Big plays, big calls and combinations of the two were the determining factors in Missouri’s win Saturday against Colorado.

The Tigers won 17-9, snapping a five-game losing streak against the Buffaloes, but for the second straight year controversial calls by the officials and penalties were integral to the outcome.

Before Saturday, Missouri was the second-least penalized team in the Big 12 Conference,Italy football shirt, with 14 penalties for 89 yards. The Tigers will drop in that category after committing seven penalties for 70 yards, all in the first half.

“We had some penalties, (problems with) the kicking game,Kaizer Chiefs shirt, and just things that you just don’t do,” coach Gary Pinkel said. “I’m disappointed when I see things like that. I want penalties and the kicking game, I want all those things to work with perfection.”

Colorado also struggled to avoid mistakes, with seven penalties for 45 yards. The Buffaloes had some difficult penalties on offense that created third and long situations and gave the Tigers second chances on defense.

One of Colorado’s biggest mistakes came on the first drive of the game, when Missouri failed to convert on third and goal, but Buffalo linebacker Jason Ackerman was called for holding in the end zone. The penalty put Missouri on Colorado’s 3-yard line and tailback Damien Nash ran the ball for a touchdown on the next play.

“We definitely hurt ourselves,” Colorado quarterback Joel Klatt said. “We had some big plays that got taken back, and there were some little things that we need to pay more attention to the details and correct those.”

Nash said mistakes and what he said were questionable calls affected both teams.

“There were a lot of penalties that probably shouldn’t have gone against us and there were some penalties that also hurt us,Retro Football Shirts,” Nash said. “We just have to avoid those things and as much as we avoid them the game is going to be played better.”

The most controversial penalty against Missouri came in the second quarter when the Tigers had first and 10 on their own 41-yard line. Quarterback Brad Smith threw a deep pass down the sideline to wide receiver Sean Coffey, who caught the ball and would have scored a touchdown, but was called for pass interference. After the game Pinkel and the Missouri players questioned the call.

“I had a real good look at that and I have to take that up with the officials,” Pinkel said.

Coffey redeemed himself in the third, though,Benfica shirt, turning a six-yard pass to the sideline from Smith into a 51-yard touchdown, beating his man and receiving a block from tight end Martin Rucker that freed him to run to the end zone.

“It’s just nice to see him come back and make that big play,” Pinkel said. “I thought that was huge.”

Missouri’s ability to overcome penalties and Colorado’s inability to do so was the difference between this year’s game and last year’s, when Colorado won 21-16. The Tigers crumbled in critical situations in that game and could not overcome plays like one on which a run by Smith that looked like a touchdown was ruled a fumble.

Pinkel said he talked in team meetings this week about the need to make big plays. Missouri’s response to that challenge was the difference in the game.

“I thought it was a pretty good gut check for our football team against a very good team,” Pinkel said.

The Missouri River 340 is under way.

Racers have begun arriving at various checkpoints on the race course. Boat 1458,Napoli shirt, “Easy Living,Italy football shirt,” is leading the race. The riders in that boat are West Hansen of Austin, Texas, and David Kelly of San Rafael, Calif.

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Dragon boat “Beauties and Barnacles” left the first checkpoint in Lexington, Mo.,Benfica shirt, at 1:24 p.m. and was in sixth place at that point.

Boats are predicted to arrive at Cooper’s Landing near Columbia around 2:40 a.m. Wednesday. They are projected to continue to arrive throughout the early morning.

If the Rock Bridge girls’ basketball players can keep their momentum, they’ll eclipse last year’s poor performance.

Undefeated, the Bruins extended their winning streak to six by beating California 45-27 Thursday night. It was Rock Bridge’s second home game of the season.

Rock Bridge has posted as many wins as it had last season when they finished 6-20. Coach Kevin Giese said he expects the team to win a few more games before the end of the season.

“Six is a good number for the fans,” Giese said. “It’s a good number for us, but it’s more for the fans than it is for us. We think we can continue this and keep going throughout the season.”

Turnovers proved to be the most important statistic of the game. Rock Bridge turned the ball over four times in the first quarter. At the end of the quarter the Bruins found themselves behind 8-12.

