Another Excelsior Springs football player is taking his game beyond high school. Senior offensive/defensive lineman Lance Bown recently signed his letter to play at Evangel University, an NAIA program, in Springfield, where he plans to major in psychology before moving on to police academy training. After receiving offers from Marshall-based Missouri Valley College, an NAIA program; and Liberty-based William Jewell College, an NCAA Division II school, Bown chose Evangel because of the amazing atmosphere, location and program’s success, he said. For Bown, a three-year starter at Excelsior Springs, the signing is part of a gridiron journey that started before high school. “My brother-in-law, Flint Fenton, convinced my mom to let me play football in middle school,” he said. “And he has been there ever since, motivating me to play harder ever since.” In moving up from middle school to high school, Bown was part of a program...