Sports

Marceline Continues Hot Streak on Diamond

April 15, 2022

LANCASTER — Even with an efficient, “small-ball” start which gave them a quick lead, things didn’t look promising for the Marceline High School baseball Tigers after one inning Monday. Host Schuyler County countered the MHS run constructed on Wyatt Molloy’s game-starting single, two steals, and a run-scoring groundout by Nathan Cupp by getting its first four batters aboard safely and, with the aid of a couple of MHS miscues, hanging a 5-spot on the scoreboard as it batted around in its opening frame.

April 15, 2022

The BKN (Brunswick-Keytesville-Northwestern) Thunder high school baseball team on Tuesday followed up on the Carroll-Livingston Activity Association Tournament title it earned with two wins Monday by shutting out the Southwest Livingston/Tina-Avalon co-op squad 4-0 at Ludlow.

Giants’ Nakken Becomes First MLB Female On-Field Coach

April 15, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken was hard at work in the batting cage, just a few steps from the dugout, when suddenly the call came: The San Francisco Giants needed her to coach at first base. She quickly pulled off her sweatshirt, grabbed

LA’s Kershaw Pulled With Perfect Game Through Seven

April 15, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game through seven innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his season debut, dominating the Minnesota Twins with 13 strikeouts in 21 batters on Wednesday.

Pujols Homers, Has Three Hits, Propels Cardinals Past Royals

April 15, 2022

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals’ Wednesday game at St.

Last Race Gives Sharp Edge at Chillicothe Meet

April 12, 2022

CHILLICOTHE — Having previously excelled individually with two victories and one runnerup finish in races two, four and eight times as long, Brookfield High School senior star Alexandra “Alex” Sharp was only one single trip around the Jerry Litton Memorial Stadium II all-weather track away from gaining the distinction of being the 14-schools meet’s top female individual points scorer in last Friday’s Chillicothe Joe Shy Relays track-and-field meet, but she’d need help from three teammates to make that last circuit pay off

National Archery In The Schools Program Builds Character In Students

April 12, 2022

For the second year in a row, the Missouri National Archery in the Schools Program (MoNASP) state tournament exceeded expectations. Held in Branson, Missouri and hosted by the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation (MCHF), the tournament drew a crowd of over 10,000 people with approximately 4,500 student competitors. The excitement in the convention center, pouring out of the thousands of young shooters, was electric.

April 12, 2022

KANSAS CITY — On a Friday afternoon not particularly well-suited for golf, Marceline High School’s golf Tigers made the most of their opportunity to play at a metropolitan Kansas City course. Facing Kansas City: Park Hill’s junior-varsity lineup in an 18-holes match at the par-72 Tiffany Greens course, the Tigers continued their early-season success by shooting a low-4 score of 355, edging the Class 5 foe’s second-stringers by 12 strokes.

Scheffler Gets Masters Green Jacket To Go With No. 1 Ranking

April 12, 2022

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler looked like a Masters champion even before he slipped into his green jacket, the model of calm as he methodically worked his way around the most stressful course in major championship golf.

Remarkable Rookie Kwan Delivers Again, Guardians Split With Royals

April 12, 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The only big mistake that Cleveland rookie Steven Kwan has made during his first four big league games came in left field, where he was trying to rush a catch-and-throw to the plate and had a flyball bounce off the heel of his glove.