SEMO Baseball Photos from Wayne McPherson

Nearly every road game the Southeast Missouri State baseball team plays Wayne McPherson sends in pictures.

We can't thank him enough.

I had a few extra minutes to spare so I edited the pictures from this weekends games at Louisiana-Lafayette together with some music.

Again...Thanks go out to Wayne McPherson...

SEMO took two of three in the weekend series to begin the season 2-1.

Salukis need a spark to fuel late season push.

Can the Southern Illinois Salukis (11-14, 5-9 MVC) parlay the momentum and success of tuesday nights upset of Wichita State into a victory tonight over Creighton? We''ll find out tonight at 7:05 CT.

The first game of the season Creighton (15-11, 7-7 MVC) rallied from a seven point hole in the final five minutes to send it to overtime. The Blue Jays pulled away in the extra session to beat the Salukis 72-66.

Since that loss to Creighton the Salukis have been in a free fall dropping three of ten including five straight before the much needed win over Wichita State.

Escaping Omaha with a victory tonight could be the fuel to feed a late season run into the Valley Tournament.

Hopefully they can find a groove and eventually be selected to play in one of the many post season tournaments.  So far this season has been a monumental disaster.

Building a program: Cape Central basketball

Under head coach Drew Church the Cape Central Tigers boys basketball program has improved each season.

This year the hard work and foundation built in seasons past is taking shape.  (As of  Wednesday night) Cape Central sits at 17-3 and has been red hot winning ten straight.

The Tigers will take the top seed into the upcoming Class 5 District 1 tournament.

Interesting article...What if Rams has not traded for Faulk.

Courtesy: Yahoo!

Just stumbled upon this at Yahoo!....  Interesting thought..What might have happened had Rams not traded for Marshall Faulk.

Yahoo! Sports: Faulk trade may have changed others’ fortunes

New bats for college baseball

The landscape of college baseball is changing.

Beginning this season teams will use a bat which plays more like wood.  The balls do not come off the newer bat as fast which makes the game safer for fielders and we probably  won't see as much offense this season.

Players and coaches will have to adjust to a time limit as well as the new bats this season.
With no one on base pitchers have 20 seconds to deliver a pitch.  They get one warning then the batter will be awarded a ball.

The new rule works both ways... If the batter is the cause of a pitch not thrown in the 20 second limit he will be given a strike.  Like the pitcher, hitters are given a warning.

If college baseball games are shortened and the focus is put on pitching & defense I'm a huge fan of the new rules.  Maybe that is my National League roots showing....But I''l take a 4-3 game in less than three hours any day.

Tony Samuel contract situation...in limbo

As of the 4:03 pm cst  there has been no official movement (one way or another) on the contract status of SEMO head football coach Tony Samuel. His original five year contract expires Monday.

Courtesy gosoutheast.com

KFVS 12 Sports Director Todd Richards talked with Southeast Athletics Director Jon Shafer Sunday afternoon but Shafer declined comment. Those close to the situation are being very tight lipped.

What makes the situation a bit more pressing is the fact National letter-of-intent signing day is Wednesday.
Coach Samuel is scheduled to attend a signing party Wednesday at Port Cape and discuss this years class.

2010 was an amazing season for Coach Samuel...without question the best in the programs history.

• Eddie Robinson award winner which goes to the National coach of the year
• Roy Kidd award (OVC coach of the year)
• 9-2 regular season record and the programs first conference championship  
• FCS playoffs (the third loss of the season coming to eventual National Champion Eastern Washington)

In five seasons at Southeast Coach Samuel has posted a 22-35 record.

Results: 2011 City Of Roses Invitational Swim Meet

A big day for some Missouri high school swimmers as they competed in the City of Roses Invitational swim meet.

To name just a few... congratulations to Jacksons, Katie Garner, Jenny Powell, Kyleigh Troxel, Allison Hobbs, Cape Central's Amy Allen, Maddie Siefert, Meredith Hazelrigg and Serena Chang who all qualified for state.

Results: 2011 City Of Roses Invitational