BONNE TERRE — The North County football team overcame a six-game losing streak during the regular season to make the Class 4 playoffs with back-to-back district wins over De Soto and Windsor.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Erik Johnson showed why the St. Louis Blues took him with the first pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals’ 40-man roster has a youthful feel.

NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a freak — Tim Lincecum needed just 15 wins to bag another NL Cy Young Award.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Rams defensive end C.J. Ah You has been lost for the season with a knee injury.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Sean Weatherspoon was fed up with the second-half collapses. That’s why Missouri’s senior linebacker and captain gathered teammates around at halftime at Kansas State last week and made it clear: It wasn’t going to happen again.

RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa’s player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Just last year, Jeremy Maclin set Missouri single-season records for receptions, yards and touchdowns in a scintillating sophomore season. Then he jumped to the NFL.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago’s five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Blaine Gabbert is coming off one of his best games, even if he occasionally threw to the wrong guy. That’s a good sign for Missouri heading into the finale of what has been a most disappointing home schedule.

Here's a look at Thursday's sports in brief around the world.

PARK HILLS — Dreadful free-throw shooting on Wednesday night pushed the Mineral Area College men’s basketball team to the brink of dropping its second consecutive home game.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Gibson was lost in the shuffle in Philadelphia, which is loaded with young, talented wide receivers.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels could have crumbled when pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in April, overcome by waves of grief and sadness.

From axes to wagon wheels, with all kinds of cups, buckets and bells in between, college football teams play for some pretty odd stuff.

PARK HILLS — For the last 10 minutes of the first half the Mineral Area Lady Cardinals were unstoppable and untouchable, but what goes around comes around as the Lewis & Clark Lady Trailblazers performed in like manner for the second half to keep their undefeated season intact with a 69-60 win.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kurt Warner knows how to come back from adversity. That’s the recurring theme in his remarkable career.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three straight 3-pointers gave Saint Louis a healthy cushion over Nebraska. Defense did the rest.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Just last year, Jeremy Maclin set Missouri single-season records for receptions, yards and touchdowns in a scintillating sophomore season. Then he jumped to the NFL.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — In three years as Beanie Wells’ teammate at Ohio State, James Laurinaitis guessed he tackled the running back three or four times at most in practice.

Here's a look at Wednesday's sports in brief around the world.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – New readiness non-commissioned officers have taken their positions for the Missouri National Guard at the 1140th Engineer Battalion’s Headquarters Company in Cape Girardeau and the 1138th Engineer Company in Farmington.

NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Greinke fidgeted a bit and spoke softly.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Frontcourt scoring was supposed to be Missouri’s question mark. In the Tigers’ regular-season opener on Tuesday night, it was more like an exclamation point.

NEW YORK (AP) — When the phone rang, Zack Greinke let it go — he didn’t recognize the number. Only after listening to the voice mail did he call back and find out he’d won the American League Cy Young Award.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brendan Shanahan is retiring from the NHL after 21 seasons and an almost certain Hall of Fame career.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Still wearing his gold jacket from winning the Australian Masters, with his car waiting to take him to the airport, Tiger Woods had one more stop to make at Kingston Heath.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cole Aldrich had 18 points, 11 rebounds and blocked five shots, helping top-ranked Kansas overcome a sloppy night to hold off Memphis 57-55 in a rematch of the 2008 national championship game Tuesday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Reginald Delk scored 20 points in a reserve role to double his previous career high and sparked key surges in both halves, helping No. 20 Louisville open with a 96-66 victory over depleted Arkansas in the Hall of Fame Showcase on Tuesday night.