BROOKFIELD — The early stages of 2021-22 Clarence Cannon Conference basketball competition hasn’t ended well for the Brookfield High squads. Including this past Tuesday’s home defeats at the hands of Centralia – 49-29 in girls’ play and 60-35 in boys’, the blue-and-white teams were 0-3 in the loop (with Friday home contests against Clark County in the intervening time since this story was filed).
With one main cog totally absent and another having an “off ” night offensively, the Meadville High School basketball Lady Eagles could have been excused for folding up shop when they trailed an accomplished Tina-Avalon squad on the road last Monday.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Myreon Jones had 18 points and five 3-pointers, Tyree Appleby scored all 17 of his points in the second half and Florida beat Missouri 66-65 on Wednesday in a game moved ahead six hours due to a winter storm.
The fact there is inherent racism in the NFL — at least at the top level — has never been much of a secret. A cursory glance at coaching and front office hires over the years is enough to conclude there's a reason the league has failed miserably in putting Blacks in charge of teams — and keeping them there.
NEW YORK (AP) — Whatever little chance there was of an on-time start to spring training all but vanished Tuesday during a contentious 90-minute negotiating session between locked out players and Major League Baseball.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase keep making history together. Since the two became teammates in 2018 at LSU, they have played in seven postseason games and won every one, breaking NCAA and NFL records along the way.
MEADVILLE — With every Linn County Class 1 high school basketball team, as well as those from adjoining districts, participating, the annual Meadville Invitational Tournament took place right on schedule without weather interference last week, concluding with an historic, overtime triumph in the boys’ title game for a thrilling conclusion Saturday night.
A busy week which will be capped by the teams’ last home contests of the 2021-22 season began at Milan Monday for the Marceline High School varsity basketball clubs. A bit over two weeks after they earned the opportunity, the Tigers and Lady Tigers made the short jaunt east to Milan Monday to finally play the hosts for the Milan Invitational Tournament championships.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs followed perhaps the greatest 13 seconds in franchise history in the divisional round against the Bills with 13 seconds late in the first half of the AFC title game against Cincinnati that they'd rather just forget.
MARCELINE — Having wrapped up their regular-season schedule last night with a home double-dual against Chillicothe and Centralia, the Marceline High School wrestling Tigers will spend about 10 days in the practice room, fine-tuning themselves for the Feb. 11-12 Class 1 District 3 tournament at Higginsville.