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NICK OF TIME Haylee Ray beat the clock in winning the 140-pound girls title at The Battle at the Katy Trail. Ray, an Excelsior Springs sophomore, pinned North Calloway’s Elka Endres in 5 minutes, 49 seconds in the championship match of the tournament, held Dec.

Excelsior Springs’ final home varsity girls basketball game of 2025 – a 63-39 loss to Maryville – “was not one of our better nights,” according to coach JD Biermann. “I thought, early, we had some opportunities that we squandered,” Biermann said minutes after the Dec.

A POSSIBLE REPEAT Coach Cody Beck and his Excelsior Springs varsity boys wrestling team are eyeing a repeat title at the Lee’s Summit Holiday Tournament. Excelsior Springs won the 2024 team title with 255 points – 6.5 points ahead of runner-up Lee’s Summit West.

Lillah Shue had her back was against the wall – or rather, near the mat – in her final wrestling match of the Excelsior Springs High School Girls Tournament. Leading Richmond’s Abigail Smith 12-2 near the end of the final period, the Excelsior Springs senior suddenly found herself in danger of being pinned.

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HIGGINSVILLE – Excelsior Springs got locked into another pressure cooker with Richmond in varsity girls basketball Monday night. Trailing by double digits at halftime, Excelsior Springs made a second-half surge to cut Richmond’s lead to two in the fourth quarter.

each went the distance in securing second-place finishes for Excelsior Springs at the Tussle for the Tiara Dec. 6 at North Kansas City High School.

How far prep girls wrestling has come within the past 20 years! Or even within the past five years! I remember when I interviewed my first high school girls wrestler.

LATHROP – Analese Happy gave herself an extra reason to feel grateful shortly before Thanksgiving. Wrestling Nov.