Boston College’s basketball game at Wake Forest scheduled for Wednesday is canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, resulting in a forfeit in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings for the Eagles. The league announced the cancellation Tuesday.
Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Kentucky linebacker J.J. Weaver are the winners of the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award.
The Grain Valley girls swimming and diving team didn’t get one individua event win but had enough depth to take third in the Independence Invitationa Saturday. The Eagles totaled 257 points to finish behind Notre Dame de Sion (469 and Belton (361) at Henley Aquatic Center.
There's one more nonconference matchup to go before Southeastern Conference play, and it's the second rivalry game of the season for Missouri men's basketball. The Tigers are heading back to St.
Blue Springs South’s Mya Trober used the personal disappointment of the way her junior season ended to her advantage this year. After finishing out of all-state consideration following a strong regular season in 2020, she used that as motivation to fuel a senior year that resulted in a team state title and her second straight Examiner Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year award.
Lee’s Summit North cross country runner Carson Clancy described his senior season as “average.” But what he called “average” was better than most as Clancy earned the only all-state honor by an Eastern Jackson County runner to cap off a season in which he has been named The Examiner’s 2021 Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. “It means a lot to me, because I thought my season was average,” Clancy said.
Grace Slaughter was unstoppable and the Grain Valley girls basketball reserves turned in the type of performance coach Randy Draper was hoping for Monday. That resulted in a 76-24 victory over the visiting Odessa Bulldogs.
Missouri’s best player will not suit up for the Tigers’ final game of the season. Star running back Tyler Badie will not play in the Armed Forces Bowl on Wednesday, coach Eli Drinkwitz told reporters Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas.
The NFL’s decision to reduce COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic, vaccinated players could signal a trend for pro sports leagues and provide an example for society to follow heading into 2022. Despite a rising number of positive cases that forced three games to be rescheduled over the weekend, the NFL, in cooperation with the players’ union, agreed on Saturday to scale back testing for vaccinated players.
The Grain Valley girls basketball thrived, then survived a wild 58-48 roller-coaster ride of a Suburban Middle Six Conference win over host Truman Friday. The joint was jumping as Grace Slaughter scored 17 of her game-high 26 points in the first half and the Eagles went into the locker room with a 37-12 lead.