Sports

Boys fourth in tourney after pair of dual wins last Thursday In the aftermath of their losses to county rival Brookfield Jan. 10 (see story on page B1), Marceline High School’s wrestling teams experienced some continued highs and lows the rest of last week, the zenith of the highs coming last Saturday at Chillicothe when the Lady Tigers handily outdistanced a fairly small field of opponents to earn the team championship of the Dave Kinen Classic tournament.

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.

SALISBURY — It realistically can’t be viewed any other way. This season’s Meadville High School basketball Lady Eagles are “the real deal.” Taking down state-ranked teams from higher classifications in both the semifinals and championship game of the Salisbury Invitational tournament last Thursday and Saturday, the MHS girls (13-0) clearly established their ceiling – serious state-championship contention.

The last of the many Missouri deer and turkey hunting seasons will end this Sunday (Jan. 15) when the almost-4-month long archery seasons are over.

Take 11 personal titles as boys earn crown, girls second MARSHALL — With an overpowering show of force in having half of the individual champions, Brookfield High School’s wrestling Bulldogs handily earned the team championship of last Saturday’s 13-schools Marshall Tournament. The strong Lady Bulldogs squad, which had brought home ninth place from a massive (82-schools) tournament at Columbia: Battle the last weekend of 2022, nearly made it a clean BHS sweep of the Marshall team crowns.

Hosting a double-dual with Hamilton: Penney and Mid-Buchanan last Thursday and then having its boys in the Crossroads Duals tournament at Cameron, Marceline High School’s wrestlers produced mixed results last week.

HARRISBURG — Little did the Brookfield High School basketball Lady Bulldogs know on Jan. 3 that the 5-points lead they built in the first quarter of their non-conference game at Harrisburg would be one they’d have to protect the rest of the way.