Their time and number of opportunities beginning to run low, the 2022 Brookfield High School baseball Bulldogs finally made more progress toward at least matching their modest inaugural 2021-season wins total of three early this past week.
MOBERLY — With two late swings, senior Will Heller of the Marceline High School golf Tigers turned his strong back nine in last Thursday’s 2022 Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament on the Heritage Hills Golf Club course into the individual league championship.
BROOKFIELD — Through two innings of their Clarence Cannon Conference home game against Palmyra last Friday, there was reason for optimism for the Brookfield High School baseball Bulldogs in their pursuit of a second victory in their second-ever season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are two very different schools of thought surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs as they head into the NFL draft, where aggressive general manager Brett Veach has two picks apiece in each of the first four rounds and 12 in all.
The Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams should have plenty of company sitting out the first round of the NFL draft next week. The franchise that hasn't made a selection in round one since taking Jared Goff in 2016 and doesn't currently have another first-round pick until 2024, is set to be joined by a record seven other teams that have traded away their first-round picks in what has become a growing trend in recent years.
Miguel Cabrera reached the 3,000- hit mark on a weekend afternoon in front of an adoring crowd at his home ballpark in Detroit. It was a moment worthy of the milestone.
BROOKFIELD — Although they had some shining individual moments, none of the participating high schools from Linn County had much of an impact, team-wise, in last Friday’s 22-schools Gary Ewing invitational track-and-field meet hosted by Brookfield.
Although it easily could have changed since Monday’s press deadline for this article, Missouri’s Major League Baseball teams commenced the week with exactly opposite records and at opposite poles in their respective leagues’ Central divisions. Having headed into last Thursday’s homestand finale with Minnesota at .500 (5-5) and looking for a sweep of a 3-games series with the Twins, the Kansas City Royals not only didn’t get that accomplished, but then went to Washington (state) and got swept themselves by Seattle, including a 5-4 loss in 12 innings Sunday. Consequently, KC came back to the midwest for the current 3-games set with the White Sox in Chicago that continues this evening with Zack Greinke (0-1, 2.25 earned run average) facing Chicago righthander Dylan Cease (2-1, 3.38) and is due to conclude tomorrow afternoon with Royals righty Brad Keller (0-2, 2.55) going against fellow portsider Michael Kopech (0- 0, 0.64) in last place in the American League Central at 5-9. That, however, was only two games back of the firstplace Twins.
LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz moved up to No. 9 in the ATP rankings on Monday, a little more than a month before he turns 19, making him the youngest man to break into the top 10 since Rafael Nadal did it exactly 17 years ago. Alcaraz rose two spots after winning the Barcelona Open on Sunday. He beat Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3, 6-2 in the final.
MARCELINE — Even though they did not get all of the event wins to which they’re accustomed, the Marceline High School track-andfield Lady Tigers still narrowly came out on top of their own annual Marceline Relays meet at Chester Ray Stadium Tuesday.