Top takeaways from the USWNT’s last tune-up
SANDY, Utah — The U.S. women’s soccer team finished its preparations for next month’s Concacaf World Cup and Olympic qualifying tournament last Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Colombia.
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(Schedules subject to change) WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL American Legion Wood Bat Invitational At Hidden Valley Park, Jim Moran Field 11 a.m. — Blue Springs Post 499 Fike vs.
WHAT’S ON TODAY
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Tuesday’s Television • Tennis: ATP/WTA Wimbledon quarterfinals, 7 a.m., ESPN (13), ESPN2 (29) • Cycling: Tour de France (Stage 4), 7 a.m., USA (52) • NBA Summer League: Memphis vs. Philadelphia, 6 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • MLB: Teams TBA, 6 p.m., TBS (50) • MLB: Royals at Houston, 7 p.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • NBA Summer League: Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 p.m., ESPN2 (29) Tuesday’s Radio/Audio • MLB: Royals at Houston, 7 p.m., KCSP (610 AM) .
Female referee at men’s World Cup wants the game to shine
TOKYO — Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita agrees with Pelé or whoever it was decades ago that first described soccer as the “beautiful game.” Yamashita is one of three women picked by FIFA to be referees at the men’s World Cup in Qatar, which opens on Nov. 21.
Mission trip helps Wildcat seniors become leaders
As the final Blue Springs High School football camp concluded last Thursday, first-year head coach Jed Paulsen invited three seniors to speak to the team. Tight end Eli Youman, offensive lineman Julian Martinez and cornerback Kevonte Jackson had just returned home from a mission trip that took them, and other seniors on the team, to a variety of camps, shelters and depressed areas of Mississippi.
Move aligns Pac-12, Big 12 in Panic Conference
FORT WORTH, Texas — What the SEC started in 1991 — when Arkansas left the Southwest Conference to join that league — has us here today in a world where conference realignment is more interesting than a conference game.
As Watson saga nears end, everybody loses
MIAMI — Nobody wins when this is over. No ties.
Jaguars’ Hollister repeats stellar performance
It didn’t take long for one big question to be answered at the start of Blue Springs South High School’s 2022 baseball season. Could sophomore third baseman Grant Hollister live up to the hype he generated following a sensational freshman campaign.
Title IX has proven to be a big success
The 50th anniversary of Title IX was celebrated last week. The passing of the bill on June 23, 1972, opened a whole new world for female athletes in the United States.
2022 ALL-AREA BASEBALL
FIRST TEAM P – John Chambers, sr., Blue Springs South — 8-2 (school-record 8 wins), 3 saves, 2.03 ERA, 55 strikeouts, 29 walks, 55 innings; MHSBCA Class 6 All-State honorable mention; all-district; All-Suburban Big Eight; signed with Johnson County Community College. P – Joel Palecek, sr., Grain Valley — 6-2, 1.48 ERA, 29 strikeouts, 18 walks, 1.125 WHIP, 61 1/3 innings; all-district; All-Suburban Middle Six.