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Mizzou basketball signs home-and-home series with Xavier

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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Men’s Basketball will square off with Big East power Xavier next season at Mizzou Arena on Dec. 18, 2018, as announced by the programs on Thursday. The Tigers are scheduled to travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, in a return trip on Nov. 12, 2019.

The two schools will meet for the eighth and ninth teams in their program histories. Mizzou and Xavier faced each other three times in three seasons from 2014-16, including a home-and-home series in 2014 and 2015 and most recently, an overtime thriller in the opening round of the 2016 Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

“We’re always searching for ways to put together a nonconference slate that challenges us and helps spread the Mizzou brand, and this series will do that,” head coach Cuonzo Martin said. “The matchups will give us an opportunity to compete, improve and grow as a group heading into Southeastern Conference play.”

Xavier leads the all-time series 5-2, but the Tigers are 1-1 against the Musketeers at Mizzou Arena. Four of the seven meetings in the all-time series have been decided by single digits, including the last two.

The 2018-19 matchup in Columbia, Mo., will feature a pair of teams who won at least 20 games and made the NCAA Tournament a season ago. The Musketeers earned a No. 1 seed while the Tigers secured a No. 8 seed.

— Mizzou Athletics —

Northwest’s Bilodeau, Dudar earn NCBWA All-Region honors

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University senior catcher Hudson Bilodeau and junior relief pitcher Trevor Dudar have been named to the 2018 National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association (NCBWA) All-Central Region team.

Bilodeau was named to the NCBWA All-Central Region first team as a catcher. He appeared in 50 games and started in 46. He finished the season batting .393, recorded 72 hits with 19 doubles, two triples and five home runs. Bilodeau crossed the plate 34 times and knocked in 32 batters. In the field, Bilodeau had a fielding percentage of .983 with 318 putouts.

Dudar was named to the NCBWA All-Central Region second team as a relief pitcher. He appeared in 27 games and claimed three wins. He finished the season with a 2.27 ERA, 31.2 innings pitched, 31 strikeouts and allowed only 25 hits. He recorded 14 saves which put him in the record books as the all-time leader in saves in a single season.

— Northwest Athletics —

Central, Lafayette & Christian win district baseball championships

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CLASS 5 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
Central 3 (19-6)
Park Hill South 1

CLASS 4 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
Lafayette 1 (18-7)
Chillicothe 0

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
Plattsburg 17
Bishop LeBlond 6 (9-13)

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 16 CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Joseph Christian 9 (10-11)
East Atchison 3

SECTIONAL SCHEDULE
MONDAY, May 21
Class 1 – St. Joseph Christian vs. Green City

TUESDAY, May 22
Class 5 – Central vs. Liberty
Class 4 – Lafayette vs. Excelsior Springs

Griffons’ Shi Qing Ong shoots a 77 on day one of NCAA National Championships

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HOUSTON, Texas – Missouri Western’s Shi Qing Ong finished the first round of the 2018 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf National Championships in the middle of the pack.

Shi Qing’s 5-over, 77 left her in an 11-way tie for 38th place. The Griffon junior was eight strokes behind the leaders with three rounds to play. She recorded one birdie on the day, on the 543-yard, par-5 No. 16. There were a total of 117 birdies and just one eagle recorded among 72 competitors on day one at Bay Oaks Country Club.

Just 11 competitors turned in under-par scores in round one, led by three at 3-under. Four others were even through the first 18 holes. Tilda Larson (Barry), Casey Wild (Tarleton State) and Kiira Riihijarvi (Tampa) led the field after day one. Indianapolis took the team lead after one round with a 286.

Shi Qing is competing in her second NCAA Division II National Championship after the Griffons qualified as a team in 2016. Round two begins Thursday morning.

— MWSU Athletics —

Kansas City loses fifth straight as they get swept by Tampa Bay

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — C.J. Cron homered and scored three runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Kansas City 5-3 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep of the woeful Royals.

Cron extended his on-base streak to 22 games when he was hit by a pitch from Jason Hammel (0-5) in a three-run first that included Brad Miller’s RBI groundout and Adeiny Hechavarria’s two-run single.

Cron homered leading off the third, then singled in the fifth and scored on Wilson Ramos’ double-play grounder for a 5-1 lead.

Tampa Bay had losing six of seven coming in but swept the Royals for the first time since four games from Aug. 8-11, 2011. The Rays had not swept a series in Kansas City since three games from July 17-19, 2009.

Kansas City has lost five straight and seven of eight, dropping to 13-30 for its worst 43-game start since opening with a 10-33 record in 2006. The Royals are 6-16 at Kauffman Stadium.

Matt Andriese (1-1) allowed three hits in three scoreless innings. Alex Colome allowed Abraham Almonte’s leadoff single in the ninth, then retired three straight batters for his third save in three days and ninth in 11 opportunities.

Staked to a 4-0 lead, Rays starter Jake Faria allowed three runs, four hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. He gave up sacrifice flies to Alcides Escobar in the fourth and Mike Moustakas in the fifth, an inning that also included Jorge Soler’s RBI double.

