A couple of area high school girls’ basketball teams came out on the right end of the final score in the early-week games, even though they took alternate routes in the homestretch. In first-round play in the Salisbury Invitational tournament Monday, Meadville’s Lady Eagles couldn’t protect a 10-points cushion starting the fourth quarter, but recovered to outscore Carrollton 10-7 in overtime to claim a 56-53 verdict.
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is a meticulous creature of habit, choosing to hold meetings and practices at the same time and in the same order every week during the long NFL season. If it was up to him, the Chiefs would play their games at the same time every week.
TRENTON — Occasionally a basketball team with one or two excellent players can overcome an opponent with a wider array of solid, if less spectacular, talent, but it doesn’t happen often. On Dec.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Patrick Mahomes had a message for young Bengals star Ja'Marr Chase when the two met on the field after Cincinnati's dramatic 34-31 win over Kansas City to clinch the AFC North title. “Keep going — we'll see you in the playoffs,” the Chiefs quarterback told Chase.
In a relative rarity, not one single high school basketball team among those in the C-T’s primary coverage area made it to Christmas with a perfect record this season. After Polo’s girls – who took their only loss in mid-December – dealt Meadville’s their initial defeat on Dec.
Chillicothe Middle School’s eighth grade basketball Lady Hornets finished their 2021 season 9-4 Dec. 18 when they earned the championship of their own annual, roundrobin “Hornet Hoops” tournament, defeating Cameron and Marshall, coach Rachael Wheeler reports. Squad members included, from left: Front -Charley Peniston, Maicee Albrecht, Hayden Hansen; Back – Coach Wheeler, Lydia Gabrielson, Olivia Jenkins, Emerson Staton, and Miley Kale. Staton led the Lady Hornets’ offense with a combined 40 points in the two games, while Albrecht chipped in 23. Hanson, Gabrielson, Peniston, Kale, and Jenkins all got involved in the scoring, too, during the tournament and coach Wheeler praised each for playing “great defense.” The coach also related, “The Lady Hornets want to thank all of their supporters, especially Mrs. Smith, Mr. Creekmore, Ms. Abby, Mrs. Baldwin and Mr. Turner for helping make this season a great one!” (PHOTO SUPPLIED/Rachael Wheeler)
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Having battled very well against a squad from the state’s largest classification three days before in sustaining their first loss of the season, Chillicothe High School’s basketball Lady Hornets turned a second-straight contest against a Class 6 opponent into clearcut victory Tuesday, Dec. 21, that will send them into the 2022 portion of the campaign with a sterling 7-1 record.
MOBERLY — The Chillicothe High School wrestling Hornets didn’t reap any reward, record-wise, from their participation in the Dec. 17-18 2021 Spartans Duals tournament at Moberly – rechristened as the Sam Richardson Invitational this year in memory of the late former Moberly head coach and widely-known wrestling enthusiast/advocate who died from COVID-19 earlier this year, so they’ll hope the experience they gained and the testing-by-fire the individual team members had in the high-quality event will be the longer-term and more-important payoff.
A somewhat-disappointing Missouri North Zone duck season for local area hunters ended Dec. 28.