By Kirsten Stokes This weeks, Sideline Spirit highlights the St. Joseph Christian cheerleading team. On Wednesday, the team had a morning practice at 6:30 a.m. to get ready for the game of the week versus DeKalb on Friday. Newly positioned head coach Cheyenne Sharp talked about her new position and her teams goals for the
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By Calvin Silvers After months and months of hard work, it was either a day of blessings or sadness for NFL athletes, as the league mandates that every team cut enough players to get below the 53-man threshold for the active roster. Before dissecting each position, the Kansas City Chiefs made some notable cuts ahead
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By Calvin Silvers The Missouri Western State Griffons will kick off the 2024-25 football season Thursday in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, against former MIAA member, Northeastern State. The Griffons, much like the Riverhawks, had some movement on their roster, losing quarterback Armani Edden to graduation. That meant head coach Tyler Fenwick brought in transfers, brewing a healthy
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By My Courier-Tribune As summer draws closer to an end, many people begin to experience the dreaded itchy eyes and runny nose that comes along with blooming ragweed, reports the state conservation department. “While this irritating plant earns every bit of its reputation for being the leading cause of late-season hay fever, another plant often
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By My Courier-Tribune The warm, sunny days and cool nights of fall in Missouri provide ideal growing conditions for cool-season vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein in a press release. “The Chinese cabbage group, which includes napa and bok choy, grows best under short days with temperatures between
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By Calvin Silvers Lafayette head football coach Nate Daugherty enters his second year with the Fighting Irish, looking to take what he learned in year one and improve from last year’s 1-9 season. The team has a rich history, recently having had multiple winning teams throughout the 2010s. However, the start of this decade wasn’t
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By Calvin Silvers The Kansas City Chiefs are back practicing in their home facilities, preparing for Thursday’s last preseason contest, which will take place at Arrowhead Stadium at 7:20 p.m. The opponent will be the Chicago Bears, but more importantly, it’s the last chance for players to make an impact as coaches will finalize the
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By Jacob Meikel The Central football program has exceeded expectations each of the last two seasons, and the next step will be to add playoff wins to its resume in 2024. From 2018 to 2021, the program only won four football games. Since then, they’ve tallied five wins in 2022 and seven wins in 2023.
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By Jacob Meikel Chiefs rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy got his chance to shine in Saturday’s preseason game against the Lions. The first round pick for the Chiefs in 2024 was a premiere target for the team in the 24-23 loss to Detroit, leading the way with six targets in the game. With the opportunities
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By My Courier-Tribune According to Greek mythology, the water nymph Clytie fell in love with the god of the sun, Apollo, who dazzled the earth as he drove his golden chariot across the sky each day. When he rejected Clytie’s affection, it nearly drove her mad. She spent days without food or water as she
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By My Courier-Tribune When mentioned by name, “chicken of the woods” might induce a humorous mental image of a fat, feathery chicken surrounded by trees, but here in Missouri it refers to something else entirely. “Many foragers will tell you that finding some chicken of the woods means good eating, and it has nothing to
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By My Courier-Tribune Pest control is an important part of establishing an attractive garden. Insects, diseases and weeds are formidable foes, but the damage they inflict often pales compared to the destruction perpetrated by some of four-legged “friends,” said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein, in an extension press release. “It is extremely frustrating
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By Jacob Meikel The Kansas City Chiefs said farewell to St. Joseph on Thursday, wrapping up another year of training camp north of home. The roughly four-month long camp came to a close with the Chiefs having their traditional Military Appreciation Day, a chance for military personnel to get autographs and take pictures with the
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By Chris Fortune The fourteenth installment of training camp in St. Joseph closed Thursday, with the Chiefs paying homage to military service members. On the final day of practice, men and women in military fatigues spent time in the VIP tent and fan zone during Military Appreciation Day. After the practice ended, military members stepped
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By Calvin Silvers The Kansas City Chiefs’ time in the community is coming to a close, as Thursday will be their final training camp session out at Missouri Western. As the Chiefs began to pack up and head back home, the media was gifted the positional coaches, who spoke at the podium on Wednesday. Looking
