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1 week ago | ozarkssportszone.com | Chris Neyenhouse

Hollister’s Sinry Mendoza finished 11th at the State meet in the 1600 meter run just two seasons ago as a freshman. So it was time to study his opponents. “If you go back and look at the races he’d always just stay there until the last 100 [meters],” said Sinry, a junior on the team, when referring to his opponent who won the event. After a year of grueling training, he came back last season and won the whole thing. It turns out that working hard to make things better runs in the Mendoza family.

1 week ago | ozarkssportszone.com | Danielle King

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1 week ago | ozarkssportszone.com | Danielle King

What the Wheatland community sees is a group of boys making school history in baseball and basketball. “It’s a memory that I will keep forever,” said Wheatland senior Braden Sawyer. With even the youngest fans showing support. “They line up and down the hall And we will walk down the [school] hallway and they’ll give high fives and a lot of them make posters,” said Wheatland senior Tucker Shaddox.

1 week ago | ozarkssportszone.com | Chris Neyenhouse

NORMAL, Ill. – Missouri State’s pitching staff matched a season high with 15 strikeouts to lead the Bears to a 4-3 victory over Illinois State Sunday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field. MSU held on to first place in the Missouri Valley Conference with their ninth series victory in 12 weekends this year. Starter Tyler Charlton recorded his first nine outs via strikeout and fanned a career-high 11 in 4.2 innings of work, the most by an MSU pitcher since Brandt Thompson in March 2023.