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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri had lost its first three SEC games in increasingly heartbreaking fashion.

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

BROOKFIELD – While far from a certainty, the odds certainly seemed to favor the Brookfield Bulldogs and Marceline Tigers having a second shot at each other in 2022 as they took the field for their last regular-season games last Friday. When each took handled their business in unfettered fashion, that’s precisely what they got.

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.

The time of year Missouri waterfowlers have been anxiously awaiting is finally almost here. The 2022 duck season for the North Zone will open next Saturday, Oct.

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.

COLUMBIA — Following an off week, the University of Missouri football Tigers return to action against Vanderbilt Saturday at 3 p.m. at Faurot Field inside Memorial Stadium.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers are considering trading 2019 All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey if they get something significant in return, according to a person familiar with the situation.

As the 2022 high school football season comes to a conclusion this weekend, the district playoffs seedings for the Brookfield Bulldogs and Marceline Tigers still were in flux going to their finales Friday night. What happened in their winnable games and in the meeting between Milan and Maysville/Winston was to tell the tale whether a second meeting of the season between the county rivals would come about in next week’s opening round of the postseason or could be a possibility – albeit much more remote – down the line. Brookfield began its regular-season finale against Ewing: Highland with a rating of 32.66 for the season, fourth-best in Class 1 District 7. Marceline was sixth in the district at 28.48 with Maysville/ Winston separating the two at 30.89. Those ratings, along with third-place Milan’s 33.52 were closely- enough bunched that a BHS-MHS rematch – either as the Nos. 3 and 6 or Nos. 4 and 5 seeds were distinct possibilities. If Marceline handled Paris Friday and Brookfield did the same – which both were expected to do, their ratings would improve a bit. If Milan defeated Maysville/Winston in their meeting at Maysville, Marceline had a strong chance to slip past Maysville/Winston into fifth, while Brookfield would stay fourth. If Maysville/Winston won, it would not pass Brookfield, but the Bulldogs almost certainly would surpass Milan and get the No. 3 seeding, while Marceline stayed stuck in sixth. In either of those two eventualities, the blue and while would host the black and gold in the district quarterfinals this coming Friday at 7 p.m. The county clubs met at Marceline in the annual regular- season “Bell Game” rivalry battle in early September (second week of the season) and BHS prevailed in a tight one, 20-14. However, if Brookfield did not take care of its business against Highland or Marceline faltered against Paris – neither very likely, the second go-around might not come to pass, at least not this week. If not then, both probabl