TRENTON, Mo. — In the final days of the calendar year, Chillicothe High School’s basketball Hornets evened a score from way back in January and made their Christmas break a bit merrier Dec.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Missouri football knew the challenge its offense faced coming into the Armed Forces Bowl against Army: Drives were going to be at a premium. The lack of a safety net magnified every mistake and triumph.
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.
What, by some measures, was the most successful season of Chillicothe High School Hornets soccer since the program began in 2007 was recognized and celebrated at the team’s belated postseason awards event Dec. 13, exactly one month to the day after their season ended with an historic 1-0 loss at Harrisonville in the Class 2 state quarterfinals.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have faced their share of challenges this season. The two-time defending AFC champions are peaking at the right time for another playoff push.
Despite the lengthening of this year’s antlerless-only firearms deer season to nine days from the three days it’s been allowed since 2016, the final antlerless deer harvest total was down just over 600 deer from the 15,620 taken in 2020’s 3-day season.
Most of the Carroll-Livingston Activity Association high school basketball teams which took the court Thursday, Dec. 16, with undefeated league ledgers exited the same way. One of two exceptions was because two previously-perfect CLAA boys’ squads squared off.
After earning a half-dozen wins by fall to power themselves past Odessa 51-27 Tuesday night, Chillicothe High School’s wrestling Hornets quickly grabbed the first two bouts of their clash with defending Midland Empire Conference champion Cameron by pins, as well.
Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois doesn’t feel like the Tigers were the Southeastern Conference’s odd team out during the bowl selection process. Yes, MU was the only league team not selected to the College Football Playoff or a previous league-affiliated bowl, but she and Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz value the opportunity of the Armed Forces Bowl.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs added linebacker Willie Gay Jr. to the COVID-19 list on Wednesday, one day before they play the Los Angeles Chargers in a game that could go a long way toward deciding the AFC West.