Posts Tagged ‘Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game’
Land of Lincoln brings bragging rights home after largest margin of victory in all-star game history
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Illinois emphatically kept bragging rights over Missouri in Saturday’s 11th Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game. The all-star baseball players from the Prairie State registered the largest margin of victory in the 11-year history of the game, beating the Show Me State 15-1 at the Veterans Sports Complex. Illinois led 1-0 before busting…
Read MorePhoto gallery: All-stars put on show during Missouri vs. Illinois baseball matchup
Click here to purchase digital downloads or prints from this gallery. HANNIBAL, Mo. — What has become a July staple didn’t disappoint as the top senior high school baseball players from West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri went toe-to-toe Saturday night in the 11th Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex. Illinois won…
Read MoreSaturday brings opportunity for baseball all-stars to renew their cross-river rivalry
HANNIBAL, Mo. — A rivalry gets renewed for the third and final time this summer. The 11th Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game returns to Veterans Field at 7 p.m. Saturday as 36 of the top high school baseball players who are recent graduates from Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois schools go head-to-head. Admission is $10.…
Read More‘We just did that’: Pair of inside-the-park home runs leads Illinois past Missouri in all-star game
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Jansen Lawson couldn’t possibly do it, too, could he? Yes, he could. And he did. After Quincy High School graduate Brady Lowe hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the top of the first inning of Saturday’s Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex, Lawson, also a former Blue Devil,…
Read MoreSouth Shelby’s Rich becomes first to play and coach in Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game
HANNIBAL, Mo. — It felt different for Jacob Rich this time around. But at the same time, it all felt familiar. The South Shelby baseball coach took the reins of the Missouri team for Saturday’s 10th annual Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex. By doing so, he became the first person…
Read MorePhoto gallery: All-Stars enjoy time to shine during Missouri vs. Illinois baseball game
HANNIBAL, Mo. — A number of the top prep baseball players from this region were able to represent their high school and their community one final time Saturday night during the 10th annual Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game at the Veterans Sports Complex in Hannibal, Mo. Muddy River Sports Writer Shane Hulsey was there and…
Read MoreSeeing through Rose-colored glasses: QND baseball product overcomes freak accident to thrive playing game he loves
QUINCY — The afternoon sun hung high in a cloudless sky above an empty parking lot, making it impossible to escape just how luminous it can be. Ethan Rose didn’t shy away from it, even when brightness is his nemesis. “There’s nothing like having your eyesight,” he said. “It’s something you take for granted. Like…
Read MoreSchuckman: Prep all-star game reminds us just how beautiful baseball can be
HANNIBAL, Mo. — The beauty of baseball can be its simplicity. Pitch, catch, swing and hit. That’s the game at its most rudimentary level. The complexity of it can be just as alluring. Hit-and-runs, double switches, righty-lefty matchups and squeeze plays. The game makes you think, strategize and second guess, often all at the same…
Read MoreSchuckman: Return of prep all-star game showcases everything great about baseball
HANNIBAL, Mo. — It started with a selfie and ended with a shower. Everything happening in between helped ensure Saturday night’s eighth installment of the Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game — the first since 2019 — became a full-tilt celebration of high school baseball. From bunts to bad hops, knee-bending curveballs to wild throws, and…
Read MorePhoto gallery: Missouri beats Illinois 7-4 in all-star baseball game at Clemens Field
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman spent Saturday night at Clemens Field as the eighth Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star baseball game unfolded. Here is a gallery of the images he collected both on the field and in the stands:
Read MoreReturn of Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star Game comes with bevy of talent from both sides of Mississippi
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Like nearly every other big event during the summer of 2020, the Missouri vs. Illinois All-Star baseball game fell victim to a global pandemic. But Kevin and Aaron Peters, the Monroe City father-son duo who are the braintrust and the legs behind this event, never lost faith the game could return in…
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