April 2025

Body The Excelsior Standard, Apr. 18, 2025 Graveside services for Vera Davis will be held at 11 a.m.

Body When Excelsior Springs coach Richie Marsh and his Tigers got their first dual wins of the varsity boys tennis season, they made sure they weren’t nail-biters. The Tigers got their first win April 7 with a 9-0 pasting of Carrollton on the road.

Body Excelsior Springs nearly swept last week’s Cameron Invitational. Negotiating the rolling hills of Veterans Memorial Golf Course, the Tigers took the team title at the April 9 varsity boys tournament, shooting a 332.

Body Excelsior Springs juniors Kinley Rogers and Josie Casler fended off all challengers in a combined three events at last week’s Kearney Classic Invitational. Rogers won two events in the varsity girls portion of the April 11 track and field meet – the discus and shot put.

Body The Baker University Wildcats will soon add an Excelsior Springs Tiger to their football roster. Senior Justin Wright recently signed his letter of intent to play for Baker, a private, Baldwin City, Kan.-based NAIA school.

Body MICAH DILLMAN Staff Reporter and SHAWN RONEY Sports Editor Excelsior Springs shortened the end of its fourth week of varsity baseball by a few innings. Facing Springfield-based Hillcrest in an April 12 home doubleheader, the Tigers swept the Hornets.

Body Readers, I have an important question for you. Does Excelsior Springs sell walking tacos at its high school sports events? That question has burned inside me for several weeks.

Body A Springfield man is facing new felony charges after members of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office Strategic Operations Squad (SOS) attempted to serve a Ray County warrant at a Kearney motel. Teddy A.

Body The Excelsior Springs School District (ESSD) has officially decided to extend the school year.

Body Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 4,428 birds over the past youth weekend, April 12-13. The top harvest counties were Osage with 107 birds harvested, Gasconade with 105 and Texas, 94.