COLUMBIA — Had Marceline High School boys’ head coach Andrew Stewart been given a guarantee last Wednesday that his Tigers would bring home four medals from the 2022 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships – including a runnerup and two third-place honors, while he might have been hopeful of more, he’d likely have felt good in accepting that as the outcome.
BROOKFIELD — Victory in their final home appearance of the season seemed to be the young Brookfield High School basketball Lady Bulldogs’ destiny Tuesday night, but slipped from their grasp at the last second.
Missouri’s 2021-22 hunting seasons have closed, except for the Light Goose Conservation Order season and the almost-year-around open season on coyotes, so hunters are, at least temporarily, having to find other outdoor activities until the 2022-23 seasons begin with the opening of spring turkey season in April.
EDINA — With a 53-40 verdict on the Knox County Lady Eagles’ floor this past Tuesday, Marceline High School’s basketball Lady Tigers entered Saturday’s Class 3 District 16 Tournament opener owning a 3-games winning streak.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Stanley Umude scored 23 points to lead 23rd-ranked Arkansas to a 76-57 victory over Missouri on Tuesday. The Razorbacks (20-6, 9-4 Southeastern Conference) made 11 of 21 3-point attempts, with Umude hitting 6 of 9.
One Linn County Class 1 high school basketball team clinched a winning record in 2021-22 Tuesday night and another continued its giant late-season strides in that direction. The Linn County R-1 Lady Mustangs’ rout of visiting Hale/Bosworth clinched an above-water final mark, improving them to 14-11 with one regular-season game remaining.
Devan Parn of the Brookfield High School wrestling Bulldogs, seen with a hold on Centralia’s Wyatt Adkisson prior to pinning the Panther at 4:39 of their quarterfinals-round bout in the district tournament at Higginsville Feb. 11, participated in this week’s Class 1 state tournament at Columbia after earning fourth place at district. (Martin Cupp/LCL FILE PHOTO)
HIGGINSVILLE — With a pair of district champions in young Drew Griffin and veteran Hunter Nelson and three other district finalists in their number, the Marceline High School wrestling Tigers will be well-represented and figure to fare quite well in this week’s Class 1 state tournament at the University of Missouri’s Mizzou Arena.
HIGGINSVILLE — As anticipated, the Brookfield High School wrestling Bulldogs had an outstanding showing in last weekend’s state-tournament-qualifying Class 1 District 3 Tournament at Higginsville, capturing three individual titles and placing second in the 15-squads team standings. The titles won by Jaden Abongo at 170 pounds, Gambal Staddie at 126, and Peyton Parn at 113 led the way, but were well supplemented by Trent Polley’s second place at 195, Colton Parn’s third at 145, and the fourths garnered by Kendrell Carter at 160 and Devan Parn at 138.
MARCELINE — The Marceline High School boys’ basketball Tigers played Lewis & Clark Conference foes on consecutive nights late last week and came away with a split. At Fayette Friday, a Lewis and Clark Conference tussle with the Falcons produced a hard-fought MHS win, 65-62.