Sports

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – In a COVID world, keeping the Tigers healthy could be the biggest challenge they face this volleyball season, coach Kathryn Beile acknowledged.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Varsity softball coach Megan Rawie expects her Tigers to find a groove quickly, a must during a high school season.

Body When it comes to my life, Oscar Wilde is usually correct. Wilde, you might remember from your high school or college literature classes, was a 19th-century writer – specifically, a playwright and novelist – and a controversial figure in his day.

Body EXCELSIOR SPINRGS – Fall sports kicked into high gear Monday. Monday was the first day fall sports programs could begin practicing for the season, in accordance with Missouri State High School Activities Association regulations.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – One path many would-be collegiate studentathletes pursue to take their athletic dreams to the next level is playing multiple sports at the high school level. Excelsior Springs sophomore Bailey Carder is one person who is pursuing that path.

Body ST. JOSEPH – It appears Excelsior Springs High School graduate Sam Webb will have one more full season of playing NCAA Division II football.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Coach Zac Ganzer and his Tigers got into the Olympic spirit during last week’s high school boys soccer camp at Tiger Stadium.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – This week, the athletic facilities at Excelsior Springs High School are unoccupied. As mandated by the Missouri State High School Activities Association, the first week of August is the dead week before fall sports practices begin.

Body There needs to be more Olympic sports, especially Summer Olympic sports. This realization was sparked in part from watching parts of NBCSN’s marathon coverage of the XXXII Olympiad, slated to conclude Sunday in Tokyo.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Broc Dusek will probably be among the upperclassmen coach Aaron Holst will look to lead the Tigers in varsity baseball in 2022, based on what Dusek did as an underclassman in 2021.