Hammel gave up five runs and 10 hits in six innings, raising his ERA to 6.28. He is 0-8 with a 7.28 ERA in 13 starts since winning at Detroit on Sept. 6.

LONG TIME COMING

LHP Jonny Venters went 2,096 days between victories. He picked up the win Tuesday in relief, his first since Aug. 17, 2012, while with Atlanta. There were 1,058 other pitchers who got wins between his two victories. “Every time I hear numbers like that, it’s funny to sit back and think about it,” said Venters, who has had three Tommy John surgeries and missed nearly four seasons.

ROSTER MOVE

Tampa Bay recalled INF Christian Arroyo from Triple-A Durham, where he hit .200 in 17 games.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: OF Carlos Gomez (right groin strain) was placed on the 10-day DL. … 3B Matt Duffy (right hamstring tightness) did not play. “I think we’re probably going to play it a little safer,” Duffy said. “If I need one extra day, the first day in Anaheim, I don’t think that’s out of the question, to take two days off and go from there.”

Royals: INF Cheslor Cuthbert (back spasms) was not in the lineup for the second straight day. … RHP Nathan Karns (right elbow inflammation) has resumed a throwing program after being shut down for several days.

UP NEXT

Rays: RHP Chris Archer (2-3) is to start Thursday at the Los Angeles Angels. He gave up three homers and six runs in a loss Saturday at Baltimore and is 5-1 with a 2.55 ERA in seven starts against the Angels.

Royals: RHP Jakob Junis (4-3) is to start Friday in the opener of a three-game series against the visiting New York Yankees.

— Associated Press —

Cardinals defeat Twins in series finale 7-5

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dexter Fowler reached base four times and drove in two runs in his return to the lineup and the St. Louis Cardinals beat former starter Lance Lynn and the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on Wednesday.

Matt Carpenter had three hits after being demoted to seventh in the batting order, and Tommy Pham added two hits, including his eighth homer of the year. St. Louis had lost five of seven games, scoring more than three runs just once.

Lynn (1-4) had control issues again, a surprising constant in his first season with Minnesota after six years with the Cardinals. He gave up three runs on four hits and four walks and threw 82 pitches in three innings.

Jordan Hicks (2-1) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for St. Louis. Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas left after 4 2/3 innings after allowing two runs on two hits and two walks.

Bud Norris allowed an inherited run to score on a wild pitch but secured five outs for his ninth save in as many chances.

After declining the Cardinals’ qualifying offer in the offseason, Lynn was left as one of the few big-name free agents lingering as spring training began and he eventually accepted a one-year, $12 million contract with the Twins. Lynn averaged 3.4 walks per nine innings in his time with the Cardinals, a number that has crept to 6.6 per nine innings entering first career start against St. Louis.

Fowler had a two-run single off Lynn in the first and Jose Martinez added an RBI single in the second.

Fowler, who entered hitting .146 this season, made just his second start in the past five games and had two hits and two walks.

Carpenter made a start hitting lower than fourth in the lineup for the first time since 2015 after entering with a .140 average. He had an RBI double in the seventh and his first three-hit game of the season.

Logan Morrison had an opposite-field solo homer for Minnesota in the sixth, his fifth of the season.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: RHP Luke Gregerson was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right shoulder impingement, but manager Mike Matheny said Gregerson has some “bark” in his throwing elbow too. … RHP Carlos Martinez, on the disabled list with a right lat strain, will have another MRI this week to see how the injury is healing.

Twins: C Jason Castro is out for the rest of the season after surgery on Tuesday revealed more extensive meniscus damage in his right knee. Castro underwent surgery to trim a meniscus injury and was expected to miss four-to-six weeks, but Dr. Richard Steadman went through with a full repair after seeing the damage.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver (3-2, 4.91 ERA) starts Thursday as St. Louis opens a home series against Philadelphia. RHP Jake Arrieta (3-1, 2.59) takes the mound for the Phillies.

Twins: Following an off day, RHP Kyle Gibson (1-1, 3.43) will start Friday at home against Milwaukee. The Brewers will counter with LHP Brent Suter (2-3, 5.14).

— Associated Press —

Northwest Missouri State announces 2018 volleyball schedule

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University head volleyball coach Amy Woerth has announced the Bearcats’ 2018 schedule. The slate includes nine home matches at Bearcat Arena.

Northwest will begin the year on the road, playing in three tournaments. The season starts at the Washburn Invitational in Topeka, Kan., on Friday, Aug. 24th. The weekend will include matches against Colorado State University – Pueblo, Southeast Oklahoma, Henderson State and Dallas Baptist University. Starting on Aug. 31, the Bearcats head to the Rockhurst University Tournament to face William Jewell, Mesa State University, University of Sioux Falls and Rockhurst University. Northwest will play a two-day tournament at Newman starting on Sept. 7 against Newman, Ouachita Baptist University and St. Edward’s University.

