Sports

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Like many student-athletes at Excelsior Springs High School, senior Rylie Stottlemyre plays more than one sport. Stottlemyre plays volleyball and basketball for the Tigers.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Gregg Williams Foundation has about $45,000 more to go toward helping area youth, thanks in part to three current superstar pro football players and one gridiron legend. On July 9 at Excelsior Springs Golf Course, the foundation staged the Gregg Williams Tiger Classic golf tournament, followed by a sports memorabilia auction.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The summer recreation season is winding down. The city is wrapping up its summer T-ball, softball and baseball programs, which included 211 participants ranging from pre-K through the eighth grade.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Vic Bonuchi’s legacy loomed over this year’s Excelsior Springs High School Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony. Bonuchi is a retired coach whose achievements included leading the Tigers to two Class 4A state football titles in three seasons and the 1975 Class A state wrestling title.

GREENVILLE, Illinois – Many high school baseball players dream of playing in college. That dream has come true for Jaxen Gibson.

On the surface, a flooded ballfield and a 2017 movie about a former figure skater might seem to have nothing in common. For me, however, they do.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Typically, being a premier athlete means being a year-round athlete. An Excelsior Springs sophomore is putting in the work to become one of those premier athletes.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers’ home baseball field will have a new look for the 2022 season. This month, the Excelsior Springs Board of Education approved the implementation of synthetic turf for the field.