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Gerik Parmele photo
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Missouri running back Derrick Washington (24) takes a handoff from Chase Daniel as guard Kurtis Gregory leads him into the end zone for a first-half touchdown last night. The fourth-ranked Tigers ended a 30-year drought in Lincoln with a 52-17 rout of Nebraska.
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Local Sports Stories
No more stinkin’ in Lincoln
By DAVE MATTER
of the Tribune’s staff
LINCOLN, Neb. - Chase Daniel and the Missouri Tigers can check another item off their to-do list.A graveyard for Missouri football for 14 consecutive visits, Nebraska’s Osborne Field became canvas to Daniel’s brush last night as another masterful offensive performance removed another nagging pain in the Tigers’ side.
Tigers thumb noses
at Huskers, history
By JOE WALLJASPER
Tribune sports editor
LINCOLN, Neb. - For the last two weeks, the hot topic in Missouri was whether the MU football team could win at Nebraska for the first time since 1978. There weren’t any ghosts tackling Tigers last night. Come to think of it, there weren’t many Cornhuskers tackling Tigers either.
Columbia digs transfer Mattos
By MATT NESTOR
of the Tribune’s staff
As soon as the Columbia College volleyball players recognized that Harris-Stowe State was about to bump the ball over the net - a free ball - five of the Cougars practically cleared the court.
PREP NOTES
Hickman’s Cowan headed to Boston U.
By RUS BAER
of the Tribune’s staff
Taylor Cowan had never been to the East Coast before taking an official college visit to Boston University. She must have liked what she saw, because the Hickman senior plans to spend at least the next four years there.
TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in
sports
By JOE WALLJASPER
The Take 2 Person of the Week, Al Davis, only speaks to the outside world about once a year, but he makes it worth the wait. The Oakland Raiders owner’s annual interactions with the media are like Charles Manson parole hearings
Cougars complete
their first shutout
By ALEX RADMAN
of the Tribune’s staff
Everything went right for the Columbia College soccer team yesterday at R. Marvin Owens Soccer Stadium.
Kewpies dominate in softball district tuneup
By SAM MILES
of the Tribune’s staff
It isn’t hard to see why the Hickman softball team is 20-2.
When on their game, the Kewpies can hit, pitch and field with any team in the state.
District title in their sights
By STEVE WALENTIK
of the Tribune’s staff
Melissa Melahn said it right away, the very first time the Rock Bridge girls golf team got together back in early August.
MU volleyball falls at A&M
By the Tribune’s staff
Julianna Klein had 20 kills and Lei Wang had 42
assists but the Missouri volleyball team lost to Texas A&M in a five-game
match last night in College Station.
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