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MAC connects behind arc to sink Raiders (1/30/23)The Three Rivers men’s team has been slowly finding its mojo since the beginning of 2023, but the visiting Cardinals made all the right moves in finding their way to a relatively easy 79-65 victory Saturday night at the Libla Family Sports Complex. The Raiders were outshot from behind the 3-point line (13 makes to five) while making eight more free throws to account for essentially the difference in the contest... -
Lady Raiders take their revenge on MAC (1/30/23)In November, qthe historic regular season win streak by the Three Rivers Lady Raiders women’s basketball team dating back to 2020 came to an end at the hands of Mineral Area College. On Saturday, the nation’s 15th-ranked team had a chance at payback when the Lady Cardinals came to Poplar Bluff...
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Mules battle with Kentucky power before fading late (1/30/23)PADUCAH, Ky. — The Poplar Bluff Mules boys basketball team was able to go toe-to-toe with one of the top teams in Kentucky for almost 23 minutes over the weekend. The Mules trailed western Kentucky power McCracken County by just three points at halftime — and just seven with under a minute left in the third quarter — but could not sustain that momentum after the intermission in an 84-64 loss Saturday night...
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Epps has Doniphan girls rolling yet again (1/29/23)The Doniphan High School girl’s basketball squad has learned a lot over the four-plus seasons that Adam Epps has been leading it. -
THE BURNING QUESTION: Why not eight-man football? (1/28/23)3Gridiron football is the top sport in America, if nowhere else on the planet. It is fronted by the National Football League with games littered throughout the calendar almost daily from August through February, or so it seems. The college game generates regionalism and fans of 3-9 teams claim greatness because their better neighbor makes them look better... -
Westwood Baptist Eagles roll to big win over TJS (1/28/23)The Westwood Baptist Eagles boys basketball team took the court Friday with one goal in mind: to dominate its opponent, Thomas Jefferson of St. Louis. And dominate they did, as they dismantled TJS with a crushing 69-19 victory. The Westwood Baptist boys were on a mission from the start, with Ben Jones leading the charge with a game-high 21 points, followed closely by James Hawley with 20 points...
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Royals get homecoming win over East Carter (1/28/23)BROSELEY — Homecoming meant a little more to Twin Rivers Friday night if only for the big reason of trying to leverage the Royals into a better seed for the upcoming Ozark Foothills Conference tournament. Of course, visiting East Carter also had designs of bigger and better as the two OFC rivals went toe-to-toe for four riveting quarters in front of a packed house... -
Donettes dynamite as they roll to big win at Twin Rivers (1/27/23)BROSELEY — The Doniphan Donettes know what’s at stake this year and in their search for girls basketball state hardware, they are aware of one key ingredient in reaching that goal: Consistency. Regardless of who they play, Doniphan knows that good, bad, or great or poor the opponent must be vanquished and how it plays out must see the team play at a high level...
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Morrissey, Scheifele lead Jets' rally in 4-2 win over Blues (1/30/23)WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- Josh Morrissey and Mark Scheifele each scored twice in the third period as the Winnipeg Jets rallied for a 4-2 win against the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. Saku Maenalanen and Kyle Connor each had two assists for the Jets, who snapped a three-game skid. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 shots... -
Chip Caray follows grandpa's footsteps as voice of Cardinals (1/30/23)Longtime broadcaster Chip Caray is taking over as the television play-by-play voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, more than five decades after his grandfather and Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray became a baseball staple with the same club. Bally Sports Midwest announced Caray's hiring in a statement Monday. The voice of the Atlanta Braves is replacing Dan McLaughlin, who left the Cardinals booth in December after 24 years following his third arrest for drunken driving...
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Newhook scores on birthday, Avalanche beat Blues 4-2 (1/28/23)DENVER (AP) -- Alex Newhook scored on his birthday for the second straight season, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Saturday for their seventh win in eight games. Evan Rodrigues, J.T. Compher and Matt Nieto also scored for the Avalanche, and Logan O'Connor had two assists. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 26 shots... -
Schmaltz has hat trick to back Vejmelka in Coyotes' 5-0 win (1/26/23)TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Nick Schmaltz had his first NHL hat trick, Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season and the Arizona Coyotes beat the St. Louis Blues 5-0 on Thursday night. Schmaltz scored twice in a three-minute span midway through the second period, and scored again 13 seconds into the third period when his shot slid past the red line as one of the Blues knocked the goal off its moorings in a scramble in front of the net. The goal was confirmed after a review... -
Thompson and Skinner drive Sabres past Blues, 5-3 (1/24/23)ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner each had a goal and two assists as the Buffalo Sabres beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 on Tuesday night. Thompson extended his point streak to five games, his third streak of five or more games this season. It was also his ninth game this season with three or more points...