Local Sports Stories
Mum is still the word
By STEVE WALENTIK
of the Tribune’s staff
Quin Snyder won’t be on the Mizzou Arena sideline this afternoon when the Missouri basketball team takes the floor against Kansas State.
Secrets
do MU no good
By JOE WALLJASPER
Tribune sports editor
The whole point of this column, as written Friday morning, was that despite all the frustration about the futility of the Missouri men’s basketball team, it made no sense to fire Coach Quin Snyder during the season.
Watkins debuts against K-State
By STEVE WALENTIK
of the Tribune’s staff
Melvin Watkins will be making his first appearance as Missouri’s head basketball coach when the Tigers tip off against Kansas State at 12:30 p.m. today at Mizzou Arena.
Snyder’s promising start fades
By JOE WALLJASPER
Tribune sports editor
When Quin Snyder arrived at Missouri in 1999, he brought with him the promise of possibilities. Not just the usual hope that any new coach inspires in optimistic fans. This was something else.
Different days
By ANGELA BUSCH
of the Tribune’s staff
Both teams had five players on the court when the Missouri women’s basketball team played Kansas (14-8, 3-8 Big 12) yesterday at Mizzou Arena. But for the Tigers and the
Jayhawks, it was the center-point guard combination that was carrying their teams.
Fossum’s last-minute surge leads Columbia
By PHILIP BATSON
of the Tribune’s staff
LeAnn Fossum made up for a slow first half with a furious finish last night.
Bruins secure in being No. 1
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
Less than 48 hours after losing leading scorer Alex Austin to a torn knee ligament, Jim Scanlon’s Rock Bridge boys basketball team used a patchwork lineup and game plan to escape Jefferson City with a 10-point win two weeks ago.
Rock Bridge makes history
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
ST. PETERS - For the first time in their prep swimming careers, the Rock Bridge seniors were more than spectators at the MSHSAA Swimming and Diving Championships. And though the public address announcer at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters only recognized the top six teams among the final standings yesterday, the Bruins knew they had made their own history.
Kewps’ Jones jumps into second-place finish
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
ST. PETERS - Hickman diver Dante Jones saved his best for last.
Bruins’ bench sparks
rout against Warriors
By RUS BAER
of the Tribune’s staff
With 5-foot-5 sophomore sparkplug Andrea Seabaugh watching from the sidelines and sporting a green cast on her left arm, Rock Bridge girls basketball Coach Jill Nagel was taking auditions for her injury replacement yesterday at Rock Bridge gym.
MU baseball team pulls out win late
By the Tribune’s staff
The Missouri baseball team broke a 3-3 tie by plating two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning en route to a 5-3 victory over Kennesaw State in the Buccaneer Classic yesterday in Charleston, S.C.
Pescaglia loses
in district final
By TROY SCHULTE
of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - Last February, Tony Pescaglia sat disappointed inside the Fleming Fieldhouse after a loss to Erik Warner in the championship match of the Class 4 District 3 wrestling tournament.
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