Local Sports Stories
’Fro-peat
By TROY SCHULTE
of the Tribune’s staffAUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Missouri wrestling team didn’t capture the first national championship in program history at The Palace this weekend. That had been its goal since the season began.
Askren walked the walk, talked the talk and funked the funk
By JOE WALLJASPER Tribune sports editor
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The sales pitch that lured Ben Askren from his native Wisconsin to wrestle for Missouri was the offer to build a great program rather than continue one, the opportunity to be the school’s first national champion rather than the next.
Analyze this: Pell places third at nationals
By JOE WALLJASPER and TROY SCHULTE of the Tribune’s staff
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - A day after placing fourth out of five wrestlers in his 165-pound weight class at the Big 12 Championships, Missouri’s Matt Pell holed up in a coffee shop with a little light reading: Sigmund Freud’s "The Interpretation of Dreams."
Freshman’s fling dashes Westran’s title hopes
By RUS BAER
of the Tribune’s staff
Hartville freshman Maggie Arnall was having one of those days.
Fits and starts for Tigers
By STEVE WALENTIK
of the Tribune’s staff
Mike Anderson hasn’t been sure what to do with himself these past few days.
MU women happy to have new life
By PHILIP BATSON
of the Tribune’s staff
When the Missouri women’s basketball team was unceremoniously dumped from the Big 12 Tournament on March 6, the Tigers knew their season could be over.
MU hopes Bridges closes defensive gap
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
Last month, when Missouri cornerback Darnell Terrell heard that teammate Domonique Johnson left the team, the leader of Missouri’s secondary did what leaders are supposed to do: He reached out and called Johnson.
Defense
befuddles Tigers
BY ALEX RADMAN
of the Tribune’s staff
With snow falling on its field yesterday the Missouri softball team had to go indoors to play its games in the Tiger Invitational.
Hot streak continues
By STEVE WALENTIK
of the Tribune’s staff
Count Tim Jamieson among the most surprised by the blanket of snow covering Simmons Field and any other green space in Columbia yesterday morning.
Spring leaves no time for hibernation
By RUS BAER
of the Tribune’s staff
The winter sports season officially came to a close last night with the final round of state champions crowned in boys and girls basketball.
In your
face, Lions
By DEREK JAMES
Special to the Tribune
The Eskridge boys basketball team only knows one style of defense - full-court, aggressive and, for lack of a better phrase, "in your face," as Coach Sterling Bates describes.
Harrisburg provides much-needed wake-up call
By JOEL A. ERICKSON
of the Tribune’s staff
If high school boys were running the state legislature, movement for anyone under the age of 18 at 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning would have been outlawed long ago. That’s time better spent drooling on a pillow.
Tenacious
defense lifts Tigers
By PHILIP BATSON
of the Tribune’s staff
There was just nowhere to go.
Henry’s 3-pointer launches Jefferson to Class 1 crown
By JOEL A. ERICKSON
of the Tribune’s staff
Same names on the front of the jerseys. Same setting, same stage.
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