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Tiger netters look to improve

5 years ago By Dustin Danner
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Coach Richie Marsh looks for improvement from his Tigers as he enters his 10th season of leading Excelsior Springs girls tennis, as does longtime volunteer assistant coach Steve Dillinger.

New coach leads volleyballers

5 years ago By Dustin Danner
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers have spent the past few months getting used to having a new head varsity volleyball coach. Kathryn Beile, who succeeds retired coach Terri Irons, comes to Excelsior Springs after a stint as an assistant coach at Class 4 powerhouse Park Hill South.

Royals seek to escape American League Central Division cellar

5 years ago By Dustin Danner
KANSAS CITY – At just over the onethird mark of the coronavirus-shortened Major League Baseball season, the Kansas City Royals’ fortunes are like those of their past few seasons. At press time, the Royals were 10-15 and in last place in the American League Central Division following an interleague doubleheader with Cincinnati Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium.

Tigers ready to growl as fall sports practices begin

5 years ago By Dustin Danner
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – School districts are getting ready to start the fall semester, which means athletics are ramping up for action, too. The Excelsior Springs School District is no different, as the school’s sports programs began practices Monday.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS junior Dacey Hall intercepts a pass as the Tigers work on their defensive skills the first week of practice. MSHSAA set Monday as the first day for fall sports practices.

Webb brings the hurt at Missouri Western

5 years ago By News Staff
ST. JOSEPH – When Missouri Western State University takes to the football field this fall, chances are, an Excelsior Springs High School alumnus will be among those leading the charge.
SAM WEBB EXCELSIOR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL GRAD

Tiger Bowl provides tournaments, scholarships

5 years ago By Dustin Danner
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Life has been rolling along at Tiger Bowl over the last three weekends, as owners Jerry and Teresa Farrell have been busy hosting various tournaments. On July 10, Gannon Davis picked up a youth six-game sweeper tournament championship. Davis received an $80 scholarship for rolling a 1,061 series on the day and a 176.8 average. Runnerup Andrew DeOrnellis finished with a 1,044 series, 174 average, and received a $56 scholarship.
GANNON DAVIS bowls his way to an 891 series and a first-place finish in a six-game youth series at Tiger Bowl in Excelsior Springs. Submitted photo

Williams in Adams’ corner as safety negotiates with NYJ

5 years ago By News Staff
FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey – A New York Jets safety who is haggling with the team over his contract has the support of Excelsior Springs native Gregg Williams. Multiple media outlets have reported that Jamal Adams seeks to leave New York, rather than continue under the terms of his contact, set to expire next year.
GREGG WILLIAMS JETS DEF. COORDINATOR

NBA gears up for July to resume season

6 years ago By Mason Danner

With much of the country starting to reopen from the coronavirus pandemic, professional sports leagues are making their plans to return.

One league that will return soon is the NBA. Recently, players and NBA owners reached an agreement to continue the 2019-20 season. Play stopped play in March with about a month left in the regular season.

Starting July 31, games will be played at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. Teams are to be quarantined and games are to be played without fans, multiple media outlets reported.

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