Friday’s sports broadcast highlights Television • Tennis: ATP Cup/WTA Adelaide/WTA Melbourne, 5 a.m., Tennis (Comcast 277) • Horse racing: America’s Day at the Races, 1:30 p.m., FS2 (740) • Figure skating: U.S. Championships: Rhythm Dance, 3:30 p.m., USA (52) • Golf: PGA Sentry Tournament of Champions, 5 p.m., GOLF (27) • Speed skating: U.S.
(Schedules subject to change) FRIDAY, JAN. 7 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 7:05 p.m.
Kayleigh Jenkins not only played a key role in Blue Springs’ 57-51 win over visiting Lee’s Summit West Wednesday, she created a pass that will forever be known as “The Whoop.” Lee’s Summit West had cut the Wildcats’ lead to 47-38 with 2:46 left in the fourth quarter when Jenkins came up with a steal at midcourt. As she drove to the basket, she came up with a creative pass to teammate Nikole Schnell, who hit a layup to bring the lead back to double digits.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A month before his second season at Missouri ended with a loss to Army in the Armed Forces Bowl, coach Eli Drinkwitz took stock in how far the Tigers had come on his watch. Heading into the regularseason finale, at Arkansas, the Tigers had secured bowl eligibility but fell short of reaching the preseason’s most ambitious projections.
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is a meticulous creature of habit, choosing to hold meetings and practices at the same time and in the same order every week during the long NFL season. If it was up to him, the Chiefs would play their games at the same time every week.
The Blue Springs South girls swimming and diving team warmed up for the upcoming COMO Invitational with three wins. The Jaguars won eight of 12 events to sweep St.
The Blue Springs boys basketball team was close to its third straight win Wednesday. But key mistakes down the stretch in overtime allowed host Park Hill South to claim a 47-45 non-conference victory in a defensive battle.
Few people inside Van Horn High School saw Korey Messick’s classiest performance Tuesday night. The Falcons claimed a 73-43 nonconference home victory over Oak Grove, in which Messick played less than a half and scored a game-high 23 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and combined with Brycen Dean to allow just 10 Panther points in the paint.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Josh Patrick cleaned up with major awards at the Ban Johnson Collegiate Baseball League banquet last week.
Mike Cukyne, the president of the Kansas City Mavericks, said both the Friday night and Saturday night home games against Wichita are still on as of Wednesday morning. The scheduled Tuesday night game between the host Mavericks and visiting Allen Americans was postponed due to “league health and safety protocols,” according to a press release by the ECHL.