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archives May 2007 Men's team has top time at Steamboat Classic Reported here first 05.02.07 Barry Knight led individual finishers across the line, but a men's team recorded the quickest time in the annual Steamboat Classic Triathlon in Cape Girardeau. Knight finished in 1:16:16 to win the 40-44 men's age group. The men's team of Tummins, Burdick and Lofton recorded the day's best time and won the men's team title in 1:16:06, a little more than 2 minutes off the course record. Winners in the women's category: Aimee Warnke (19-under), Maureen Conley (20-24), Kirsten Sass (25-29), Donna Bridwell (30-34), Laura Smock (35-39), Jennifer Meyer (40-44), Heidi Chambers (45-49), Susan Davis (50-54) and Marcia Pruett (60-over). In addition to Knight, men's winners were Andrew Beckman (19-under), Jared Milam (20-24), Eric Sullivan (25-29), Jeff Sass (30-34), Jay Orr (35-39), Terry Hart (45-49), Gwin Anderson (50-54), Volker Winkler (55-59) and Jim Boyt (60-over). Other team winners were Goldsberry, Watson and Lowrance (co-ed), Mettler, Spangler and Edmundson (women), Schneider, Allison and Roggow (masters), and Arevalo, Greene and Whittington (youth). MSHSAA split fails, but all other measures pass Added 05.03.07 Football playoffs will change for Missouri high schools, but a proposal to create separate playoffs for public and private schools was defeated in votes announced late Thursday by the MSHSHA. The proposal to split public and nonpublic schools was defeated by a margin of 321-92. Member schools approved 30 of the 31 ballot measures, including a plan to enlarge the football playoffs. Under the approved measure, which will begin in 2008, the winner and runner-up of each football district will advance to the playoffs in every classification. Other changes approved include the establishment of an affiliate registered school category of membership, which will allow schools that don't meet the requirement to become a full member to register as an affiliate. ARS teams will be allowed to compete against full MSHSAA members only during the regular season. Publisher, former sports editor dies at age 48 Reported here first 05.06.07 Jeff Mills of Farmington, a longtime area sportswriter and publisher of The Driver's Seat newspaper for the past 11 years, died Saturday at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis after a brief bout with leukemia. Mills, born June 15, 1958, was a former sports editor at the Farmington Press and The Daily Journal in Farmington and coordinated public relations and photography at St. Francois County Raceway and Fredericktown Raceway. Services are Wednesday at Cozean Memorial Chapel in Farmington. Puxico assistant coach Dowdy promoted Reported here first 05.08.07 Puxico assistant boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy has been promoted to fill the head coaching job left open by Chad Allen, the school confirmed. Dowdy was an assistant on the Indians' team that wrapped up a 24-6 season in March after a loss to Wellston in the Class 2 sectional round. Dowdy, a Dexter High School graduate, coached the Indians to a win over Dexter in January while Allen served a one-game suspension. Aycock returns to lead EP football program Reported here first 05.09.07 East Prairie High School graduate Jason Aycock has replaced Cory Adkisson as coach of the school's varsity football program, the school confirmed. It's the second run as head coach for Aycock, who coached the program to a 3-7 record in 2004. Adkisson coached the past two seasons before leaving recently for a position at Hayti; Adkisson's teams went 3-6 in 2005 and 5-4 in 2006. Aycock's hiring is the fifth head coaching change for the Eagles since 2002. Montgomery leads field for ATPR win Reported here first 05.14.07 Joey Montgomery of Fredericktown won the sprint feature race Friday at Auto Tire & Parts Racepark near Benton, giving the track its third different winner in three weeks. Jason Evans and Jerrod Hull, both of Sikeston, were second and third. Other winners were Troy Fowler in modifieds, Troy Naeger in sportsman, Mark Todd in pure streets, and Wayne Arnold in mod lites. At St. Francois County Raceway on Saturday, Jimmy Hurley led Jerrod Hull and Tim Montgomery in sprints. Other winners included Kasey Nations in modifieds, Jimmy Bridgeman in multis and Chris Boyd in pure street. Notre Dame grad takes Woodland job Reported here first 05.14.07 Josh Eftink, a Notre Dame Regional High School grad and former all-state baseball player, will coach the Woodland boys basketball team, principal Jennings Wilkinson confirmed. Eftink played one season at Southeast and completed his college baseball career at Central Missouri State. At Woodland, he replaces Dave Mirly, who coached the Cardinals for four seasons. Arcadia Valley jr. ties for golf title Reported here first 05.15.07 Arcadia Valley junior Jordan McLaurin shot a second-round 74 and finished in a three-way tie for first in the boys Class 2 state golf championship Tuesday. McLaurin finished 