Local Sports Stories
Breaking the Waves
By MATT NESTOR of the Tribune’s staff
MALIBU, Calif. - With Missouri trailing late in Saturday’s game at Eddy D. Field Stadium, a Missouri alumnus placed a cardboard cutout M with the Tigers logo on it on top of the Missouri dugout.

Missouri heads back to Fullerton
By MATT NESTOR of the Tribune’s staff
MALIBU, Calif. - The Missouri baseball team is returning to the scene of the crime.

Royals take Hochevar No. 1; Scherzer goes 11th to D-Backs
From staff and wire reports
Hard-throwing righty Luke Hochevar, back in the draft after failing to reach a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, was selected by the Kansas City Royals with the No. 1 pick today.

MU’s Patten will again rely on strength in 800 at NCAAs
By JOE WALLJASPER 
Tribune sports editor
According to Missouri assistant track coach Rebecca Wilmes, Ashley Patten’s "strength is her strength." It sounds redundant, but it isn’t.

Bond’s stock soars at Malibu Regional
By MATT NESTOR of the Tribune’s staff
MALIBU, Calif. - Last week, Missouri Coach Tim Jamieson pondered whether Brock Bond should even play at the Malibu Regional.

Numbers add up for thrower
By JOE WALLJASPER 
Tribune sports editor
Bill Hobson’s parents are both certified public accountants, so he knows that numbers don’t lie. Yet he couldn’t help but do some creative accounting during the outdoor track season.

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