Local Sports Stories
Slumping Tigers run out of answers
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
BOULDER, Colo. - Don’t think Melvin Watkins hasn’t tried to find the right substitution pattern, the right offensive play, the right motivational speech - anything to change the fortunes of the Missouri basketball team.

MU women can’t survive with Bond on the bench
By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
LAWRENCE, Kan. - The Missouri women’s basketball team managed to survive 40 minutes of limited production from LaToya Bond in yesterday’s game with Kansas.

Bruins can’t catch up to perfection
By DAVE MATTER of the Tribune’s staff
CAMDENTON - Rock Bridge girls basketball Coach Jill Nagel had no adjustment to fend off perfection. Only hope, and even that was fleeting against Jefferson City yesterday.

Buffs remain on bubble
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
BOULDER, Colo. - The Missouri men’s basketball team has little play for, but yesterday’s opponent, Colorado, still has plenty at stake.

MU gymnasts own Classic
By TROY SCHULTE of the Tribune’s staff
Missouri gymnastics Coach Rob Drass said that when a team puts up consistently high marks for more than a month, it’s only natural for those numbers to eventually dip.

Missouri swimmers take third at conference meet
By ANGELA BUSCH of the Tribune’s staff
Missouri senior Liz Schoborg knew last night was probably the final time that she would ever swim competitively. She went out in style.

Patten adds Big 12 title to collection
By the Tribune’s staff
The Missouri women’s and men’s track teams placed seventh and eighth, respectively, at the Big 12 Indoor Championships yesterday in Lincoln, Neb.

Rock Bridge teams have year to remember
By DAVE MATTER of the Tribune’s staff
As the Rock Bridge players and students flooded the court at Smith-Cotton High School on Friday night to celebrate the Bruins’ first boys basketball district championship in nine years, the scene resembled another from Oct. 28 on Faurot Field.

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