KC Sports Replay: Mizzou and K-State go bowling, Chiefs push win streak to five
The past week got off to a satisfying start for the Missouri and Kansas State football teams and their fans, who learned last Sunday where each team is headed for bowl season.
The Chiefs had a nice start of their own, defeating the Denver Broncos 22-9 at Arrowhead Stadium.
Here’s more about those developments in our weekly recap of sports highlights around Kansas City.
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Bowl destinations for MU, KSU
Let’s first talk about Mizzou, which faces an extremely busy evening on Dec. 22 .
The Tigers football team was selected last weekend to play Army in the Armed Services Bowl at Fort Worth — game time, 7 p.m.. The same night, at 8 p.m., the MU basketball squad plays Illinois in the annual Braggin’ Rights Game at St. Louis.
K-State, meanwhile, is lined up to play LSU in Houston at the Texas Bowl on Jan. 4. This is not a juggernaut Tigers team, so the draw could certainly have been more unfavorable to the Wildcats.
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Fifth win for the Chiefs
The Chiefs are hot again, having won five consecutive games entering Sunday’s home showdown against the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Chiefs beat the Raiders 41-14 in November, the last time Kansas City’s offense looked fully functional. Dropped passes bothered the Chiefs again last week, and that’s been a recurring theme all season.
Another notable news item out of 1 Arrowhead Drive this past week was the announcement that safety Tyrann Mathieu is the Chiefs’ nominee for the NFL’s annual Walter Payton Man of The Year award. Mathieu is in the running for this honor thanks to his seemingly unending philanthropy around both KC and Louisiana.
Mathieu is deeply involved in causes aimed at helping others. We don’t hold a Man of The Year vote, but if we did, we’d give it to the Honey Badger.
KC Current planning ahead
The KC Current women’s soccer team finished last in the National Women’s Soccer League in its first season of operation, so there’s nowhere to go but up.
The team made big headlines a little over a week ago with a trade for U.S. national team star Sam Mewis. And this week, on Wednesday, they had some decisions to make about which players to retain for the 2022 season.
The club exercised 2022 contract options for six players and offered contracts to another seven out of contract. The group whose options were picked up included defenders Kristen Edmonds, Michelle Maemone and Maddie Nolf, midfielders Gaby Vincent and Addie McCain and forward Kristen Hamilton.