Ice Crushers smash competition; nab NKCA tourney title
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A group of area 13-year-olds dominated their NKCA Baseball League competition this spring and summer.
Sports
Romazon ready to pitch again for ESHS softballers
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When Excelsior Springs begins varsity softball season in August, the Tigers will likely turn to Keira Romazon to pitch. Romazon, who’ll be a junior this fall, has pitched for Excelsior Springs the past two seasons.
McBee, O’Dell nab shooting sports honors
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Dantin McBee has a streak going at the Ray County Fair. McBee, who’ll start high school this fall at Excelsior Springs, received the Overall Best in Show Award for shooting sports July 13 at the fair.
KC sends four to MLB All-Star Game
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Salvador Perez is headed back to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
The veteran catcher will represent the Kansas City Royals in the annual ballgame, slated for July 16 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. It’ll be his ninth All-Star Game appearance.
Consider yourselves lucky, residents, athletes
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COMMENTARY The residents and student athletes of Excelsior Springs are lucky to have fantastic facilities available to them. Over the past several years, the school district has taken pride in building stateof- the-art fields, stadiums and courts.
Scoma seeks additional wrestling, baseball achievements
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Hunter Scoma wants to keep a few athletic streaks going when he resumes competing for Excelsior Springs High School in wrestling and baseball in a few months. As a wrestler, Scoma seeks to be a state qualifier for a third straight season.
Cyclones take second in back-to-back tourneys
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An Excelsior Springs-based summer softball team brought home the silver twice recently.
Crushers pile up runs en route to runner-up tournament finish
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An Excelsior Springs summer league baseball team piled up the runs in taking second in its division at the USSSA A/AA State Championship Tournament.
Coaches, parents should work together to help young athletes
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In sports, there are two types of parents. Some parents want their kids to just have fun.
Slumping Royals look to trim Guardians’ division lead
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Kansas City has an opportunity to gain ground on Cleveland in the American League Central Division race as the week concludes.
The Royals began a four-game series with Cleveland Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. The divisional series will conclude Sunday.