Sports

The Excelsior Springs varsity boys wrestling program had to battle opponents on and off the mat last week. Excelsior Springs’ off-the-mat opponent was an illness that ran through the team.

Wins eluded Excelsior Springs in varsity girls basketball at last week’s Husker Classic. The Tigers went 0-3 in the tournament, hosted by Lafayette County of Higginsville.

The Excelsior Springs High School girls wrestling program crammed a quadrangular, a triangular and a tournament into last week. Excelsior Springs went 2-1 in the quadrangular, held Dec.

Excelsior Springs varsity soccer coach Zac Ganzer was confident his boys team would rebound after a 3-2 Oct. 17 road loss to Raytown South.

On Tuesday, Excelsior Springs High School coach Richie Marsh brought his girls tennis team together for one last time this fall sports season. That night, Marsh gathered his Tigers in the high school commons area for their end-of-season banquet to recognize the netters’ achievements during a historic season for the program.

A 62-16 Senior Night thumping of Santa Fe Oct. 21 at Simmons Field put varsity coach Kirk Thacker and his Bearcats in an elite group in Orrick football history.

Ruskin couldn’t outrun Excelsior Springs’ defense when the schools met Oct. 21 at Tiger Stadium in varsity 11man football.

With Orrick’s 60-30 Oct. 14 home win over North Shelby in varsity 8-man football, Bearcats coach Kirk Thacker achieved a milestone.

RAYTOWN – On Oct. 14, the Tigers lit up the scoreboard in varsity 11-man football against Raytown South, just as they had done Oct.

Excelsior Springs kept its winning streak going in varsity boys soccer with back-to-back wins last week – one of them an overtime thriller. Kolin Kincaid helped the Tigers get the 2-1 overtime victory over St.