Getting into his first true competition since injuring his knee late last January and having subsequent surgery to repair it, senior guard Sol’jier Allen of the 2024-25 Chillicothe High School basketball Hornets and a Kansas City: Winnetonka defender watch as Allen’s mid-second-quarter 3-points shot from the left wing banks in. In its season opener, CHS outscored the Class 5 state fourth-place finishers by a point over the contest’s final 25:10, but that came after ’Tonka trucked the Hornets with a blazing 24-11 start en route to a 67-55 win. (BUTCH SHAFFER/C-T PHOTO)
By PAUL STURM C-T Sports Editor psturm@cherryroad.com With tough acts to follow, the 2024-25 Chillicothe High School basketball Hornets and Lady Hornets inaugurated competition at…