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About midway through the fourth quarter, some of those fans watching Orrick face Norborne Jan. 5 in varsity boys basketball might have been expecting a nail-biting finish.

Excelsior Springs capped the 2023 portion of its girls wrestling schedule by bringing home a fistful of medals. The Tigers rang out the old year by competing at the Western Missouri Wrestling Tournament, held Dec.

Excelsior Springs looks to end a twogame losing skid in varsity girls basketball as 2024 gets going. The Tigers finished 2023 with backto- back losses: a 45-43 heartbreaker Dec.

On Dec. 19, Excelsior Springs seemed poised to get its first win this season in varsity boys basketball.

Micah Danner knows what he wants to do after his high school wrestling career ends – and after high school ends, period. The Excelsior Springs senior plans to utilize the skills he has learned at the Excelsior Springs Career Center to become a tradesman.

Excelsior Springs High School graduate manhandled the competion at the Midwest Classic when it came to scoring. Ashworth, a redshirt sophomore men’s wrestler at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, outscored his competition 62-13 at the Dec.

Like their girls counterparts, Excelsior Springs’ boys wrestlers crammed their share of matches into three days last week. Like the girls, the boys wrestlers hosted Winnetonka Dec.

The Excelsior Springs girls wrestling program packed its share of matches into three days last week. On Dec.

As Excelsior Springs senior Bailee Baxter will attest, there are many lessons to be learned from wrestling. Baxter is grateful for the lessons the sport has taught her.