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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' stunning loss to the Indianapolis Colts was special in all the wrong ways.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals finally separated themselves from the Milwaukee Brewers in early August after chasing them for much of the season.

MARCELINE — Although, somewhat surprisingly, it required a month and half the season, the first victory for the 2022 Marceline High School football Tigers and first-season head coach Joey Peterson finally materialized last Friday at Chester Ray Stadium. Welcoming fellow Lewis and Clark Conference member and 2011 state-playoffs opponent Fayette for the MHS Homecoming game, the Tigers used a halfback- option play shortly before halftime to claim a 7-6 mid-game lead and followed that up with a Conner Quinn touchdown gallop in the third period to gain a 14-12 triumph.

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.

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.

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.