Two of the three C-T-area high school baseball teams which commenced postseason play in their respective district tournaments last weekend posted victories. In the Class 2 district tourney being hosted by Harrisburg, the BKN Thunder – the Carroll-Livingston Activity Association champion comprised of students from Mendon: Northwestern, Brunswick and Keytesville – had its attack in gear for its quarterfinal-round clash with Fayette.
Barring intervening health or other problems, C-T-area Class 1 high schools are set to have 20 entries in this Friday’s and Saturday’s Class 1 Trackand-Field State Championships at Jefferson City High School’s “Pete” Adkins Stadium.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals fired hitting coach Terry Bradshaw and promoted Alex Zumwalt to fill his role Monday in a shakeup of the coaching staff that they hope will wake up one of the worst offenses in the majors this season.
PHOENIX (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 35 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 30 and the Dallas Mavericks stunned the top-seeded Phoenix Suns with a 123-90 Game 7 blowout Sunday night, advancing to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2011.
TRENTON — With the stature of the players involved suggesting it was a battle between a mastiff and a rat terrier, the incredible arc of the decisive singles match in the Class 1 District 15 high school boys’ tennis tournament proved again the familiar saying, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog,” except this time the size of the ’Dog in the fight was overcome by the size of the fight in the Hornet.
Two young members of the 2022 Chillicothe High School golf Hornets have extended their season to its fullest limit by qualifying for this coming Monday’s and Tuesday’s Class 3 State Championships tournament at Sedalia.
COLUMBIA – The University of Missouri Department of Athletics’ annual promotional tour – expanded this year to at least 24 separate events – will make a stop in Chillicothe this coming Wednesday.
Starting the match on the brink of breaking her own year-old record for goals in a season by virtue of a last-seconds tally the night before in a 3-1 win at Kirksville, Chillicothe High School soccer Lady Hornets senior Lucy Reeter equaled her 2021 total with a 14th-minute shot that gave her team a 3-0 lead at St. Joseph: Lafayette Tuesday, then moved to the cusp of being the program’s first-ever 30-goals scorer in a season with her record-eclipsing 29th not quite 10 minutes into the second half as CHS punctuated its 15-6 regular season with a 7-0 victory over Lafayette’s Lady Irish in team record-breaking fashion.
With the opening game of their 20th season just over two weeks away – May 31 at new MINK League member Carroll, Iowa, the Chillicothe Mudcats baseball organization remains in need of volunteer host families to house players on the 2022 squad, team board president W.L. “Butch” Shaffer III reports.
ST. JOSEPH — A pair of first-ever varsity-level event wins for both a Hornet and Lady Hornet highlighted Chillicothe’s sweep of the team titles in last Tuesday’s regular-season-ending Cardinal Relays high school track-and-field meet hosted by Benton High School.