Grant Davis and Ethan Koechner tied for medalist honors Monday in the Tipton Cardinals’ 159-170 win over California at Tipton Country Club.

An Indianapolis man died in a highway accident on Wednesday in Saline County.

A mother and daughter from Marshall were injured in a Jeep accident on Interstate 70 in Cooper County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The board for the I-70 Medical Center Foundation has released qualifications and applications for scholarships available. They may be found under the “resources” heading of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation’s website at gkccf.org. The deadline to apply is Nov. 1 and the committee seeks to present the scholarship on Dec. 15. Scholarships are for $1,000 per semester for up to eight semesters, depending on academic achievements.

Sacred Heart’s Jared Dey fired a 2-over-par 37 to earn medalist honors in a dual match on Tuesday at Eldon Country Club in which the Gremlins beat Eldon 170-204.

Like the 12 that preceded it in the first half, it was a self-inflicted turnover. But this one hurt, epitomizing the struggles of Smith-Cotton in their own showcase on Thursday night.

“Regarding the Bill Steigerwald column (Opinion, Wednesday), I see nothing wrong with what  FDR did. His WPA put food on my parents’ table.”

Luke Mercer, of Tipton, pitched a five-inning shutout May 1 in the Cardinals’ 10-0 win over Windsor in the championship game of the Kaysinger Conference baseball tournament.

Smith-Cotton beat Boonville 51-26 on Tuesday in a nonconference home wrestling match.

The Panthers split Thursday’s double dual at home against Missouri River Valley Conference East foes Holden and Richmond.

Smith-Cotton’s Dakota Proctor took first place at 182 pounds in Saturday’s 16-team Branson Invitational wrestling meet.

The Knob Noster wrestling team won three dual meets on Tuesday, beating Versailles 45-34, Warsaw 48-27 and Lone Jack 42-21.

Rachel Backes, of Tipton, scored a game-high 16 points and had eight assists Saturday, leading the Westminster women’s basketball team to its fifth straight win.

Smith-Cotton senior Bryce Johnson has been named a second-team pitcher on the 2009 Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4 all-state team.

Washburn used its depth and superior inside play Friday to beat Angelo State 69-44 in the first round of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional.

Washburn used its depth and superior inside play Friday to beat Angelo State 69-44 in the first round of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional.

For the second-straight day, Cole Camp’s Megan Keck shot a 14-over-par 85 at the Missouri Women’s Junior Championship golf tournament at Lake Valley Golf and Country Club in Camdenton.

Smith-Cotton wrestlers placed fourth at the 12-team Truman Invitational  on Saturday in Independence.

Smith-Cotton wrestlers took 10th out of 18 teams at the Raytown South Wrestling Tournament on Saturday.

WEDNESDAY

Smith-Cotton beat out two other West Central Conference teams on Wednesday in a home meet at the Sedalia Country Club.

Knob Noster swept a double dual on Tuesday at Higginsville, beating Wentworth Military Academy 66-12 and the host Huskers 49-27.

Knob Noster’s Troy Kyser, Kyler Milligan and Zach McKenzie each won their classes in pool play Saturday at the Richmond wrestling tournament.