Suffer first loss, 20-17, to Colts Sunday INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kansas City defensive tackle Chris Jones blamed himself for the Chiefs' first loss of the season. Coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes accepted responsibility, too.
Marceline senior has 11 pars in round of 82 last Thursday; softball blanks Scotland County Matching par on 11 of the event’s 18 holes, including seven of nine on the first nine at Green Hills Golf Course, senior Tess Sheerman of the Marceline High School Lady Tigers claimed the top individual medal from last Thursday’s annual Chillicothe Invitational Tournament. Using 41 strokes on both sides of the municipal course, the 2021 Class 1 state fifth-place finisher posted an 82 that was two strokes better than runnerup Cailyn Auffert of Maryville.
PALMYRA — With a repeated exhibition of big plays – on both sides of the ball, the Brookfield High School football Bulldogs easily registered their second victory of 2022 last Friday evening, whipping the host Palmyra Panthers 48-20 in Clarence Cannon Conference action. Seizing the early lead by “going up top” to Kendrell Carter as he slipped out of the backfield unnoticed on a fourth-and-4 call from the Palmyra 42, the Bulldogs (2-3, 1-2 CCC) kept up that penchant right through to their final and longest touchdown – a 54-yards burst off right tackle by running back Amos Baum in the fourth period that created a 34-points lead, 48-14.
LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols seemed like a long shot in early August to reach 700 home runs, still more than a dozen swings from the hallowed mark and his power stroke all but gone. Or so it appeared.
With both Maggie Bennett and Kammy Dixon breaking 100 and earning tournament medals, Brookfield High School’s golf Lady Bulldogs earned fourth place out of seven teams in last Wednesday’s Salisbury Invitational tournament. Fresh off her outstanding, medal-earning showing in the Smith-Cotton Ladies Invitational at Sedalia two days before, Bennett went 49-46–95 at the Salisbury Municipal Course in Potts Park, just southeast of the eastern Chariton County town.
AUBURN, Ala. — Cayden Bridges recovered a fumble in the end zone to give Auburn a 17-14 overtime victory over Missouri in an SEC opener on Saturday.
After a solid – if mostly-unsuccessful, results-wise – appearance in last weekend’s Jefferson City Invitational tournament, Marceline High School’s softball Lady Tigers early this week followed up on their standout start to defense of their Lewis and Clark Conference championship with two more triumphs, including another big one. After cruising past guest Paris in three innings Monday, MHS used a trio of crooked-number scoring innings to push past long-time L&C diamond power Westran 9-4 at the Disney Park field last Tuesday.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Duke and Kansas are accustomed to these highstakes showdowns, the kind that build national buzz whenever they meet or grab attention because national championship implications are riding on the outcome.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense had been struggling all night against a ferocious Chargers pass rush when Jaylen Watson, an unheralded seventh-round draft pick, and the rest of the defense bailed them out.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals on Wednesday fired long-time executive Dayton Moore, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential general manager and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity.