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MSU holds football fundraiser ahead of Bear Legends Golf Classic
SPRINGFIELD–On the heels of Missouri State announcing it will switch from the Missouri Valley Conference to Conference USA in July of 2025, the football program used that momentum to generate generous donations at its Bear Legends Football fundraiser, Sunday at Twin Oaks Country Club. The event brought out some of MSU’s biggest backers and supporters […]
Springfield area high school baseball Class 3 and 4 state sectional results
High school baseball sectional games for Classes 3 and 4 were played Tuesday night. Here are the results from games involving Springfield area programs. Down 4-2 after three innings, the Panthers scored nine unanswered runs to advance to the state quarterfinals. Braxton Gross led Forsyth by going 2 for 4...
Missouri State move to Conference USA won't be cheap. Here are ways expenses will increase
Missouri State expects to increase its athletics budget to around $36 million when it moves to Conference USA before the 2025-26 season. A $36 million budget would be about a $5 million increase, according to MSU President Clif Smart. The school will have new revenue channels, including through the league's television and streaming deal, bowl distributions and an uptick in price for buy games.
Indiana softball live score updates from NCAA tournament vs. Missouri
Indiana softball faces Missouri in the losers bracket of the Columbia Regional of the NCAA tournament on Saturday night after both teams dropped close games in their respective openers. The Hoosiers (40-19) fought back to tie their game against Washington on Friday in the top of the seventh, but gave...
Will Missouri State football struggle when it jumps to Conference USA? Not necessarily
Whether you want to believe it or not, Missouri State is slowly becoming a football school with its recent announcement that it will leave the Missouri Valley Football Conference for Conference USA beginning with the 2025 season. Missouri State historically hasn't had the best football program. The school snapped a 30-year FCS Playoff drought when it qualified in 2020 and still won a postseason game since 1990. The Bears won't be eligible to qualify for the 2024...
HS Athlete of the Week: Easton Friesen
SPRINGFIELD–This week’s Athlete of the Week is Easton Friesen. Friesen, is a junior on the Glendale High School baseball team. Friesen’s played all three years for the Falcons, but this spring, has been one of the team’s go-to pitchers. Last month, Friesen shutdown the number three ranked team in Class 6, Rock Bridge. He threw […]
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