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Brookfield, Marceline State Golfers Finish Positively

COLUMBIA — While their overall scores and place finishes might not have been what they’d hoped, all four Linn countians who played in the Class 1 girls’ golf state tournament at The Country Club of Missouri last Monday and Tuesday concluded the tourney – and their seasons – on a positive trend. Three of them – Marceline’s Tess Sheerman and Jada Taylor and Brookfield’s Maggie Bennett – posted better second-round scores Tuesday than on Monday and BHS’ other qualifier – Kammy Dixon – shot matching scores in each 18-holes round.

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Seven Marceline Softball Players First-Team All-District, Three All-L&C First Team

MARCELINE — As the Marceline High School softball team hopefully is spending this weekend preparing for a third appearance in the Missouri State High School Activities Association’s Class 2 State Championships semifinals and finals at Springfield in the past four years next weekend, seven members of its roster already possess firstteam postseason honors- team recognitions. Both the Lewis and Clark Conference and coaches involved in the preceding week’s district tournament at Unionville announced the results of their respective all-conference and all-district ballotings early this past week.

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