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Friday, 30 July 2010
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Washington Legion Post 218 designated hitter Brett Backhaus smacks a two-run double into left field against Blue Springs Fike Legion Post 499 on Thursday in the first game of the American Legion State Tournament at Liberty Park Stadium.
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 The Sedalia Junior Legion baseball team lost Game 1 of its zone tournament opening series against Blue Springs Fike 22-16 on Wednesday at Liberty Park Stadium.Game 2 of the best-of-three series was in action late Wednesday night.The Sedalia Bombers...
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 O'Fallon is part of new St. Louis Metro League The future of the O’Fallon High School baseball team is on display this summer. The Panthers’ summer varsity squad is playing in the new St. Louis Me... |
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 Fairview Heights places second in South Division The 2010 Belleville American Legion baseball team had a hard act to follow, but the Hilgards keep finding a way to win. After winning the state title in 2008 and reaching the championship game in 2009, Belleville finished the regular season at 27-3. It won the South Division of [...]
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 To use or not to use? That’s no longer a question. When this corner noted on March 3 that the District 22 teams of Southwestern Illinois Senior American Legion baseball would use wood bats during the 2010 season, I thought I’d receive at least one response from a proponent of metal bats. Nil, as they say in [...]
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 The Sedalia Bombers baseball team clinched the MINK League South Division title with a 7-0 win at Mac-N-Seitz in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.It was the Bombers’ 12th consecutive win, a franchise record.In the second game, Sedalia...
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 Junior Legion team is off to 22-3 start As shown by its 22-3 record, the Belleville No. 1 Junior American Legion baseball team has no shortage of talented players. But as far as manager Kelly Sandheinrich is concerned, other people have played an equal role in the team’s success without swinging a bat or throwing a [...]
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 St. Dominic graduate steady for NY defense Go outside and find a kid dribbling a basketball or soccer ball, tossing a baseball or football and ask them what they dream about. The answer you’re most likely to get is about athletic stardom and the pursuit of playing professionally in the sport that is their passion. For former [...]
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 All-star game was summer highlight for Mehlville High standout It was a long summer for the Oakville American Legion baseball team, which finished the regular season with a 3-23 record. But that never... |
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 Stallions, Eagles aim for strong finish As the 2010 St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association (SLABA) enters the final week of regular season play, both St. Charles County teams find they still have a lot to play for as far as standing and postseason invitations go. That’s because both squads have an outside shot at both division [...]
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 When Spain topped the Dutch 1-0 in the World Cup Sunday, joyful Spaniards across the Iberian Peninsula knew the champions crown was theirs to wear for four full years. Title defenses don’t normally ... |
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Monday, 12 July 2010 The University of Missouri baseball program made Brett Graves an offer he couldn’t refuse. So Graves, who will be a senior at Francis Howell this fall, made a verbal commitment to the Tigers last we... |
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 Junior Legion team is off to 22-3 start As shown by its 22-3 record, the Belleville No. 1 Junior American Legion baseball team has no shortage of talented players. But as far as manager Kelly Sandhein... |
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Thursday, 08 July 2010 Senior Legion team will return in 2011 Year two in the rebirth of the Freeburg/Smithton American Legion baseball program has produced some impressive results. The Freeburg/Smithton Junior Legion team,... |
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Thursday, 08 July 2010
The Boonville Babe Ruth Baseball League is looking for families to house 14-year-olds during the state tournament on July 22-25.
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 Has been assistant there for 15 yearsAfter posting its most successful season in 24 years, the Fort Zumwalt North baseball team looked within to replace retiring head coach Dan Springman. Steve Sieber... |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 The speaker system still works and there were voices sounding out as usual when the 39th Annual Valmeyer Mid-Summer Classic kicked off Saturday morning. But the biggest voice of all was sadly absent. ... |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 As of Saturday morning, there was still a lot of baseball left to be played in the 39th Annual Valmeyer Midsummer Classic. There was a lot of baseball to be played in the tournament opener alone. The ... |
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 Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Blackwater’s Midget League baseball team never gave up, as they battled back in the losers' bracket to take the first place trophy in the Blackwater Midget League Tournament, which was held Jun 26-27.
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 Oakville The Tigers won the Mid-States Hockey Wickenheiser Cup, finished second in state in boys basketball and softball and fourth in baseball. The football team reached the state semifinals. Hazelwo... |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 From the 2009-2010 school year: MISSOURI BOYS Baseball Class 2: Crystal City Class 3: Bishop DuBourg Class 4: CBC Basketball Class 3: Cardinal Ritter Cross Country Class 4: St. Louis University High C... |
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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 Mason Horne, the first-year baseball coach at CBC, was still riding high after his team’s state championship — the school’s first baseball title after six third-place finishes — when Cadets basketball coach Bob McCormack decided it was time for a little ribbing. “I kidded him that I won in my first year, too, and that I’m [...]
