Truman State forward Ellie Weltha recorded another career milestone in the game against Drury on Saturday. After surpassing the 1,000-point mark last season, Weltha eclipsed 1,000 career rebounds on Saturday, making her one of just three players in program history to have more than 1,000 points and rebounds.
As someone who has rooted for the Chicago Bears for my entire life, I am supposed to hate the Green Bay Packers. But on Sunday, I watched the Packers dismantle the Dallas Cowboys in the opening round of the NFL playoffs and had a lot of fun.
The Truman men’s basketball team earned a split in a pair of conference road games last week, at first falling to Quincy in a close game on Thursday before bouncing back and beating Illinois-Springfield on Saturday to snap a four-game conference losing streak.
Green City senior and nine-time track and field state champion Asher Buggs-Tipton will officially be making the jump to the NCAA Division I level in a few short months. During a ceremony held in front of packed bleachers at the Green City High School gym on Friday, Buggs-Tipton signed a letter to attend Wichita State University as a member of the men’s track and field team.
The three pointers started falling early for the Atlanta boys basketball team against Brashear on Friday. The Hornets knocked down six threes in the first five minutes of the game, jumping out to a big lead against the Tigers. Atlanta did not knock down shots at quite that high a rate going forward, but continued to find plenty of shooting success on their way to an 85-53 win.