Missouri Southern Sports

Joplin City Council to move forward on $130 million recovery proposal; curbside recycling election resurrected

Residents kept the house packed to the end of a 2 1/2-hour meeting of the Joplin City Council on Monday night to encourage the panel to resurrect some kind of curbside recycling proposal and to hear the details or support a $130 million recovery plan.

Missouri Southern Sports

MSSU seeded sixth in Mankato regional
MIAA champion Missouri Southern will face No. 1 seed Minnesota State-Mankato (35-8) in the first round of the Central Regional tournament Thursday at Mankato.

May 12, 2013
Ryan's three-run blast lifts Lions to MIAA title
Sam Ryan’s three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning brought home the MIAA Championship for Missouri Southern in a 6-3 victory Saturday against No. 5 Missouri Western.

May 11, 2013 1 Photo
Bates' gem lifts MSSU into MIAA title round
Ryan Bates pitched Missouri Southern’s second complete game in two days Friday, and the Lions advanced to the championship game of the MIAA Tournament by defeating No. 5 Missouri Western 4-3 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

May 11, 2013 2 Photos
Freshmen break MSSU jump records at last chance meet
Two Missouri Southern freshmen — Kaylee Morgan from Carthage and Tylor Albright from Galena — broke long-standing school long jump records during Friday afternoon’s last chance meet at Fred G. Hughes Stadium.

May 11, 2013 1 Photo
7 Lions, 8 Gorillas names all-MIAA
Seven Missouri Southern Lions and eight Pittsburg State Gorillas have been named to the MIAA’s all-conference baseball team, it was announced Thursday.

May 10, 2013
Gorillas stay alive with 3-1 win over UCO
Ryan Ventura’s two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning broke a 1-1 tie and kept Pittsburg State’s MIAA Tournament hopes alive Thursday night in a 3-1 victory against Central Oklahoma at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

May 10, 2013 1 Photo
Lions race for individual honors today
Tom Rutledge remembers his first home meet as Missouri Southern’s track and field coach.

May 10, 2013
Helsel's grand slam lifts Lions to victory
Brett Abell pitched a six-hit shutout and Tee Helsel hit a seventh-inning grand slam Thursday afternoon as Missouri Southern defeated Pittsburg State 9-0 in the semifinals of the MIAA Tournament at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

May 10, 2013 3 Photos
Missouri Southern blanks Gorillas 9-0
Tee Helsel’s grand slam highlighted a six-run seventh inning, and Brett Abell pitched a six-hit shutout as Missouri Southern decked Pittsburg State 9-0 Thursday afternoon in the MIAA Postseason Tournament.

May 9, 2013
Lions coach Rutledge shows he cares about athletes
Coach Tom Rutledge cares about his athletes from the day they step onto the Missouri Southern campus.

May 8, 2013
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