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Sports News-Leader Friday October 1, 2010 Section editor: Pam Clark 836-1120 ONLINE NOW Check out Glendale-Central pics Photo gallery: View more photos from Thurs-t-J-day night's football game between Glendale and Central high schools at Follow prep sports online HighSchoolSports bloq: For score updates, check bogs.news-eacencomhssporfs or on Twitter at fwrtexomMafrScriociVL Whole new season for Falcons Photo gallery: 1 View more photos from Thursday night's game between Glendale and Central. Glendale gets first win as district play gets started. NEWS ON THE GO 0ZARKSM0BILE.COM INSIDE Kfl GLENDALE FALCONS 38 2T CENTRAL 22i BULLDOGS12 INSIDE: Class 5 football teams gear up for districts. 2D Defense lifts Nixa boys' soccer over Ozark. 3D Feemster, Glendale take OC tennis titles.

3D BASEBALL legitimate shot at a playoff berth in their sights, the Falcons (1-5) relished the chance to start fresh. "We're 1-0," Glendale coach Joel Heman said. "There are four meaningful games (left) in our season." Senior quarterback Adam Noble ran for two touchdowns and threw two more, racking up 355 By Matt Schoch Perhaps no high school football team in the state was looking more forward to district play than Glendale. So it's only fitting the Falcons have a district win in their pockets two weeks before most Missouri teams begin district play. Glendale started and finished strong Thursday in a 38-12 win against Central in a battle of Springfield schools at Harrison Stadium on the campus of Drury University.

With a winless first half of the season and a MARK SCHIEFELBEIN FOR THE NEWS-LEADER Glendale quarterback Adam Noble shakes off a tackle vX 1 See Falcons, Page 30 from Central's Secoy Hddges during their game Thursday. "Ik's probably as good a orker in the offseason as we've had." Parkview coach Wes Beachler, on senior running back Darin Francis ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6 COLORADO ROCKIES 1 kihW YU rm V' wriJii irn 'ir-' 'i imii mm V-mhiit a- irrir 'iT'iia NEWS-LEADER FILE PHOTO. 2010 Parkview's Darin Francis is closing in on the Springfield Public Schools record for career touchdowns. Vikings on the verge SPS touchdown record-holders Darin Francis leading the way as Parkview heads into district play.

The career touchdown record-holders at the five Springfield Public Schools: Central: 41 touchdowns, Sean Moore, 1984-87 Glendale: 35, Bob Clinkenbeard. 1977-80 Hillcrest: 46, Lee Coleman, Hillcrest, 1996-99 Kickapoo: 40, Skylar Smith, 2003-06 Parkview: 43, Darin Francis, 2007-present Online: For score 1 tm updates, check on Twitter at fwtteccomMaffSchoehvl THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kansas City reliever Joakim Soria celebrates with catcher Brayan Pena after their 3-2 win. Greinke leads Royals past Rays Kansas City Zack Greinke pitched seven sharp innings and the Kansas City Royals beat Tampa Bay 3-2 Thursday night, leaving the Rays and New York Yankees tied for the AL East lead. 3D OUTDOORS Final Fishing Report of 2010 Find out where the fish are biting and how to catch them with the News-Leader's final Fishing Report for 2010. 5D GOLF Woods, Strieker in third slot Tiger Woods and Steve Strieker are in the third slot for the U.S.

Ryder Cup team. It is the first time since 1999 that Woods is not in the first match! leading European captain Colin Montgomerie to suggest the Americans are trying to hide him. 6D QUICK HITS BASEBALL Compton to be a Seminole Branson High School senior baseball player Mike Compton has made a verbal commitment to Florida State University, he confirmed Thursday. Compton made the commitment before a visit to Tallahassee, last week. The right-hander is planning on exclusively pitching for FSU.

Compton, an All-Ozarks pitcher and reigning Central Ozark Conference player of the year, was 8-1 with a 0.93 earned run average last season for the Pirates (23-5), champions of the COC. Compton spent the summer in Florida and played a showcase event at FSU. "I took a lot of confidence into the summer from the spring," Compton said. "I was feeling confident that I could dominate anyone I would face." EVENTS Drury holding O'Reilly Center open house tonight The $13.5 million O'Reilly Family Event Center on the Drury University campus opens to the public today with a free concert and barbecue on the plaza on the north side of the new arena. The barbecue begins at 6 p.m., the band M-Dock starts playing at 6:30, former Lady Panther basketball player Liz Moriondo takes the stage at 8 and fireworks begin around There is no charge for the event, but those wishing to enjoy the bar-beque are asked to RSVP at www.drurytickets.com.

AUTO RACING 1-44 Fall Shootout to be Oct. 9 The final races of the season at Lebanon 1-44 Speedway are scheduled for Oct. 9 with the Fall Shootout, featuring a $1,000 to-wln, 50-lap late model race. Modified, street stock, pure street and charger divisions also will compete In added-lap features on the paved oval. There is no racing at the speedway this Saturday.

