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Although Marion Jones was not among four athletes to receive letters of possible drug violations, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency isn’t done with her.

The sweeping drug scandal, which has taken down four top track athletes, threatens to bar several more, and the sport’s biggest star, Jones, remains under investigation.

The Mid-Missouri Mavericks routed the Gateway Grizzlies 10-3 on Wednesday in Sauget, Ill.

The Mavericks (3-16) scored in the first five innings to build 6-3 lead and had five consecutive hits in a four-run seventh. The Mavericks outhit the Grizzlies 14-8.

Missouri senior Janae Strickland is no stranger to success. It runs in the family.

Strickland’s mom, Lorinda Strickland, is former track star and Missouri record holder, setting the long jump record of 20 feet, 11 ½ inches in 1985 as Lorinda Richardson.

The hitting started too late for the Mid-Missouri Mavericks on Tuesday.

As a result, the Springfield-Ozark Ducks defeated the Mavericks 10-5 at Taylor Stadium. The Mavericks also lost the series 2-1. The Mavericks scored their first run in the eighth inning, when they trailed 9-0.

Christian Cantwell, a former Missouri athlete, was named USA Track and Field athlete of the week.

At the Adidas Oregon Track Classic on June 5, Cantwell threw a 2004 leading mark and meet record of 73 feet, 11 ½ inches.

Three Missouri baseball players are one step closer to making it to the big leagues.

Danny Hill, Garrett Broshuis and Cody Ehlers were selected on the first day of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft on Monday.

The Mid-Missouri Mavericks might need to calm down on the bases.

The Springfield-Ozark Ducks defeated the Mavericks 6-4 on Monday night at Taylor Stadium to tie the series at 1. The Mavericks (2-15) had three players picked off in the game.

Since the Missouri football team played its first intercollegiate game in 1890, there has been one team that brought a national championship to Columbia.

In 1954, the Missouri baseball team won the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., to become MU’s only team champion. John “Hi” Simmons coached the young team that had three seniors, including shortstop Dick “Scooter” Dickinson.

Everything worked well for the Mid-Missouri Mavericks on Sunday.

The Mavericks routed the Springfield-Ozark Ducks 12-5 at Taylor Stadium, getting 16 hits and scoring in five consecutive innings.

There was no tickertape parade awaiting the 1954 baseball team when it returned from Omaha, Neb., as the national champion.

Although there was heavy coverage in the newspapers, it was mid-June and the students were on summer break. None of the players remember a great celebration after the game and many did not make the trip back to Columbia, leaving to play semipro baseball for the summer.

Senior Dick Dickinson gave the 1954 team a stern warning before it reached Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series.

The Tigers had played on archaic Rollins Field all season and Dickinson, who had been to Rosenblatt Stadium as a sophomore when Missouri lost 8-4 to Holy Cross in the championship game, knew what awaited them.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Missouri had its share of situations this season where things looked hopeless and the season seemed over.

This time, though, the magic ran out.

The Vianney Golden Griffins started celebrating a little early.

The team rushed out of the dugout in the bottom of the seventh inning just as catcher Jason Hagerty dropped a pop fly everyone thought would be the final out. Vianney had to wait two more batters before winning on an out at first.

FENTON – Coach Sandy Paulsen couldn’t hold back her tears after the game Saturday.

It wasn’t because the Hickman girls’ soccer team lost to Blue Springs 3-2 in the third-place match of the Class 2 state championships at Anheuser-Busch Center.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – When Wichita State coach Gene Stephenson came to substitute pitcher Mike Pelfrey with two outs in the ninth inning against Missouri, the sophomore shrugged and trotted off the field. This wasn’t a pitching change of desperation.

Pelfrey had thrown 8 2/3 innings of shutout, dominating baseball.

Ozark pitcher Lucas Harrell picked the perfect time to get a strikeout.

Harrell struck out Sikeston's Cullen Dehart with the bases loaded to end the game and give the Tigers a 2-1 victory in a Class 3 semifinal game Friday morning at Taylor Stadium.

Fenton, Mo---Ursuline Academy's Julia Bradenberg overpowered Hickman's defense Friday.

Hickman girls' soccer team lost to Ursuline Academy 2-1 in the semifinals of the Class 2 state Championships at Anheuser-Busch Center in Fenton.

Vianney got one run, and that was all it needed.

The Golden Griffins used two sacrifice flies to score in beating Helias 1-0 at Taylor Stadium on Friday in a Class 4 baseball semifinal.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –- Missouri coach Tim Jamieson said his team can contend in this weekend’s postseason baseball regional for several reasons.

First, the Tigers were in the postseason last season, meaning they won’t be thrilled just to be here.

Hallsville might have been the visiting team on paper, but if felt right at home in Taylor Stadium on Thursday night in the Class 2 state championship.

The Indians won 11-4 against the Springfield Catholic Fightin’ Irish after scoring five runs in the seventh inning.