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CARROLLTON — With long-time head coach Chad Smith absent in body, but surely not in mind or spirit, following quadruple-bypass heart surgery a day or two before, Chillicothe High School’s wrestling Hornets made a perfect 5-0 push through their team matches in last Friday’s Trojan Duals tournament at Carrollton. The day also saw CHS’ three girl wrestlers fare well in a tournament at Excelsior Springs, bringing back first-, second-, and third-place finishes.

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LEXINGTON — Combining fluid, crisp ball movement in their set offense with transition “gimmes” from breaking Lexington’s press, the visiting Chillicothe High School basketball Hornets squared their early-season record at 2-2 last Tuesday with a sizzling 61-28 road thrashing of LHS’ Minutemen. “I thought our defense was especially locked in and, offensively, we were really good,” Tim Cool, Hornets head coach, commented in a livestreamed post-game interview after becoming the third CHS boys’ hoops coach ever to guide the team to 180 victories in a career.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills’ hopes of having Von Miller back in time for the playoffs were dashed after exploratory surgery revealed the injury to the top pass rusher’s right knee was worse than the team and player previously anticipated.

Three of Missouri’s 2022-23 f i r e a rms deer seasons are now over (early and late youth seasons and the November firearms season), leaving only two to go. One of these – antlerless- only season – will close Sunday (Dec. 11) and the last one – alternate methods season – will run Dec. 24 through Jan. 3.

Early-week C-T-area high school basketball saw Southwest Livingston’s Wildcats unexpectedly get their inaugural win of the season at the expense of a previously-unbeaten fellow member of the Carroll-Livingston Activity Association, the Meadville Lady Eagles continue to play in the stratosphere, Polo’s girls remain undefeated, and both Hamilton teams have their stay in their league tournament cut short. In games for which only final scores were available, Jamesport: Tri-County’s girls lost at Pattonsburg 58-37 and Brunswick’s girls and boys smashed Keytesville 72-17 and 81-7, respectively, Tuesday.

As the Chillicothe High School wrestling Hornets and Lady Hornets returned to early- season competition late this week – the boys in a tournament at Carrollton last night and the girls in an Excelsior Springs tourney, they did so while the program’s veteran head coach lie in a Kansas City hospital after an apparently-severe health problem arose for him during last weekend’s tournament at Pleasant Hill. Chad Smith, CHS wrestling program leader since the 201415 season and also football head coach of the Hornets each of the past two seasons, sustained a health crisis which reportedly required resuscitative measures on site while guiding the boys’ team – which includes his son Bo – through its action in the Steve Leslie Invitational tournament last Saturday.

LAS VEGAS — The University of Nevada- Las Vegas hired former Missouri football coach Barry Odom on Tuesday for the same position with the Rebels. He coached the Tigers from 2016-19, going 25-25 with two bowl appearances.

KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Chiefs could have two important parts of their offense back with guard Joe Thuney and wide receiver Kadarius Toney returning to practice Wednesday ahead of their trip to Denver. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that everyone would practice in their first workout since blowing a late lead in Sunday’s loss in Cincinnati.