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KANSAS CITY — The Smithville Warriors took to the court at Winnetonka on Friday, Jan. 10, and made history.
Boys Basketball
LIBERTY — The Blue Jays are preparing to host the 49th annual CW Stessman Invitational.
KEARNEY — The Bulldogs will host the Kearney Classic basketball tournament next week.
LIBERTY — Liberty's boys basketball team won against Staley, 54-48, in a close game on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
SMITHVILLE — Kearney fought off a pesky Smithville bunch using a third-quarter surge to pull away for a 62-43 win at Smithville High School on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Wrestling
LIBERTY — The new year is off to a great start for a team that has experienced significant success since the start of the season.
LIBERTY — Starting off the night Tuesday, Jan. 14, during a home match for the Blue Jays, the first wrestler seen from Liberty was junior Jenna Berry against sophomore Lexi Hatfield from Staley wrestling in the 115 weight class. By the end of the first period, her Falcons opponent had made a…
LIBERTY — The Smithville Warriors came out with a close win of 33-30 in a girls wrestling match with the Liberty North Eagles on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
LIBERTY — The Liberty North boys wrestling team earned a significant win, 57-24, over Park Hill South while honoring friends and family in the military.
Two Liberty North girls grapplers claimed fifth-place finishes at the 2020 Wonder Woman tournament, held Saturday, Jan. 4, in Columbia.
Girls Basketball
Junior Emma Chevalier led the scoring in the Smithville girls basketball road game at St. Pius X on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
KANSAS CITY — Ten Warriors scored in the Smithville girls basketball team’s 67-24 rout of Winnetonka on Thursday, Jan. 9.
KEARNEY — The Bulldogs will host the Kearney Classic basketball tournament next week.
LIBERTY — With both teams starting the game undefeated in the season, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the pressure was on for the Liberty Blue Jays and the Staley Falcons when they went head to head. In order to win, Liberty’s girls varsity basketball coaches worked hard to prepare the team for what the…
SMITHVILLE — The Kearney girls basketball team flipped the script in the second half, overcoming a double-digit deficit to beat Smithville 44-38 on Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Smithville in a battle of Top 10 teams.
Girls Swimming and Diving
Coming into this season without some key contributors from last year’s team, the Kearney girls swim and dive team had to limit their expectations.
Chris Murphy believed his team could be headed for a breakthrough season.
Ever since last season when the Eagles ended Park Hill South’s lengthy run as Suburban Red Conference champions, a stretch of domination that lasted the better of two decades since the turn of the century, Liberty North has been in the discussion as the top girls swim and dive team from the …
Volleyball
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Nobody could miss Madison Duello walking the hallways at Liberty High School. And it wasn’t just because of her height. Regarded as the most talented player to ever come through the Blue Jays’ volleyball program, Duello’s superior talent, in combination with her 6-foot-3 frame, enabled her t…
William Jewell
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LIBERTY — Craig Sager has been selected as the next head coach of the Cardinal men’s and women’s golf programs at William Jewell College. For the first time in program history, this will be a full-time position with Sager, who officially began his duties on Monday, Jan. 13. Bob Cole, who has…
The William Jewell College women's basketball team put together their best offensive performance since early December but fell just short at Lewis by a final of 70-63 on Saturday, Jan. 11.
The William Jewell College men's basketball team went cold in the first half and did not score for more than 11 minutes, resulting in a 76-51 loss at Lewis University on Saturday, Jan. 11.
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KANSAS CITY — The Greater Kansas City Sports Commission and William Jewell College have been selected by the NCAA Division II Championships Committee to serve as hosts for the 2021 Men’s NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Central/Midwest Regional and the 2022 Division II Women’s Golf East Regional.
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