2022 Boonville Homecoming

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On Wednesday July 6, Buerky’s BBQ announced on their facebook page they were shutting their doors. According to the owner Matt Buerky, “Well friends, the Buerky family have decided to close the restaurant.
Boonville senior Emma Neidig faced an uphill battle Saturday while facing Helias’ Sam Schlacks for the championship in the Class 1 District 8 Tournament in Jefferson City. Down 4-1 in the first set against Schlacks, Neidig battled back to win the set by a score of 7-5 and then took the second set 6-2 to capture her second district title in as many years while improving to 21-2 on the season.
When the going got tough, Boonville junior running back Rhodes Leonard got going for the Pirates while recording his first touchdown and 100 yard game of the season Friday night in a 28-12 win over the California Pintos at Gene Reagan Field. While finishing with 17 carries for 104 yards and one touchdown, Leonard said after the game that he knew he had to step it up because of playing under the lights on Homecoming and also for teammate Dakota Troost, who was out for the third straight game with a hip injury.
The Boonville boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams had its best meet of the season Thursday while competing in the Moberly Invitational at Howard Hills Sports Complex. With over 300 runners in the varsity division alone, Boonville assistant coach Becky Eckerle said runners are always excited to run in Moberly and they usually put up some of their best times.
One swing of the bat. That’s all it took for Boonville senior Abby Pulliam to lead the Lady Pirates softball team over California 5-4 in Tri-County Conference action Thursday night at Bill Simmons Field at Rolling Hills Park.
New Franklin girls’ softball coach Samantha Crowley said she was very happy with the day while finishing 2-1 over the weekend in the La Plata Tournament. While entering the tournament with a six game win streak, the Lady Bulldogs had that come to an end in a heartbreaking loss in the first game against South Shelby 9-8.
The LSE girls eighth grade volleyball team fell in three sets Wednesday night against Sedalia Smith-Cotton 23-25, 2519 and 9-15. LSE coach Erin Sommerer said all around the girls played at a very high level.
The New Franklin boys’ and girls’ high school and middle school cross-country teams had a good showing while competing in the North Callaway Cross-Country Meet on Saturday. As the only runner for New Franklin High School, freshman Stella Matyas finished 11th with a new personal record in 23:44.
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