Sports

Body Another Excelsior Springs football player is taking his game beyond high school.

Body Orrick can finally focus on the postseason in boys and girls basketball. The Bearcats finished regular-season play Tuesday night by hosting Concordia for Senior Night.

Body Like their varsity girls basketball counterparts, the Excelsior Springs varsity boys continue to fight to break a losing skid. The Tigers had dropped four straight and six of their last seven entering Friday night’s road meeting with Grandview.

Body Chance Moreland will continue playing football after high school. But he won’t play the same position he played in high school.

Body Wins continue to elude Excelsior Springs in varsity girls basketball. The Tigers had lost nine straight entering Thursday night’s Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference-Blue Division road meeting with Grandview.

Body When the Tigers stepped outside the Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference-Blue Division last week in varsity boys basketball, they won. When they played inside their division, they didn’t.

Body It’s time for the Excelsior Springs High School boys wrestling program to focus on the postseason. The Tigers have concluded their regular-season schedule.

Body The Tigers closed the dual portion of their girls wrestling season with a thriller. Driven by open victories, Excelsior Springs edged Raytown South 28-27 Feb. 1 at Ray South. The Tigers received four forfeit wins. The Cardinals had only one.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS post player Kinley Rogers, a first-year high schooler, looks to score Jan. 30 during the Tigers’ 60-32 Greater KansasCity Suburban Conference-Blue Division home loss to Winnetonka.

Body Excelsior Springs went down to the wire with Marshall last week in girls wrestling. The Tigers edged the Owls 42-26 in the Jan.