Sports

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – COVID-19 has made it difficult for the Excelsior Springs varsity boys basketball team to get into a playing rhythm. The effects of COVID on the team’s season were evident on Jan.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Reaching 100 wins in a high school career is a goal many high school wrestlers have. And it is one that Excelsior Springs junior Landen Davis has achieved.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs varsity girls basketball team has fallen victim to cold shooting. That cold shooting has resulted in back-to-back losses, a 47-18 Jan.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers started the 2021 half of their varsity girls basketball season by splitting two Missouri River Valley Conference West Division games last week. Excelsior Springs opened the new year with a 64-42 Jan.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Junior Ayden Dolt took care of business on Jan. 9, when Excelsior Springs hosted its annual Tiger Classic wrestling tournament.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Before hosting their annual Tiger Classic (see related story), the Excelsior Springs boys wrestling team hosted another event. On Jan.

HIGGINSVILLE – The Tigers avenged a loss before their holiday break. On Dec.

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers have ended the 2020 portion of their varsity boys wrestling season on a high note. The grapplers finished the calendar year with two competitions – a Dec.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Varsity boys basketball coach Chad Wright and his Tigers program got off quarantine just in time to have one in-person practice before they had to play a round of the Missouri River Valley Conference West Tournament.