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Driven to succeed
By JOE WALLJASPER Tribune sports editor
Ashlee Lancaster grew up on the racetracks of Mid-Missouri, where her father spent every weekend from April to October in the pits, watching the dirt fly as the cars he worked on went round and round. Kenny Lancaster never had the urge or the eyesight to drive. He just loved working as a mechanic, including a stint on Carl Edwards’ pit crew.

Who needs the punter, anyway?
By JOE WALLJASPER Tribune sports editor
Jake Harry has gone from punter to punch line.

Still city’s best by a wide margin
By TIM DAVIS of the Tribune’s staff
A summer on the tennis courts is paying off for Rock Bridge’s Sarah Heeter.

MU volleyball drops close match at K-State
By the Tribune’s staff
The Missouri volleyball team got off to a good start but lost to 16th-ranked Kansas State 23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-22 last night in Manhattan, Kan.

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports
By JOE WALLJASPER
In your face, Winooski, Vt., with your pathetic No. 383 ranking. Keep on sucking down that maple syrup and maybe you’ll fall out of the rankings altogether.

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Chance at a blue-chipper
By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
According to recruiting Web site Rivals.com, Gateway Tech senior Sheldon Richardson is the only five-star high school football recruit in the state of Missouri.

Easy week suddenly hard
By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
Following another lopsided loss last Friday, Rock Bridge football Coach A.J. Ofodile could at least take solace in the fact that his struggling squad would probably be preparing this week for a team that was also down on its luck.

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Not pretty, but wins are wins
By SAM MILES of the Tribune’s staff
JEFFERSON CITY - When the Hickman Kewpies and the Rock Bridge Bruins face off tonight in the Class 4 District 10 semifinals at Duensing Field, they’ll likely be prepared. After all, if their quarterfinal matchups were any indication, the two teams had been eyeing each other long before the game had been set.