Legion Complex News Today

This one just means a little more. The Russellville Indians and the Fatima Comets are Show-Me Conference rivals. So not only was Thursday’s game the opener in pool play for the Jays Baseball Classic, the schools decided it also would count for their conference meeting this season. They battled to the very last pitch like you knew conference rivals would.

The Helias Crusaders did a little too much watching. “We didn’t have many competitive at-bats for the majority of the game,” Helias coach Chris Wyrick said Tuesday after the Crusaders dropped a 5-1 decision to the Ozark Tigers at the American Legion Post 5 Sports Complex. “Nine strikeouts, five looking, we weren’t competing. Their pitchers were good, but that doesn’t mean we can’t compete.”