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Pro fisherman Roland Martin ties a lure on the line of Skip Miller, 12, while his grandfather Skip Grossnickle looks on during Martin’s promotional appearance Friday at Twin Lakes. Read the Article

Local Sports Stories
He’d rather be fishing
By JOE WALLJASPER Tribune sports editor
Like a lot of people who created a career out of something they would do in their free time anyway, Roland Martin initially ran into a few skeptics. The first two shared his last name.

MU softball team makes hasty exit
By DAVE MATTER of the Tribune’s staff
OKLAHOMA CITY - Far away from the field where his team threw away its first and only game in the Big 12 Conference Tournament, Missouri softball Coach Ehren Earleywine parked himself on a lonely bench and stared into space.

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports
The Take 2 Person of the Week is usually a dubious achievement award, but I’ll take a break from the previously scheduled sarcasm to offer a genuine endorsement.

Bruins clinch district tennis championship
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
The Rock Bridge boys tennis team clinched its eighth consecutive district championship yesterday, but it will have to wait until tomorrow to find out how many players will qualify for the MSHSAA Class 2 individual tournament.

Neal aims high at state
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
Joe Neal has long been among the top high school golfers in Mid-Missouri, and he has one last chance to show he’s one of the best in the state, as well.

Southern Boone makes right moves, still loses
By RYAN NILSSON of the Tribune’s staff
MOBERLY - Southern Boone had more shots. Southern Boone possessed the ball for a majority of the game. Southern Boone had more scoring chances. And Southern Boone lost the game.

Fulton can’t touch hot Hollenberg
By ALEX RADMAN of the Tribune’s staff
MEXICO - Ryan Hollenberg had been waiting for his chance to pitch in the district tournament since he started playing for the Mexico baseball team.

Local boys demonstrate baseball skills
By the Tribune’s staff
The Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run competition was held April 23 at the Daniel Boone Little League Complex.

Kewps take hits before districts
By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
Thursday night’s thrilling baseball game on Simmons Field between Hickman and Rock Bridge proved three things:

MU’s Potter barely misses berth in NCAA tourney
By the Tribune’s staff
Missouri sophomore Julia Potter finished in a tie for 10th place at the NCAA East Regional in Athens, Ga., coming up just short of advancing to the NCAA Championships.

Slip of the tongue sinks Bruins’ relays
By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
O’FALLON - Loose lips sink more than ships. The fastest boys 800-meter relay in the history of Rock Bridge ran faster than it ever has yesterday and faster than all but one other team in Missouri this year.

Nebraska crashes the Big 12 party
By the Tribune’s staff
The lowest-seeded softball team in the Big 12 Tournament has advanced to the championship game.

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