The Blue Springs South girls swimming and diving team got its season off to a successful start. The Jaguars won 11 of 12 events and earned state consideration times or scores in 10 of those 11 wins while sweeping Raymore-Peculiar (225-77), Warrensburg (237-53) and Summit Christian Academy (242-29) Tuesday at the Blue Springs South Aquatic Center.
There is no greater honor than being named the captain of a team, by your peers and coaches. However, it comes with some heavy baggage, like trying to explain how one of the most talented – on paper – teams in Kansas City Mavericks franchise history could have lost its fifth consecutive home game Tuesday night.
If someone were to look at the roster, they may assume senior 152-pounder Noah Michel has a good amount of wrestling experience. After all, most senior wrestlers on a varsity team, especially one that’s as storied as Blue Springs, have been wrestling for at least four years.
A new-look Blue Springs South boys basketball lineup showed promise and growing pains during a seasonopening 66-47 loss to host Rockhurst Tuesday. The Jaguars had nearly an entirely different lineup than last year with only one senior starting – Luke Seib.
Missouri’s regular season is over. Only the 10 FBS conference championship games separate the Tigers from Selection Sunday.
The Kansas City Current have acquired midfielder Sam Mewis from the North Carolina Courage in exchange for defender Kiki Pickett and a first-round pick in the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League draft.
The NFL has never quite seen a conference like this year’s AFC. Heading into December, only four teams in the conference have losing records, with the 12 teams at .500 or better the most for a conference through 12 weeks since the merger.
The Fort Osage boys basketball team didn’t waste any time testing itself. The Indians played host to Liberty, the top-ranked team in the state in Class 6, in their season opener and fell 70-38 to the Blue Jays.
(Schedules subject to change) THURSDAY, DEC. 2 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL 7 p.m.
WHAT’S ON TODAY Today’s sports broadcast highlights Thursday’s Television • Golf: European PGA South African Open Championship, 4 a.m., GOLF (Comcast 27) • Tennis: ATP Sao Paulo, 7 a.m., Tennis (277) • Tennis: Davis Cup quarterfinal, 9 a.m., CBSSN (274) • Women’s college basketball: Georgia at Texas Tech, 11 a.m., ESPNU (269) • Horse racing: America’s Day at the Races, 11 a.m., FS2 (740) • Golf: PGA Hero World Challenge, 12:30 p.m. GOLF (27) • Tennis: ATP Sao Paulo, 1:30 p.m., Tennis (277) • High school boys basketball: IMG Academy (Fla.) vs.