MARCELINE — After the Marceline High School basketball Lady Tigers struggled mightily to score in suffering a 36-23 loss to Trenton in their 2022-23 home opener last Tuesday, the Tigers quickly jumped out to a 6-0 lead over the visiting Bulldogs in the first three minutes of their contest.
Three of Missouri’s 202223 firearms deer seasons are now over (early and late youth seasons and the November firearms season), leaving only two to go. One of these – antlerless-only season – will close Sunday (Dec. 11) and the last one – alternate methods season – will run Dec. 24 through Jan. 3.
BROOKFIELD — Facing the same opponent they’d defeated by 10 points in a low-scoring third-place game of the Tri-Rivers Classic tournament three days before, Brookfield High School’s revived basketball Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday had what head coach Ronnie Sharp acknowledged as “not our best performance, but still found a way to win,” for a fifth time in six outings this season.
The opening dual-match competition of the 202223 season for the Marceline High School wrestling teams this past Tuesday ended with the host Tigers and Lady Tigers both defeating their Carrollton and Macon counterparts, but losing to Southern Boone County. Marceline’s boys bested Macon 51-18 and Carrollton 57-12, but were doubled by SoBoCo 54-27.
There was no variation in the Meadville High School basketball Lady Eagles performance Tuesday as they commenced Tri-County Conference play. The league favorites improved to 5-0 on the season with a 65-points victory at Atlanta, reaching the 80-points plateau and prevailing by at least 60 a thirdstraight time in their 83-18 rout.
SAN DIEGO — Willson Contreras is going to St. Louis to replace Yadier Molina at catcher, agreeing to an $87.5 million, five-year contract with the Cardinals on Wednesday.
The University of Nevada- Las Vegas hired former Missouri football coach Barry Odom on Tuesday for the same position with the Rebels. He coached the Tigers from 2016-19, going 25-25 with two bowl appearances.
KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Chiefs could have two important parts of their offense back with guard Joe Thuney and wide receiver Kadarius Toney returning to practice Wednesday ahead of their trip to Denver. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that everyone would practice in their first workout since blowing a late lead in Sunday's loss in Cincinnati.
Aaron Judge has issued his ruling: Court remains in session in the Bronx. Judge is staying with the New York Yankees on a $360 million, nineyear contract, according to a person familiar with baseball's biggest free agent deal ever.
MARCELINE — For a day at least, the historically-strong Brookfield High School boys’ wrestling team took a back seat to the still-fledgling Lady Tigers last Saturday. Debuting for the 2022-23 season in the Tiger Mat Classic at neighboring Marceline, the BHS girls had three individual champions plus four runnersup, while the boys came up empty on individual crowns, settling instead for four seconds and three thirds.