Sports

Mason Wartner is going from black and gold, the school colors of Excelsior Springs High School, to wine and canary yellow, the school colors of Park University. Wartner, who officially graduated high school May 10, has signed to play soccer at Park, an NAIA program.

Excelsior Springs varsity baseball coach Aaron Holst and his Tigers were eying a third straight district title at press time. The Tigers, who won back-to-back Class 4 District 15 titles in 2022 and 2023, were set to face Oak Grove for the Class 4 District 13 title Thursday at Excelsior Springs.

Oak Grove ended Excelsior Springs’ latest winning streak Monday in varsity girls soccer – and Excelsior Springs’ season. The Tigers fell to Oak Grove at Boonville in Class 2 District 6 Tournament play.

Excelsior Springs’ final varsity boys tennis dual this season was a close one. The Tigers scrapped with St.

Two Excelsior Springs golfers represented their high school at state competition this week. Senior Jacob Schmidt and junior Landon Biermann played in the Class 4 state boys tournament, held Monday and Tuesday at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau.

Kinley Rogers is eying another chance to represent Excelsior Springs in state track and field competition. Rogers will compete at the Class 4 Sectional 4 meet Saturday at William Chrisman High School in Independence.

~ Landon Clark Excelsior Springs varsity baseball coach Aaron Holst and his boys got what they wanted: the top seed in the Class 4 District 13 Tournament. “Honestly, it was kind of nice – we didn’t even have to vote on it,” Holst said May 4 several hours after the seeding meeting.

At press time, Excelsior Springs had a chance to enter the girls soccer postseason sitting above .500. The Tigers were 7-7 entering their regular-season finale Thursday at Winnetonka in Kansas City.

Three Excelsior Springs varsity athletes left the Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference-Blue Division track and field meet as champions. Kinley Rogers led the Tigers by winning three events at the May 1 competition at Kearney High School.

A key defender of Excelsior Springs’ varsity boys soccer program plans to continue challenging attackers on the pitch after high school. Braedyn Sejkora, who’ll graduate Friday, has signed his letter of intent to play for Central Methodist University, a Fayette-based, NAIA school.