Peggy Sue Ballew, age 67, formerly of New Franklin, Missouri passed away December 18, 2021 at the Iron County Medical Center in Pilot Knob, Missouri. Peggy was born on August 10, 1954 in Mexico, Missouri a daughter of Henry and Shirley Groeber Schwartz.
Cecil Junior Williams, 86, of Marshall, MO, died Sunday, December 19, 2021, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m.
Betty “Earlene” Hilden, 88, of Boonville passed away January 3, 2022 at Boone Health in Columbia. Earlene was born on August 6, 1933 in Cooper County, Missouri, the daughter of Lewis and Sophia Torbeck Schupp.
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The opening of the 2022 season was less than kind for the Boonville Pirates wrestling team Thursday night while participating in a triangular at Eldon. While facing last year’s Tri-County Conference champions, Versailles Tigers, and the Eldon Mustangs, the Pirates unfortunately fell in both matches by the scores of 66-18 and 48-35, respectively.
The Boonville Lady Pirates basketball team knew the 2021-22 season was going to be a struggle after losing four of its five starters to graduation. Although the Lady Pirates entered the 2021 season like a lion by finishing third in the Tri-County Conference Tournament and first in the Centralia Tournament, they also realized that each night could lead to something different.
New Franklin boys basketball coach Ross Dobson said for three quarters Saturday against top-seeded Westran the Bulldogs played great. While leading on several occasions against Westran, the Bulldogs even took a 40-38 with 18 seconds left in the third.
After battling back and forth against Sturgeon Thursday night in the semifinal round of the New Franklin Tournament, head coach Ross Dobson looked no further than one of his seniors to take the shot in the final minute against the Bulldogs.
The New Franklin girls basketball team had plenty of opportunities early on to make a run against top-seeded Community in the championship game in the New Franklin Invitational Tournament on Friday. Although the Lady Trojans led New Franklin at the end of each quarter, the Bulldogs trailed by just two at the end of the first and second quarter by the scores of 12-10 and 20-18.
Boonville’a Audrionnah Donahue, Travis Dell and Peyton Hahn did what they had to do to get on the podium Saturday during the Marshall Tournament. While competing against a field of 16 teams in the tournament, the trio went about business as usual by capturing first in their respective weight classes.