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The Rock Bridge coaching staff includes four assistant coaches who played for crosstown rival Hickman. They are, from left, Jamie Scholten (Class of 1995), Justin Conyers (1999), Marvin Williams (2002) and Dwayne Carey (1985). Read the Article

Local Sports Stories
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By RUS BAER of the Tribune’s staff
Carl Cirkl has seen the football rivalry between Hickman and Rock Bridge from just about every angle.

Hickman girls fall to Kirksville on courts
By ALEX RADMAN of the Tribune’s staff
Hickman girls tennis Coach Andy Materer said it best during the Kewpies’ 7-2 loss to Kirksville yesterday at Cosmo Park.

Kewpies blank Smith-Cotton in boys soccer
By the Tribune’s staff
The Hickman boys soccer team beat Smith-Cotton 6-0 last night in Sedalia.

RUS BAER'S PREP PICKS
 While not always the most equally matched football rivalry around, the annual game between Hickman and Rock Bridge usually provides at least one playoff-bound team for local fans to gush about.

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in the sports
By PETE BLAND
Do fire ants dig FieldTurf? For the sake of the Hickman-Rock Bridge football game tonight at Memorial Stadium, let’s hope not. The folks at Rialto High School in Southern California didn’t expect they’d have to deal with the pests recently, either, even if their outdoor athletic playing surfaces consist strictly of grass of the natural variety.

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