Momentum swung completely in Rock Bridge’s favor in the second half. The Bruins took better care of the ball and played better defense. The Bruins gave the ball away four times and forced 10 turnovers in the second half.

“I think those turnovers come from the score,” Giese said. “Early in the game we were behind and the pressure was on us. The second half they were behind and the pressure kept mounting and mounting for them.”

Inside play was a large part of the Rock Bridge offense. Sophomore forward Ashley Dressler led the Bruins’ scoring with 12 points, most of which were in the paint.

“When it’s open they just pass it in because we call for the ball,” Dressler said. “They’re pretty good at getting it inside and we’re pretty good at finishing.”

Pounding the ball inside to get easy baskets wasn’t the only reason Rock Bridge focused on playing half-court offense. Senior Rachel Jones said controlling the pace of the game helped the Bruins secure the win.

“I think that had been our motto tonight,Valencia shirt,” Jones said. “Slow it down, slow it down. There’s no need to rush. We have 40 minutes in a ball game,Birmingham shirt, no need to make it go any faster than that.”

Giese said he expects the rest of Rock Bridge’s opponents to be just about the same caliber as California.

“They’re a very good team,Benfica shirt,” Giese said. “They have two really standout players. And sometimes when you have standout players like that some of the other players aren’t used to having as much of a load on their shoulders. But they’re as good as any other team on our schedule.”

Gerry Lisby is a supervisor for the Columbia Public Works Department in the Sanitary Sewer Maintenance section, at least during the week.

On the weekend, Lisby, of Ashland, is a cowboy, traveling to around 60 rodeos a year, competing in the team roping competition, usually with partner Brant Spurgin,Wales football shirt, of Eminence.

Ashland’s Gerry Lisby, left, makes sure his rope and horse are ready for competition Saturday at the Midway Expo Center Rodeo. (ADAM WISNESKI/Missourian)

Lisby grew up in Texas and began team roping 21 years ago, before he was even out of high school. By 1989, the year he graduated, he was competing in the Texas circuit rodeos.

“My family was doing it, and I just started doing it,” said Lisby of team roping.

Lisby’s wife, Jeanette, also competes at rodeos in the breakaway roping event.

Team roping, rodeo’s only two-contestant event, consists of a header and a heeler. The steer is released and both ropers chase the steer.

The header ropes first, catching the steer in one of three possible ways: around the head and one horn, around the neck,Lazio shirt, or around both horns. The horns are wrapped to ensure the steer is unharmed.

After successfully roping the steer, the header turns left, leading the steer to where the heeler has a clear throw at the hind legs. The heeler must rope both legs. All of this can happen in just four or five seconds.

If only one leg is roped, a five-second penalty is added to the team’s time. If either of the ropers leave the gate early, before the steer has had the proper head start, a 10-second penalty is added to the time.

Breakaway roping, Jeanette Lisby’s event, starts much the same as the team roping. A calf is released and after the proper head start interval, the cowgirl chases. One end of the rope is used to rope the calf. The other is tied to the saddle horn with a light string. Once the calf is tied and rope tightens, the rope breaks away from the saddle horn, ending the event. It’s not uncommon for all of this to happen in just two seconds.

Gerry and Jeanette Lisby met in Texas. She was working on a horse farm next door to a friend of his. Jeanette Lisby had grown up in Ashland and Gerry Lisby said he had never “been up there before,” but that he was “looking for something different.” The couple moved to Ashland in 1995, where they have lived ever since.

Soon after his arrival, Gerry Lisby started roping in Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association and United Rodeo Association events across the Midwest.

The MRCA has an annual membership of around 600 cowboys and cowgirls from around the Midwest.

The URA is a bit larger. A non-profit organization established in 1962, the URA sanctions rodeo in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

The URA Championship Finals Rodeo is held in November each year, featuring the top 15 contestants in each of the standard rodeo events based on total points from the rest of the season.

At the 2006 URA Championship rodeo, Lisby and Spurgin won the team-roping. Scores were combined times of three runs. Lisby and Spurgin’s three six-second runs added up to 18.87 seconds. A tally of 22.25 seconds earned second place. Spurgin said their best time for a single run was an amazing 4.40 in Lincoln, Neb.

