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Sports Director Randy Dean

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 5^th 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 2^nd 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 3^rd 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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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)