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Two CHS records fall, veterans rip seven home runs in three wins Saturday CENTRALIA — As the 2022 Chillicothe High School softball Lady Hornets work to fine-tune their game in pursuit of a thirdstraight Midland Empire Conference championship, a second district crown in a row, and a return appearance in the Class 3 state tournament “Final Four,” they stepped outside their more-common geographic realm last Saturday and flexed their muscles for some “new” eyes. Participating in the standard- bracke t , 8-teams Centralia Invitational tournament, the Lady Hornets hammered their way to the title, pounding seven home runs – three by Bre Pithan to double her season’s count – t0 set a new single-season team record while racking up 13 extra- base hits.

ST. JOSEPH — Against a winless St.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The two most important characteristics Georgia coach Kirby Smart seeks in his team are composure and resiliency, and the top-ranked Bulldogs needed to rely on both to rally past Missouri on Saturday night.

TAMPA, Fla. — Patrick Mahomes had all the answers for solving Tampa Bay’s stingy defense, winning his latest matchup against Tom Brady in the stadium where the seven- time Super Bowl winner dealt him one of his most disappointing losses.

TRENTON — Three Chillicothe Lady Hornets tennis qualified for this Friday’s 4 p.m. state-tournament- qualifying Class 1 non-team sectional matches at Excelsior Springs by posting second-place finishes in District 15 play at Trenton last Saturday.

An extremely-busy and very important week in which Chillicothe High School’s tennis Lady Hornets transition from regular- season play to the postseason produced multiple highlight performances and strong efforts. Most recently, on Wednesday, the veteran doubles partnership of juniors Izzy Garr and Rylee Washburn earned second place in doubles in the Midland Empire Conference Non-Team Championships tournament at St.

Doves have headed on south, if they were ever here, and early teal season ended last Sunday, but other hunting seasons will open soon, with the early Canada goose season and the wild turkey fall firearms season both opening today (Oct. 1).