During his tenure as Excelsior Springs varsity baseball coach, Aaron Holst has guided the Tigers through a few no-hitters, including their 1-0 seasonopening win March 17 over visiting William Chrisman. The latest one, however, was different: It was a combined no-hitter. “I don’t think we’ve ever done the combined thing,” Holst said. “I think it’s always been a solo effort.” And based on Holst’s estimate, it had “probably been a good 10 years” since the previous no-hitter. “(We’ve) been close,” he said. “Had a one- or twohitter sprinkled in there, but no-hitters are pretty elusive.” Colson Moore, Brayden Lewis and Brendan Blackburn threw the combined no-no against Chrisman, an Independence-based, Class 6 school. Moore struck out three Bears and walked two through three innings. “Coming into the game, I was just trying to set the tone early,” the senior said. “(I...