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 Eureka outfielder doing it all for Post 177 For an opposing pitcher, Aaron Vogt looks threatening in the batter’s box. And there’s a good reason for hurlers to be concerned. Vogt’s bat, or bite,... |
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 CBC grad was key member of state championship squad An appearance at Busch Stadium in the inaugural Rawlings High School Showcase all-star game was just icing on the cake to what was a special senior ... |
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 DuBourg standout gets starting call at Rawlings Showcase Stepping on a major league diamond is becoming old hat for recent DuBourg graduate Matt Linderer. The right-hander, who helped lead the Cavalie... |
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 Florissant posts solid 6-2 record in District 10 play In the middle of last month, the Florissant American Legion team was suffering a power outage at the plate. But Post 444 coach Todd Wright was not concerned. “I’m sure that the bats will come around,” Wright said then. Turns out, Wright knows his personnel. Post 444 has [...]
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010
Boonville’s Senior Legion baseball team suffered two losses on the road Saturday night against Macon, losing by the scores of 13-5 and 8-3.
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 Nate Ring and Kyle Zimmerman hit consecutive doubles in the sixth inning Monday night to lead the Sedalia Bombers to a 4-3 win over the Ozark Generals in a M.I.N.K. League baseball game at Liberty Park Stadium. The rally began with Kyle Hardy...
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Monday, 05 July 2010 Madison County standouts savor inaugural Rawlings Showcase Fans hoping for a high-scoring affair may have been disappointed, but otherwise, the inaugural Rawlings High School Baseball Showcase was a s... |
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Monday, 05 July 2010 Rick Ball Ford Post 642 Auxiliary struggled mightily in its final two pool-play games of its Fourth of July wood bat junior Legion baseball tournament. Hickman No. 1 beat Sedalia 11-0 Saturday night, holding Post 642 hitless. Sedalia had only two...
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 Warrensburg - Central Missouri sophomore shortstop Bret Schwartz was named the Most Valuable Player of the highly-touted Alaskan Baseball League on Tuesday. UCM juniors Tyler Ruch and Nick DeBiasse joined Schwartz on the ABL first-team. All three Mules play for the Mat-Su Miners, and are on a roster that is comprised of more than 20 Division I players.
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 Edwardsville coaches happy with team's play The Edwardsville Tigers’ first foray into summer baseball was a successful one. The Tigers compiled a 29-9 overall mark and accomplished what coach Tim Fu... |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 The Sedalia Bombers enter the National Baseball Congress World Series on quite a roll. The Bombers swept defending M.I.N.K. League champion Chillicothe 2-0 in the best-of-three series and bring a seven-game win streak into Friday’s 9:30 p.m. game...
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 State tournament is next for Post 978 For most of this season, pitching has been the No. 1 strength for the Fairview Heights Senior American Legion baseball team. But it was the squad’s work at the plate that helped put Post 978 into this week’s state tournament. Fairview Heights scored 54 runs in four games en route to [...]
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 Area team heads to national tourney after shining in SLABA event American National’s U-16 team was not in a giving mood at last week’s St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association U-16 Tournament. In th... |
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 Stallions prepare for NABF World Series The St. Louis Stallions realized before they stepped onto the field Sunday night in the championship game of the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association (SLABA) ... |
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 WELLINGTON, Kan. --The Jackson Senior Babe Ruth baseball team was eliminated from the Midwest Plains regional tournament Monday in Wellington, Kan., with an 11-2 loss to Iowa. Jackson, the Missouri...
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 The Sedalia Bombers moved into some impressive company Monday. The Bombers, who will begin play in the National Baseball Congress World Series on Friday, moved from No. 8 to No. 4 in this week’s Perfect Game CrossChecker summer college baseball...
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Monday, 26 July 2010 Coach says 19-18 record is far from whole story After Kurt Denningmann’s first two seasons as manager of the St. Charles Senior American Legion Post 312 baseball team produced more than 50 games and plenty of in-season tournament hardware, it would be easy to see the team’s 19-18 finish during the summer of 2010 as [...]
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Monday, 26 July 2010 Though just 5-9, SC West grad plays much bigger in stature Mike Eimer knew he had something to prove playing American Legion baseball for St. Charles Post 312 this summer. That’s because Eimer – a St. Charles West graduate – has carried a bit of a chip on his shoulder because people have usually taken one [...]
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Monday, 26 July 2010 Melliere throws 81 pitches in win over Willard St. Charles Legion Post 312 pitcher Sam Melliere knew he had good control of all of his pitches as his team opened the Missouri AA (Junior) Legion state baseball playoffs Thursday night at Lou Brock Baseball and Softball Complex on the campus of Lindenwood University. Just what the [...]
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Monday, 26 July 2010 The Jefferson County Barnstomers captured their first South Division championship in the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association. The Barnstormers held off a late challenge by Johnny Mac Thunder by win... |
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Saturday, 24 July 2010 The Sedalia Bombers 14-and-under USSSA Double-A baseball team won the Midwest Showdown June 11 in Liberty. In bracket play, the Bombers beat the Northland Yankees 4-2 and the Independence Nationals 8-7. The Oak Grove Heat beat them 7-2 in the other...
