Sports

Cooper finishes 3rd in Tri-County Golf Tournament

For Boonville junior golfer Karagyn Cooper, the Tri-County Conference Tournament Tuesday at Eagle Knoll Golf Course in Ashland was bittersweet.Although Cooper wound up finishing third overall in the tournament with a score of 95, the Lady Pirates golf team had no score due to only three players.“Unfortunately, we had an injury this weekend and we were down one golfer,” said Boonville golf coach Rob VanderLinden.

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Lady netters fall on Senior Night against Father Tolton, 8-1

Boonville girls’ tennis coach Melissa Harvey knew Father Tolton would be a challenge for the Lady Pirates Monday night on Senior Night at the high school tennis courts.While moving players around to help shore up the double’s teams, which have struggled this season, the Lady Pirates still took it on the chin against the Blazers in an 8-1 loss.“Father Tolton is a solid team with 25 players, and we knew they were going to give us a challenge,” Harvey said.

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Prairie Home beats Bunceton, 37-20

The Bunceton boys’ middle school basketball team fell at home Tuesday night against Prairie Home 37-20.The Dragons, 0-5 on the season, trailed Prairie Home 24-13 at the half and 34-16 after three quarters of play before rallying back with a 4-3 advantage in the final period.Bunceton coach Russ Mudd said the second quarter killed the Dragons.

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