Keep this Chiefs loss in its proper perspective
I, along with all the other Chiefs fans, was crushed after the loss against the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship. I took this loss as hard as I did when I was coaching my own teams.
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Purdue out to change fortunes vs Michigan
A look at the upcoming week around the Big Ten Conference: Game of the weekend Michigan at No. 4 Purdue, Saturday.
Fishing for crappie with a master angler
Watching what seems to be a strange video game in the middle of a lake has become the norm for serious anglers. Blips on the Echomap Garmin Graph screen were actually tree stumps with a few limbs about 26 feet below the surface, covered with unusual lights.
Div. II power Northwest mines EJC for several players
The football oaching staff at Northwest Missouri State University didn’t need to travel far to pick up some new talent for the 2022 season and beyond. Several Eastern Jackson County players signed their letters of intent Wednesday to play for the NCAA Division II powerhouse.
What to look for in conference swim finals
Local high school girls swimming and diving teams begin their last push for a state berth and seek conference bragging rights this weekend. Blue Springs, Blue Springs South, Lee’s Summit North and Lee’s Summit West will compete in the Suburban Big Eight Championships at Lee’s Summit Aquatic Center, while Grain Valley, Truman and William Chrisman will compete in the Suburban Middle Six Championships at Belton High School.
‘Door opening’: Former Jaguar Horn to lead Titans
After learning he would not be the new football head coach at his alma mater, Willie Horn saw another door open. Just two weeks after he learned that he would not get the job at Blue Springs South High School, the former Jaguars standout and assistant coach has been recommended as the new football head coach at Lee’s Summit West High School, pending approval of the LSR7 school board, which meets next Thursday.
IN BRIEF
Locked out MLB players reject offer of mediation NEW YORK – Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an ontime start to spring training and increased the work stoppage’s threat to opening day. One day after MLB asked for help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Major League Baseball Players Association on Friday ruled out a third party trying to assist the fractured sport’s warring factions.
‘Pretty close to perfect’
Coach Kory Lower and his Blue Springs South High School girls basketball staff know how to keep a secret. That’s why Saneea Bevley and her Jaguar teammates were so excited – and surprised – when the senior guard drained a 3-point shot early in South’s 42-31 victory over Liberty North Monday.
Herl brothers ready for reunion in Joplin
With Wednesday’s announcement that William Chrisman High School quarterback Dayne Herl has signed his letter of intent to play football at Missouri Southern State University, a larger-than-life question now looms.
New Bears coach looks to infuse excitement
Michael Rose-Ivey, the new football head coach at William Chrisman High School, looked at the standing-roomonly crowd inside the school’s gymnasium for last Friday’s basketball game. A smile came to his face as he visited with activities director Greg McGhee, who announced Rose-Ivey’s hiring earlier in the day.