Worth Noting will help you spread the word for your sports-related fundraiser, be it a golf tournament, barbecue, car wash, whatever. We will run these for up to a month in advance to help your cause for a charity, your team, etc.
If your son/daughter or nephew/niece or friend/acquaintance has signed an athletic scholarship, please let us know. It doesn't matter what sport or the size of the college, this is a great accomplishment and is worth noting. These will change every week. Also, if you made a hole-in-one, bowled a 300 or caught a fish bigger than your kitchen table, we would love to share that, too. These also will change every week.
In addition, we will track and update the season progress of Sam LeCure (Helias/Cincinnati Reds) and Blake Tekotte (Columbia Hickman/San Diego Padres) each week.
Send your info to tloeffler@krcg.com and it will be our pleasure to spread the good word.
TRACK AND FIELD
Little Olympics
More than 650 fourth- and fifth-grade boys and girls will converge on Adkins Stadium on Saturday for the 63rd annual Little Olympics. Girls' events start at 9 a.m., with the boys' events starting around noon.
Students will compete in the 40- and 60-yard dashes, the 240- and 300-yard shuttles, the 400-yard run, ball throw and broad jump. Awards will be presented to one outstanding boy and girl athlete from the parochial and public schools. Candidates are selected on the merits of leadership, scholastic achievement, courtesy and athletic ability.
Participating schools are: Belair, Callaway Hills, Cedar Hill, Concord Christian, East, Immaculate Conception, Lawson, Moreau Heights, North, Pioneer Trail, South, St. Joseph, St. Peter's, Thorpe Gordon, Trinity Lutheran and West.
BASEBALL
Bulldogs at Busch
The South Callaway Bulldogs will play the Salem Tigers on May 26 at Busch Stadium after the Cardinals' 6:15 p.m. game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Tickets, which are good for both games, are just $20 in the Left Field Pavilion section. After the Cards-Phillies game, fans can move down closer to the field.
As an incentive for selling tickets, the top seller on South Callaway's team will get to have batting practice with the Cardinals. The school is trying to raise money for a new backstop at the baseball field, and to help with fees associated with the summer league.
Zastryzny honored
Missouri sophomore Rob Zastryzny has been named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after his complete-game shutout of Texas Tech on Friday night. Zastryzny is the third Tiger to take home a Big 12 Weekly honor and is the first Tiger hurler to earn Big 12 Pitcher of the Week since May 18, 2010, when Nick Tepesch took home the honor.
Zastryzny allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out five against Texas Tech, completing the game in 112 pitches. He is the first Tiger to throw a complete game shutout in Big 12 play since 2009 when Kyle Gibson did so against Kansas State. Zastryzny is 4-2 with a 3.58 ERA this season, with a team-best 57 strikeouts in 70 innings.
Pro baseball stats
(Through May 1)
Sam LeCure, RHP
Games: 8. GS: 0. W-L: 0-1. IP: 9.2. H: 9. BB: 6. K: 8. ER: 6. ERA: 5.59.
Blake Tekotte, OF (Triple AAA Tucson)
Games: 20. AB: 79. H: 22. 2B: 7. HR: 2. RBI: 6. R: 11. BA: .278.
With Padres (Tekotte was called up Saturday)
Games: 2. AB: 1. H: 0. 2B: 0. HR: 0. RBI: 0. R: 0. BA: .000.
SOFTBALL
Backes the best
Westminster College senior Rachel Backes (Tipton High School) will be presented the 2011-12 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Female Student-Athlete of the Year award. The presentation will be made at the conference's inaugural Awards Banquet on Tuesday, May 15, at the Soccer Park in Fenton, Missouri.
Backes, who is graduating this weekend with honors with a degree in biology, is a Dean’s List student and a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor society. A four-year team captain on the Blue Jay women's basketball team, Backes is a four-time all-conference selection, was named SLIAC Player of the Year her junior season and became the first-ever All-American in program history, she earned academic all-conference her sophomore, junior and senior seasons and was named an All-District pick her final two years. She guided her team to back-to-back SLIAC tiles the past two season and the 2011-12 team won the conference tournament title to become the first Blue Jay women’s team to qualify for the NCAA Division III national tournament.
During her four seasons, Backes was part of teams that compiled a school record 67 victories. She played and started in an individual career-record 101 games. She concludes her career fourth in career scoring with 1,203 points, 11th in career rebounding with 392 rebounds, and third in career assists with 295.
GOLF
Special Olympics Tournament
A four-person scramble benefiting Special Olympics Missouri will be held Monday, May 7 at Railwood Golf Club.
Cost is $75 per golfer or $300 per team, which covers green fees, cart and lunch. Based on a full field, there will be three flights of competition with prizes going to the top-three finishers in each flight. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., registration is at noon and tee-off is 1 p.m.
For those interested in helping further sponsor the event, the following options are available:
* Gold Level, $700, which includes two teams in the tournament and a company sign on one of the holes, as well as sign at the registration table and lunch site;
* Silver Level, $400, which includes one team in the tournament and a company sign on one of the holes, as well as sign at the registration table and lunch site;
* Bronze Level, $150, which includes a company sign on one of the holes, as well as a sign at the registration table and lunch site.
The tournament is hosted by the Jefferson City Police Department, Missouri Highway Patrol-Troop F and the Missouri Department of Corrections. To register or for more information, contact Diane Brimer at 573-635-1660 or dbrimer@somo.org. Registration will be accepted up until 12:30 p.m. the day of the event.
American Cancer Society Tournament
The 30th annual American Cancer Society four-person scramble will be held Friday, May 11 at Eagle Knoll.
Cost is $150 per person, which includes: Green fees, cart, lunch, dinner, beverages, promo gift bag, mulligans and all course games. There are no additional costs at the course. Prizes will be awarded to the top-three finishers in each flight. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. and tee time is 12:30 p.m. Dinner will be served immediately following the round.
For more information, contact Molly Steinbeck at 635-4839 or 800-635-9194.
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