Fall sports practices get underway in Mexico today (Monday).
Starting a 7:30 this (Monday) morning Cross Country meets at the Mexico Middle School Red Shed.
At 8:00am girls tennis meets at the tennis courts.
At 8:30 am girls golf practices at Arthur hills.
At 3:30 this afternoon volleyball practices at Filbert Court at the Mexico High School.
Football practice starts at 6 tonight at the football field.
And boys soccer is at 7 tonight at Hotop Field.
All students must have an athletic physical to practice.
The Kansas City Chiefs had a special visitor at their practice on Saturday.
Legendary high school football coach Pete Adkins stopped by during the second week of the Chiefs’ training camp to talk with players.
Adkins is the winningest coach in Missouri high school history.
He started his coaching career in Centralia in 1951, before moving to Jefferson City to coach the Jays.
The St. Louis Cardinals were shutout 1-0 by the Colorado Rockies at Busch Stadium yesterday (Sunday).
The Redbirds were unable to get their offense going and left 15 runners on base.
St. Louis went 3-7 during their 10-game home stand.
The Cardinals have the day off today.
The Kansas City Royals lost 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Kansas City has dropped two in a row after winning seven consecutive games.