From staff reports
Softball pairings set in Carthage’s classic
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Prep softball pairings have been set for the ninth annual Carthage Sports World Fast Pitch Classic scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Four fields will be used at the Fair Acres Family YMCA. The 16-team tournament starts at 3:15 p.m. on Friday with each team scheduled to play two games.
Opening games at 3:15 are Ozark vs. Purdy, Neosho vs. Miller, Carthage vs. Monett and Republic vs. Independence Fort Osage. First-round games at 6:30 are Platte County vs. El Dorado Springs, McDonald County vs. Seneca, Kearney vs. Carl Junction and Webb City vs. Strafford.
The championship game — contest No. 33 of the tourney — will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Webb City driver wins an A feature
LEBANON, Mo. — Webb City’s Terry Beckham II won the A feature in the modified support class during the MARS-MLRA Fall Shootout held Friday and Saturday nights at I-44 Speedway.
Beckham, who earned $1,200, won the 20-lapper on Saturday night by beating Johnny Bone Jr. of Pea Ridge, Ark.
Neosho’s Daniel Jessen beat Springfield’s J.C. Morton in the support-bomber main event. Monett’s Jordan Holloway won the factory-stock main event.
The late-model A features were won by Bill Frye on Saturday and Jeremy Payne on Friday.
Frye nailed down the MARS points title with his 40-lap win worth $3,000. Payne’s 30-lap victory netted $2,500. Each driver also logged a runner-up finish.
Completing the A feature winners were Rich Reynolds (rookie), Derrick Peterson (small springs B-modified) and Justin Neuman (large springs B-modified),
I-44 will hold its postseason banquet at the Mills Center in Lebanon on Nov. 3.
Welch softball team plays host to regional
WELCH, Okla. — Welch High School will hold an OSSAA Class A regional fast-pitch softball tournament on Thursday and Friday.
Four games will be played Thursday in the four-team, double-elimination tourney.
Games in the first round are Welch vs. Woodland at 11:30 a.m. and Oaks vs. Barnsdall at 1 p.m. Losers return to the field at 2:30 and the winners play at 4.
Gorillas slip 12 spots in Division IIpoll
Pittsburg State slid 12 spots to No. 19 in the American Football Coaches Association’s Division IIpoll released Tuesday.
The Gorillas (3-1) lost 39-32 to Missouri Western (3-1) on Saturday at Carnie Smith Stadium. Western made its debut in the poll at No. 24.
Tuesday’s was the 100th edition of the AFCApoll, and Pitt State is the only school to be ranked in all 100.
That streak could be in jeopardy Saturday, when the Gorillas play at Central Missouri, which also is 3-1 and is receiving votes in the poll.
Grand Valley State remained No. 1. Northwest Missouri, PSU’s opponent in two weeks, stayed at No. 10.
Sports
September 25, 2007
Local Briefs: Softball pairings set in Carthage’s classic
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Outlaws open season Thursday on the road
Chris Oldner takes a cut during the Joplin Outlaws practice Tuesday afternoon. The Outlaws open their season on Thursday night at Rossville and play seven road games before their home opener on June 5.
The Joplin Outlaws and new coach Rob Vessell have set some lofty goals for the 2012 baseball season.
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Area athletes turn shine at state meet
Webb City's Jarvis Jones takes sixth in the 200.
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