By:Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL The 2019 Missouri Valley Coach of the Year Darian DeVries showed exactly why he was deserving of winning the award. Coaching in his first-ever conference tournament as a head coach, the Drake Bulldogs played exactly like the MVC regular season champions and the No. 2 seed. In a season battling significant injuries,…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL One of the best games of Arch Madness Quarterfinal Friday is usually the four vs five game because of two evenly matched teams going at it. That’s what Missouri State and Bradley did for all 40 minutes at the Enterprise Center. The game came down to the final seconds, but it…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL It was a battle between the two newest members of the league as Loyola-Chicago and Valparaiso tipped-off Arch Madness Quarterfinal Friday at the Enterprise Center. Though, it was Loyola who looked like the more experienced team in the conference. After their Final Four run a season ago, the Ramblers looked just…
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Much of Venezuela remained engulfed by darkness into early Friday amid one of the largest power outages in years, raising tensions in a country already on edge from ongoing political turmoil. The blackout hit 22 of 23 states by some accounts. It struck the capital Caracas, which until now has been…
Godfrey, IL (KTRS) Funeral arrangements are set for the Godfrey firefighter killed in the line of duty earlier this week. Captain Jake Ringering will be laid to rest Tuesday at 10 AM. Visitation is set for Monday from 2 PM to 8 PM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton, with a tribute planned for…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL It was unfamiliar territory for Dan Muller and the Illinois State Redbirds having to play on Thursday night in the first-round game. What isn’t unfamiliar to them is winning in St. Louis. And that’s what they did against No. 10 Evansville, but the Aces gave Illinois State all they could handle…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL An in-state rivalry tipped off the 2019 Missouri Valley Tournament between Valparaiso and Indiana State. The game also featured the MVC’s leading scorer Tyreke Key for the Sycamores. Key did play like the league’s leading scorer with a 20-point game, but the night belonged to Markus Golder and the Crusaders. Golder…