His professional boxing career winding down, at least one more big international fight remains ahead of St. Joseph cruiserweight Rob Calloway.
Calloway travels Gorky, Russia, to face Grigory Drozd, a rising 29-year-old fighter from Moscow. The fight will be on Saturday.
Drozd’s only loss is to Firat Arslan, who was at the time of their fight the WBA cruiserweight champion. Drozd boasts 30 wins with 22 knockouts against that one setback.

Total immersion. That’s how St. Joseph native Bill Snyder performed the Miracle in Manhattan — turning around the Kansas State University football program, which was the worst in the history of college football at the time.
Sleeping in the office, seven-day work weeks, year-round dedication.
And now, after three years of an apparently premature retirement, Mr. Snyder jumped back in. He signed a new contract to replace his replacement, Ron Prince, who was fired earlier this month.

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Kendall Wright believed.
The Bearcats, down 35-31 and afflicted with a fourth-and-10 from the Pittsburg State 42-yard line, gazed at a clock ticked down to just 1 minute, 20 seconds. Wright might have believed, but not many others did.
In the huddle, Wright stared down his teammates.
“I told them we were going to get it done. I believed it,” Wright said. “Some of them looked scared. Some of them didn’t look like they believed.”

Dennis Snethen understands the nature of big aspirations. He helped nurture and coach two St. Joseph youths into Olympic athletes.

Saturday’s boxing card at Civic Arena is built around youth — 25-year-old St. Joseph boxer Andre Wilson’s attempt to clinch local, maybe national, prominence.
But the old guard will get its share of the spotlight, too.

Andre Wilson and Alex Baba stand on the opposite ends of their boxing careers.
Baba’s held a world title, competed as a captain on Ghana’s Olympic team and weathered 40 professional fights.
Wilson’s just 25 with a total of 12 fights — a 10-1-1 record — and Baba represents the latest hurdle blocking the St. Joseph man’s title ambitions.

Take last year’s standings. Copy them onto a blank sheet of paper.
That’s generally the way the MIAA preseason coaches poll works — other than moving Missouri Western to fifth no matter how high the Griffons finished the previous season.

Before Friday, Tim Woodruff never saw anyone make a hole-in-one. He’d never made one himself.
But he’s $10,000 wealthier after his first experience with the landmark golfing moment.
Woodruff aced hole No. 11 at Moila Country Club’s Patio Fundraiser. The hole was designated with the cash prize — plus an extra $1,000 each for the golfer’s three playing partners.

College football officials get booed, yelled at, cursed. Delivering flowers to people in the hospital generally earns a better greeting.
Bill Lowe, who on Tuesday announced his retirement as MIAA director of football officials, thinks it’s a decent trade.
“You really make people happy when you deliver flowers,” Lowe said. “That’s right up my alley.”

Northwest Missouri Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry makes a big impact on the local effort to feed the hungry. But the organization is in danger of folding due to the health of its founder and driving force, area coordinator Steve Goben.