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Biermann tests skills at nationals

Body An Excelsior Springs High School senior has taken his golf game to the national level. That young man is Landon Biermann, who played at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour 16-18 National Championships.

ES boys tumble to Lexington before first tourney of season

Body Excelsior Springs was still seeking its first win this season in varsity boys basketball entering Wednesday night’s meeting with Oak Grove. The Tigers were 0-3 as they prepared to face the Panthers in the Husker Classic, hosted by Lafayette County of Higginsville.

THESE TIGERS CAN’T BE TAMED

Body Turnovers hurt Excelsior Springs in its 61-37 seasonopening loss to Lafayette County of Higginsville in varsity girls basketball. Lafayette County’s three-point shooting and inside scoring didn’t help either.
KINLEY ROGERS (left), shown shooting last season amid traffic around the basket, has been a contributing scorer and rebounder for Excelsior Springs to start this varsity girls basketball season. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Varsity boys cagers tumble to East

Body For the first half, Excelsior Springs senior Jake Zapata and his fellow Tigers kept their varsity boys basketball season opener with Kansas City East close. The Bears, however, pulled away the second half, handing the Tigers a 58-37 defeat Nov.

Grapplers win five titles at tourney

Body Lilly Smith, Haylee Ray, Lilly Goetz, Analese Happy and Bristol Sharp returned to Excelsior Springs from the Lathrop Turkey Break Invitational as champions. Smith won the 235-pound title at the Nov.

ES alums receive medals at UCM tourney

Body Two Excelsior Springs High School alumni, now members of the University of Central Missouri (UCM) men’s wrestling team, picked up medals at the Kaufman Brand Bayly UCM Open. Damon Ashworth, a 2021 graduate, was the 184-pound elite champion at the Nov.
DAMON ASHWORTH (left), an Excelsior Springs High School graduate, continues to win wrestling titles at the University of Central Missouri. ERICK VARGAS | Courtesy of UCM Athletics
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