Dayne Herl and Rhylan Alcanter went after each other like they were center stage in a heavyweight championship match. Owen Herbert made things interesting with a couple of late 3-pointers that might as well have been shot from the Grain Valley High School commons area and when the smoke had cleared Friday, coach Jake Kates' William Chrisman basketball team earned a hard-fought 57-51 Suburban Big Six victory over the Eagles.
The hallways are dark, and no one is stirring inside Van Horn High School during the early morning hours. Then, a sound echoes through the school, as Falcons senior Brycen Dean joins two of his younger teammates to get in some extra practice.
Tad O’Had and his Kansas City Mavericks approached their recent fivegame series with the Allen Americans as a postseason series, and following Wednesday night’s 5-4 loss, his team is in the Mountain Division cellar.
The Big 12 Conference doesn’t award a regular-season wrestling champion, but the winner of Wednesday’s Missouri-Iowa State dual still came away with something. No.
BEIJING – The drug cheats who take spots on the podium from deserving athletes rob them of so much more than medals. There is a moment that comes at the end of a race, or a game or a program, when athletes realize they have finally won the medal they’ve chased their entire career.
NFL power rankings at conclusion of 2021 season and Super Bowl 56 (previous rank in parentheses): 1. Rams (6): Super Bowl champions for the second time, but Super Bowl champions of Los Angeles for the first.
FRIDAY, FEB. 18 (Schedules subject to change) ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 7:05 p.m.
Today's sports broadcast highlights Friday's television • Winter Olympics: 4:30 a.m., through all day., USA (52) • Golf: Champions Tour Chubb Classic, 11 a.m., GOLF (27) • Winter Olympics: Men's hockey, speed skating, biathlon, 1 p.m., KSHB (8) • Golf: PGA Tour Genesis Invitational, 3 p.m. GOLF (27) • Winter Olympics: Curling, 4 p.m., CNBC (33) • College basketball: Richmond at VCU, 6 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • Winter Olympics: Freestyle skiing, figure skating, bobsled, 7 p.m., KSHB (8) • College basketball: Wright State at Oakland, 8 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • Winter Olympics: Alpine skiing, bobsled, 10:40 p.m., KSHB (8) .
The man behind the scenes at William Chrisman High School is getting some overdue recognition as activities director Greg McGhee has been named the Missouri State High School Administrator of the Year for 2021. In typical McGhee fashion, he pointed the spotlight in the direction of his coaches and staff.
(Schedules subject to change) THURSDAY, FEB. 16 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL 7 p.m.