KWWR Sports Report 2/9/23 Former Mizzou standout Steve Stipanovich is being named a 2023 Allstate SEC Basketball Legend. The 7 foot center from St. Louis is a 1983 All-American and the 1983 Big Eight Player of the Year who steered four consecutive conference championships for the Tigers from 1980 to 1983 and two Sweet 16…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/8/23 The Tigers men’s basketball team improves to 18-6 overall and 6-5 in SEC play after bearing South Carolina last night in front of 9,000 faithful Mizzou fans at Mizzou Arena. The Tigers opened with an aggressive offense and were led by four with double-digit point contributions. Leading scorer Kobe Brown had…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/7/23 The Mizzou tigers men’s team is in action tonight at Mizzou Arena. The 17-6, 5-5 SEC play Tigers face the 8-15, 1-9 SEC play Gamecocks of South Carolina, tipoff set for 8:00. The Tigers are 13-2 & 4-1 SEC at home this season. Van-Far boys basketball pick up wins in Mexico…… Continue Reading
Mexico Boys and Girls Overcome Slow Starts to Win Mexico High School swept a quad basketball header Monday night at the MHS Sports Plex over Marshall. But it was anything but easy. The JV boys started it off with an easy 76-29 win. Then the JV girls notched a 22-14 victory. The Varsity girls squad…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/6/23 The Mizzou Tigers Basketball teams both drop games over the weekend, one at home, one on the road. On the men’s side, Mississippi State topped the Tigers in Starkville, 63 – 52 Saturday. Yesterday, the women’s team hosted Alabama at Mizzou Arena and came up short, losing 76 – 69. Next…… Continue Reading
Bulldogs Lose at Midwest Showdown Shootout The Mexico Bulldogs and St. Louis University High Jr. Billikens met in the second game of the second day of the Ramey Basketball Midwest Showdown Shootout on Saturday in Harrisburg. SLUH (13-7) wasted little time in taking control of the game against a Bulldog squad that looked like it…… Continue Reading
Mexico Varsity Squads Split With Moberly The Mexico High School boys basketball team improved to 13-7 overall, and 5-1 in the North Central Missouri Conference, Friday night, with an 83-53 win over Moberly High School. The Bulldogs got off to a 7-0 run as senior guard Anthony Shivers hit a two from just inside the…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/3/23 The losing streak is over for the Mizzou Tigers women’s basketball team. They picked up a win over Vandy last night at Mizzou Arena, 86 – 69, led by Hayley Frank’s 25 points. Lauren Hansen had 22 points on the night and is now just 19 shy of 1,000 career points.…… Continue Reading
KWWR Sports Report 2/2/23 Mizzou improves to better than .500 in SEC play following last night’s win over LSU 87 – 77. The Tigers also set their SEC record with 26 assists while connecting on at least 13 3-pointers in a third straight game. Senior Kobe Brown led the team with 26 points while Noah…… Continue Reading
City of Springfield Announces Purchase of Hammons Field In a move to possibly keep the Springfield Cardinals in town, the City of Springfield, MO announced this afternoon (Wednesday) that it has bought Hammons Field from the Revocable Trust of John Q Hammons. The Trust had filed bankruptcy in 2016. When Major League Baseball took over…… Continue Reading
