Not surprisingly, last Monday’s intra- county Class 1 softball and baseball action at Meadville wound up as a split. Meadville’s Lady Eagles (9-7) downed Linn County R-1’s Lady Mustangs 13-3 in their Tri-County Conference contest, after which the Mustangs (2-3) routed MHS 18-3 in baseball action.
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.
BROOKFIELD — Following up one strong and then-undefeated Clarence Cannon Conference opponent with another didn’t work out so well for the 2022 Brookfield High School Bulldogs, so they’ll try a different tack this week. Beaten 40-8 at home by 4-0 Centralia last week after falling at South Shelby the week before, the blue and white will travel east again this week, this time all the way to Palmyra to meet a different group of Panthers who have a record the exact opposite of Centralia’s.
Both the Marceline and Brookfield teams had notable conference successes at mid-week last week and Meadville steamrolled Macon County R-4/Bucklin to headline the county high school softball and baseball scene. Last Wednesday, the BHS Lady Bulldogs nipped visiting Centralia 6-5 in eight innings when an error on a 2-out ball hit by Maddie Wilbeck was misplayed, allowing Ella Daugherity – who had doubled with one out – to score the walk-off winner.
KANSAS CITY — On the heels of an exquisite, senior-dominated, Class 1 state-runnerup season in 2021, the Marceline High School football Tigers and their fans continue to find the fit of the shoe being on their other foot quite uncomfortable. Transitioning both to an almost-entirely new group of starters and a new head coach, Marceline continued to experience significant growing pains last Saturday at Kansas City, sustaining a 26-0 shutout loss at the hands of the Hogan Prep Academy Rams.
COLUMBIA — The University of Missouri Tigers made it a clear priority to get wide receiver Luther Burden III more involved in the team's final tuneup before entering Southeastern Conference football play, and the move paid immediate dividends in last Saturday's 3417 victory over Abilene Christian. After the Tigers' defense forced a threeand- out on the Wildcats' opening drive of the game, Burden received the ensuing punt on a bounce along the left sideline at his own 22yard line, then followed his blockers across the field before racing down the right stripe for a 78yard score.
BHS volleyball girls come up empty in tournament Saturday A relatively-light slate of mid- and late-week action for Brookfield and Marceline high school sports squads outside of football and softball saw the BHS golf Lady Bulldogs nip MHS’ Lady Tigers in head-tohead action at the Marceline Country Club last Thursday and the volleyball Lady Bulldogs participate in Saturday’s Chillicothe Invitational tournament. On the course last Thursday, No.
Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols both had a chance to rest Monday while pursuing home run milestones. The Yankees and Cardinals were off Monday before St.