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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Zumwalt South's Simon Heading to Truman State

Cate Simon will join the Bulldogs softball team.

Fort Zumwalt South softball player Cate Simon will remain a Bulldog in college. Simon, an infielder for the Lady Bulldogs, has signed on to play softball for the Truman State University Bulldogs next year. Last season Simon hit .476 with a team-high 30 RBIs. She also put up a .556 on base percentage and led Zumwalt South with three triples. Truman softball coach Erin Brown offered glowing praise of Simon in a release on the Truman athletic website: "Cate is a very solid and well-rounded player," Brown said. "She’s strong and quick in the field. Cate has a good bat and can hit for power. She is definitely a gamer, and we can’t wait to see her in a Truman uniform.” Pictured are: Front Row from left to right: Mother Malissa Simon-Bonsack, …

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Signing Day Comes and Goes for Mizzou

Locally, not many kids are heading to Columbia. Will that be the case next year, too?

Wednesday, Feb. 2, was signing day for student athletes that are planning to play NCAA football. Meaning, that is, that it was the first day that the kids could sign a National Letter of Intent (NLI) declaring their intention to attend and play football at a specific school. If you’re unsure about what exactly an NIL is, click here. OK, are you back? Great.  For the Missouri Tigers, it was a pretty good day overall. A total of 17 kids committed to go to Columbia to play football, and on Wednesday morning rivals.com had the class rated as 28th-best with regard to average stars of its signees. Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel is pleased with the way things are going in Tiger Nation.  “This is always an exciting day for our program and for these…

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