance in a 6-1 win against St. Cloud State (5-8).

All three Griffon doubles teams walked away with wins on Friday. Federica Salmaso and Bojana Vuksan managed to shut out their opponents as the duo improved to 4-0 in doubles play this season. Karolina Ström and Joanna Abreu Roman improved to 9-1 in duals doubles win a 6-3 win.

Abreu Roman kicked off the singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win on the number two courts. She was the only player to shut out her opponent in singles. Ström picked up her ninth win in as many dual matches this season in the number one spot on her way to a 6-1, 6-3 victory.

Salmaso, Vuksan, and Ciarra Gilmore all claimed wins in the singles to round out the Griffons’ scoring.

After Friday’s win, Missouri Western has now won six of its last seven matches. The Griffons will face a team that enters with an impressive streak of their own on Sunday when they take on University of Mary. UMary is 9-2 this spring and has won four-straight matches, not allowing more than one point in each of those wins.

MWSU VS. SCSU
SINGLES
Karolina Ström (MWSU) def. Fernanda Dossantos (SCSU) 6-1, 6-3
Joanna Abreu Roman (MWSU) def. Samantha Fitzpatrick (SCSU) 6-0, 6-0
Ciarra Gilmore (MWSU) def. Melissa Nierenhausen (SCSU) 6-2, 6-4
Federica Salmaso (MWSU) def. Ann Marie White (SCSU) 6-2, 6-2
Bojana Vuksan (MWSU) def. Jill Kedrowski (SCSU) 6-1, 7-6
Olivia Fredrickson (SCSU) def. Erica Dunn (MWSU) 6-4, 6-4

DOUBLES
Ström /Abreu Roman (MWSU) def. Dossantos/Kedrowski (SCSU) 6-3
Salmaso/Vuksan (MWSU) def. Fitzpatrick/White (SCSU) 6-0
Birosta,Mireia/Dunn (MWSU) def. Fredrickson/Scheck (SCSU) 6-4

Northwest wraps up first day of NCAA Track & Field Championships

Posted on March 8, 2019

PITTSBURG, Kansas – Northwest began competition at the 2019 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships today in Pittsburg, Kansas. Kevin Schultz kicked off the meet for the Bearcats with his events in the heptathlon. He is currently second, with three events remaining tomorrow. He has 3,117 points and trails the leader Valentin Charles (Texas A&M-Kingsville) by 135 points. He ran a 60m of 7.34s, long Jump of 7.09m, shot Put of 11.76m and a high jump of 2.13m.
Omar Austin qualified for the finals of the 400m with the seventh-best prelims time (47.48). Austin placed twelfth in the 200m prelims (21.69). Marcus Klein placed 13th in the long jump of 7.22m and Karim Achengli placed ninth in the 5,000 meters with a run of 14:15.27.

For the women, Jordan Hammond placed fourteenth in the 60m hurdles with a run of 8.94 seconds and Mercedes Isaacson-Cover placed tenth in the long jump with a jump of 5.71m.

Tomorrow Hammond will start her pentathlon at 10 a.m. with the 60m hurdles. Schultz will compete in the conclusion of the heptathlon which begins at 12 p.m. with the 60m hurdles. Issacson-Cover will start the triple jump at 5:55 p.m. and Austin will compete in the 400m finals at 6:10 p.m. The Bearcats will close the meet with the men’s 4x400m relay at 8:00 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

Missouri man who shot at deputies sentenced

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri man who admitted shooting at officers and tractor-trailers during an Interstate 70 police chase has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

Russell Deane Moore Jr. of Fulton was sentenced Tuesday. He pleaded guilty in December to two counts of destruction of a motor vehicle, one count of unlawful transport of firearms and one count of receiving stolen firearms.

The April 2016 chase started when a stolen Jeep was spotted at a Columbia truck stop. Moore shot at Boone County deputies and tractor-trailers in an effort to cause a serious accident that would stop the pursuit. The chase ended when the Jeep ran out of gas.

No deputies or truck drivers were injured.

NW Missouri teen hospitalized after jeep goes airborne, overturns

Posted on March 8, 2019March 9, 2019

DAVIESS COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 8a.m. Friday in Daviess County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Jeep Cherokee driven by Caitlin Ramsey, 19, Cameron, was eastbound on Mo. 6 just west of Jamesport. The vehicle crossed the centerline, traveled off the north side of the road, went airborne, struck an embankment and a tree and overturned.

Grundy County Ambulance transported Ramsey to Cameron Regional Medical Center. She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.

Kansas women beat Oklahoma State 76-66 in first round of Big 12 tournament

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Christalah Lyons scored 21 points, Kylee Kopatich added 20 and No. 10 seed Kansas jumped out early and beat seventh-seeded Oklahoma State 76-66 on Friday night in the first round of the Big 12 tournament.

Lyons and Kopatich each made seven field goals and combined to make five of the Jayhawks’ eight 3-pointers. Aniya Thomas added 12 points and Austin Richardson had 11 for Kansas (13-17), which will play No. 2 seed Iowa State in a Saturday quarterfinal.

Vivian Gray scored 16 of her 25 points in the second half to lead Oklahoma State (14-16). Braxtin Miller chipped in 16 points.

The Jayhawks built a 20-point lead midway through the second quarter before Oklahoma State cut the deficit to 35-28 at halftime. The Cowboys pulled within a point twice early in the fourth quarter but never had the lead.

— Associated Press —

Dorial Green-Beckham gets Missouri jail time in marijuana case

Posted on March 8, 2019March 9, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after a Missouri judge ruled that a marijuana arrest amounted to probation violation.

Green-Beckham was sentenced Friday.

Springfield police say Green-Beckham had marijuana in his pocket after jumping from a home window while officers were executing a search warrant in December. No charges were filed, but Judge Jerry Harmison ruled that the arrest was a violation of probation in Green-Beckham’s 2017 driving while intoxicated case.

Green-Beckham’s attorney, Tyson Martin, asked for treatment or counseling instead of jail time.

Green-Beckham played two years at Missouri and was a second-round pick of the Tennessee Titans in 2015. He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles and cut before the 2017 season.

Kansas Supreme Court rejects mom’s appeal in son’s death

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has denied a 37-year-old Kansas woman’s appeal of her conviction for killing her son.

Lindsey Blansett was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the December 2014 death of her son, Caleb, in Wellington. Prosecutors said she beat him with a rock and stabbed him to death. She was given a Hard 25 sentence.

Prosecutors argued during Blansett’s trial that she killed her son to spare him from suffering. Her defense argued she was mentally ill at the time and believed people were coming to her house to hurt Caleb.

Blansett’s appeal argued jury instructions not to consider her mental illness were erroneous.

The state Supreme Court said the instructions didn’t prevent the jury from considering how Blansett’s mental illness affected her ability to premeditate the crime.