Messenger Sports Briefs for January 27 | | Posted: Thursday, January 27, 2011 5:09 pm
| Briefly Woodland, Troy LLs to sign up Monday Woodland and Troy Little League baseball sign-ups for ages 4-12 will be held Monday. The W’land sign-ups will take place at the Woodland Civic Center from 5-7 p.m. Troy registrations will be taken from 5-7 at the Troy Community Center. Fees for the youngsters registering will be collected at a later date. For more information, contact Tim Smith at 446-5386 or Jeff Decker at 335-0987. Martin softball league taking registrations The Martin Girls Softball League will be accepting registrations from now until Feb. 26. The fee to play is $45 per player and the league is open to girls ages 5-18. Registration forms can be downloaded online at www.martinparksandrecreation.org. League Volunteers will also be at Martin Middle School and Martin Elementary School on Feb. 26 to accept sign-ups. The registration period MMS is set for 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., while the sign-up time at MES is to be from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m during the Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast. For more information, contact Laura Taylor at martingirlssoftballleague@hotmail.com. Murray St. survives scare at SIU-E’ville EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Ed Daniel pulled down 14 rebounds and scored eight points to help Murray State take a 67-61 victory over SIU-Edwardsville on Wednesday night. The Racers (14-6) went ahead for good with about 3 1/2 minutes to go when Daniel made a layup to make it 60-58. B.J. Jenkins led Murray State with 14 points while Isacc Miles and Isaiah Canaan each added 10. The Cougars (5-18) led by as many as five points midway through the second half, but the Racers made a 10-0 run to pull ahead. The Cougars tied it once more down the stretch but never led again. Cornelius Chatt led the game in scoring with 24 points for SIU-Edwardsville while Corey Wickware added 16. Nikola Bundalo pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds for the Cougars. Murray State hosts UT Martin on Saturday in both women’s and men’s action. | | | |