The dramatic and impending shakeup of the Kansas City School District could trigger a rash of unprecedented conundrums for state officials - and potentially impact Smithville's football team.

After watching Dillon Deck rip down yet another double-double against St. Pius X, Andrew Jones had a couple words of wisdom for his protégé.

Thanks to the freezing conditions, the Excelsior Springs Tournament has turned into one of the area's hottest tickets, and Smithville's wrestling squad should reap the benefits.
The Warriors, competing in the tourney for the first year, were one of the teams originally slated to take part in Saturday's pool-style event, but the wintry weather canceled several other regional tournaments and forced three other teams - Clinton, Lee's Summit North and St. Joseph Benton - to back out.

When I sat down to make my picks last week, a little voice inside my head kept whispering to ride the upset trail.

You, faithful reader of the Warrior Watch blog, may have noticed that no Pigskin Picks were posted the past two weeks. No, it wasn't a case of me taking my ball and going home because I am doing so poorly. Although, the latter part of that last sentence is certainly true.

The longshots I've picked the past few weeks in an effort to reclaim my throne as the champion pigskin prognosticator on this sports staff are not paying off as I had hoped. And so, in an effort to get back into the ballgame ... I have to pick more upsets.

OK, there is no use sugarcoating it.

The more I try to dig myself out of the hole I'm in, the deeper I get.