The MIAA home slate includes Lindenwood (Sept. 14), Central Missouri (Sept. 15), Missouri Western (Sept. 18), Fort Hays State (Sept. 28), Nebraska-Kearney (Sept. 28), Central Oklahoma (Oct. 5), Pittsburgh State (Oct. 6), Missouri Southern (Oct. 26) and Southwest Baptist (Oct. 27).

Click here to view the entire 2018 schedule.

— Northwest Athletics —

Jungbluth, Bishop LeBlond capture Class 2 state golf championships

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The Bishop LeBlond golf team captured the Class 2 State championship on Tuesday at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club in New Bloomfield. The Golden Eagles finished with a two-round total of 599 and won the title by a state record 66 strokes over O’Fallon Christian High School. Palmyra finished third, 97 shots behind LeBlond.

Bishop LeBlond also became the first school in state history win finished 1-2-3 individually. Senior Brooks Jungbluth shot a 6-under 66 Tuesday to win the individual state title by three shots. He shot a 137, while LB junior Hank Lierz finished second with a 140 and Eagle freshman Jeff Johnston fired a 148 to finish third.

It’s the second state championship for Bishop LeBlond in the last three years as they also won the team title in 2016. The Eagles have four straight top-three finishes at state as they also finished third in 2015 and 2017.

Missouri Western’s Thompson qualifies for NCAA Track & Field National Championships

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ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western’s Phil Thompson will be remembered as the first Griffon to qualify for both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division II Track and Field National Championships. The senior qualified for the triple jump at the outdoor national championships as announced, Tuesday, by the NCAA.

Thompson’s 15.54m jump is 11th best in DII, making him one of 20 competitors in the event at the national championships May 24-26 at the Irwin Belk Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina. The senior finished third in the triple jump at the indoor national championships earlier this year after being seeded 14th. As a sophomore at St. Joseph’s College, Thompson finished 12th in the triple jump at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.

— MWSU Athletics —

Royals lose to Rays on Wendle’s RBI single in the ninth

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joey Wendle singled in a run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays over the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Johnny Field and Jesus Sucre led off the inning with singles against Kelvin Herrera (1-1). Herrera retired the next two batters before Wendle laced a single to left.

Jonny Venters (1-0) got two outs for his first victory since Sept. 27, 2012 while with Atlanta against the Mets. The left-hander had been out since 2012 due to four major elbow surgeries, including three Tommy John operations, before returning to the majors this season.

Alex Colome worked a spotless ninth for his eighth save.

The Royals lost their fourth straight and sixth in seven.

C.J. Cron hammered Ian Kennedy’s first pitch to center for a two-run shot during the Rays’ three-run first. Cron has reached base in a career-high 21 consecutive games and singled in the second for his fifth multihit game in his last seven games.

The Rays batted around in the first, which also included Adeiny Hechavarria’s run-producing single scoring Matt Duffy, who had doubled. Kennedy struck out Sucre with the bases loaded to end the inning.

Left-hander Anthony Banda, who was making his Rays debut after being acquired in a February three-team trade from Arizona, threw only 52 pitches in five innings, allowing three runs and six hits. He became the eighth Rays’ starter in 40 games this season, equaling the number of starters they used in 2017.

Kennedy threw 34 of his 101 pitches in the first inning. He labored through six innings, yielding five runs on seven hits while striking out six. Span went down looking to end the sixth for Kennedy’s 1,500th strikeout.

Whit Merrifield drove in three runs for Kansas City. His seventh-inning two-out single off Sergio Romo scored Alex Gordon and Hunter Dozier. Merrifield’s fifth-inning single scored Dozier.

NOW BATTING FIFTH

Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar batted fifth for the first time in his nine-year career. He is the seventh player to bat fifth for the Royals this season.

ROSTER MOVES

The Rays optioned RHP Hunter Wood to Triple-A Durham, one day after he was recalled. The move was made to clear roster space for Banda.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: Duffy left in the fifth inning with right hamstring tightness. Right fielder Carlos Gomez was removed in the sixth with right groin tightness. … RHP Nathan Eovaldi threw a bullpen session Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Florida. “All went well,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Eovaldi, who is on the disabled list with loose elbow fragments, will start a rehab game Friday for Durham. Cash said he would throw three innings and 50 pitches.

Royals: RF Jorge Soler was out with a displaced rib, which he hurt while making a leaping catch Monday. “It’s not serious,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “On a scale of 1-to-10, it’s not even a one, maybe a three-fourths.” He said Soler could return Wednesday. … Back spasms kept IF Cheslor Cuthbert out of the lineup. … RHP Justin Grimm threw 20 pitches in his first rehab appearance with Triple-A Omaha. He allowed a run on a hit and a walk and struck out one in 2/3 of an inning. He is on the disabled list with lower back stiffness.

UP NEXT

Rays: RHP Jake Faria, who has allowed one or no runs in four of last six starts, is the probable starter for the series finale.

Royals: RHP Jason Hammel will be making his first start since allowing nine runs on Friday at Cleveland.

— Associated Press —

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