Carp goes distance as Cards top Rockies St. Louis starter tosses his first complete game of the season. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS Chris Carpenter threw his first complete game of the season Thursday night and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1.

Carpenter (16-9) snapped a four-game losing streak during which he posted a 7.17 ERA with the four-hitter. The Rockies, who were eliminated from the postseason on Tuesday, have lost 10 of 11. Carpenter, who threw just 100 pitches, retired the last 10 batters in making his major league-leading and career-best 35th start. He walked two and struck out four in the 29th complete game of his career. Albert Pujols had two hits, reached base three times and picked up his NL-leading 118th RBI.

Pujols passed Colorado outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, who did not play Thursday and has 117 RBIs. Gonzalez entered Thursday's play with a 13-point lead in the NL batting race over Cincinnati's Joey Votto. Gonzalez, who is hitting .338, will play today and Saturday, Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. This is only the second series for these clubs this season. St.

Louis was swept by Colorado on July 6-8 at Coors Field. They have had the Cardinals' number recently, winning 11 of the last 13 meetings. Colorado starter Cole Hammel (10-9) went just three innings, allowing five runs and eight hits. St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the first on double by Pujols.

The Cardinals added two runs in the second on an RBI single by Brendan Ryan and a sacrifice fly by Skip Schu-maker. St. Louis made it 5-0 in the third when Pujols scored on a single by Colby Rasmus, who came home on a ground-out by Matt Pagnozzi. Pag-nozzi drove in the Cardinals' final run in the seventh. Colorado's lone run came in the sixth when Dexter Fowler tripled and scored on a wild pitch.

Notes: Cardinals minor league SS Lainer Bueno, a member of the club's Venezuelan Summer League roster, received a 50-game suspension Thursday for testing positive for clen-burcrol. The suspension is effective at the start of the next season. Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki, who has 40 RBIs in September, the most ever for a Rockic, did not drive in a run against St. Louis. Box score, 4D Francis is three touch- By Matt Schoch Darin Francis and the team he leads could be on the verge of validating their turnaround.

The Parkview High School football team begins its quest for a postseason berth tonight against visiting Willard. The Vikings (2-3) have a legitimate shot at capturing one of its five-team Class 5 district's two playoff berths this season just two years removed from a painful 58-game losing streak. -4'n 1 aowns irom tyng the It seems appropriate that individual accolades could also be forthcom 41 Ik Francis Public Schools Wes Beachler said. "He's probably as good a worker in the offseason as we've had." With 43 career TDs and five regular-season games remaining, Francis seems poised to break Lee Coleman's record of 46 TDs, set at See Francis, Page 3D Beachler ing for Fran-cis, a senior running back who has helped lead the Vikings from the bottom. record for career TDs.

"He's an outstanding young man and works hard," Parkview coach Kickapoo volleyball able to hold back Parkview SfVi KICKAPOO CHIEFS 2 0 PARKVIEW VIKINGS Parkview coach Piper Wright said. "Our own lack of mental toughness is what killed us tonight." Juniors Kinsey McCarter and Jessica Maurer had five kills each to lead Kickapoo (16-4, 3-1 OC). McCarter also had a team-high 11 assists. Senior Taylor Carmichael led the Chiefs with 14 digs and Thater ended with three blocks. Parkview junior Danielle Mostrom led the Vikings (8-9, 2-2) with 13 assists and had six kills while senior McKenzi Payton had a team-high seven kills.

"Danielle is a phenomenal setter and probably my best hitter," Wright said. "She's one of those kids that can do it all and I expect a lot from her like she did tonight. "We didn't give up, but 1 think it's hard for us to believe at times that we're as good as we really are." Summary, 3D By Don Abernathy FOR THE NEWS-LEADER Winning in volleyball takes a lot more than just hammering down a kill off a perfect set it also calls for a great deal of finesse. And while it's true that making plays in other areas of the game often goes unnoticed, it's quite often those subtle plays that win matches. On Thursday, the Chiefs showcased their all-around team style with a 25-17, 25-16 Ozark Conference win at Parkview.

"I'm excited that I have some attackers that can put some stink on the ball," Kickapoo coach Debbie Downs said. "Rut I think we're playing a lot smarter and try ing to place the ball and mix the tempo better. I was very pleased about that tonight." Parkview trailed early in the opening game (7-2), but cut the Kickapoo lead to three points on three separate occasions (with 18- 15 being the last) before Chiefs sophomores Emily Thater and Maris Below finished off game one. Thater, a 6-foot-3 middle blocker, had two kills and two blocks as Kickapoo began to pull away. It was Below's block-kill that ended the first set.

"Emily and Maris have some great leaders ahead of them that are giving them the confidence to just go all out and be stat leaders on the floor," Downs said. Parkview took the lead three times in the early stages of game two (9-7), but doubt crept in and Kickapoo came back to steal game two and the match. "In the three years that I've been here, that's the best we've ever played against Kickapoo,".