The annual Pirate Football Youth Prep Camp will be held on July 25-27 at Gene Reagan Field for kids in grades kindergarten through eighth grade from 4:30-6 p.m. Kids in grades kindergarten through sixth grade will include a fundamental camp, which will allow athletes to participate in a variety of skill and drill stations led by BHS staff and athletes.
The Boonville 9-year-old All-Stars will get a second chance to advance to the Cal Ripken World Series after finishing 2-1 in the State Tournament on July 14-17 in Dexter, Missouri. As the host of the Midwest Plains 9-year-old Regional Tournament July 28-August 1, the Boonville 9 All-Stars will face a field of seven other teams from Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado and Missouri.
The Boonville 8-year-old All-Stars will get a chance to showcase their skills this weekend during the 8-year-old Player Pitch Invitational at Harley Park in Boonville. According to COCOBA (Cooper County Baseball Association) President Mike Watts, the Boonville 8 All-Stars will play a doubleheader against the Missouri Mavericks out of Columbia on Saturday, July 23 at 11 a.m.
Cooper County Bandits player Layne Brandes makes contact with the ball in the first game Tuesday night against Fayette in Junior Babe Ruth action at Twillman Field in Harley Park. The Cooper County Bandits wound up beating Fayette 15-3. In the nightcap, KWRT rallied in the bottom of the seventh to win 6-5 over New Franklin. (Photo by Chris Bowie)
As of Tuesday, July 19 KWRT, 13-4 BTC Bank, 11-5 Cooper County Bandits, 11-6 New Franklin, 9-7 Fayette, 6-11 Central Realty, 4-12 Imhoff’s, 3-12 Games for July 18-19 Monday, July 18 Central Realty 6, Imhoff’s 3 Cooper County Bandits 7, BTC Bank 3 Tuesday, July 19 Cooper County Bandits 15, Fayette 3 KWRT 6, New Franklin 5 .
The Fourth Annual Dean Caldwell Golf Tournament had a little bit of everything this year. With over 100 golfers participating in the 18 hole tournament at Hail Ridge Golf Course in Boonville, the tournament was a win for everyone with proceeds going to the Pirate Ridge Golf Academy.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered into an especially sweet spot in his Dodger Stadium homecoming at the All-Star Game, putting his name alongside some of the sluggers he loved watching from the left field seats as a kid.
CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros — they’re all just looking for more of the same. The Atlanta Braves’ title defense is rolling along, and Julio Rodríguez and the Seattle Mariners are looking to crash the playoff party.
Boonville’s Jake Horst and Aden Rapp had the shot of a lifetime while competing in the Fourth Annual Dean Caldwell Memorial Tournament on Saturday, July 16 at Hail Ridge Golf Course in Boonville. Both golfers picked up their first ever hole-in-one during the tournament. Horst recorded his hole in one on the No. 7 green, which was witnessed by Viertel, Hunter Spaedy and Ben Horst. Rapp, meanwhile, nailed his shot on the No. 4 green, which was witnessed by Bill Rapp, Peyton Taylor and Abram Taylor. (Submitted photos)
A large crowd gathered the learn about the people running for public office on Thursday, July 14, as the Boonville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a Meet the Candidates question and answer session at the United Church of Christ’s Education Building on Seventh Street.