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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.

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.

The Edgerton House in Chillicothe has been named a 2022 Places in Peril by the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation (Missouri Missouri Preservation). The non-profit announced its 2022 Places in Peril list via a virtual announcement on Thursday, Oct.

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

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.