From staff reports
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WARRENSBURG, Mo. — The Carthage and Springfield Kickapoo American Legion baseball teams produced a wild winners’ bracket final in the Missouri Zone 3 Tournament on Friday night.
Carthage tallied two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to triumph 10-9 at Grover Park.
Carthage, District 15 champion, opened in the four-team, double-elimination tournament by beating West Plains 8-1. Earlier, Kickapoo beat Warrensburg.
Carthage (26-24) is idle today. The Merchants will play at 1 p.m. on Sunday, with another game if necessary to follow, in the championship round.
Warrensburg and West Plains play at 3:30 p.m. in today’s first elimination game.
Kickapoo (33-11) meets the winner in the second game.
The champion advances to Washington next week for the state finals.
Sports
August 2, 2008
Carthage claims winners’ final
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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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