September 2022

PALMYRA — With a repeated exhibition of big plays – on both sides of the ball, the Brookfield High School football Bulldogs easily registered their second victory of 2022 last Friday evening, whipping the host Palmyra Panthers 48-20 in Clarence Cannon Conference action. Seizing the early lead by “going up top” to Kendrell Carter as he slipped out of the backfield unnoticed on a fourth-and-4 call from the Palmyra 42, the Bulldogs (2-3, 1-2 CCC) kept up that penchant right through to their final and longest touchdown – a 54-yards burst off right tackle by running back Amos Baum in the fourth period that created a 34-points lead, 48-14.

Marceline senior has 11 pars in round of 82 last Thursday; softball blanks Scotland County Matching par on 11 of the event’s 18 holes, including seven of nine on the first nine at Green Hills Golf Course, senior Tess Sheerman of the Marceline High School Lady Tigers claimed the top individual medal from last Thursday’s annual Chillicothe Invitational Tournament. Using 41 strokes on both sides of the municipal course, the 2021 Class 1 state fifth-place finisher posted an 82 that was two strokes better than runnerup Cailyn Auffert of Maryville.

Suffer first loss, 20-17, to Colts Sunday INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kansas City defensive tackle Chris Jones blamed himself for the Chiefs' first loss of the season. Coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes accepted responsibility, too.