From staff reports
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CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Joplin All-Stars suffered their first loss Wednesday morning in the Central Region Girls Softball Tournament, dropping a 10-0 decision to Polk City, Iowa, at the Fair Acres Sports Complex.
Joplin (2-1 tourney record) completes pool play at 8 p.m. today against Tallmadge, Ohio (3-0). Michigan and Illinois, the only other unbeaten teams in the 13-team field, clash tonight at 8.
Matching Joplin’s 2-1 tournament record are Girard, Kan., Polk City and the Kentucky state champion. Girard prevailed 3-1 Wednesday over Wisconsin.
The top six teams advance to single-elimination bracket play, which starts Friday night.
In addition to the Joplin-Polk City contest, three more games Wednesday were decided by 10-0 scores — Tallmadge over Grand Rapids (Minn.), Kentucky over South Dakota and Michigan over Perryville, the Missouri state champion. Illinois won 3-0 over Indiana.
Girard plays South Dakota (0-3) tonight at 8. Games tonight at 6 pair Omaha Keystone, Neb. (0-3) vs. Iowa, Kentucky vs. Wisconsin (1-2) and Missouri (0-3) vs. Indiana (1-2).
Sports
July 30, 2008
Joplin suffers first loss in softball regional
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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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- Venus Williams joins Serena on sideline in Paris
- Both sides of border hope changes make easier entry into Canada
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- Vengels sixth in heptathlon; PSU picks up two seventh-place finishes
- Ethan Cordray signs with Pittsburg State
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Area athletes turn shine at state meet
Webb City's Jarvis Jones takes sixth in the 200.
- Cleo Elbert steps down at Thomas Jefferson
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- Joplin's Jeremy Lynn takes fifth at state tennis
- Frontenac advances at state baseball
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