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Parker Eshelman photo
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Missouri’s Jeremy Maclin (9) pulls away from a group of Kansas State defenders during the first half of the 13th-ranked Tigers’ 41-24 victory yesterday on Faurot Field.
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Local Sports Stories
Stealing the show
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
On a night devoted to honoring Missouri’s celebrated senior class, perhaps its greatest senior collection ever assembled, Jeremy Maclin snatched the spotlight and ran away … and always toward the end zone.
Perfect placement at state championships
By RUS BAER
of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - When Hickman junior Zach Lynn edged past Rock Bridge senior Matty Bennett at the finish line of the MSHSAA Cross Country Championships yesterday, he knew he had secured his first state medal.
One enough for Cougars
By SAM MILES of the Tribune’s staff
Coach John Klein and the No. 4-seeded Columbia College soccer team spent most of yesterday’s American Midwest Conference quarterfinal match against William Woods searching for a goal they would not get.
The good with the bad
By RUS BAER
of the Tribune’s staff
The first week of the new high school football playoff format weeded out a few of the postseason pretenders.
AREA ROUNDUP
Columbia defense clamps down on Baker
By the Tribune’s staff
Victoria Smith scored her fourth double-double in as many games, leading the No. 20 Columbia College women’s basketball team to a 65-38 victory over Baker yesterday at the Baker Classic in Baldwin City, Kan.
Scrimmage yields several upsets
By TIM DAVIS
of the Tribune’s staff
Fifteen matches later, Missouri wrestling Coach Brian Smith doesn’t know much
more about his team - except that the Tigers will be competitive.
TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in
sports
By JOE WALLJASPER
It was a bad week for Jared Allen. An opposing coach called him a dirty player, his candidate for president lost and his wallet figures to get lighter in the short and long term.
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BIRD WATCHING
Welcome winter visitor
By BILL CLARK Special to the Tribune
The cedar waxwing is a well-named, beautiful bird, often associated with winter in Mid-Missouri, but it is truly a bird for all seasons.
Smallmouth rules
need an update
By SPENCER E. TURNER Special to the Tribune
It’s time the Missouri Department of Conservation reconsiders it approach to managing smallmouth bass.
