Local High School Basketball-Wednesday, March 6

Scoreboard...
Boys Class 4 Sectional at Missouri S&T in Rolla...
Jordan Miller hit the game winning shot just outside the free throw line as time ran out giving St. Francis Borgia a thrilling 47-45 win over Hillcrest. Miller finished the game with 14 points. Casey Kuchem led the Knights with 16. Borgia improves to 20-8 and will play Republic in the quarterfinal Saturday at 1:00 at Drury in Springfield. Republic is 27-4 going in.

Boys Class 5 Sectional at Camdenton High School...
The Washington Blue Jays gave the heavily favored Hickman Kewpies all they could handle forcing the game into overtime. Hickman prevailed 53-49 ending the season for Washington at 17-9. Luke Schroepfer scored 22 of Washington's points in the second half and the extra session.

Girls Class 4 Sectional at Missouri S&T in Rolla...
Sullivan took care of Bolivar 51-41. The Lady Eagles improve to 24-4 and will face Webb City in the quarterfinal at 2:45 at Drury Saturday afternoon. Webb City has a record of 23-5.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

7 hours 55 min ago

The KLPW Radio Athlete of the Week is Seth Schenck. The New Haven Junior won the state title in the the 800 meter run at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Seth also took second in the 1600 meter run and anchored the 4X800 relay team that captured seventh place. Seth also played basketball and ran cross country in his junior year at New Haven. He is also a very good student.

OFF THE CUFF with Diane Jones

4 weeks 3 hours ago

Undoubtedly, the capture of Boston marathon bombing "Suspect #2"--as named by law enforcement--has quickly brought the issue of Islamic terrorism to the forefront.

OFF THE CUFF ARCHIVE

SPORTS CORNER

7 hours 55 min ago

With the Cardinals off on the road, Busch Stadium's diamond is being reconfigured for soccer. Manchester City and Chelsea, two English Premier League giants, play a friendly in St. Louis on Thursday. Man City and the Blues finished in second and third place, respectively, in the EPL this season.