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 RoadSharp left to merge onto I-70 E toward ColumbiaTake exit 222 for Mid Rivers Mall DriveKeep left at the fork, follow signs for Main Entrance/Veterans...

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 RoadTurn left onto MO-5 S/US-50 ETurn right onto MO-5 SSlight right onto MO-5 S/MO-52 WTake the Missouri 7 S/Business Rt 5 ramp to...

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 RoadSharp left to merge onto I-70 E toward ColumbiaTake exit 228 for MO-94ETurn left onto MO-94/S 1st Capitol Dr. and continue to...

FFR explodes for 18 runs in four innings against Quinlan

Miller, Preston, 12, KirksvilleMagers, Jordan, 12, KirksvilleCreed, Cody, 10, MexicoWestern, Gunner, 12, KirksvillePoindexter, Jalen, 12, BoonvilleHorstmeier, Dalton, 11, FultonBroce, Jonathon, 12, KirksvilleRidgway, Matt, 12, MexicoNixon, Zach, 12, BoonvilleConnaway, Justin, 11, MoberlySparks, Asa, 12, KirksvilleNance, Dylan, 12, MexicoWeitrich, Tanner, 10, MoberlyHulbert, Austin, 10, Boonville

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...

Custom Weatherproofing beats Phillip Imhoff Construction 11-2

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...

After dropping the first meeting between the two schools back in March, the New Franklin Bulldogs baseball team shrugged it off knowing that they had a bigger fish to fry come district time in May.Although Pilot Grove entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and New Franklin the No. 2, the Bulldogs had the last laugh last night by avenging the loss with a convincing 9-1 victory.New Franklin, 14-4 on the season, will now advance to the sectional round of the state...

The Boonville Daily News had a close call last night in Cal Ripken Minor by holding off a rally in the fifth inning for a 10-8 victory.The BDN, 2-2 on the season, opened the game with four runs in the top-half of the first and then sent two runs across in the second and three again in the fourth to make it 9-0. Of course A-Bow-K didn’t go down without a fight. After pushing across two runs in the bottom-half of the fourth, A-Bow-K gave up another run in the top-half of...

Boonville Pirates basketball coach Scott Floyd announced that a free basketball clinic for boys in sixth and seventh grade will be held on Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17 at the LSE gymnasium from 3:10-4:45 p.m.Campers can sign up the day of the clinic, which will stress fundamentals of shooting, dribbling, passing and defense. The camp will also be divided into team play.For more information, call Scott Floyd at 882-2399.

Will play Kirksville in the championship game on Wednesday starting at 6 p.m.

Hueberts beats QA.com 15-8

Pitchers1. Miller, Preston, 12, Kirksville2. Hugenburg, Eric, 11, Hannibal)3. Scott, Brandon, 12, Hannibal4. Magers, Jordan, 12, Kirksville5. Creed, Cody, 10, MexicoPosition Players1. Western, Gunner, 12, Kirksville2. Poindexter, Jalen, 12, Boonville3. Horstmeier, Dalton, 11, Fulton4. Broce, Jonathon, 12, Kirksville5. Ridgway, Matt, 12, Mexico6. Bishop, Zach, 12, Marshall7. Paulus, Mason ,11, Marshall

Rick Ball prevails over Quinlan, 13-8

Citizen’s Community Bank rallied from a one-run deficit after 3 1/2 by outscoring CARSTAR 3-0 for the rest of the game for a 5-4 win last night in Babe Ruth 10U softball at Lions park.In the nightcap, Walmart defeated Infinite Creations by a score of 3-1.CCB, 2-2 on the season, jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom-half of the second only to have CARSTAR rally back with three runs in the top-half of the fourth to go up by a score of 3-2. However it was...

Boonville Caterpillar raised its season record to 2-0 by beating C&R Market in Midget League action last night at Kemper park by a score of 12-1.Boonville Caterpillar never trailed in the game against C&R Market and led 2-0 after one, 8-0 after two and 12-0 after three. Meanwhile, in the fourth inning, C&R Market rallied back with one run to avoid the shutout.Austin Rice picked up the win on the mound for Caterpillar while Michael Bullard took the loss for...

The Bunceton Dragons baseball team had the perfect cure Tuesday night while playing the Otterville Eagles in a single varsity game in Bunceton.After going 1-1 Monday night in a doubleheader at Higbee, the Dragons stormed back in a big way Tuesday night by scoring seven runs in the first-three innings en route to a 13-3 victory.Bunceton coach Yancy Cody said the boys didn’t play as well defensively as they should have. "In the later part of the game we started...

Pilot Grove will send four athletes, Bunceton and Prairie Home one each

Pilot Grove, Bunceton and Higbee had the right idea Monday night while squaring off in a tripleheader at Higbee.In order to get games in before the district tournament, the three teams agreed to play at Higbee and use them as conference games.As it turned out, Pilot Grove benefitted the most from the night by finishing 2-0 with a 9-2 win over Higbee and a 2-1 triumph over Bunceton.The Dragons, meanwhile, finished 1-1 by turning back Higbee 12-2.In the opening...

Infinite Creations scored one run in the bottom-half of the fifth to break a 2-2 tie against Creations by Diana Monday night in Babe Ruth 10U softball at Lions park.In the nightcap, Citizen’s Community Bank edged Walmart by the same identical score of 3-2.Infinite Creations, 2-1 on the season, scored the first run in the first only to have Creations by Diana rally back with two runs in the top-half of the fourth to go up 2-1. However it was all IC the rest of the...

Boonville Athletic Director Chris Shikles said admission for the district soccer tournament next week in Boonville is $4.00. Absolutely no passes will be accepted (per MSHSAA).

Austin Hinkle nabs first in 100-meter dash; Addy Reardon breaks own record in 100-meter hurdles

Boonville Pirates tennis coach Stephanie Green said once again making adjustments to the lineup because they were missing a high seeded player certainly had a part in those close matches they lost yesterday while competing in the Class 1 District 8 Tournament at Father Tolton High School in Columbia. While losing to the host school 5-1, Green said had the team been playing everyone in the proper positions, the outcome could have been in their favor.In the only win for...

Huebert Fiberboard scores early in 9-4 win over CARSTAR in the nightcap