Sports

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.

An abbreviated, non-conference softball victory Monday highlighted varsity-level action for Brookfield High School sports squads this past week. While the diamond Lady ’Dogs were dispatching Milan at home Monday, the volleyball squad was having a tough night in a straight-games loss at Carrollton.

Marceline High School softball Lady Tigers senior pitcher Cassi Rodgers twirled a 3-inning no-hitter Tuesday in a rout of visiting Schuyler County to highlight MHS’ early-week sports action. While Marceline was dominating on the diamond, the golf Lady Tigers and their own All-State senior were involved in the Westran Invitational tournament at Moberly.

Missouri’s annual archery deer and turkey season opened this past week (Sept. 15) and, after a brief “shutdown” for the firearms deer season Nov.

COLUMBIA – The University of Missouri football Tigers will host the second of its three first-time opponents this season in Abilene Christian University Saturday at Faurot Field. The Family Weekend game will kick off at 11 a.m.

PHOENIX (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won Major League Baseball’s National League West Division title for the ninth time in 10 seasons, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Tuesday night.