http://www.hannibal.net/section/SPORTS hannibal.net delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:32:56 +0000 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130617/SPORTS/130619034/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:26:21 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130617/SPORTS/130619034/1020/SPORTS  
High school football season is long over but that won’t stop several local girdiron stars from playing in one final game as high school players.
On Friday, June 28, 95 of the top senior football players from across the tri-states area (Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois) will buckle their chins traps one last time as high school players in the 9th Annual Do or Die All Star Game.
The game itself is set for a 6 p.m. kickoff at [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130613/SPORTS/130619398/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:27:13 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130613/SPORTS/130619398/1020/SPORTS For Mark Sanders, sports is a way of life and having the opportunity to work and coach in his home town was a dream come true. But then a family life got in the way and Sanders let the coaching take a backseat.
"All my life while I was single, the basketball team became my family," Sanders said. "At 3 o’clock or whenever I would see them in the hallways, I would talk to them. Those kids became my sense of relief, my love, my - you become so unified with these kids. You [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130612/NEWS/306129995/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:07:31 The Associated Press http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130612/NEWS/306129995/1020/SPORTS http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/SPORTS/130619986/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Mon, 10 Jun 2013 8:41:14 Courier-Post Files Nov. 27, 1936 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/SPORTS/130619986/1020/SPORTS
Note: Football game video is toward the end of this film.
Courier-Post Files Nov. 27, 1936
There was the battle of the Plains of Marathon; there was the battle of Hastings, or the second battle of the Marne, all important events in the history of races and nations, but [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130606/SPORTS/130609315/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 1:56:24 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130606/SPORTS/130609315/1020/SPORTS Growing up, almost every kid wants to be a professional athlete. For me, it was baseball. I wanted to be a baseball player for as long as I could remember.
But, as I got older, I realized I did not possess the gift of being athletically inclined. I tried, but I just wasn't good enough.
I wanted a way to stay involved in the game, so I tried everything. I worked as an umpire for one year. I worked in the Oakland A's ticket office for seven years. I coached little league, I [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130605/NEWS/306059997/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 5 Jun 2013 7:02:14 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130605/NEWS/306059997/1020/SPORTS http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130603/NEWS/130609858/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:52:43 DANNY HENLEY danny.henley@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130603/NEWS/130609858/1020/SPORTS http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130602/SPORTS/130609928/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Sun, 2 Jun 2013 18:48:59 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130602/SPORTS/130609928/1020/SPORTS ST. LOUIS – There was no sweep in St. Louis on Sunday as the Cardinals lost the final game of the series to San Francisco. St. Louis fell behind early. San Francisco scored single runs in the second and third innings to take a 2-0 lead. The Cardinals tied it up at 2-2, but would get nothing more and eventually lost 4-2.

More than the outcome though, the key moment in the game was when Cardinals’ catcher Yadier Molina was ejected following a play at first base. [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130601/SPORTS/130609974/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Sat, 1 Jun 2013 23:37:58 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130601/SPORTS/130609974/1020/SPORTS ST. LOUIS – If it were up to Matt Cain, the San Francisco Giants’ pitcher, he won’t face the Cardinals again this season. Luckily for him, the Giants are done with St. Louis after this series.
"Matt (Cain) is one of the top pitchers in our league," St. Louis skipper Mike Matheny said. "He is just a pro and goes about it the right way. We know that you have to put anything together when you can and we had the one inning where we [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130531/SPORTS/130539667/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 31 May 2013 23:57:35 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130531/SPORTS/130539667/1020/SPORTS The soccer season might be over for the Hannibal girls’ team, but the awards are still rolling in for the Lady Pirates.
Senior forward Theresa Sheffer was named second team All State Friday while her teammate, junior goal keeper Kaitlyn Edge received Honorable Mention Status.
Sheffer scored Hannibal school record 35 goals over the course of her senior season. In addition, Sheffer also set the single game scoring record with 6 goals in a game.
Nine of [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130530/NEWS/130539934/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 30 May 2013 11:59:59 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130530/NEWS/130539934/1020/SPORTS http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130528/SPORTS/130529070/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 28 May 2013 7:53:22 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130528/SPORTS/130529070/1020/SPORTS KANSAS CITY – The first pitch of Monday’s I-70 Series opener on Memorial Day was pushed back 62 minutes because of bad weather, but it didn’t affect the sea of red outnumbering the home blue crowd at Kauffman Stadium. Those visiting Cardinals fans who made the trek were rewarded with a St. Louis victory as the Redbirds doubled-up the Royals 6-3.
"We knew before the first pitch. We could see the red in the stands," Cardinals’ skipper Mike Matheny said. [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130524/NEWS/305249992/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 7:03:06 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130524/NEWS/305249992/1020/SPORTS http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529524/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:45 +0000 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529524/1020/SPORTS The North Central Missouri Conference announced its All-Conference team Monday night and Hannibal had nine players named to the squad.
Hannibal had five players make First Team All Conference. The Lady Pirates had two seniors and three juniors earn honors.
Leading the way for Hannibal were seniors Theresa Sheffer and Katherine Allen.
Sheffer finished the season having set new school records for most goals in a season (35) as well as most goals in a single game (6). [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130517/NEWS/130518900/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Sat, 18 May 2013 8:45:00 +0000 DANNY HENLEY danny.henley@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130517/NEWS/130518900/1020/SPORTS http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519061/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 23:49:56 JASON FARMER Jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519061/1020/SPORTS Looking for its first four game sweep over the New York Mets since 1982, the St. Louis Cardinals came up short Thursday afternoon, losing 5-2 in front of the fifth sellout crowd of the season at Busch Stadium.
"It’s very hard," Cardinals’ skipper Mike Matheny said of trying to sweep a four-game series. "We pulled it off in Milwaukee. Anytime you head into a big league game it is hard enough to win, but to take four in a row is extremely difficult."
The [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519063/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 23:47:42 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519063/1020/SPORTS
Thanks to a nice break in the rain, church league softball was able to resume action this week. While my team was happy to be back out on the field, the rain out last week definitely hurt our bats as Immanuel Baptist fell to 1st Presbyterian Thursday night 14-4.
Unlike our first game of the season, we actually held a lead this game. Immanuel Baptist opened up the first inning by sending 8 batters to the plate and scoring four times.
Then, in the bottom half of the [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519065/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 23:44:48 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519065/1020/SPORTS In any sport, it is tough to beat a team three times in one season. Thursday night, the Hannibal girls’ soccer team found out just how hard it was the Lady Pirates lost 2-1 in overtime to Moberly in the district championship game.
"It was heartbreaking," Hannibal soccer coach Eric Hill said. "The girls are all obviously upset. We feel like the better team didn’t win tonight, but that is how it goes sometimes. We didn’t do the things we needed to do in the [...]]]> http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/NEWS/130519188/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 11:31:54 DOMINIC GENETTI dominic.genetti@courierpost.com @DominicGenetti #DiamondDirt http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130516/NEWS/130519188/1020/SPORTS http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519373/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 22:52:39 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519373/1020/SPORTS
The Hannibal golf team finished strong Tuesday as both Pirates’ representatives, Alec Abel and Scott Cockrell finished inside the top-15 and earned all state honors.
"Both young men showed some extreme determination and grit," Hannibal golf coach Mike Blase said. "They did what they had to do to improve on yesterday’s score. Alec’s 76 and 72 and Scott’s 81 and 73 allowed them to be all state for this year. It was a great, great achievement for [...]]]>