Lisby described the competition in the Midwest as “just as good (as Texas), just not as many people.”

Lisby, a heeler, and Spurgin, a header, met each other through rodeos. Both were in need of a partner around the same time.

“We just met going to some of these competitions,” Lisby said. “We liked each other and liked the way each other roped.”

Lisby and Spurgin have roped together for six years, though on Saturday at the Midway Expo Center Rodeo, Spurgin was unavailable and Lisby had to find a new header.

Lisby roped with C.W. Adams at the URA and MRCA co-sanctioned rodeo.

“He’s a good run,” said Lisby of Adams.

Lisby and Adams were in fourth place after the first night of competition, though Lisby said, “I didn’t do as good as I wanted.”

The two-day rodeo has team ropers compete on both Saturday and Sunday night. Sunday’s results haven’t been tallied yet, but Lisby and Adams probably didn’t finish in the top five overall.

“We don’t really expect to place,” Lisby said, “but we’ll take it if it happens.”

In most rodeos, like the Midway rodeo Saturday, competitors get one chance to prove themselves.

“You get one shot at it and that’s it,” Lisby said.

Lisby missed the second leg with his rope, adding the five-second penalty to the team’s seven-second time.

Spurgin, who has been roping for about 28 years, lives 150 miles away from Ashland in Eminence. Lisby said they practice together “some, but not as much as I’d like.”

The lack of practice together doesn’t seem to affect their performance.

“Him and I have won I don’t know how many championships,” Spurgin said. “In the last five years, we’ve won eight championships together, six or eight saddles, and probably a dozen belt buckles a piece.”

“If you can’t (practice together), as long as you’re practicing period, it helps,” Lisby said. Competing together on a regular basis helps too.

“Gerry and I, we go everywhere; a lot in Wisconsin and Michigan, only some in Missouri,” Spurgin said, though he didn’t want to travel the 150 miles to ride the amateur rodeo with Lisby on Saturday.

“He (Lisby) was mad at me because I didn’t go up there (to the Midway rodeo),Benfica shirt,” Spurgin said. Spurgin said he doesn’t miss many rodeos in the area, but he didn’t think the amateur rodeo was worth the three-hour trip. Lisby’s trip was only 12 miles.

Besides being a good roper, Spurgin said that Lisby is a great person as well.

“You’ll never meet a better guy than him to go around and travel with,” Spurgin said. “He never quits. He never gives up, always thinks of the best.”

CONCORD, N.C. Jamie McMurray was confused,Atletico Madrid shirt, then stunned, when a friend in his hometown of Joplin, Mo., sent him a picture early in the week.

“I didn’t even know what he had sent me,Benfica shirt,” the Sprint Cup driver said Saturday. “Then I did figure it out because one part left of my house was actually the address left on the front wall.”

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Although McMurray and the rest of his family moved from Joplin to North Carolina more than a decade ago, he is taking an active role in raising money for the tornado-ravaged city. McMurray has partnered with primary sponsor Bass Pro Shops and Springfield, Mo.-based Convoy of Hope to help the victims of the monster tornado that packed 200 mph winds.

“Joplin, Mo.” will appear in large letters across the side of his No. 1 Chevrolet during Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600.

“I think it’s really hard for me to explain to you guys when you see the pictures to know what it used to look like,” said McMurray,Glasgow Rangers shirt, who indicated he last visited Joplin four or five years ago. “It makes it more real for somebody when you know what the school used to look like or the hospital or that area and see how destroyed it is. It’s incredible the damage the tornado did.”

McMurray said not only was the house he grew up in leveled May 22, the tornado “took the whole neighborhood out” and destroyed much of the high school McMurray attended. The death toll reached 139 on Saturday.

“Everyone that I know,Italy football shirt, or at least friends talking to friends, I haven’t known anyone that’s lost their life,” McMurray said. “I have a lot of friends that have lost their homes.”

McMurray said crew members and sponsors have offered to assist in the relief efforts. McMurray and Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris will fly to Morris’ hometown of Springfield, Mo., on Thursday to collect food and supplies from Convoy of Hope. They’re then scheduled to go to Joplin and will join the mayor and chief of police on a tour of McMurray’s old neighborhood.

