BROOKFIELD — The 2022 Gary Haag Invitational high school boys’ wrestling tournament was every bit the close, high-quality competition it was anticipated to be last Saturday. Unfortunately for the host Brookfield Bulldogs, an early development undermined their bid to keep the team title in-house.
MACON — It didn’t take long to solidify the final-round status of Marceline High School’s basketball teams in this week’s Macon Invitational Tournament. With only six schools entered, the tourney used a 2-pools, round-robin format for each gender to determine the pairings for the first-, third-, and fifth-place games late in the week.
The Chillicothe Elks Gun Show, an annual event for 19 years until the pandemic caused it to not be held last year, is back in 2022 and will be held Feb. 11-13 at the Elks Lodge on Ryan Lane in east Chillicothe.
TRENTON — With team victory presumably hanging in the balance in what had been – as expected – a tooth-and-nail battle of Bulldogs throughout the match, Brookfield High School’s Trent Polley and Trenton’s Sam Gibson provided the expected tight, tension-filled 195-pounds bout in last Tuesday’s dual between two squads that figure to show well in next month’s Class 1 state tournament.
MILAN — The Brookfield High School basketball Lady Bulldogs, 2-10 during the 2021 portion of the current season, continued their undeniable upgrade since the start of the new calendar year when they handled Brashear 37-25 in last Monday’s delayed third-place game in the Milan Invitational Tournament.
MARCELINE — Given a couple of days more between outings than planned, Marceline High School’s wrestlers return to the mat for competition Saturday (Jan. 22) with the short jaunt to Brookfield for the Gary Haag Invitational Tournament.
KANSAS CITY (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs had to learn to dink and dunk their way through this entire season, contrary to every instinct of go for broke quarterback Patrick Mahomes, as opposing defenses simply refused to let themselves get beaten deep.
All 10 Linn County Class 1 high school basketball teams will spend this week participating in the Meadville Invitational Tournament with a couple expected to fare well. The host Lady Eagles, 2-times defending champs, are seeded second behind Mercer, while Mendon: Northwestern’s boys, upset in last year’s semifinals by Grundy County R-5/Newtown-Harris before Meadville took the crown, are seeded first ahead of GCR-5/Newtown-Harris this year.
MILAN — With a trip to the championship game of the Milan Invitational tournament on the line, but perhaps secondary in importance to their natural rivalry, the Marceline and Brookfield high school boys’ basketball teams took the court against each other for a second time in seven nights last Thursday, having gone to overtime before a MHS rally had led to a Tigers overtime triumph the Friday before.
BROOKFIELD — There wasn’t any drama to the outcomes of the Brookfield High School wrestling Bulldogs’ home matches against Chillicothe and Gallatin last Thursday. With 36 points assured through gaps in the Gallatin lineup, BHS took battle of Bulldogs 45-21, even though it won only two of six contested bouts (one weight was a double-forfeit with no team points awarded).