Sports

Excelsior Springs’ Class 4 state quarterfinal run in baseball produced two all-state honors: one for Lucas Dillman, one for Brendan Blackburn. The honors were among a plethora of awards the Tigers received.

Lucas Dillman repeated himself. An all-state selection in 2021, Dillman received the honor again in 2022.

Excelsior Springs’ softball program has sent another student-athlete from high school to the collegiate ranks. Ariana Reynolds, who graduated in May, recently signed her letter of intent to play at North Central Missouri College in Trenton.

Another former squad member will help coach the Tigerettes. Kayla Ganzer, a 2013 graduate, has agreed to co-coach the Excelsior Springs High School dance team with former Tigerette Emily West, who was profiled last week in The Standard.

Four Tigers received all-district honors in varsity girls soccer. Abby Rash was named to the Class 2 District 8 team.

Chloe Carlyle is spending nearly every weekend this summer in a familiar place: on a softball field. Carlyle, a two-time letter winner in softball at Excelsior Springs High School who catches and is an outfielder for coach Megan Rawie, plays for the 18-and-under Mayhem team.

The Tigerettes have two new coaches – one of them a recent member of that Excelsior Springs High School dance team. Emily West, a 2021 Excelsior Springs graduate, is returning to help the Tigerettes.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Parks and Recreation Department is serving up an action-packed summer. At 10 a.m.

RICHMOND – Luke Dale of Excelsior Springs tested his skills against some of Missouri’s elite young golfers Monday and Tuesday. Competing in the Junior Match Play Championship, Dale shot a 185 (+43) for the two qualifying rounds of the tournament, staged by the Missouri Golf Association and hosted by Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Excelsior Springs High School graduate Sam Webb has received his Las Vegas Raiders jersey number: 48. Webb, who played NCAA Division II football at Missouri Western State University in St.