Sports

At 6:53 p.m. May 22, a dream ended for the Excelsior Springs varsity baseball program.

On May 22, Excelsior Springs’ varsity girls soccer season ended, along with the program’s longest winning streak of the year. With their 8-0 loss to Pleasant Hill at Harrisonville in the Class 2 District 7 Tournament, the Tigers finished 2025 129.

has two second-place medals to show for her final track meet in an Orrick uniform. The 2025 Orrick graduate was runner-up in the long jump and triple jump at Class 1 state competition.

Excelsior Springs is sending four athletes to the Class 4 state track and field meet, scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City. Kinley Rogers and Reese Ryan will represent Excelsior Springs on the girls side.

Less-than-ideal weather couldn’t stop Landon Biermann from securing a top-20 finish in his final high school boys golf tournament. Biermann, who graduated this spring from Excelsior Springs and has signed to play men’s golf at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, tied Hudson Shy of St.

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At press time, Excelsior Springs varsity baseball coach Aaron Holst and his Tigers were on the verge of making school history. By crushing Kansas City Northeast 23-0 Tuesday at Excelsior Springs, the Tigers were set to play Benton of St.

Kinley Rogers pulled off a trifecta at Class 4 District 8 track and field competition. The Excelsior Springs junior won three girls events at the May 17 meet in Kansas City – the javelin, discus and shot put.

Austin Collins finished his high school boys tennis career with a state medal around his neck. Collins, who graduated May 16 from Excelsior Springs, placed seventh in the singles portion of the Class 1 state tournament, held May 15-16 at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield.