Sports

Body Jacob Schmidt was only a few strokes shy of par when he and his Excelsior Springs varsity boys golf teammates played in the Oak Park Invitational.

Body Excelsior Springs coach Richie Marsh and his Tigers have their first dual win in varsity boys tennis this season. The win came Monday, when Excelsior Springs swept Richmond at Maurice Roberts Park in Richmond.

Body Excelsior Springs’ throwers displayed their skills in two meets last week. First, they competed in the Kearney Throwers Meet April 8.

Body Last week, Excelsior Springs gave up eight goals in one game in varsity girls soccer – and then scored eight goals in one game. FALLING TO THE FALCONS The Tigers yielded eight goals April 2 in their 8-3 road loss to Van Horn, an Independence-based school.

Body Excelsior Springs varsity baseball coach Aaron Holst found some bright spots in his club’s 4-2 Northland Tournamentopening loss to Winnetonka Tuesday. One of them was starting pitcher Klayton Glaspy.

Body On April 5, Excelsior Springs’ track and field athletes took advantage of some favorable weather. That day, the Tigers competed at the Kearney Classic Invitational.

Body DUSTIN DANNER Sports Reporter Excelsior Springs varsity girls basketball coach JD Biermann and his Tigers have formally capped their season. They did so April 1 with a team banquet, held in the high school commons area.

Body Jacob Schmidt and Landon Biermann negotiated the rolling hills of Shiloh Springs Golf Club well enough to contend for a title when Excelsior Springs played there last week in varsity competition.

Body Excelsior Springs ran into a seasoned opponent in varsity boys tennis on April 4, when the Tigers hosted perennial Class 1 power Lafayette County of Higginsville. It was the Huskers’ sixth dual this season.

Body Samuel Lover was right. Lover, as I learned from doing some online research, was a 19th-century writer and painter first credited with using the expression “better to be safe than sorry.” I was reminded of the truthfulness of that statement Monday.