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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.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The girls side of the Missouri River Valley Conference West Tournament had fewer issues than the boys side did. As a result, the Excelsior Springs girls got to play two tournament games – one more than their boys counterparts did.

HIGGINSVILLE – Excelsior Springs weathered its share of adversity en route to taking fifth place last week in the girls bracket at the Husker Classic on the Lafayette County C-1 campus. The Tigers headed into their first round of basketball against host school Lafayette County without head coach J.D.