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Taylor Crane, left, spent a lot of time practicing in Missouri’s wrestling room before he ever became a Tiger. The Rock Bridge graduate is now living his dream wrestling for MU. As a true freshman, he’s earned some varsity starts at 133 pounds in place of the injured Todd Schavrien. Read the Article

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Up where he belongs
By TIM DAVIS of the Tribune’s staff
The fourth floor of the Hearnes Center is a comfortable place for Taylor Crane.

Missouri upsets No. 2 Cornell
By WILLIAM HUPP Special to the Tribune
ITHACA, NY - Like the mountain that the Cornell campus sits on, it was a steep climb for the Missouri wrestling team yesterday at intermission. The Tigers trailed the second-ranked Big Red 14-3, and a roaring crowd and blaring band were ringing in their ears after the 157-pound match had concluded.

Steve Walentik’s Big 12 basketball notes

Rock Bridge boys dominate at Shootout
By the Tribune’s staff
The Rock Bridge boys basketball team trounced Vashon 70-33 on Saturday in the Laker Shootout in Camdenton.

TAKE 2: An alternative look at the day in sports  
By DAVE MATTER
Like many Americans, I woke up early Wednesday and plunked quarters in newspaper machines all around town, securing myself a share of the historic ink that chronicled Tuesday’s landmark happenings in Washington.

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