4-over 148 after he shot a 74 both days. In the Class 3 team standings, Caruthersville finished ninth. St. Vincent senior Zach Richardet tied for fourth in Class 1 after a second-day 82, four shots over his first-round score. Teammate Corey Brueckner tied for 11th; St. Vincent was fourth in the team standings, with Thayer 10th. Poplar Bluff's Tyler Hillis was eighth and Trent Hillis 10th in Class 4; Tyler shot a second-round 77, and Trent was 1 shot behind at 78. Poplar Bluff was second in the team standings, 11 strokes behind Glendale. In Class 3, North County finished eighth in the team standings. Malden wins; Crystal City, Saxony No. 2 in state Added 05.20.07 Malden won the Class 2 boys state track and field championship Saturday, while Crystal City was second in Class 2 and Saxony Lutheran second in Class 1 in Jefferson City. Among other Southeast Missouri teams, Ellington finished seventh in the Class 2 boys standings, and Valle was eighth in Class 1. Among area girls teams in the top 10, Saxony Lutheran was 10th in Class 1. Individual winners in Class 2 boys included Demetrius Terry (Crystal City) in the 200 meter dash, Ryan Criglar (Malden) in the 400 meter dash, Trey Porter (Malden) in the 110 meter hurdles, Malden in the 4x100 meter relay, and Crystal City in the 4x200 meter relay. In Class 1, Brandon Etzold (Saxony Lutheran) won the 400 meter dash, the 800 meter run and the 1,600 meter run, Alex Jauch (Saxony Lutheran) won the 300 meter hurdles, and Saxony won both the 4x400 and 4x800 meter relays. Cassie Simpher of Saxony won the 400 meter dash in the girls competition. Busy weekend features playoffs, races, more Added 05.24.07 One of the year's busiest two-day stretches of local sports events begins Friday and continues Saturday with high school baseball playoffs, state championships, OVC baseball and two big local auto racing events. Locally on Friday, high school baseball playoffs continue with a pair of quarterfinals. In Class 1, Valle plays at Oran, and in Class 2, South Pemiscot faces West County at Park Hills. In the OVC tournament, Southeast plays at 2:30 p.m. in an elimination game; a loss would end the Redhawks' season. Also Friday, the area's Class 3 and 4 track and field teams kick off the two-day state meet in Jefferson City. Events conclude there Saturday. The Class 1 and 2 meet was held a week earlier. To finish the day Friday, two area tracks host competing events for similar touring series. At Auto Tire & Parts Racepark near Benton, the new Midwest All Star Series debuts with a $2,500-to-win winged sprint event. Down the road at Malden Speedway, another sprint series — the United Sprint Car Series — competes in a $2,000-to-win event. On Saturday, Farmington joins other Class 3 baseball teams in the state high school quarterfinals, while Notre Dame goes to Fenton to play St. Louis Notre Dame in a girls soccer sectional game. At Paducah, Ky., OVC baseball teams compete in the final day of the league tournament. Tennessee racer beats Malden sprint field Added 05.26.07 Terry Gray of Bartlett, Tenn., won Friday's event for United Sprint Car Series sprints, one of two touring series scheduled for local stops Friday. The other event, the debut of the Midwest All Star Series at Auto Tire & Parts Racepark near Benton, was rained out. At Malden, Gray led a field of 25 entries and won $2,000 for the feat. Behind him were Derek Hager of Marion, Ark., and Lee Sowell of Nesbitt, Miss. The field includes entries from seven states. Friday's other event winners included Shane Stephens in modifieds, Scott Tracer in late models, Jared Wagster in hobby stocks, Aaron Darby in pure stocks, Todd Gibbs in e-mods, and Jimmy Newsom in mini stocks. Potosi cruises to boys Class 3 track title Added 05.26.07 Potosi coasted to the state Class 3 boys track and field championship Saturday on the heels of four event wins. Potosi outscore runnerup Ruskin by almost 30 points. Josh Thebeau won both the 800 meter run and the 1,600 meter run for Potosi; Josh Mathis won the 3,200 meter run, and Potosi's 4x800 added a fourth event win. Other boys event winners included Matt Willingham of Cape Girardeau Central in the Class 4 pole vault, and Josh Sutton of North County in the Class 3 high jump. Alyssa Allison of Festus won twice in the Class 3 girls meet, scoring both the 800 meter run and 1,600 meter run. West Co., Valle ousted in state baseball semis Added 05.30.07 West County and Valle each finished one game short of a state baseball championship berth Wednesday. West County was eliminated with a 13-1 five-inning loss to Houston in Class 2; later in the day, Valle lost 7-6 to New Haven in Class 1. Houston (18-6) scored 11 runs over the third and fourth innings to put West County (18-12) away for good. Tyler Stacey pitched the loss for the Bulldogs, which were out-hit 10-2. Against New Haven, Valle (27-3) trailed 7-4 before spreading out two runs over the final three innings. Valle out-hit New Haven 12-9; Scott Jokerst pitched the loss. |
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