KWWR Sports Report 1/24/22

The Mexico Bulldogs boys basketball team will be on the road again tonight (Monday) against the Boonville Pirates in a non-conference game.

Mexico is coming off the Macon Tournament where they finished in first place.

The Bulldogs are 14-0 and will face Boonville who has a record of 5-9.

Tipoff is at 7:30.

The Mexico Lady Bulldogs start play in the Harrisburg Tournament tonight (Monday).

The Lady Bulldogs are the 2 seed in the tourney and play the 7th seeded Fayette tonight with a 6pm tip.

The Kansas City Chiefs have advanced to AFC Championship game after surviving the Buffalo Bills 42-36 in an overtime thriller last night (Sunday) in the AFC Divisional Round at Arrowhead Stadium.

With 13 seconds to play in the 4th quarter Buffalo scored a touchdown and took the lead.

A few plays later Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker tied the game with a 46 yard field goal as regulation expired, sending the game into overtime.

Kansas City won the overtime coin toss and marched down the field quickly where Patrick Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce in the endzone for the game-winning touchdown sending the Chiefs to the AFC title game for a fourth consecutive season.

Kansas City will host the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship on Sunday at 2pm.

The San Francisco 49ers will be at the Los Angeles Rams for the NFC Championship Game.

San Francisco knocked off the Green Bay Packers 13-10 on Saturday.

The Los Angeles Rams upset the Tampa Buccaneers 30-27 yesterday.

The NFC Championship game will be played on Sunday night.

The Missouri Tigers women’s basketball team defeated the defending SEC champs Texas A&M Aggies last night (Sunday) 78-69.

Hayley Frank led the Tigers in scoring with 28 points and seven 3-pointers.

The Mizzou women improved to 15-5 on the season and will next play on Thursday on the road against Mississippi State.

The St. Louis Blues were victorious over the Vancouver Canucks last night (Sunday) 3-1 on the road.

Blues goalie Ville Husso made his third straight start, and recorded 38 saves.

The Blues have now won three in a row and six of their past 7.

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