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The Boonville Lady Pirates volleyball team fell in three sets Tuesday night on the road against School of the Osage 15-25, 24-26 and 19-25.While dropping to 5-6 overall and 0-3 in the Tri-County Conference, head coach Joedi Herzog said the girls played with Osage in all three sets but just fell short.

The Boonville Lady Pirates tennis team had what head coach Melissa Harvey calls another tough night in a 7-2 loss against the Higginsville Lady Huskers Tuesday at Higginsville.The Lady Pirates, dropping to 0-4 on the season, dropped two out of three doubles matches against Higginsville and five out of six singles matches on the night.“We had a lot of long rallies, but just didn’t outlast Lafeyette’s stamina,” Harvey said.

The Boonville Pirates soccer team couldn’t have played any better for a half Tuesday night while trailing the Battle Spartans 2-1.However, in the second half, Boonville soccer coach Alec Adair said the Pirates just ran out of gas as Battle scored seven unanswered goals for a 9-1 victory.“The boys thought through a lot tonight,” Adair said.

The New Franklin girls’ softball team had a tough loss Tuesday night on the road against the Fayette Lady Falcons 3-1.The Lady Bulldogs, dropping to 10-2 on the season, entered the game with an eight-game win streak but had that snapped by Fayette, who had already lost to New Franklin 13-4 in the third-place game in the Lady Pirate Lead-Off Classic back on August 31.

The Prairie Home boys’ and girls’ middle school basketball teams opened the 2024 season with wins Tuesday night by beating the Bunceton Dragons 32-19 and 42-7, respectively.In the girl’s game, Prairie Home led Bunceton 22-5 at the half and then outscored the Lady Dragons 20-2 in the second half.Avery Sullard led the scoring attack in the game for Prairie Home with 11 points while Brielle Brielle chipped in 10, Ruth Hodges with nine, An’Maya Henderson with six and Jamieson Morrow, Brooklynn Adams and Grace King each with two.

The Prairie Home baseball team scored two runs in the first inning and never looked back, beating the Tuscumbia Lions 11-0 in five innings Tuesday night in Tuscumbia.The Panthers, improving to 4-3 on the season, opened the game with two runs in the first and then sent one run across in the second, two again in the third, one in the fourth and five in the fifth to win by the run rule.Prairie Home coach Jacob Clevenger said Carter Pethan had a great outing on the mound.

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