COLUMBIA — Missouri and Arkansas will be headed to similar bowl games after the Tigers held off the Razorbacks 29-27 on Saturday night, leaving each of the bitter border rivals 6-6 on the season. Only one walked out of Faurot Field with victory cigars.
Following similar regular-season paths, Marceline High School’s varsity basketball squads concluded last season with identical 10-15 won-lost records. However, they ultimately reached those same ends with markedly- different postseason means.
COLUMBIA (AP) — DeAndre Gholston scored 22 points, Kobe Brown had 19 points and undefeated Missouri eased past Houston Christian 105-69 last Saturday. Missouri has won its first seven games of a season for the first time since the 2013-14 team began 10-0.
With a blazing start one night and a fast finish the next, Brookfield High School’s basketball Lady Bulldogs started their 2022-23 season this past week in promising fashion. Debuting at home Monday, the Lady ’Dogs bolted to a 21-4 lead over Westran and cruised to a 43-26 triumph.
Following Meadville’s lead the Saturday before, Bucklin/Macon County R-4 and Mendon: Northwestern high school basketball teams commenced 202223 game play early this past week, but, due to tragic circumstances, Linn County R-1 did not.
KANSAS CITY — Mecole Hardman was watching his Kansas City Chiefs visit the Los Angeles Chargers from home on Sunday night when he tweeted a picture showing the injured wide receiver's shattered TV screen and asking how the game turned out.
KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Royals have selected several potential sites to build a replacement for aging Kauffman Stadium, owner John Sherman said earlier this month. In a letter to fans posted on social media, Sherman said the sites are in or near downtown Kansas City, but he did not elaborate.
Missouri’s many firearms deer seasons are winding down. The third one – a late youth-only season – ends tomorrow, leaving the antlerless-only season Dec.
COLUMBIA — When the Missouri State High School Activities Association announced its classification and district groupings for 2022-23 basketball and wrestling postseason competition late last week (Nov, 18), there were no surprises and no changes for the six schools within or overlapping a portion of Linn County. In basketball, both Marceline and Brookfield again are in Class 3 and have been placed in District 16 with the same other schools which comprised it last year – Trenton, Carrollton, Hamilton: Penney, South Harrison and Milan.
