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The field will be full at Saturday's Kentucky Derby with one more than the maximum field of 20 horses entered. Wood Memorial and Tampa Bay Derby winner Verrazano will be leading the way as one of five colts trained by Todd Pletcher.

The Cardinals scored three runs in the sixth and held on to beat their division rival.

Missouri dropped its final nonconference game of the season Tuesday night 9-7 against  Southeast Missouri State, the 231st-ranked team in the country according to the NCAA's Ratings Percentage Index.

The Bruins' game Wednesday against the Kewpies has been named in honor of former Bruins soccer player Arianna Alioto, who drowned in November in the campus pool at Northern Michigan.

After going 3-2 in the past week, Missouri (29-9, 13-7 SEC) is ranked No. 11 headed into the final week of the regular season.

Tolton baseball won both games of its doubleheader against the Missouri Military Academy on Tuesday.

A home run accounted for Jansen Smith’s 41st and 42nd RBIs of the season, breaking the single-season school record held by Mark Kirchoff and lifting the Bruins to a 9-3 win over the Jays.

Missouri golfer Jace Long was named First Team All-SEC, while Hunter Kraus earned SEC Scholar-Athlete honors.

Heather English will have her jersey hung in the Ring of Honor at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn.

Alex Steen's goal in overtime made the Kings pay for a too many men on the ice call and gave the Blues a 1-0 series lead.

Kansas City's James Shields allowed a two-run homer to Matt Joyce in the first inning, but only allowed three more hits over the next six in an 8-2 victory over Tampa Bay.

Garcia (3-1) gave up one run on seven hits, struck out three and did not walk a batter. The left-hander improved to 7-0 in eight starts against Cincinnati at Busch Stadium and is 9-2 overall against them.

NCAA President Mark Emmert opened Tuesday's second Inclusion Forum by urging campus leaders to make school policies more welcoming for women, minorities, disabled athletes and those with different sexual orientations.

Bruins senior Matt Priest has gone from pinch-runner to run-producer since winning a spot in the lineup in March.

Kaylee Brueggeman will watch senior Chelsie Crain graduate at the end of this season — just like she did at Wentzville Holt High School.

Former Bruins coach Marc VanDover was in attendance for the team's 3-0 victory over Smith-Cotton on Monday night.

Bruins catcher Tanner Cooper has assumed a leadership role for a young Rock Bridge team with his family's help.

With the team's eight seniors starting in the field, the Kewpies rolled over the Bulldogs for their sixth straight win. 

Matt Echelmeier and Jack Knoesel led the Bruins. 

Chase Freidel and Lacy Stephens won events for the Trailblazers.