Archie Lady Whirlwinds get it done in the first round of district basketball

The Archie Lady Whirlwinds kicked off the District Tournament with a win over the Midway Vikings. The Lady Whirlwinds will continue play Wednesday @ 7:00 in Concordia.

Three from Clinton High School qualify for state wrestling

These 3 will head to Mizzou arena in Columbia tomorrow to represent CHS and wrestle for a state medal. Wrestling will take place Wednesday and Thursday.

Jr. Lucas McMenemy - 2x Qualifier
Jr. Kylee Whalan - First Time Qualifier
Jr. Amitria McNack - 3x Qualifier - Defending State Champion

Lady bears advance in district basketball with a win tonight over Sherwood

Class 3 District play is under way! Butler Lady Bears traveled north to Adrian to take on the Sherwood Marksmen in district tournament play. The Bears come into the contest as the 4 seed, facing the 5 seeded Lady Marksmen. The winner of this game would move on to face the El Dorado Lady Bulldogs, the number one seed on the bracket, the loser would go home.

Butler would look to capture a repeat of the January 30th matchup where the Lady Bears were able to defeat the Lady Marksmen 49-41. Butler was sitting at 11-14, coming off a 58-42 win over Buffalo, while Sherwood is 8-18 off of a 38-37 victory over Warsaw.

The Bears, not ready for their season to come to an end, won the tip, and Carmichael drove to the basket to open the scoring. McCullogh would follow by converting and and-one basket to take a 3-2 lead. Carmichael wold answer back with a triple, taking back a 5-3 Bears lead. McCullogh would again knot it back it with a drive to the basket. 

Bears would begin to roll and take a 10-5 lead after a Clover three ball capping off a 7-0 Butler run. Sherwood would stop the run when Mouse got tp the line and knocked down a pair of free throws to pull back to a narrow deficit of 12-7. After Dubray hit a couple from the charity stripe, Fritts came up with a steal and a bucket on the way to a 6-0 Butler run that would force the Lady Marksmen to whistle for a time-out with the Bears on top 18-7. out of the time out, Fritts knocked down a corner 3 to push the run to 9-0. To stop the bleeding, Hill it a 3 ball for the Lady Marksmen. The Bears would end the quarter with a 26-10 lead.

To open the 2nd quarter, Carmichael would get fouled after hitting another deep ball, and convert the 4 point play which would spark an 11-0 run for the Bears. With just over a minute before halftime, Mouse would convert a traditional 3-point play for the Lady Marksmen to get their first score of the quarter. At the break, the Bears led the Marksmen 42-13.

The Bears looked to continue rolling out of the break, Fritts drilled her second shot from range in the game which to lead to an opening 5-0 run before McCullogh got back the line and sunk another pair as they ran out to a 10-0 run before Clover would burry a post bucket to answer for Butler. 

Hill buried yet another triple, to keep clawing at the Butler lead, going off for another run, this time it was a 7-0 Sherwood run. Despite Sherwood winning the quarter 17-13, the Bears took a 25 point advantage into the final quarter.

To begin the final round, the Bears were up 55-30. The Bears opened the quarter with Carmichael driving and grabbing a bucket. Despite a close final period that saw Sherwood outscore the Bears 14-11, the Bears had built up enough of a lead to walk away wit a 66-44 victory.

Carmichael led the scoring for the Lady Bears with 19 points, shooting 6 of 10 from the floor and grabbing 6 rebounds. Dubray had 15 and 5. The Bears had 8 players score in the game. McCulogh led all scoring with 20 and 6 boards.

The Lady Bears will face the number 1 seed El Dorado Springs lady Bulldogs on Wednesday.

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Kansas man killed in single vehicle accident

 

Obituary - Sandra "Sandy" Telithia Sehorn

Sandra "Sandy" Telithia Sehorn passed away peacefully at the age of 88 with her husband, Mel, and family by her side on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at Foxwood Springs Senior Living in Raymore, Missouri. There will be a private family service at Orient Cemetery in Harrisonville, MO, Wednesday, February 28, 2024. In lieu of flowers, Charitable donations can be made in honor of Sandra Sehorn to the Alzheimer's Association (www.alz.org) for further Demetia research.

