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CAMERON — The existing evidence strongly suggested the Chillicothe High School volleyball Lady Hornets and Maryville Lady Spoofhounds were – as their Nos.

An as-expected challenging season – especially from a scoring perspective – for the Chillicothe High School boys’ soccer team segues into the postseason tomorrow when the Hornets meet Savannah for a third time in the opening match of the Class 2 District 8 tournament at Excelsior Springs High School’s Tiger Stadium.The 11 a.m.

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After two decades of trying, Chillicothe High School’s volleyball Lady Hornets have produced back-to-back winning seasons.Even as they played out the last of their regular-season matches this week, the 2023 CHS spikers were assured of finishing with a record above .500 after winning two of three matches in last Saturday’s Lawson Spikefest tournament.When, following a hard-fought loss to Maryville in the opening round, the Lady Hornets turned back Higginsville (Lafayette County) in five games, it gave them a 14-7 record with only four more regular-season matches remaining.

Despite legitimate hopes for more, Chillicothe High School will send only junior Lyla Oesch to next week’s Class 2 girls’ golf state tournament at Joplin.Following the wrapup of a second-straight unbeaten season of dual-match play with their Oct.

SAVANNAH — Going into last Friday’s Midland Empire Conference high school football game between the visiting Chillicothe Hornets and host Savannah Savages, informed fans likely would have been “licking their chops” to see the exploits of SHS 2022 All-State running back Cade Chappell and CHS junior Silas Midgyett, also a 1,000-yards-plus ballcarrier a year ago, who was coming off a nearly 500-rushing-yards performance a week earlier against St.

SPRINGFIELD — Chillicothe High School senior Rylee Washburn and Izzy Garr are in Springfield today, hoping to make it a 2-days stay in the Class 1 girls’ state tournament this time.Repeating their 2022 advancement to state-tournament doubles competition, Garr and Washburn are due to begin play at Springfield’s Cooper Tennis Complex at 1 p.m.

Taking a break from their perfect dual-matches performance thus far this season, Chillicothe High School’s golf Lady Hornets had a big week in tournament play – including their own annual get-together – last week.A week ago today, three medal-earning top-10 individual rounds helped CHS shade South Harrison by a single stroke for second place behind as-expected runaway champion Maryville in the Chillicothe Invitational tournament.That followed the Lady Hornets’ Class 1-2 division title in the 17-schools Smith-Cotton Classic hosted by Sedalia Sept.

In the middle game of their 2023 regular season, the Chillicothe High School football Hornets’ offense generated some big plays against a team considered among the best in the state in Class 3.