The Boonville Pirates baseball team knew if they could get by Centralia on Friday and Eldon on Saturday, they would have a good chance to go undefeated in the annual Boonville Wood Bat Tournament over the weekend at Twillman Field in Harley Park.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about their product while also protecting chickens from a highly infectious bird flu that has resulted in the death of roughly 28 million poultry birds across the country. The U.S.
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — When a woman gashed her leg in mountains inhabited by snakes and scorpions, she told Joel Úbeda to take her 5-yearold daughter. Úbeda refused to let the mother die, despite the advice of their smuggler and another migrant in a group of seven, and helped carry her to safety by shining a mirror in sunlight to flag a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter near San Diego.
The Boonville boys’ girls track teams found out where they stood Friday during the Ron Whitaker Invitational at Mexico High School. While competing against schools from the North Central Missouri Conference along with the Tri-County Conference, the Boonville boys track team once again rose to the occasion by finishing third out of eight teams.
The Boonville Pirates golf team finished with a team score of 424 while competing in an 18 hole match held Thursday at Old Hawthorne County Club in Columbia. Centralia, Eugene and California also participated in the quad.
The Boonville Pirates tennis team finished second out of five teams during the Pirate Open Saturday at the high school tennis courts. Although the players battled the wind throughout the day, head coach Ryan Brimer said Garrett Hundley and Austin Rice both played great all day.
For the second straight game, the Boonville Lady Pirates soccer team went into the half with a chance against its opponent Thursday night at the Boonville City Soccer Fields. While playing St.
The New Franklin boys and girls middle school track teams had a successful day while competing in the Salisbury Relays Thursday at Glasgow. For the New Franklin girls, Lily Chitwood placed second in the triple jump at 8.79 meters, third in the long jump at 4.24 meters, fourth in the 800 in 2:57.63 and eighth in the 200 in 30.74 seconds.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are two very different schools of thought surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs as they head into the NFL draft, where aggressive general manager Brett Veach has two picks apiece in each of the first four rounds and 12 in all.
The New Franklin boys and girls track teams competed against some of its strongest competition yet for the season on Friday during the Hallsville Tomahawk Relays. Although the New Franklin boys and girls had no first place finishers in the meet, Drake Clark placed second in the 200 meter dash in a time of 24.83 seconds and fourth in the 100 meter dash in 12.65 seconds.