KMST SPORTS REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPT. 3 by Wayne Bledsoe

Missouri S & T Men’s soccer team’s opening game with Harding University with called off on Thursday due to lightning.

The Miners play their first conference game Sunday at 2:30 p.m. against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the S & T soccer field. The Lady Miners take on UW-Parkside at noon on Sunday.

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S & T’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams open their season today at Southwest Baptist. Both teams have a large number of returners with the men’s team being lead by David Huskisson and All-GLVC performer, Colleen Conrad, leads the women’s team.

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In NFL preseason action the St. Louis Rams defeated the Baltimore Ravens 27-21, as Sam Bradford was six for six passing for 68 yards and one TD. The starters sat out most of the game.

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American bicycle manufacture will sponsor the new pro cycling team led by two-time Tour-de-France runner-up Andy Schleck..

Schleck and his brother Frank announced earlier this season they would leave the Saxo Bank team to start their own team based in their native Luxemburg.

Treck will continue to provide bikes for Lance Armstrong’s Radio Shack team even though Armstrong has announced he is retiring.

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Five-time champion Roger Federer has breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in defeating Andreas Beck. Federer has won 42 of his last 43 matches at Flushing Meadows, the only loss coming in last year’s final.

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In Friday night high school football:

Rolla Bulldogs plays at Kickapoo (Springfield) Lebanon at Hillcrest

Waynesville at Glendale St. James hosts Hermann

Cuba at Barat Academy Houston hosts Salem

Cabool hosts Mtn. Grove Sullivan hosts Owensville

[All games begin at 7:00 p.m.]