KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs followed perhaps the greatest 13 seconds in franchise history in the divisional round against the Bills with 13 seconds late in the first half of the AFC title game against Cincinnati that they’d rather just forget.
A historic, overtime triumph brought the annual Meadville Invitational Tournament to a thrilling conclusion Saturday night. Trailing second-seeded Grundy County R-5/ Newtown-Harris by 11 points at halftime, the Hale/Bosworth Cardinals charged back after intermission to be deadlocked after each of the third and fourth periods, then won the game with an 11-5 advantage in OT to prevail, 59-53.
Entering as the favorite – particularly with host Chillicothe giving away a net 12 points in forfeited bouts, the visiting Trenton High School wrestling Bulldogs bolted to a 24-0 lead through four weight divisions and essentially coasted home from there in a 54-30 verdict Tuesday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have won six straight AFC West titles, something never before accomplished, and will be hosting a record fourth consecutive conference championship game when Cincinnati visits Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.
The 2021-22 Missouri archery deer and turkey season ended Jan. 15 with a final count of deer checked in the third-highest ever.
CAMERON — You can’t accuse veteran, long-successful high school basketball coach Darren Smith of not recognizing a good thing when he sees it. Deep into his eighth winning season at the helm of Chillicothe’s Lady Hornets after a lengthy stretch of similar prosperity guiding Meadville’s boys, Smith saw his squad bury an average-or-better Lawson squad under a 31-3 mid-game points avalanche fueled by full-court defensive pressure Monday in the Cameron Invitational Tournament and prudently considered, “Maybe we ought to try that again next game.” That next game was Wednesday in the second round of pool play in the tourney and matched the Lady Hornets with the red-hot host squad, which entered with a 13-3 record and 13 wins in its last 14 outings.
As it traditionally does, the last week of January brought almost-exclusively tournament play to area hardwoods. The exception schools are Braymer, Breckenridge and Hardin-Central, who played among themselves early in the week, including a key game in the Carroll-Livingston Activity Association girls’ title chase.
CAMERON — Being that it is sports and that the participants were high school age, there was no guarantee when the Chillicothe High School basketball Lady Hornets took on a capable, relatively-tall Lawson Lady Cardinals squad for a third time in less than three weeks late Monday afternoon that it would play out exactly – or, at least, much – like the prior two.
ST. JOSEPH — Under the pressure of high expectations, Chillicothe High School wrestling Hornets junior Brock Miller met the challenge in Saturday’s 2022 Midland Empire Conference Championships, especially in his final bout, leading the Hornets to a repeat runnerup team finish.
CAMDENTON — If or when it happens, long-time Chillicothe High School basketball Hornets head coach Tim Cool might not know how to react when he has his “full” roster to deploy. Last Saturday at Camdenton, Cool continued to adjust his player usage to adapt to at least one missing component – and do so successfully, according to the final score.