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RiverKings earn playoff berthDarrell Stoddard scored a short-handed, unassisted goal at 18:15 of the third period to spark the Mississippi RiverKings took a 6-3 Southern Professional Hockey League victory Friday night over the Columbus (Ga.) Cottonmouths, clinching a playoff berth. Stoddard's goal made it 4-2, and Mark Magnowski and Ken Selby scored Mississippi's final goals on the power play in the third period. Matt Whitehead and Kyle Lundale scored in the first for the RiverKings (22-24-3), and Chevan Wilson added a third-period goal.
Colleges
Heavy rainfall around Waco, Texas, caused the postponement of Friday's game between the University of Memphis baseball team and Baylor. The teams are scheduled for a doubleheader at 3 p.m. today.
The University of Memphis softball team opens its Conference USA schedule with a three-game series at UAB in Birmingham. The Tigers (5-16) and Blazers will play a doubleheader at 1 p.m. today and a single game at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The club announced that Mike Aldrete would serve as Matheny's bench coach after a four-year term as assistant hitting coach and that Memphis Redbirds manager Chris Maloney will take over the first-base coaching box. Matheny retains the rest of Tony La
When Allen Craig caught the final out to clinch the championship, there were no fewer than seven former Memphis Redbirds on the field at Busch Stadium. And mark this down: St. Louis doesn't win this championship without the contribution of players who
When Allen Craig caught the final out to clinch the championship, there were no fewer than seven former Memphis Redbirds on the field at Busch Stadium. And mark this down: St. Louis doesn't win this championship without the contribution of players who
Matheny emerged from six interviewees that included former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo, Philadelphia Phillies minor league manager and Hall of Fame second baseman Ryan Sandberg, Memphis Redbirds