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BROOKFIELD — A quartet of Marceline High School wrestlers came away from last weekend’s Brookfield-hosted tournaments with individual titles. In last Friday’s BHS Girls’ Invitational, Maddie Dauber faced and pinned three opponents to capture the 100-pounds division, Payton Weese bested five 135-pounds foes – all within the first period, and Molly Sportsman went 3-0 to pace the Lad Tigers to, with Jefferson City: Blair Oaks, a share of second place in the team standings behind champion Brookfield.

Host girls entered off four 90-points contests in succession While it figures to be nothing more than a showcase for the phenomenon which is the host school’s 2022-23 girls’ team, the annual Meadville Invitational high school basketball tournament is ongoing this week, headed toward Saturday evening championship games, weather permitting. As the event began Monday, MHS’ Lady Eagles stood not only unbeaten at 17-0 after demolishing Mendon: Northwestern last Friday night, but also unchallenged by any Class 1 opponents thus far this season, the size of foes which populate the tourney’s field.

Brookfield High School’s wrestling Lady Bulldogs continued their strong 2022-23 season over the past 10 days, following up dominance of the Jan. 16 Sam Martin Invitational tournament at Plattsburg with a runaway win in their own BHS Tournament last Friday.

MILAN — With a little extra besides bragging rights at stake this time, Brookfield High School’s basketball Lady Bulldogs out-dueled the Marceline Lady Tigers 44-36 last Saturday in the championship game of the 63rd-annual Milan Invitational tournament, earning BHS’ first tourney crown in just over six years. With the teams already slated to meet at Brookfield tomorrow night in a non-tournament contest (as part of a 6 p.m.

Boys netted first win with OT triumph last Friday MILAN — Marceline High School’s basketball Lady Tigers extended the winning streak they began the week before in the Salisbury Invitational to four by advancing to the championship game of last week’s Milan Invitational tournament, while the boys finally discovered the right combination to victory. The Lady Tigers, seeded third, took down second-seeded host Milan 5044 in last Wednesday’s semifinals after handling Novinger 58-43 in the opening round Jan.

Brookfield High School’s wrestling Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs continue to thrive this past week, winning their “king of the county” home match with Marceline last Tuesday and subduing Gallatin and the host teams at Chillicothe two nights later before the boys decisively claimed the crown of the Sam Martin Invitational tournament at Plattsburg.

“The weather outside was frightful” and it certainly affected the deer harvest in the alternative-methods firearms deer season which ended Jan. 3.