Sports

Body On Dec. 19, Excelsior Springs seemed poised to get its first win this season in varsity boys basketball.

Body Micah Danner knows what he wants to do after his high school wrestling career ends – and after high school ends, period. The Excelsior Springs senior plans to utilize the skills he has learned at the Excelsior Springs Career Center to become a tradesman.

Body Excelsior Springs High School graduate manhandled the competion at the Midwest Classic when it came to scoring. Ashworth, a redshirt sophomore men’s wrestler at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, outscored his competition 62-13 at the Dec.

Body Like their girls counterparts, Excelsior Springs’ boys wrestlers crammed their share of matches into three days last week. Like the girls, the boys wrestlers hosted Winnetonka Dec.

Body The Excelsior Springs girls wrestling program packed its share of matches into three days last week. On Dec.

Body As Excelsior Springs senior Bailee Baxter will attest, there are many lessons to be learned from wrestling. Baxter is grateful for the lessons the sport has taught her.

Body Excelsior Springs ran into two hotshooting offenses last week in varsity boys basketball. First, the Excelsior Springs boys faced undefeated Winnetonka on Dec.

Body Last week, Excelsior Springs achieved something rarely seen in basketball: a shutout. The Tigers achieved that feat on Dec.

Body to PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. I feel a sudden, strange urge to play Santa Claus to some folks in the sports community.

Body Excelsior Springs continues to rack up dual wins in varsity boys wrestling. The Tigers were 5-1 and had won four of their last five duals entering Wednesday’s home dual with Winnetonka, according to Missouri State High School Activities Association records.