http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:23:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324002141.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324002141.html Beginning his 21st year as Missouri Southern men’s basketball coach, Robert Corn still gets excited as the season opener arrives.“If that changes, then you need to do something else,” he said. “To be successful in anything you do, that fire has to be burning in the stomach. If the fire goes out, you have a problem. My fire is still burning.” Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:58:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_210112005.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_210112005.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324002045.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324002045.html Missouri Southern has spent big portions of its women’s basketball practices this week working on little things.Little things like passing, catching, shooting layups and other fundamentals that can be the difference between victory and defeat.“It’s the importance of being fundamentally sound and disciplined,” Lions head coach Maryann Mitts said. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001921.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001921.html Willie Ng, as a quarterback for Picher High School, remembers traveling to Talihina and coming away with a 33-6 victory against the Golden Tigers in the semifinals of the 1984 Oklahoma Class A playoffs.Chris Cawyer’s unbeaten Gorillas nipped Fox 23-21 the following week in the championship game. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001518.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001518.html Cleo Elbert, boys basketball coach at Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School, starts with experience when listing pluses for the Cavaliers this season.It’s easy to see why.“We return our top six players from a team that was 20-8 (losing to Chadwick in the second round of the MSHSAA Class 1 Tournament),” Elbert said. “Experience is a strength. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001627.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001627.html WARRENSBURG, Mo. — Corrinne Stringer and Pamela Cartagena logged double-doubles as Pittsburg State knocked off fourth-seeded Emporia State 3-1 (25-15, 16-25, 25-12, 25-23) on Thursday night in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional volleyball tournament at the UCM Multipurpose Building. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001318.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_324001318.html The Shawnee Trail Conservation Area, managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation, includes a small lake along with a mix of ponds and reclaimed mine pits. The pits and ponds have been numbered to indicate the order in which they could most easily be portaged. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:29:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_323002742.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_323002742.html HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jamie McMurray has been hired to drive the No. 1 Chevrolet for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.The hiring has long been in the works, and gives one of the last remaining open seats for 2010 to McMurray. It also reunites McMurray with car owner Chip Ganassi, who gave the driver his first Cup ride in 2002. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_323002505.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_323002505.html Talent — not family connections — was the major factor as Missouri Southern signed Tyler Ressel to a basketball national letter-of-intent.Ressel, 6-foot-1, 160-pound guard from St. Francis Borgia High School in Washington, Mo., is the nephew of Lions assistant coach Ronnie Ressel. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_323002324.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_323002324.html Missouri Southern freshman Renee Rheinecker and junior Jeanna Feldmann were named to the MIAA’s all-conference volleyball team, released Wednesday by the league office.Pittsburg State senior Pamela Cartagena was named conference player of the year and is one of six Gorillas on the team. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322004356.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322004356.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322004117.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322004117.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:37:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322003900.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322003900.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322003650.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322003650.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322003452.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/local_story_322003452.html The inaugural Citizens Bank Bowl has evolved into a national championship game.