http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/section/SPORTS boonvilledailynews.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:07:45 +0000 http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529772/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:07 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529772/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529775/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:31 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529775/1020/SPORTS Bunceton junior Madeline Berwanger knew she had a shot to medal if she threw her best over the weekend at the Class 1 Missouri State Track & Field Championships in Jefferson City.
Although Berwanger didn’t win the discus among a field of 16 competitors, she did place fourth overall with a throw of 111’-0".
Victoria Foley of McAuley Catholic captured first in the discus with a toss of 128’-9".
As for junior Samantha Brandes, she had a [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529779/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:21 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529779/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529782/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 12:09:53 http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529782/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529785/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:06 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529785/1020/SPORTS Entering its 57th year of Boonville Junior Babe Ruth baseball also brought out the best in CARSTAR, Medical Arts and A&W Saturday night at Twillman field in Harley park.
With the first-two games resulting in one-run ballgames, with CARSTAR edging KFC 6-5 and Medical Arts winning over Imhoff Appliances 4-3, you just had a feeling that the final game between A&W and KWRT would be another nailbiter. Unfortunately for KWRT, last year’s champion, they had no answer for [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529790/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:54 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529790/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518950/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:36:51 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518950/1020/SPORTS The Boonville Lady Pirates soccer team, 12-8 on the season, will play Lutheran St. Peters, 16-6, in a Class 1 Sectional Game at Cougar Stadium in St. Peters on Tuesday, May 21 starting at 5 p.m.
The following is directions to Cougar Stadium in St. Peters:
Head south on W. Ashley Road toward Radio Hill Road
Sharp left to merge onto I-70 E toward Columbia
Take exit 222 for Mid Rivers Mall Drive
Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Main Entrance/Veterans [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518946/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:12 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518946/1020/SPORTS The Boonville Pirates baseball team reaped the rewards for a stellar season not just in the North Central Missouri Conference but also for winning the Class 4 District 8 Tournament Wednesday night in Fulton.
As for the all-conference selections, the Pirates had three players selected to the NCMC team in seniors Jalen Poindexter and Zach Nixon and sophomore Austin Hulbert. All three players were selected as positioned players.
Meanwhile, in the Class 4 District 8 All- [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518947/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:23:29 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518947/1020/SPORTS The New Franklin Bulldogs baseball team, 14-4 on the season, will play Stoutland, 9-7, in a Class 1 Sectional Game in Stoutland on Monday, May 20 starting at 6 p.m.
The following is directions to Stoutland from New Franklin High School:
Keep right to continue on MO-5 S/W Broadway
Turn right onto MO-5 S/E Ashley Road
Turn left onto MO-5 S/US-50 E
Turn right onto MO-5 S
Slight right onto MO-5 S/MO-52 W
Take the Missouri 7 S/Business Rt 5 ramp to [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518948/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:16 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518948/1020/SPORTS The Boonville Pirates baseball team, 15-8 on the season, will play Duchesne, 12-10, in a Class 4 Sectional Game at Blanchette Park (Diamond 2) in St. Charles on Tuesday, May 21 starting at 5 p.m.
The following is directions to Blanchette Park (Diamond 2) from Boonville High School:
Head south on W. Ashley Road toward Radio Hill Road
Sharp left to merge onto I-70 E toward Columbia
Take exit 228 for MO-94E
Turn left onto MO-94/S 1st Capitol Dr. and continue to [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518951/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:19:40 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518951/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518952/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:18:03 http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518952/1020/SPORTS Miller, Preston, 12, Kirksville
Magers, Jordan, 12, Kirksville
Creed, Cody, 10, Mexico
Western, Gunner, 12, Kirksville
Poindexter, Jalen, 12, Boonville
Horstmeier, Dalton, 11, Fulton
Broce, Jonathon, 12, Kirksville
Ridgway, Matt, 12, Mexico
Nixon, Zach, 12, Boonville
Connaway, Justin, 11, Moberly
Sparks, Asa, 12, Kirksville
Nance, Dylan, 12, Mexico
Weitrich, Tanner, 10, Moberly
Hulbert, Austin, 10, Boonville
http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518954/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:41 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518954/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518956/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:14:33 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518956/1020/SPORTS Columbia College softball player Maria Imhoff, a 2011 graduate of Boonville High School, was recently selected to the Academic All-American Midwest Conference.
The award requires a grade-point average of at least 3.0.
Players selected to the academic team for the Lady Cougars in softball were Chelsie Crain, Brittiany Tjarks, Whitni Howell, Taylor Richter, Kristin Eiken, Marli Hayes, Tiffany Urwiler, Kaylee Brueggeman, Kelsey Jacques, Hanna Taylor, Lauren Berkbuegler, [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518957/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:12:05 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518957/1020/SPORTS Creations by Diana scored six runs in the first-two innings and never looked back, beating Citizen’s Community Bank 16-1 in Babe Ruth 10U softball Wednesday at Lions park.
Creations by Diana, who improved to 4-1 on the season, led CCB 6-0 after one and 12-1 after two before pushing across four more runs in the third.
Meredith Stumbaugh pitched all three innings for Creations by Diana  and struck out seven batters while giving up one run on four walks.
For [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518959/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:10:44 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518959/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518960/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 12:09:09 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130518960/1020/SPORTS C&R Market rallied from a 1-0 deficit after two inning by exploding for five runs in the bottom-half of the third for a 5-4 win over Boone County Bank Wednesday night in Midget League action at Kemper park.
C&R Market, improving to 1-2 on the season, gave up one run in the top-half of the second before rallying back with five runs in the third inning to go up by a score of 5-1. Meanwhile, in the fourth, Boone County Bank plated three runs in cut the lead to one at 5-4 [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519141/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 12:56:39 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519141/1020/SPORTS The scene said it all last night in the championship game in the Class 4 District 8 Tournament in Fulton.
After completing a 7-0 win over the Kirksville Tigers in the championship game, the Pirates celebrated somewhat near home plate on winning the title. But the thing that impressed head coach Tim Edwards more about winning the title is that  the players celebrated with the expectation of bigger and better things.
Now the Pirates, 15-8 on the season, will move on to [...]]]> http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519143/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 12:53:51 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519143/1020/SPORTS http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519145/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 12:50:42 Chris Bowie http://www.boonvilledailynews.com/article/20130516/SPORTS/130519145/1020/SPORTS After finishing in a five-way tie for 17th place on Monday at the state tournament at Sedalia Country Club, Boonville sophomore golfer Brett Windsor knew he had to shoot better on Tuesday or risk the possibility of not medaling at all.
So while teeing off with a group at 9:03 a.m. on Tuesday, Windsor   stayed in contention for a medal, which is awarded to the top 15 golfers, by firing a round of 77. But would it be good enough to put him in the top 15 at state? As it [...]]]>