By Calvin Silvers It was the second day of the 6th Annual Benton Cardinal Classic on Thursday, with eight teams taking the court looking to end the final day with a victory. The first local school to take the hardwood was the Savannah Savages, who were placed against the Winnetonka Griffins. In the first quarter,
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By Jacob Meikel Saturday will be the newest chapter of the Highway 71 rivalry, with Missouri Western and Northwest men as evenly matched in terms of record as they’ve been in some time. In the Griffons corner of the ring heading into the highly anticipated matchup, it’s nothing but respect for the Bearcats, especially given
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By Jacob Meikel It was a party in the locker room after Benton boys basketball secured its third straight victory with a 61-51 win over Smithville on Saturday in the Steve Vertin Classic. “From day one when I took this job, I established to celebrate the wins and learn from the losses because, in this
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By Calvin Silvers We’re officially back to high school basketball being played consistently throughout the week, meaning many local teams were back in action on Thursday night. One of those teams, the Benton Cardinals, had both the boys and girls out on the hardwood, as they hosted St. Pius X. The girls were up first
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By Jacob Meikel For the first time in program history, Central girls wrestling saw its hard work translate into hardware. Last week at the Kansas City Center Tournament, the team secured its first-ever first place trophy to put in the trophy case. The success was several years in the making, even dating back to the
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By Calvin Silvers The Missouri Western women’s basketball team was on a three game win streak before it was gifted a short break before returning to the court on Saturday. After a two and a half week break from the MIAA, the Griffons will find themselves back in conference play this Thursday and Saturday on
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By Jacob Meikel Saturday afternoon at Looney Arena turned out to be a memorable day in MIAA women’s basketball history. Missouri Western women’s basketball’s 147-16 victory over Kansas Christian out of the Christmas break went down as the most points scored in a single game by an MIAA program ever. Not only did the Griffon
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By Phil Ervin Special to the News-Press High school basketball fans from the St. Joseph area that may not be as familiar with Kansas City’s Lincoln Prep squad, but certainly won’t forget the Blue Tigers any time soon. Lincoln blazed through the Bishop LeBlond Holiday Tournament, providing the exclamation point with 60-45 victory against Mid-Buchanan,
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By Phil Ervin Special to the News-Press Molly Stiens penned the latest chapter in a storied girls high school basketball series, giving Maryville its second straight Bishop LeBlond Holiday Tournament championship in the process. With her team trailing by two, the Spoofhounds’ senior guard took an in-bound pass with 1.1 second left, turned 180 degrees
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By Cody Thorn St. Joseph News-Press The branches of the Mel Tjeerdsma coaching tree stretch far and wide. Former assistant coaches serving as head coaches include Central Missouri’s Jim Svoboda, Missouri Southern’s Bart Tatum, Angelo State’s Will Wagner and Northern Colorado’s Earnest Collins Jr. This season, Tjeerdsma went head-to-head against former assistant coaches Svoboda and
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By Bryce Mereness St. Joseph News-Press The Missouri Western women came back early from Christmas break with an opportunity to shake off the rust before conference play starts back up on Sunday. After trailing for nearly four minutes in the first half, the Griffons never looked back en route to a 65-57 victory over Newman
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By Cody Thorn St. Joseph News-Press KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Chiefs enter Sunday game with the AFC West Championship and a playoff berth locked up, so the matchup against long-time rival Oakland is merely for pride. It also could be for a bit of revenge after the Raiders rallied for a 23-20 overtime
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