One day after beating the Marshall Owls by 58 strokes, the Boonville girls golf team may have recorded its most impressive win in the history of the program by setting a school record for the lowest score Tuesday against Southern Boone at Hail Ridge Golf Course in Boonville.
The Boonville boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams kicked off the 2022 season Tuesday in the Salisbury Invitational. While competing against teams from the area, Boonville head coach Melissa Baker said it was good to get their first race under their belt.
The Boonville Lady Pirates volleyball team didn’t get the results they were looking for Tuesday night in the season opener against Southern Boone at the Windsor gymnasium. Although the Lady Pirates fell in three straight games against SBC 17-25, 31-33 and 16-25, head coach Brittney Lowe said the girls know now they have things they can work on and need to do better on in order to perform against California on Thursday at home.
Boonville Lady Pirates tennis coach Melissa Harvey said the girls really put in their best effort and had great attitudes on and off the court Monday night in a 7-2 loss against the Mexico Lady Bulldogs.
Boonville boys’ soccer coach Alec Adair said the Pirates “gutted” one out Tuesday night in the season opener against the Clinton Cardinals. While closing out the 2021 season at 0-13 overall, Adair admitted that Clinton was going to be a tough opponent- especially on the road.
The Boonville Lady Pirates tennis team had what head coach Melissa Harvey call a “feel good” moment Wednesday night in its home opener against the Carrollton Trojans. After dropping its season opener Monday on the road against Mexico, the Lady Pirates came back Wednesday night to beat Carrollton 6-3.
The New Franklin baseball team picked up its third straight win by beating the New Bloomfield Wildcats 7-0 in the home opener on Tuesday. The Bulldogs, 3-0 on the season, scored in every inning but two against New Bloomfield and put up two runs in the second, three again in the third and one in each of the fifth and sixth innings of play.
Boonville Pirates JV football coach Ryan Brimer said Monday night’s 36-6 loss to the Pleasant Hill Roosters was not really indicative of the kind of game it was. “We got down early,” Brimer said.
After years of trying to knock off Class 1 powerhouse St. Elizabeth, the Pilot Grove Tigers finally got it done Tuesday night at home with a 9-8 victory.
Richard Lee Anderson, 72, formerly of Boonville, MO, passed away on August 25, 2022. He was born May 16, 1950, in Boonville, the son of E. M. and Bernice Siedenburg Anderson, Jr., both of whom preceded him in death.