The Pilot Grove baseball team scratched and clawed its way past a good Jamestown team Tuesday night while holding on for an 8-6 victory. The Tigers, 9-1 on the season, opened the game with four runs in the top of the first only to have Jamestown rally back with one in its half of the second.
The New Franklin baseball team finally had a game go its way Monday night on the road against the Smithton Tigers. After dropping back-toback extra inning ball games last week at the hands of the Cairo Bearcats and Salisbury Panthers, the Bulldogs finally got to breath a sigh of relief with a 11-0 win in five innings against Smithton.
Boonville’s C Baseball Team dropped two games on the road Tuesday night by losing to the Mexico Bulldogs 11-2 and 8-6. In the first game, Boonville C-team coach Jalen Poindexter said Kailen Vaca got the start and gave up six runs and then Isaac Watring came in for relief and allowed five runs.
The Boonville Pirates tennis team dropped to 1-4 on the season Tuesday night on the road after losing to the Marshall Owls 6-3 in what head coached Ryan Brimer deemed as a tough loss. While the Owls recorded wins in two out of three doubles matches and four out of six singles matches, Brimer said the Pirates were competitive in every match even when missing their regular No.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols called his shot.
NEW YORK (AP) — The season-long celebration of the NBA’s 75th anniversary is winding down. As part of The Associated Press series on the NBA’s first 75 years, Commissioner Adam Silver wrote this essay on what the league could look like 25 years from now when it celebrates its 100th anniversary.)
LONDON (AP) — Tennis great Boris Becker could face a jail sentence after being found guilty on Friday of illicitly moving thousands of dollars from a bank account after he was declared bankrupt. A jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court convicted Becker on four charges under the Insolvency Act, including removal of property, concealing debt and two counts of failing to disclose estate.
In October 2021, Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation announced they were opening a manufacturing plant in Boonville in the old Nordyne building on Boonslick Road. The expansion of the Maryville, Missouri production plant to Boonville is to help the company meet increasing demand for general purpose engines used in lawn and garden products.
After two failed attempts to compete outdoors this season, the Boonville boys and girls track teams finally got its first real taste of competition Friday in the Joe Shy Relays in Chillicothe. For the Boonville boys, they finished third overall out of 14 teams with two first-place finishers in the relays.
Due to lack of returning players not signing up and need of managers and coaches, Junior Babe Ruth tryouts for new players, which was scheduled for Sunday, April 10, has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. at Twillman Field in Harley Park.