Tag: Mizzou Baseball
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KXEO Sports Report 3/1/2025
Several District Championship games were played for smaller class high school boys basketball teams on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Starting off in Class 3 it was Steelville defeating Fatima 56-46. Montgomery County Wildcats bested rival Hermann 58-41. The Wildcats claimed their second consecutive District Championship as Clayton Parker finished the game with 18 points. In…
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KXEO Sports Report 5/1/2024
(Photo credit to Eric Mattson) The Mexico High School baseball team lost 5-3 to the Moberly Spartans on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Brady Fox was the starting pitcher for the Bulldogs and went six and one-third innings and struck out one batter. Drew DeMint led Mexico with two runs batted in. DeMint was 1-for-2 on…
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KXEO Sports Report 4/20/2024
Mexico High School celebrated their two seniors Brendan McKeown and Trevor Wright on Senior Night at the Fairground Netplex in Mexico on Friday, April 19, 2024. Mexico lost to Kirksville 6-3 and fell to 1-3 in North Central Missouri Conference duals this season. Individual Results: Doubles: JV Results: The Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team picked…
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KXEO Sports Report 7/11/2023
Several local baseball players will be playing in the Major Leagues after being selected in the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft yesterday (Monday). Missouri pitcher and former Fatima Comet Austin Troesser became the first Tiger taken in this year’s Draft when the New York Mets selected him the fourth round. Troesser’s Mizzou teammate, reliever Zach…
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KXEO Sports Report 6/9/2023
A familiar face will reportedly be returning to the Missouri Tigers baseball team under new head coach Kerrick Jackson. Seven years after he was let go as head coach of the Mizzou baseball program, Tim Jamieson will be the pitching coach on Jackson’s staff. Jamieson was the head coach of Mizzou Baseball for 22 seasons…
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KXEO Sports Report 6/5/2023
Former Memphis head coach Kerrick Jackson will be the next Missouri Tigers baseball head coach. The news comes less than a week after MU fired former head coach Steve Bieser. Jackson is a St. Louis native and led Memphis to a 29-28 overall record in 2023. It will not be Jackson’s first time in Columbia,…
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Missouri Tigers Baseball Fires Coach Steve Bieser
The University of Missouri Athletics Department is announcing today (Sunday) that they are firing Tiger baseball coach Steve Bieser after seven seasons. In a news release University of Missouri Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois said “We understand the vital role baseball plays, and we are committed to further increasing our investment in the program and look…
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KXEO Sports Report 5/24/2023
The Community R6 Trojans baseball team will look to advance to the Final 4 in the State Baseball Tournament tonight (Wednesday) when they face Sacred Heart. The game will be played in Laddonia at the Community R6 High School. AM 1340 KXEO will be broadcasting the game with pregame starting at 4:40 this afternoon and…
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KXEO Sports Report 5/23/2023
Missouri third baseman Luke Mann has earned All-SEC honors. The announcement was made yesterday (Monday) that Mann split the second team All-SEC third base spot with Auburn’s Bryson Ware. Mann was the only Tiger to earn the honors. He put a .318 average, driving in 54 runs and hitting a team-leading 21 home runs during…
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KXEO Sports Report 5/15/2023
The Mizzou softball team is back in the NCAA Tournament once again. The Tigers are the No. 3 seed in the Norman Regional and will face the Cal Bears in game one. The Tigers still have not missed an NCAA Tournament, every year it’s been held, since 2006. Regional play will start this Friday, May…
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KXEO Sports Report 5/13/2023
The Missouri Tigers baseball team won their second-consecutive series opener yesterday (Friday) with a 13-3 run rule victory over the Georgia Bulldogs. Mizzou will look to take the series against Georgia on Senior Day, taking place today (Saturday). Mizzou softball shortstop Jenna Laird and center fielder Alex Honnold, were named to the All-Southeastern Conference second…
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KXEO Sports Report 5/6/2023
Mizzou baseball run-ruled Ole Miss 13-3 in seven innings last (Friday) night to take the series in game two. It’s the second SEC series win for the Tigers this season. Mizzou looks to complete the sweep against Ole Miss today (Saturday). Mizzou softball was shut-out 9-0 by 12th ranked Arkansas in Columbia last (Friday) night.…
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KXEO Sports Report 5/5/23
Missouri baseball completed a huge comeback to defeat Ole Miss 11-9 yesterday (Thursday) in the series opener. The Tigers scored nine unanswered runs. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Matt Garcia hit a go-ahead two-run homer to give Mizzou the lead. The Tigers look to take the series against Ole Miss tonight…
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KXEO Sports Report 4/22/23
Mexico Boys Tennis vs Kirksville Boys Tennis 04/21/2023 3-6 Varsity Doubles: Varsity Singles: JV Doubles: Mexico head coach Tony Senor reports “Although we didn’t win against Kirkville, we all played well considering the wind and temperature. Brendan and Declan won their Doubles match in Tiebreaker, Declan beat his #2 10-5 where we had troubles with…
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KXEO Sports Report 4/10/23
(Photo Credit To Eric Mattson) The Mexico Bulldogs High School baseball team split a pair of games against Southern Boone and Richmond in a triangular held in Ashland on Saturday. Mexico lost 8-5 to Southern Boone in the opening game. Andrew Runge led the Bulldogs in hits with two. Matt McCurdy delivered two RBI. The…