With “typically” March weather seeming to continue to win the battle with Linn County High School baseball teams through the middle of April, at least in terms of favorable playing conditions, the 2022 season is starting into its home stretch with only one of the in-county or adjoining teams possessing a winning record.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — As college football tries to navigate unprecedented upheaval, the status quo holds with the College Football Playoff that crowns its national champion.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The new faces of the Kansas City Chiefs offense are getting to know each other in the warm Texas sun, rather than the cold Kansas City rain, after Andy Reid decided to make voluntary offseason workouts a virtual exercise this season.
MIAMI — At some point – perhaps more than once – this season, the St. Louis Cardinals’ trio of 40-years-oldplus regulars will have struggles that make some question how often they should be utilized, but not yet. For the moment, they’re cavorting like young pups and helping get the team off to a solid start.
2021-22 Marceline High School senior Sam Gillman, second from right, earlier this month signed to play football on scholarship at Mount Vernon, Iowa’s, Cornell College next school year. Gillman was a 2-ways starter for the 2021 Class 1 state runnerup MHS Tigers, playing primarily as a wide receiver and defensive back his senior year. Statistically, he caught 19 passes for 282 yards and two touchdowns, while, on defense, he made 39 unassisted tackles with two pass interceptions – one in the state-championship game loss to East Buchanan – and two fumble recoveries. As a junior, he was used extensively as a “wildcat-formation” quarterback, as well, carrying for 257 yards (5.7 yards per carry average) and four scores, while catching 36 passes for 383 yards and four more touchdowns. Defensively, he intercepted four passes and recovered a fumble as an 11th grader and was in on 32 tackles. On hand for the early-April signing at MHS were, from right, his mother Chretian, father Jerod, and sister Avery. (PHOTO SUPPLIED/Mark Ross)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson looked every bit like a fourtime race winner on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's historic oval Wednesday. Only this time, his blue No.
Missouri’s “regular” spring turkey season is underway (as of last Monday), but it’s too early to predict how successful this year’s hunters will. However, the annual youth-only season two weeks ago enjoyed some pretty good weather and the young hunters checked in 2,888 turkeys, up 43 birds from their 2021 season and the most turkeys taken in the youth season since 2017 when a super youth season produced 4,100 turkeys taken.
MARCELINE — The visiting Westran Hornets were better early and late, but Marceline High School’s surging baseball Tigers dominated in the middle innings of last Monday’s Lewis and Clark Conference game, earning a 7-5 victory which kept them unbeaten midway through 2022 loop play.
KANSAS CITY — After a bit of a slow start to his 2022 season offensively, especially power-wise, Kansas City Royal Salvador Perez gave further evidence last Tuesday night that he was finding the stroke that produced a Major League Baseball lead-sharing and Royals team record 48 home runs a year ago.
Marceline High School’s track-and-field Lady Tigers continued their strong 2022 season last week by winning the Westran Relays team championship last Thursday, two days after tying for third place in the Centralia Invitational.