Brandon Simmons had an outstanding season breaking the MWSU single season record for victories with 12. He also leads the MIAA and the nation in victories. He made 14 appearances with 13 starts, pitching 10 complete games with two shutouts. He threw 92.2 innings giving up just 81 hits while striking out 65. He second on the team with a 1.94 ERA giving up just 20 earned runs. He won his last ten starts and lost just one game he has stared all season. He gave up two or less runs in 12 of his 14 outings. He was named MIAA Pitcher of the Week on Monday, May 7. He was honorable mention all-MIAA selection his first two seasons.

Loeffler was named to the Rawlings “Gold Glove” All-South Central Region team for his outstanding defense all season long. Loeffler played in 45 of the Griffons 51 games with 43 starts behind the plate. He held a 1.000 fielding percentage with 227 putouts and 32 assits. Offensively he had 24 hits with 22 runs scored. He had six doubles, one home run and 17 RBI’s.

Each member of the All Region Gold Glove Team will be eligible for NCAA DIVISION II Rawlings All-American Gold Glove consideration, which will be selected on Sunday, May 27, 2012 in Cary, NC in conjunction with the Division II National Championship Tournament.

The Griffons finished 34-17 and second in the MIAA at 26-12. They had their best finish since 2005 when they also finished second in the MIAA.

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The champions of the two conferences will be in the matchup unless one or both are selected to play in the new four-team model to determine the national championship. Should that occur, another deserving team from the conference(s) would be selected for the game.

“A new January bowl tradition is born,” said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. “This new game will provide a great matchup between the two most successful conferences in the BCS era and will complement the exciting postseason atmosphere created by the new four-team model. Most importantly, it will provide our student-athletes, coaches and fans with an outstanding bowl experience.”

“Our goal is to provide the fans across the country with a New Year’s Day prime-time tradition,” commented acting Big 12 Conference Commissioner Chuck Neinas. “This is a landmark agreement between two of the most successful football conferences during the BCS era to stage a postseason event. The creation of this game featuring the champions of the Big 12 and SEC will have tremendous resonance in college football.”

“I am very excited by the prospects for a game between our champion and the champion of the Southeastern Conference,” added incoming Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

During the 14-year history of the Bowl Championship Series, the Big 12 and SEC lead the nation with 11 seasons in which each conference has had at least one team ranked in the top four of the final BCS standings. Both conferences share the top spot all-time with 14 teams each that have finished in the top four of the final BCS standings. The two conferences have combined for 16 appearances in the BCS National Championship Game, with the Big 12 ranking second behind the SEC’s nine appearances with seven trips to the National Championship Game.

The two league champions have met twice in BCS bowl games since 1998, both in BCS National Championship Games. In 2010, Alabama defeated Texas, 37-21, in Pasadena, Calif., and in 2009, Florida defeated Oklahoma, 24-14, in Miami, Fla.

Specific details, including host site(s), will be announced at a later date.

He joined the Army in March 2010 and was assigned to Fort Riley in Septenmber of that year. Lavrey was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.

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The radar is being used to assess the damage to see if any repairs will be needed to the frost blanket beneath the concrete.

The dam is the last leg of a series of reservoirs along the Missouri River designed for water control.  The Gavins Point dam is located in South Dakota.

Some preliminary test suggest some of the granular, sand-like, material may have been removed by the massive release amounts of runoff water from the dam.

Last years massive water releases led to flooding along the Missouri River basin with extensive flooding and damage to property and cropland in northwest Missouri.  Many area’s are still cleaning up the mess left behind once the water receded last fall.

If repairs are needed, Army Corps of Engineers officials say the would start this summer and be completed before the 2013 runoff season.  The spillway would remain functional for use during those repairs.

Photo from the Army Corps of Engineers

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travelers passing through Lambert-St. Louis International Airport could start getting early morning drinks.

A fire in a former restaurant briefly closed down Business Highway 71 in Maryville Friday morning.

Firefighters responded to a fire at the old Napoli’s building on Maryville’s south end around 9:30 Friday morning.  

The vacant building sets between two hotels and a firewall protected the Comfort Inn adjacent to the restaurant building. The hotel was evacuated as a precaution.

Business US Highway 71 was closed between the US Highway 71 bypass and Route V while firefighters battled the blaze.

There’s no word yet as to what may have caused the fire.  No injuries were reported.

The hospital was among 8,000 buildings destroyed in the May 22, 2011, tornado that killed 161 people. United Arab Emirates Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba (Oh-TAY’-buh) will be joined by Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, Joplin Mayor Melodee Colbert-Kean and others in announcing the gift. Details will be disclosed at a 10:30 a.m. news conference.

The oil-rich Persian Gulf nation has stepped in to help Joplin before. Last year, United Arab Emirates made a challenge grant donation that could be worth up to $1 million to provide new laptop computers for each high school student.

KMOV-TV reports officers were called to the Confluence Academy around 8:30 a.m. after getting reports that a gun was brought on campus.

Police said school officials searched a student’s bag and found the loaded gun. Authorities were called to the scene and took the boy into juvenile custody.

No injuries were reported.

As of late Wednesday, CFTC spokesperson David Gary said, if there is no extension of the comment period, – that would be, in effect, tantamount to an approval. Just go ahead and do your thing.

Only two groups, the National Grain and Feed Association and the North American Export Grain Association, have submitted comments to the CFTC. Both called for a longer window to work on the logistical issues, such as report releases, that a longer trading day raises.