Sports

Excelsior Springs opted to observe Senior Night for its boys basketball players a little early. The Tigers honored their seniors Jan.

Cooper Collins was perfect at the 52nd annual Plate County Invitational – at least where his win-loss record was concerned. The Excelsior Springs sophomore went 8-0 for the Jan. 19-20 wrestling tournament, including six wins by fall, and was the champion for the 120-pound division. His championship helped the Tigers take fifth among 16 schools with 250 points. Hannibal took the team title with 366.5 points.

Excelsior Springs couldn’t overcome a 29-point first quarter by Winnetonka on Jan. 11, when the Tigers fell to the Griffins 77-59 in varsity girls basketball.

Excelsior Springs couldn’t sustain early victories in its lone varsity boys wrestling competition last week – a 52-22 Jan. 11 road dual loss to Kearney.

On Jan. 11, the Excelsior Springs girls got to test themselves.

Excelsior Springs came within 4.5 points of finishing second at its own boys wrestling tournament – and within 46.5 points of winning it. Led by three individual champions, Excelsior Springs tallied 143 points and placed third at the Tiger Classic.

At press time, Excelsior Springs was seeking its first dual win of 2024 in girls wrestling. The Tigers opened the new year with a 54-24 loss Jan.

Excelsior Springs has its first win of the varsity boys basketball season. That victory came on Jan.

From a scoring standpoint, the Excelsior Springs varsity girls basketball team outdid itself on Jan. 4.