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BY PAUL STURM C- T Sports Editor PSTURM@ CHERRYROAD. COM There’s an old admonition that, if you’re going to do something, don’t do it halfway.

The Missouri Dep artment of Conservation ann ounced on Aug. 17 that a fifth state-record fish for 2022 had been taken on May 16 when a 14-pounds, 6-ounces shortnose gar was arrowed by a Nebraska man, Rich Porter, at Lake of the Ozarks.

After getting an unplanned, immediate preview to start the 2022 season of what they could face come district-tournament time at the end of their year, Chillicothe High School’s tennis Lady Hornets completed their opening week’s slate Wednesday with a major Midland Empire Conference surprise. After taking a close loss at home to Kirksville Monday in their inaugural outing and then routing Cameron on the road the next day, first-year head coach Sophie Chambers’ crew shocked host Savannah 5-4 by winning four of the six singles sets.

The Southeastern Conference has a national championship quarterback, a Heisman Trophy winner and a collection of promising passers both new and old. The group is headlined by Alabama’s Heisman winner, Bryce Young, and Stetson Bennett, who led Georgia to the national title over Young & Co.

the end, it’s just rust. There is nothing you can do about that except for, you know, not be rusty at some point.” It was Serena who announced to the world on Aug.

(AP) — Patrick Mahomes gazed over the first-team Kansas City offense Thursday night, lined up before him as if members of a choir, and together the Chiefs took a poignant penalty to honor Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson. Then they beat the Green Bay Packers, the foe the Dawson-led Chiefs battled in the first-ever Super Bowl in January 1967, 17-10 in an otherwise-forgettable preseason finale.

INDEPENDENCE — The opening weekend of the 2021 Class 3 state runnerup Chillicothe High School softball Lady Hornets’ 2022 season could have gone better, but not a whole lot. Playing in the 24-teams Greater Kansas City Suburban Invitational tournament to begin their campaign for a second year in a row, the salty Lady Hornets bolted out of the gate with two solid “pool-play” wins last Friday and then opened competition in the tourney’s “gold division” bracket play with another triumph before dropping backto- back 1-run games to Class 5 schools to wrap up the tourney.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whether it was in the huddle during the early days of the AFL or behind the microphone as the NFL grew into the behemoth it is today, Len Dawson carried himself with an unmistakable swagger and self-assurance that earned him the wellworn nickname “Lenny the Cool.”

Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run homer to break an eighth-inning tie as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied past the defending world champion Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Sunday night.