Sports

Tennis Lady Hornets Earn No. 1 Seeding for Upcoming District Team Play

Having earned the opportunity to gain home-courts advantage for next week’s Class 1 District 15 team tournament matches with prior triumphs over Cameron and Kirksville, the Chillicothe High School tennis Lady Hornets emphatically made certain a week ago yesterday they didn’t fritter that chance away.The 4-times defending district team champs, who went on to qualify for fourth in last year’s state tournament, seized the early lead in their home match with Trenton with a pair of shutout triumphs in Nos.

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Softball Lady Hornets Seize MEC Reins Again

With a pair of close-call victories – one on the road and the next at home, Chillicothe High School’s softball Lady Hornets last week moved to the precipice of a fourth-consecutive Midland Empire Conference championship, despite being in a significantly-transitional season.Two days after erasing a 2-runs deficit in the top of the seventh inning with a 6-runs outburst to win 11-8 over Maryville, the Lady Hornets turned a fifth-inning, leadoff single by No.

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Southwest Seniors Show Way in Week 5 Rout of Slater

The C-T-area’s 8-man high school football teams continued to cruise last week and only Hamilton: Penney – facing a 2-times defending state cham pion – prevented a full winning week for the five area clubs.This week, once-beaten Southwest Livingston/Tina-Avalon/Hale figures to get a solid test from host Hardin-Central/Norborne, which challenged unbeaten Braymer/Breckenridge for a half last week.Braymer/Breckenridge welcomes Schuyler County tonight, while Hamilton is at Lathrop, Brookfield at home against Macon, and Marceline at home against Salisbury.

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