“I had a friend that lives there and has witnessed everything tell me that Joplin would recover. He just didn’t know if it would recover in our lifetimes,” McMurray said. “I know there will be a big effort on my part over the next years to come to help with the hospital, the schools and the families.”

Feyenoord against PSV live Watch Sunday, December 4
Feyenoord coach Ronald Koeman hung before the game last weekend on a page from the newspaper in the dressing room with the headline: top or flop. It had to do with the results the team achieved this season. Good results were interspersed with unnecessary defeats. After the game against RKC Koeman smiled when asked to match a top or flop was. He called the victory a business, they have themselves enforced. Coach Koeman finds it reassuring that the game is won. “It gives a lot of confidence.

PSV plays Sunday against Feyenoord without Marcelo. He was suspended for this match,Valencia shirt, because he grabbed his fourth yellow card. PSV coach Rutten was not happy with the yellow card,Celtic shirt, after which Marcelo was an unnecessary infringement.
Fred Rutten was pleased with the PSV game Saturday against Groningen. “The game was almost perfect,” said Rutten.

According to the coach to the players of PSV all in an “overdrive” and as a result there are still sometimes made ??the wrong choices. Nevertheless, he does not slow down, because the audience is fantastic. Feyenoord would be able to keep against PSV Eindhoven or the club even stronger? Watch Sunday, December 4 at the close match Feyenoord – PSV
Heerenveen live against AZ Sunday, December 4
AZ maintained his perfect score last weekend in Alkmaar against FC Utrecht next home game in a row to book: 2-0. It keeps the Alkmaar so firmly on top of the league that it has great prospects for the winter title on going requirements. The team of coach Gertjan Verbeek has all its matches at the stadium so far won. The AZ of last season,Sevilla shirt, sometimes took too many risks so long remained 0-0. Now the players have much more patience. As a team, but individually the players from AZ clearly a step further than last year. That plays a big role in coach Verbeek. All players are fit and everyone is willing to work for each other.
Heerenveen plays well in this competition and has won many races. So they stayed Saturday night visit to NAC (2-2) for the eleventh consecutive undefeated. That did the Frisians only twice before in the Eredivisie.
Heerenveen lost on August 20th and the last league game. Then followed a series of five wins and six draws for the team from Friesland coach Ron Jans.
Heerenveen continued twice before a series of eleven league games without defeat down. For the first time that happened between January and April 2001 and again between February and April 2004.

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COLUMBIA — In 27 Big 12 Conference games last year, the Missouri baseball team committed 28 errors. In the third game of the Tigers’ intrasquad fall world series on Sunday at Taylor Stadium, the teams combined for a quarter of that total.

“As far as the game itself, it was pretty sloppy defensively,Benfica shirt,” MU coach Tim Jamieson said.

The Gold team was the primary perpetrator of the gaffe total, accounting for five of the seven errors in the Black team’s 12-3 win. No matter the skill level, players made errors. Even 2007 Big 12 All Conference pick Jacob Priday, the right fielder for the Gold team, mishandled two routine balls in the seventh inning,Napoli shirt, allowing several runners to advance.

“We can’t play that way in the spring if we’re going to have the team we’re capable of having,” Jamieson said.

Priday and both offenses made up for some of the mistakes with four home runs, including a solo shot by Priday, but Jamieson was still unhappy with his team’s performance.

“We’re capable of scoring a lot of runs, but the reason we’re scoring so many runs is because we’re giving a lot of extra outs,South Africa football shirt,” Jamieson said.

The teams will get a chance to redeem themselves at 6 tonight in the fourth game of the series.

COLUMBIA Three years ago, a timid Rock Bridge freshman started her first varsity game in the home opener of the season and lost to Liberty.

Saturday,Retro Football Shirts, confident senior Amaya Williams led her team to victory.

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The Bruins defeated visiting Liberty 41-37. “Its the clutch moments she really comes through,” said Bev Peterson, Williams mother.

In the second half, free throws ended up being the key to winning the game, and Williams sunk 13 of her 14 free throws. Williams went to the line twice within the last minute of the game, earning the final points of the win.

“Were good at being resilient and coming back,” said coach Jill Nagel. “Weve had a bad first quarter before, but we come back hard and score the next (quarter). We did a good job picking it up on defense and shooting, even if we werent scoring.”

