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In week seven, the Slater Wildcats had their chances but lost to the home-standing Northwest (Hughesville) Mustangs 42-32.Fast forward four weeks, and the Wildcats played a better second half, recovered from a 14-point third-quarter deficit and won the District 3 semifinal 32-30 at Hughesville.Slater first-year head coach Mitchell Jenkins says the Wildcats’ defense stepped up in crucial moments down the stretch after his team had inched ahead 32-30 with 8 minutes left.“They did what they do.

It wasn’t the outcome the Santa Fe Lady Chiefs wanted when they made the 4 1/2-hour, 300-mile trip to Cape Girardeau late last week.This year’s Lady Chiefs, seeking state title No.

Justin Van Winkle’s Marshall Owls’ soccer team is headed back to the state playoffs.The Owls claimed their second district title in three years and third in Van Winkle’s 13 years as head coach last Thursday night at Knob Noster.Top-seeded Marshall scored twice in the first half and two more times in the second half and defeated the third-seeded Saint Paul Saints 4-1.“It was a big win, district finals,” MHS head coach Justin Van Winkle said.

Competing against swimmers from 12 other schools, the season came to an end for the Marshall Owls last week at the Independent League championships at Belton High School last week.Marshall finished 11th in the final team standings with 69 points, but that didn’t tell the whole story.It was all about improving on times in individual events and relays, and some of them did just that.The 400-yard relay team placed sixth overall in a new PR (personal-record) time of 4 minutes, 12.62 seconds.

After playing pretty well for 50-plus minutes, the last 10 minutes turned out to be disastrous for the Missouri Valley College football team last Saturday.Host Missouri Baptist scored two touchdowns in the final 4-1/2 minutes, erasing a nine-point deficit and stopped a late Valley possession to win the Heart of America Athletic Conference South Division game 29-23 last Saturday.Valley head coach Casey Creehan was disappointed in the outcome, but said the Vikings gave 100 percent.“They played hard.

For the second time this season, the Slater Wildcats scored more than 80 points against the BKN Thunder.This time, the third-seeded Wildcats shut out the No.