Local Sports Stories
Battling on the boards
By STEVE WALENTIK
of the Tribune’s staffIt was just over a year ago, in an arena packed full of fans - one half dressed in blue and orange, the other sporting black and gold - that Shaun Pruitt and his Illinois teammates exposed a problem that would show itself throughout Mike Anderson’s first season in charge of the Missouri basketball season.
There’s no avoiding McFadden for Tigers
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
Through the fortune of scheduling and injury, the Missouri defense avoided Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson during his three-year career with the Sooners. Peterson was out with a broken collarbone for the only possible matchup during the 2006 season.
Bruins hand host Myrtle Beach first defeat, reach semis
By the Tribune’s staff
The Rock Bridge girls basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the Crescent Bank Holiday Invitational yesterday in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with a 56-45 win over previously unbeaten Myrtle Beach.
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