Williams led the team in free throws, with 13 of her 17 points coming from the free-throw line.

At halftime, she was also nominated for the McDonalds All-American team, which is an honor Williams takes to heart.

“I volunteer with the Ronald McDonald charities one Wednesday each month,Sevilla shirt,” Williams said.

Wiliams is also a member of the National Honors Society, Rock Bridge Reaches Out, and serves as the student council secretary.

“She is the epitome of a student athlete,” Nagel said. “She leads by example, and this year, as a senior,Santos shirt, shes been more vocal with her team. She has strong academics. She really walks the talk.”

Basketball has played an integral role in Williams life. What started as Pee Wee hoops in kindergarten continued to the high school varsity team for 4 years as shooting guard 13 years later.

“Its been a big part of my life. Its hard work but I enjoy doing it. It keeps me focused.”

She played on a summer travel team for Mid America Youth Basketball and traveled to Oklahoma City for nationals, where her team of 7 years took third place overall.

“My older brother and dad played, and I was really into sports as a little kid,” Williams said. She discovered her true passion for basketball when she had to decide which sports to pursue in high school.

“Playing three sports when youre older is too much,Benfica shirt, and basketball was my favorite. I played basketball and softball until seventh grade, but basketball was more my sport.”

Williams accomplishments on the court include being named All-District and second team All-State since her sophomore year. She also scored her 1,000 point at the Shawnee Mission game on Jan. 23, putting her at more than 1,030 points after Saturday.

“Basketball has been a big part of my life,” Williams said. “Its hard work but I enjoy doing it. It keeps me focused.”

Williams has committed to Truman State, where she will continue her basketball career.

The Perche Creek Golf Club hosted the Show-Me State Games’ miniature golf event on Sunday. The competition drew a few groups of friends and even a family of three.

Dawn and Grace Heston watch as Chris Heston putts his ball into the fourth hole during the 2010 Show-Me State Games miniature golf event Sunday at the Perche Creek Golf Club. Chris Heston said the family was out for an “an impromptu family day” and did not plan to play in the games,AS Roma shirt, but they entered after a suggestion from a fellow miniature golfer.
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Jessie Pfautz reacts to a missed putt during the 2010 Show-Me State Games miniature golf competition Saturday at the Perche Creek Golf Club. Pfautz, who is from Kansas City and participated in the track and field events this weekend,Juventus shirt, was not too concerned about her misfortunes in golf. “I already got one medal, so I’m not going to be disappointed about this,” she said.
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Jon Harrison finds himself unsatisfied after missing a putt, but he and friend John Fitzgibbons take their misfortunes in good stride during the 2010 Show-Me State Games miniature golf event Sunday at the Perche Creek Golf Club. Fitzgibbons was last year’s gold medalist in the event,Benfica shirt, “but I don’t think there’s a medal in my future,” he said.
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It’s never too late to start playing a new sport.

Paul Rubenstein, 54, played soccer for the first time in the second annual Rock Bridge High Boys’ Soccer Alumni Game on Saturday at Rock Bridge.

Rubenstein played though his son, Jack, 18, a former Bruins goalkeeper, couldn’t make the game. Rubenstein played goalkeeper because one team lacked a goalie.

“I still made a couple of good saves,” Rubenstein said.

About 20 alumni played.

David Graham, Rock Bridge’s boys’ soccer coach,Bayern Munich shirt, graduated from the school in 1986 and said he was excited to see his old players.

Graham said he established the event last year to raise money for the program,Napoli shirt, taking a cue from Harry Lewis,Benfica shirt, a former Rock Bridge boys’ soccer coach.

Graham said Lewis used to invite alumni to practice against his teams in the 1980s and early ‘90s.

Graham said the team is no longer allowed to practice with alumni, so he started the event for alumni only.

Kyle Reed, a 2003 graduate, said he played Saturday because of fond memories.

“The memory of my high school days is all about soccer,” Reed said. “Most of my good friends are from the team.”

He said he enjoyed the event because he could see some of his friends he hasn’t seen for more than a year.

“I’ll keep coming back,Santos shirt, “ Reed said.