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SPRINGFIELD — Like gathering, growing storm clouds, the Marceline High School softball Lady Tigers kept creating good scoring chances inning after inning in their Class 2 state tournament semifinal game against the Eugene Lady Eagles last Friday at midday, only to be unable to snap a 1-1 tie which had been in place since the first inning. However, though, a cloudburst came – not out of left field, but out of the left-handed batter’s box, complete with loud thunder and lightning.

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Their offense coming off a horrid performance in a narrow Homecoming win over woeful Vanderbilt, the University of Missouri football Tigers will compete for the Mayor's Cup in Columbia, S.C. this Saturday, visiting the No.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs were staring at an early 10-point hole, on the road and against one of the best defenses in the NFL, yet managed to not only turn things around but roar to a 44-23 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Only two more days remain in Missouri’s 2022 fall firearms turkey season, but there’s plenty more hunting coming up as the North Zone duck season opens today and will run for 60 days, ending Dec. 27.

MARCELINE — It looked so familiar and – for veteran Marceline High School softball Lady Tigers, their coaches, and fans at Disney Park last Thursday evening – that was a comfort. Senior pitcher Cassi “CJ” Rodgers spent the first inning of the team’s Class 2 state tournament quarterfinal game against Elsberry trying to find her rhythm and locate her best “stuff,” just as she did 51 weeks earlier in the semifinal and championship rounds of the state tourney which ended with MHS’ first state diamond crown.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Falling into an early hole was just what the Kansas City Chiefs needed to get going.