After Fort Osage senior Arthur Wyatt hit a pair of free throws to tie Friday’s game at 41-all in the fourth period, Grain Valley needed a pick-me-up. The Eagles were locked in a seesaw Suburban Middle Six Conference battle in which neither team led by more than seven points.
Elena Sanchez will never forget Senior Night, as the popular forward is the lone senior on the Grain Valley girls basketball team. Sanchez came off the bench to score six points to support Grace Slaughter’s 34-point performance points in a 60- 24 Suburban Middle Six victory over Fort Osage.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Perhaps the officiating member introducing the overtime coin flip said it best.
Van Horn had the second lowest team score at the Belton Pirate Girls Swimming and Diving Invitational over the weekend. But that didn’t matter to the Falcons as diver Felicia Lawrence qualified for the district meet with a state consideration score while finishing third in the 1-meter springboard diving competition.
(Schedules subject to change) TUESDAY, JAN. 25 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL 7 p.m.
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Tuesday’s Television • Tennis: Australian Open quarterfinals (taped), 1 p.m., ESPN2 (Comcast 29) • College golf: Southwestern Invitational, 3:30 p.m., GOLF (27) • Women’s college basketball: Iowa at Penn State, 5 p.m., BTN (255) • College basketball: Richmond at Rhode Island, 5:30 p.m., CBSSN (274) • College basketball: Alabama at Georgia, 5:30 p.m., SECN (284) • College basketball: Michigan State at Illinois, 6 p.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: Clemson at Duke, 6 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: DePaul at Villanova, 6 p.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: Cincinnati at Temple, 6 p.m., ESPNU (269) • NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m., TNT (51) • College basketball: Southern Illinois at Loyola-Chicago, 7 p.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • College basketball: Maryland at Rutgers, 7 p.m., BTN (255) • College basketball: Syracuse at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., ACCN (961) • College basketball: Georgetown at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m., CBSSN (274) • College basketball: Auburn at Missouri, 7:30 p.m., SECN (284) • College basketball: Mississippi State at Kentucky, 8 p.m., ESPN (13) • Tennis: Australian Open quarterfinals, 8 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: Nevada at Colorado State, 8 p.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: Texas at TCU, 8 p.m., ESPNU (269) • NBA: Dallas at Golden State, 9 p.m., TNT (51) • College basketball: Mississippi State at Kentucky, 10 p.m., ESPN (13) Tuesday’s Radio/Audio • College basketball: Auburn at Missouri, 7:30 p.m., KMBZ (980 AM) .
After missing a few games with illness, Kayleigh Jenkins returned with a vengeance. Jenkins scored 15 points and was named MVP of the Frontenac (Kan.) Tournament after leading the Wildcats to a 59-29 rout of Fort Scott (Kan.) in the championship game Saturday.
Following their most embarrassing loss of the season – a 9-4 rout by the Newfoundland Growlers Friday night at Cable Dahmer Arena – coach Tad O'Had's Kansas City Mavericks followed with an inspirational 4-2 victory Saturday night over the same ECHL team.
MLB negotiators meet in person for 1st time since Dec 1 NEW YORK – Negotiators for lockedout baseball players and management met in person Monday for the first time since Dec. 1, the day before the start of the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995.
INDEPENDENCE, MO - Hazel Meree Lawrence, 82, Independence, MO passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10am, Thursday, Jan 27, 2022 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 10113 E. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Graveside services will follow at 2:00pm, at Iantha Cemetery, Iantha, MO. Visitation will be 6-8pm, Wednesday at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. Independence, MO. The family requests the wearing of masks for those attending.