From staff reports
sports@joplinglobe.com
Joplin will field a stronger team this summer for the women’s Horton Smith Cup golf matches.
But strong enough to beat Springfield?
That’s a question the local players will have to answer on the course.
Cup competition between the 24-player teams begins Monday, with four-ball play at the Carthage Municipal Course. The annual matches conclude Tuesday with singles play at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club.
“Joplin has a strong team this year,” said Sue Browning, a team member. “It’s my fourth year and it’s the best team since I’ve been here. There’s really only one player missing, because of illness, that we would have loved to have had.
“But,” Browning added, “we were pretty badly beaten last year.”
Women’s city champion Missy Little will lead the Joplin team. She’s joined by fellow city Hall of Famer members Gingy Laas and Leigh Ann Hackney.
Newcomers like college players Raine Lounis and Natalie Bird give the Joplin team more strength, Browning noted.
Competition begins at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Carthage.
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Sports
June 27, 2009
Stronger Joplin team to test Springfield in cup matches
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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.
Continued ... - Five sign to join Missouri Southern women's track team
- Whisner ignites Joplin Miners past Webb City
- Venus Williams joins Serena on sideline in Paris
- Both sides of border hope changes make easier entry into Canada
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- Pittsburg State Sports
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- Vengels sixth in heptathlon; PSU picks up two seventh-place finishes
- Ethan Cordray signs with Pittsburg State
- Lions, Gorillas begin competition in outdoor track and field championship
- Three finalists named for PSU head baseball coach position
- Lions qualify 10, PSU 15 for Division II outdoor track meet
- Missouri Southern Sports
- High School Sports
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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
- Frontenac wins first state baseball title
- Joplin's Jeremy Lynn takes fifth at state tennis
- Frontenac advances at state baseball
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