BLUE SPRINGS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION YOUTH BASKETBALL SCORES Jan. 29 scores (unless otherwise noted) SECOND GRADE BOYS Hot Shots 10, Lakers 7 — Hot Shots: Sam Russell 2, Cruz Combs 2, Graham Brownsberger 2, Braxton Murray 2; Lakers: Oli Herd 3, Garrett Wulf 2, Kruz Alison 2.
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY SIGNINGS Here are the colleges that Eastern Jackson County student-athletes signed with during National Signing Day on Wednesday or have signed. Athletes are listed by school and alphabetically: BLUE SPRINGS • Preston Mehl, football, Northwest Missouri State BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH • Owen Gish, football, Murray State • Luke Seib, football, University of Texas-El Paso FORT OSAGE • David Jacquez, football, Northwest Missouri State University • Savannah Short, softball, Kansas City Kansas Community • Savannah Short, softball, Kansas City Kansas Community College GRAIN VALLEY • Mikayla Chairez, softball, South Dakota State University • Josh Duett, men’s volleyball, Missouri S&T • Gage Forkner, football, Quincy University • Kaden Jeffries, baseball, Metropolitan Community College • Mason McCain, cross country, Missouri Western State University • Kyra Mueller, volleyball, Metropolitan Community College • Kellie Overturf, volleyball, Fontbonne University • Ethan Schaaf, football, Ottawa University • Ethan Schaaf, football, Ottawa University • Olivia Williams, volleyball, Metropolitan Community College • Olivia Williams, volleyball, Metropolitan Community College LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH • Charvez Carter, football, Lincoln University • Donnell Dye, football, Quincy University • Trevor Taylor, football, Northwest Missouri State University ST.
The William Chrisman boys basketball team had a clear game plan when it took on Suburban Middle Six Conference rival Grain Valley Tuesday. The plan? Play aggressive defense.
Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz executed the first phase of his recruiting plan last fall, culminating in December. He enacted part two of the plan over the past couple months.
Leading by one point with under 10 seconds remaining in a snowy matinee matchup Wednesday afternoon, Missouri men’s basketball needed one last stop to salt away the Gators and earn their third Southeastern Conference win of the season.
Washington has some new Commanders in town. The NFL team announced its new name on Wednesday, 18 months after fresh pressure from sponsors helped convince the once-storied franchise to drop its old moniker following decades of criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans. The organization committed to avoiding Native American imagery in its rebrand after being called the Washington Football Team the past two seasons.
THURSDAY, FEB. 3 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL 7 p.m.
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Thursday’s Television • Winter Olympics: Skiing: Women’s moguls, 4 a.m., USA (Comcast 52) • Tennis: ATP Pune/ATP Montpelier, 5 a.m., Tennis (277) • Winter Olympics: Skiing: Men’s moguls, 5:45 a.m., USA (52) • Winter Olympics: Women’s hockey: U.S. vs.
Grain Valley junior Grace Slaughter had an idea something was going on when her younger sister and their mom were “whispering” early Monday morning. “My sister Olivia was talking with my mom this morning about not wanting to go to freshman orientation,” said Slaughter, who entered the Eagles’ Suburban Middle Six Conference game at William Chrisman needing just six points to break Laura Reeves’ career school scoring record of 1,760 points.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tyrann Mathieu walked off the field in stunned disappointment, his hopes of playing in a third straight Super Bowl dashed by Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, and spent a moment dressing in a somber Kansas City Chiefs locker room.