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CHICAGO — Patrick Mahomes sure looked like he was ready to go. The one-time MVP, Super Bowl champion and four-time Pro Bowler made it look easy in his short time on the field.

PSTURM@CHERRYROAD.COM Beginning this Friday evening, four Chillicothe High School fall sports teams will get a first chance to compare themselves against someone other than themselves. The CHS football, softball, boys’ soccer and volleyball teams are slated to participate in preseason interscholastic controlled scrimmages over the span of Friday through next Monday.

KANSAS CITY — Len Dawson, the 87-yearold Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, has entered hospice care in Kansas City. KMBC-TV, the Kansas City station where Dawson began his broadcasting career in 1966, confirmed Dawson is in hospice care through his wife, Linda.

BY PAUL STURM C-T SPORTS EDITOR PSTURM@CHERRYROAD.COM While graybeards were continuing to confound Father Time on Missouri’s eastern border last weekend, on the state’s western flank, members of a youthful talent wave which hopefully will regenerate the fortunes of the Major League Baseball team there were offering evidence that might come to pass while testing the team with the major leagues’ best 2022 record to date. At Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium Sunday, Brady Singer pitched six dominant innings as the Royals ended the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 12-game winning streak, blanking them 4-0 on two hits.

After their Chillicothe High School outdoors fall sports compatriots initiated their 2022 season practices early in the day Monday – the cross country running and girls’ golf squads in mid-80s temperatures and high humidity, albeit a bit of a breeze, at midnight and the football and girls’ golf teams under occasionally- sprinkling, hot and humid conditions during the early daylight hours, the soccer Hornets and softball Lady Hornets gathered early that evening under bright, sunny skies with markedly-lower temperatures and humidity. Softball head coach Lee Rucker welcomed about 25 players to the opening practice, while soccer chief Tim Cunningham had about 20 on hand. Both of those CHS programs are coming off district- championship seasons and historic state-tournament participation – the Lady Hornets matching the highest-ever state finish in program history, placing second in Class 3, and the Hornets reaching the Class 2 state quarterfinals for the first time in CHS soccer (girls’ or boys’) history. (PAUL STURM/C-T PHOTOS) After the Chillicothe High School outdoors fall sports compatriots initiated their 2022 season practices early in the day – the cross country running and girls’ golf squads in mid-80s temperatures and high humidity, albeit a bit of a breeze, at midnight Monday and the football and girls’ golf teams under occasionally-sprinkling, hot and humid conditions during the early daylight hours, the soccer Hornets and softball Lady Hornets gathered early Monday evening under bright and sunny skies with markedly- lower temperatures and humidity. Softball head coach Lee Rucker welcomed about 25 players for the opening practice, while soccer chief Tim Cunningham had about 20 on hand. Both of those CHS programs are coming off district- championship seasons and historic state-tournament participation – the Lady Hornets matching the highest-ever state finish in program history, placing second in Class 3, and the Hornets reaching the Class 2 state arterfinals for the first time in CHS soccer (girls or boys) history. (PAUL STURM/C-T

ST. JOSEPH — Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Isiah Pacheco were chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs on opposite ends of the draft spectrum – one a first-round pick with the accompanying expectations and the other a seventh-round longshot.

BY DAVE HOGG The Associated Press DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera says he might end his likely Hall of Fame career at the end of this season. The 39-year-old Detroit Tigers star mused on the subject Thursday amid a slump through the dog days of summer.