Sports

Excelsior Springs is seeking a second straight winning varsity softball season. The girls finished 19-10 in 2024, reaching the Class 3 District 8 semifinals.

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Excelsior Springs coach Cindy Price’s volleyballers have something extra to practice and play for this season: the program’s Captain of the Week award. “This is new this year,” Price said Monday in the high school gym as her girls helped Excelsior Springs kick off fall sports practices.

After my recent scares of misplacing my phone and dropping my truck key in public places, I’m reluctant to go anywhere – even in my daydreams. But I can’t stay home, physically or mentally.

Orrick varsity coach Matt O’Dell continued resurrecting pieces of Orrick High School’s gridiron past when the Bearcats convened for their fourth and final week of offseason 8-man football camp. To cap the final camp session July 31 on Orrick’s practice field, the Bearcats played “hog ball,” a variation of two-hand touch football that allows two forward passes per play.

Excelsior Springs varsity 11-man football coach Jake Danneman saw a turnaround from his Tigers during their final week of offseason scrimmages. The Tigers “started off a little rough” and went from rough to rougher July 30, when they hosted Lawson, Oak Grove and Richmond, Danneman acknowledged.

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