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Young Trades Hornets Red for Bearcats Green
Chillicothe’s three-time all state football player Bryce Young has
signed a letter of intent to play college football for the Division II
National champion Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats. Young
said Missouri Western and a walk-on opportunity at University of
Missouri were other top choices. He said knowing previous Hornets such as Josh
Gannan and Brett Grozinger had successful football careers at
Northwest helped in his decision.
Young was an All State First Team Defensive back this
year, an All State First Team Running Back his Junior year and was a
Coaches Association Third Team All State selection at Defensive Back
his sophomore year. Young holds several Chillicothe football records.
Boys Basketball
The Chillicothe Hornets basketball season limped to an end with a
57-31 loss to Smithville in the district tournament opener. Smithville
jumped out to an 11-0 run before Chillicothe could get on the
scoreboard. Smithville’s 6’7” Dillon Deck finished with 28 points as
part of a double-double. Chillicothe was led by Nick Voorhies off the
bench with a pair of treys and a total of 8 points. Bryce Young, Blake
Stephens and Brett Stephens all had 6 points each, Alex Thompson and
Spencer Hart with 2 points, Jacob McKiddy with 1 and playing time for
Zach Douglas, Austin Busse and Jake Mathew. Chillicothe ends the
season with an 8-16 record, their 5th consecutive losing
season. Smithville improved to 15-11 and will face Platte
County. Savannah downed Benton in the
other opening round game 55-38 and will face top seed Lafayette.
Girls Basketball
Chillicothe held Savannah scoreless for the entire 2nd
quarter but it wasn’t enough. Savannah downed Chillicothe 44-37 in the
opening round of the Girls District tournament. Chillicothe led 19-15
at the half but was outscored 17-8 in the 3rd quarter. The
Lady Hornets traded buckets much of the fourth quarter and closed the
game to three once, but could never get closer. Chillicothe was led
by Rochelle Gillilan with 17 points and Kelsey Hicks with 14 points,
Leanne Mathew had 4 and Sarah Baldwin had 2 points to round out the
Lady Hornets scoring. Devan Crowe, Shannon Baker, Samantha Fender,
Kaley Hayward, Maddie Williams and Bradee Gabel all played but did not
score. Savannah was led by their 6-foot senior Beth Lewis with 10 and
Kelsey Adams with 10. Chillicothe ends the season 8-15 and will lose six seniors.
Wrestling
Nick Plummer
brought home Chillicothe's only medal of the state wrestling
champions, earning 4th place at 189 pounds. After losing to the
eventual state champion in the first round, Plummer battled back with
four straight victories before falling in the 3rd place match.
Chillicothe finished with 22 points, good for 27th place out of 45
schools. Platte County won the team title.
Football
Chillicothe will be in one of the toughest
districts in Class 3 for the next two cycles. The new classifications
and district alignments have been announced by the MSHSAA.
Joining Chillicothe in Class 3 District 16 is Cameron,
who returns several starters from last year's 8-2 team, Maryville, who
moves up to Class three after winning the Class 2 Show Me Bowl in 2009
and finishing 2nd in Class 2 in 2008, and Kansas City St Pius X, who
finished 4-7 in 2009 and 5-5 in 2008.
Elsewhere in the MEC, Smithville and Savannah both move
up to Class 4. Savannah joins Benton, Lafayette and Platte County in
Class 4 District 16 while Smithville joins Kearney, Excelsior Springs
and Liberty North, a new school opening up in 2010. LeBlond stays in
Class 2 and will join Hamilton, Trenton and Plattsburg in Class 2
District 16.
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Class 3 Districts>
2010 Chillicothe Football
Schedule
Wk 1 - at Marshall
Wk 2 - at Kirksville
Wk 3 - Smithville
Wk 4 - St Joseph LeBlond
Wk 5 - at St Joseph Benton
Wk 6 - at Savannah
Wk 7 - St Joseph Lafayette
Wk 8 - Maryville (District Game 1)
Wk 9 - at Cameron (District Game 2)
Wk 10 0 Kansas City St Pius X (District Game 3)
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