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With a multi-faceted returning junior who received All-State laurels last season and a steady senior who figures to add being the program’s all-time leader in 3-points field goals within the first few contests of the season to her status as the single- game record-holder for treys, another successful season of Chilicothe High School girls’ basketball beckons, beginning Tuesday night at Hamilton. Whether the level of success can reach that achieved by a more-deeply-veteran squad last winter (235) or simply extend the string of 17-plus-wins seasons begun by Rachael Parkey’s third team in 2013-14 to 10 in a row likely will be determined more by the rest of the squad than that established duo.

KANSAS CITY — Of all the things that Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid appreciates about Brett Veach, tops on the list might be this: The general manager is never content, constantly searching for ways to add depth and improve the roster.

COLUMBIA (AP) — D’Moi Hodge scored 17 of his 30 points in the first half and Missouri routed SIU Edwardsville 105-80 on Tuesday night. Hodge, a 6-foot-4 transfer from Cleveland State, finished 11of-19 shooting from the floor, grabbed seven rebounds and had three assists and four steals.

COLUMBIA — Needing to win both of their last two games to be assured of bowl eligibility, the University of Missouri football Tigers (4-6) return home for those games, beginning this Saturday with a first-ever meeting with New Mexico State (4-5) in a nonconference matchup. Kickoff time will be 6:30 p.m.

Missouri’s most- popular hunting season, with nearly a half-million participants each year, is the November firearms deer season. Having opened Nov. 12, it will close this coming Tuesday, Nov. 22, likely with close to 200,000 deer checked in.

As they have done for a number of years now, Chillicothe High School’s varsity basketball teams further tuned up for the approaching season by hosting nearby Trenton and Brookfield for a scrimmages “jamboree” this past Tuesday, some action of which is captured here. The CHS girls’ start game play this coming Tuesday at Hamilton; the boys will open the week after Thanksgiving when they and the girls participate in the Savannah Invitational tournament. (BUTCH SHAFFER/C-T PHOTOS)

For a second year in a row, multiple members of a Chillicothe High School softball state-runnerup squad have been rewarded for their personal performances and the team’s success with first-team All-State recognition. After four 2021 Lady Hornets were voted to Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association first-team spots and another to the second team, even with another second- place finish in the Class 3 state tournament that included an extra-innings loss in the title game, CHS’ representation on the association’s elite squad involves only three repeat first-team senior players – catcher Hope Helton, pitcher Kinlei Boley, and shortstop Kirsten Dunn.

Georgia was the new No. 1 in last week’s College Football Playoff rankings, followed by Ohio State, Michigan and TCU, an order unlikely to change this week after all four won last weekend.