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Saturday, 24 July 2010 The Sedalia 16- to 18-year-old RBI baseball team competed in the Central Regional this week in Bloomington, Minn. Sedalia lost 6-2 in eight innings Thursday to the five-time champion Chicago Cubs in the first round. Sedalia led 2-1 after two innings,...
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Friday, 23 July 2010 New York (AP) - Major League Baseball implemented random blood testing for human growth hormone in the minor leagues on Thursday, the first professional sports league in the United States to take the aggressive step against doping.
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 The schedule has been announced for the American Legion Zone 2 baseball tournament, in which the Sedalia Travelers have the No. 2 East seed. Games will played Friday through Monday at two fields at the Independence Athletic Complex.The six-team field...
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 SIKESTON -- It will be their fourth consecutive trip to the Senior Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional baseball tournament and the Charleston Fighting Squirrels feel they will not be in for any...
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 Metro East Baseball Classic set for this weekend Two batters into the bottom of the seventh inning, Craig Ohlau liked his team’s chances. Down by a run against visiting O’Fallon, the first two Edwardsville Tigers reached base to start the frame to bring up No. 3 hitter Derek Page, who had deposited one nearly 400 feet [...]
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 Post 365 compiled five wins this season The 2010 season came to an end last week for Collinsville American Legion Post 365 and it wound up being a five-win campaign for manager Andy Sidwell’s squad. “We started off 1-9 in our first 10 games,” he said. “But we had a much better second half of the season. [...]
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 Sudden storms push back final to todayTry as they might, officials for American Legion District 9 can’t wrap up this summer’s AAA baseball tournament. A sudden deluge of rain in Washington Wednesday night at game time forced the postponement of the St. Clair/Daniel Boone game, which had been halted in the sixth inning on Tuesday [...]
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Johnny Mac standout is headed to all-star game Johnny Mac Thunder’s Brett Grempler was selected as a starter for the South Division in the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association All-Star Game, which... |
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Barnstormers will have most starters in annual showcase The Jefferson County Barnstomers captured their first South Division championship in the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association. The Barnstormer... |
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Has first hit in pitcher's duel Fred Ford positioned himself at first base at Busch Stadium on June 30 as the first pitch was ready to be thrown in the inaugural Rawlings High School Showcase baseball... |
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Defending tourney champ West is 3rd; Daniel Boone 4th
The St. Charles American Legion baseball team had already cemented their second seed in the District 9 Tournament before Wednesday night’s reg... |
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Monday, 19 July 2010 Post 978 rallies for 4-3 win over Belleville Plan B – also known as Kenny May – helped keep the season alive for the Fairview Heights American Legion baseball team. Brett Watts started Friday’s ... |
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Monday, 19 July 2010 Miners finish campaign with three straight close playoff games Postseason baseball at any level is usually entertaining and the American Legion District 22 North Division playoffs were no exception fo... |
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Sunday, 18 July 2010 The Nevada Griffons rallied from a six-run deficit Saturday night to beat the Sedalia Bombers 9-8. The Bombers scored two runs each in the first, second and third innings of the Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas summer collegiate baseball game in Nevada,...
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Saturday, 17 July 2010 Post 978 rallies for 4-3 win over Belleville Plan B – also known as Kenny May – helped keep the season alive for the Fairview Heights American Legion baseball team. Brett Watts started Friday’s ... |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 Rain put an early end to baseball at Liberty Park Stadium on Monday night. The Sedalia Post 642 Travelers grabbed an 8-2 district win over the Odessa Maxim Security Bats in a shortened first game, but the second game of the doubleheader was canceled....
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 When Oakland outfielder Rajai Davis heard the Texas Rangers had acquired Cliff Lee from Seattle late last month, he reacted the same way as many others around baseball did.
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 Post 312 readies for district tournament with 7-1 win over rivalSt. Charles Legion Post 312 outfielder Tyler Paule has been in something of a slump at the plate recently. Paule collected just three hi... |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 Son of major leaguer new baseball coach at Zumwalt North With three sons ages 10, 11, 12, Steve and Sharon Siebert spend a lot of time driving them from ballpark to ballpark. Despite their closeness in age, the heart of the Chesterfield couple’s order play for three different teams. “It’s not easy. My wife and I are [...]
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 Final scheduled for Ronsick Field July 21The annual District 9 senior American Legion baseball tournament is set to kick off a various sites around St. Charles and Franklin counties this weekend. Wash... |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 Former minor leaguer severed dream for son Charlie Hillemann remembers the moment he realized his professional baseball career was approaching its final days. Hillemann, a 1984 St. Charles High gradua... |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 But tourney is shortened by rain for 2nd straight year The good news for the West American Legion baseball team is that for the second year in a row they have played in one of the most prestigious tournaments in the Midwest and come home without a loss. The bad news is that the Jaguars do [...]
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