Hume's Lady Hornets are to play the Montrose Lady Jays at 6:00 p.m. today in a Class 1 sectional game at Clinton High School. The district seven champion Lady Hornets are 23-4 but two of those loses came at the hands Montrose -- in the championship games of the Lakeland and Golden Valley- Vernon County Conference Tournaments. Hume coach Delayna Thompson says turnovers hurt her team in each game. The Lady Jays are 27-0 after winning last week's district eight tournament at Drexel High School. Tonight's winner advances to a quarterfinal game Saturday in Sedalia against either Humansville or Verona. Coverage of the Hume-Montrose game tonight on KNEM/KNMO as well as www.knemknmo.com begins at 5:50 p.m. District seven boys champion Thomas Jefferson (Joplin) meets district eight champion Drexel in tonight's second game at Clinton.

The first-round pairings have been announced for next month's Bill O'Dell Baseball Tournament at Carthage. The Nevada Tigers are to play defending champion Webb City at 2:00 p.m. April 6 to complete the first round. The tournament starts April 5 when Lamar plays Seneca at 2:00 p.m. Carl Junction meets Mount Vernon in the second game that day and Monett will challenge Carthage in the third game of the day. The third-place game's scheduled at 4:30 p.m. April 8 with the championship game to follow at seven o'clock. Webb City defeated Carthage, 4-1, in last year's title game.

The William Jewell women's basketball team -- with former Nevada Lady Tiger Hillary Adams in the starting lineup are to host Evangel tonight in the title game of the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament. The Lady Cardinals are 25-7 and the Lady Crusaders are 23-8. William Jewell's the top-seeded team and Evangel's the second seed.

Missouri Tiger Kim English received honorable mention on the all-Big 12 basketball teams announced Monday by the Associated Press. English helped Missouri put together a 22-9 record this season. The Tigers are seeded fifth in Big 12's post-season tournament and are to play Nebraska, 14-17, at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in a first-round game. Tiger Network coverage will start at 1:30 p.m. on AM-1240, KNEM.

Boston out-hit the Cardinals, 10-8, and defeated St. Louis, 7-6, Monday in Florida. The Cardinals are 1-4 this Spring and are to visit the Twins at 12:05 p.m., CST, today at Fort Myers, Florida.

Cincinnati pounded the Royals, 14-5, Monday in Arizona. The Reds out-hit Kansas City, 13-10, including three home runs to two. K-C's 2-2 this Spring and is to host an Oakland split squad at 2:05 p.m., CST, today at Surprise, Arizona.

The Kansas City Chiefs have re-signed unrestricted free agent wide receiver Chris Chambers. Chambers played in nine games for Kansas City last season, catching 36 passes for 608 yards and four touchdowns -- including two in his first game for the Chiefs after they claimed him on waivers from San Diego. The Chiefs did not release terms of the new contract.