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Tracking a weekend scorcher

June 20, 2025

Jacob Meikel

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High School Sports

SJCS announces girl’s soccer for next spring

Cardinals stung by Hornets in sectionals

Wolverines rally late to beat Lions in sectionals

Chillicothe claims Class 4 District 16 baseball title with dominant win over Savannah

Chillicothe, Savannah advance to Class 4 District 16 baseball title game

Staley tops Central to claim Class 1 District 16 boys volleyball championship

Historic win for St. Joseph Christian: Lions beat Lafayette on Senior Day

Bertini steps down as Benton football head coach

College Sports

MWSU Track & Field head coach ready to move forward

Western hires new baseball coach

Mustangs start 2025 season with statement victory

MWSU announces discontinuation of Track and Field programs

Mustangs welcome fans, preview 2025 season during annual Fan Fest

NCAA Men’s Golf Central/Midwest Regionals kick off

Benedictine adds St. Joseph Christian standout Nick Orscheln

NCAA golf regionals make highly-anticipated return to St. Joseph on Thursday

Kansas City Royals

Padres take on the Royals after Bogaerts’ 4-hit game

Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone goes deep twice at Texas for his 1st big league homers

Jac Caglianone goes deep twice for 1st homers in majors as Royals beat Rangers 4-1

Royals bring 3-game road win streak into game against the Rangers

Maikel Garcia homers to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 6-3

Royals’ Ragans will be shut down for 4 weeks with a mild rotator cuff strain

Royals bring 1-0 series advantage over Rangers into game 2

Royals’ All-Star reprise in Texas includes homer from Witt against his hometown team

Outdoors

Deadline is Aug. 18 for Arbor Awards of Excellence nominations

MDC reminds public frogging season begins June 30

MDC and partner organizations dedicate two new conservation areas in the Grand River Grasslands Priority Geography on June 18

Peppers: Easter eggs of the garden

Join MDC for a native plant workshop June 28 in St. Joseph

Safety concerns close local shooting range to public use

Local boy competing in national Jr. Ranger program

MDC proposes expanding furbearer hunting and trapping

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Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani waves off teammates after getting hit by a pitch in the ninth inning on June 19.

MLB hands down suspensions after tensions escalate in Dodgers-Padres series finale