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By Jenna Wilson As training camp nears an end in St. Joseph this summer, despite extreme heat and rainy days, some fans have made it to more than a handful of practices. Training camp has been underway in St. Joseph for four weeks now, and many fans who came out to training camp Wednesday afternoon
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By Calvin Silvers All offseason, the talk surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs was about adding speed to their offense, additions that, in theory, would spread the field and allow deep throws over the top. That speed came from free agent Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and draft pick Xavier Worthy. However, Bown suffered an injury to his
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By Leah Rainwater This year’s Chiefs Training Camp is in its final days, and there have been questions about whether or not camp will continue to be hosted at Missouri Western State University, but many fans are keeping their fingers crossed that the team will be back for another year. Since 2010, Chiefs players have
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By Jacob Meikel Kansas City Chiefs rookies brought significant memories from their first preseason game this past weekend back to St. Joseph for the final week of training camp. The Chiefs fell in their preseason opener for the third consecutive season to the Jaguars on Saturday, with plenty of things to take away from the
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By Calvin Silvers While the Kansas City Chiefs have been preparing for their season here in St. Joseph, a few more teams in the community were able to begin their own practices, as high school football teams began their journey to a state title for the 2024-25 season. The first stop for high school football
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By Kyle Schmidt Chiefs fans are used to the capricious weather at Arrowhead Stadium, so Monday’s rain didn’t stop supporters from showing out at training camp in St. Joseph. The energy stayed high despite the rain. Chiefs fan Laura Barber talked about her experience at camp Monday amid the drizzle. “Wet,” Barber said. “It’s been
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By Jacob Meikel Former Missouri Western defensive end C.J. Ravenell made his pro debut for the Baltimore Ravens on Friday. The former Griffon impressed in the preseason opener for the Ravens, tallying two total tackles including one solo tackle, 0.5 sacks and a quarterback hit. Ravenell signed a contract with the Ravens as an undrafted
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By My Courier-Tribune Missourians are often most associated with the social insects such as hornets, yellowjackets, the paper wasp, bumblebees and honeybees, reports the Department of Conservation. But, there are several solitary species that do not make hexagonal nest that people are also familiar with. These insects nest in hollow twigs, cavities in wood, in
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By My Courier-Tribune Fall armyworm migrates from the south, flying hundreds of miles northward. This pest has been found the last two weeks feeding in grass pastures, summer grass annuals, alfalfa and soybeans in south Missouri, so farmers should scout local crops, reports the University of Missouri Extension. “Larvae can be extremely damaging. Damage in
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By Calvin Silvers The Kansas City Royals are in a position they haven’t been in since 2015, back when they won the World Series… a spot in the MLB playoffs which will begin wild-card play in October. Kansas City welcomed the Boston Red Sox this week, who were in hands reach of taking that wild-card
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By Calvin Silvers The Kansas City Chiefs wrapped up their last training camp session on Wednesday, as they’ll travel for their first preseason game on Saturday in Jacksonville against the Jaguars. Head coach Andy Reid mentioned that Nick Bolton, Jaaron Hayek, Chris Jones, Kelvin Joseph, Justin Reid, Kadarius Toney and Joe Thuney will likely not
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By Ashley Luthans Chiefs training camp was closed to the general public Wednesday, but season ticket members showed their support ahead of the first preseason game this weekend. Fans were excited to come out and support the Chiefs before their first preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday. Self-proclaimed “Retro Fan” Clyde Chafin has
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By Jacob Meikel Second-year wide receiver Rashee Rice spoke to the media for the first time in nearly two months on Tuesday, with legal troubles still looming for the former SMU star. The former second-round pick still faces multiple charges for his involvement in a multi-vehicle crash in Dallas, Texas. The NFL has not issued
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By Jacob Meikel St. Joseph native Tyson Hicks anticipates a big year in 2025 as he continues to further his professional fighting career. The Benton High School graduate remains undefeated in his pro career, coming off of a unanimous decision win in a kickboxing bout with Thomas Thatcher of Indianola, Nebraska, back in February. The
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By Calvin Silvers It was a day for Kansas City Chiefs’ special teams on Monday, as kicker Harrison Butker signed a contract extension that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid kicker. The extension is for four years and $25.6 million, with $17.75 million guaranteed. Kansas City Chiefs’ punter, Matt Araiza, while not signing an extension yet,
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