Sandra was born on June 5, 1935 in Pleasant Hill, MO, to Alex and Bonetha (Hamilton) Small. Sandra grew up in Pleasant Hill, MO, where she graduated high school. She married the love of her life, Melvin "Mel" Sehorn, in 1953. In their early years of marriage while Mel served in the Army, Sandra joined her husband as he moved to several bases in the states. They then settled in Harrisonville, MO, and later to Peculiar and Raymore, where she took care of her family and worked at Ray-Pec school district. Later, she completed her teaching degree and held several teaching jobs until she retired with her husband to travel and enjoy family. Sandra was a church organist for many years and a longtime member of the First Baptist Churches in Harrisonville, Peculiar and Raymore. Sandra enjoyed painting, camping, boating, fishing and watching children and grandchildren participate in sporting and school activities.

Sandra was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her sister, Joyce Pennington, of Pleasant Hill, MO; her brother, Alex (Marilyn) Small, of Trinity, FL; her sister, Judith Speece, of Estes Park, CO; her husband of 70 years, Melvin Sehorn, of Raymore, MO; her children: Cindy (Glen) Bowman of Raymore, MO; David (Vaunda) Sehorn of Lawrence, KS; Carol (Glen) Barnett of Raymore, MO; 2 grandchildren: Mark (Kelly) Raby and Austin Sehorn; 3 great-grandchildren; step-grandchildren; and step-great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the staff at Foxwood Springs and St. Croix Hospice for their excellent care of Sandra in her final years.

From the Rich Hill 4th of July Committee

Guess who’s back? July 5th at 8pm we are bringing back the band that changed our celebration back in 2008.

Confederate Railroad has had 18 charted hits and sold over 5 million records with hits such as “Queen of Memphis”, “ Daddy never was the Cadillac kind”.

Free concert in Rich Hill’s Park Place (West Park). Bring your own lawn chair, no pets allowed. Food, craft vendors onsite and a carnival!!

Obituary - Louie "Carl" Robinson

Louie “Carl” Robinson, age 74, of Raymore, Missouri passed away peacefully on February 17, 2024, at home surrounded by his loving family.

A visitation will be held from 4-6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 22, 2024, at Cullen Funeral Home, Inc., 612 W. Foxwood Dr., Raymore, Missouri 64083 with a funeral service at 6:00 p.m. 

A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2024, at Lonesome Hill Cemetery in Phillipsburg, Missouri just south of Lebanon, Missouri.

Carl was born in Limestone, Arkansas on August 21, 1949, the son of Lawrence Jefferson Robinson and Famie Norma Shattswell. Carl was one of nine children from this union, James, Norman, Verna, Loretta, Loritta, McArthur, Betty Lou, and Carolyn Sue. After graduating high school, Carl was joined in marriage to his wife Janet in the early spring of 1967 on March 4th. Together they were blessed with three daughters, Tammy, Michelle, and Carla. In life, Carl was a contract painter working on many large projects in the Kansas City area. Carl loved playing pool, he spent a lot of time traveling and competing in lots of tournaments. He was considered to be one heck of a pool shark. Carl was a member of the Moose Lodge 2414 where he played cards with friends most Saturday and Sundays. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, fishing, hunting, boating and being at the lake. He had a big passion for buying old cars, restoring them and later selling them. Carl was in the middle of restoring a 1968 Chevy Cheville SS.

Carl was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Famie Robinson; his loving wife of 53 years Janet L. Robinson; son in-law, Scott Maxon; two brothers, James Jr. Shatt, Norman Eugene Robinson; three sisters, Verna Brooks, Loretta Fae Bailey, and Loritta Evelyn Talley; and an infant brother, McArthur Robinson.

He is survived by his three daughters, Tammy Howton (Mitchell), Michelle Maxon, and Carla Robinson; two sisters, Betty Lou Griffitt (Jim) and Carolyn Sue Cook; eight grandchildren, Tiffanie Starr (Dexter), Britney Arnold, Carl Arnold, Kayla Hartinger (Jason), Christopher Skivers, Timothy Howton, Emily Aman (Jared), and Jason Skivers; ten great grandchildren, Ray, Nevaeh, Dexter, Trinity, River, Kanyon, Saylor, Ellie, Myla, and Gracie.

Carl will be loved and missed by all his family and friends.

Obituary - Eugene P. "Gene" Kozisek

Eugene Paul Kozisek age 91 of Odessa, Missouri formerly of Garden City, Missouri departed this life Friday, February 16, 2024 at his home surrounded with family and love.

Cremation. No services are scheduled.

Contributions may be made to Phoenix Hospice, or Alzheimer's Association. contributions may be mailed to Dickey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 432, Harrisonville, Missouri 64701.

A complete obituary will be posted as soon as that information becomes available.