PITTSBURGH — Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose headsup thinking authored the 'Immaculate Reception,' considered the most iconic play in NFL history, has died. He was 72.
KANSAS CITY — Andy Reid insisted that the Kansas City Chiefs were 'fired up' after their win over the Houston Texans on Sunday. Plenty of other people were left scratching their heads.
In a wild twist overnight, Carlos Correa agreed to a $315 million, 12-year contract with the free-spending New York Mets after his pending deal with the San Francisco Giants came apart over an issue with his physical.
SEDALIA — With five individual champions and another runnerup, the Brookfield High School Lady Bulldogs handily captured the team crown of last weekend’s “Battle at the Katy Trail” wrestling tournament, piling up 453 points, 108 more than runnerup Marceline. With one champion, two runnersup, and two third-place finishers, the BHS boys did extremely well themselves, earning second among more than 40 teams with 476 points, albeit a distant 140-1/2 points in back of champion Centralia.
A non-conference triumph by the Lady Tigers was the only solace for the Marceline High School basketball teams during their action the latter half of last week. After dropping Lewis and Clark Conference home contests to Schuyler County last Thursday – including the boys surrendering 106 points in an 81-points loss to the Rams, MHS split with non-league foe La Plata at home the next night.
The four Class 1 high schools in Linn County had very limited high school basketball action the last half of last week with both Linn County R-1 and Meadville totally off the game court. Mendon: Northwestern split its Carroll- Livingston Activity Association road doubleheader with Hardin-Central, taking the boys’ contest 53-33 to improve to 7-3 overall and 4-1 in the conference and dropping the girls’ contest 53-23 to slip to 3-7 overall and 2-3 in the loop.
HOUSTON (AP) — Wearing shirts that read 'Conquered the West' and baseball caps commemorating their AFC West title, the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated winning the division for a seventh straight season after outlasting the Houston Texans in overtime Sunday.
At separate sites last Saturday, Brookfield High School’s basketball squads sustained losses to an Iowa school by virtually-matching margins. Crossing the state line, but without two usual starters, the Lady Bulldogs fell to Central Lee of Donnellson, Iowa, 41-29, at Keokuk, Iowa, slipping to 7-2 on the season.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — DeAndre Gholston hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift Missouri to a 68-66 victory over Central Florida on Saturday at the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic doubleheader.
SEDALIA — Led by individual champions Payton Weese, Maddie Dauber, and Drew Griffin, Marceline High School’s wrestling squads brought home second- and third-place team honors from last weekend’s “Battle at the Katy Trail” tournament. Havingnotonlythetwotitle-winners, but also eight other top-10 finishers in the tournament that involved more than 40 schools, the Lady Tigers took second behind Brookfield with 345 points, four points more than thirdplace Polo.