Local Sports Stories
Many more hurdles to clear
By DAVE MATTER of the Tribune’s staff
For a third straight September, the Missouri Tigers cruised through the nonconference season unscathed and carry a 4-0 record into the Big 12 calendar. This time, they’ve done it with the nation’s most prolific offense piloted by the Heisman Trophy frontrunner.

Challenge of winning at Nebraska looms as MU’s first Big 12 test
By DAVE MATTER of the Tribune’s staff
Sean Weatherspoon recalls his first and only experience playing football in Lincoln, Neb., with vivid clarity. Two years ago, on a sunny November afternoon, Nebraska’s Zac Taylor was directing a 34-20 dissection of Missouri when Weatherspoon, then a backup freshman linebacker, got his first taste of the Tigers’ misery in Huskerland.

Learning on the fly
By MATT NESTOR of the Tribune’s staff
Columbia College freshman Julie Teeple stood about 12 feet behind the service line and held the volleyball out in front of her, carefully balanced in one hand as if she was trying to guess its weight.

Rock Bridge sleepwalks through win
By SAM MILES of the Tribune’s staff
If last night’s game was any indication, Rock Bridge softball Coach Joe Henderson’s doghouse is located somewhere in foul territory, down the left-field line.

Jays’ Bowden outpitches
By the Tribune’s staff
Jefferson City handed the Hickman softball team its first loss of the season last night in Jefferson City.

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports
By JOE WALLJASPER
Yesterday in this space, Dave Matter discussed Chase Daniel’s NFL possibilities. Among the reasons one of the nation’s best college football players won’t be one of the NFL’s most coveted draft picks are his size, his lack of a howitzer arm and the fact that he has rarely taken a snap under center.

Cougars soccer team drops AMC opener
By the Tribune’s staff
The Columbia College soccer team lost 2-1 to Illinois-Springfield last night in its American Midwest Conference opener in Springfield, Ill.

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