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The Sixth Annual Dean Caldwell Memorial Golf Tournament last Saturday at Hail Ridge Golf Course in Boonville was more than just a golf tournament.Along with 18 holes of golf, the tournament also featured games and a chance to raise money for not only the Pirate Ridge Golf Academy but to provide scholarships to qualifying graduates of Boonville High School who golf in high school and assisted with the Academy.Kim (Caldwell) Harris, tournament director, said everything went perfectly on Saturday.

The Boonville 9 All-Stars made history in more ways than one Saturday during the Cal Ripken 9-year-old Regional Tournament at the COCOBA Ball Field at Harley Park.Not only did the Boonville 9 All-Stars win the tournament, but they also became the leagues first ever outright regional champion.

After a month of baseball and 15 games, it came down to a playoff game to decide the winner of Junior Babe Ruth Tuesday night at Twillman Field in Harley Park.

The Boonville 12-year-old All-Stars couldn’t have asked for a better start after their two games in the Cal Ripken State Tournament Thursday at the COCOBA Ball Field.After beating Bonne Terre 20-0 in the first game, the Boonville 12 All-Stars came back in the final game Thursday night with a 7-5 win over MABA American to finish as one of only two teams with an unbeaten record after Day 1.Unfortunately for Boonville, they dropped the first game in the tournament on Friday against a good Central Ozark team 11-1.

The Boonville 10-year-old All-Stars will look back at the Ca Ripken State Tournament over the weekend in Boonville as an opportunity that slipped away.

Something had to give Sunday in the championship in the Cal Ripken 12-year-old State Tournament at the COCOBA Ball Field.With Central Ozark undefeated going into the championship game and Sikeston with just one loss (to Central Ozark), it came as no surprise that the two best teams in the tournament would play to a 0-0 tie for 5 ½ innings on Sunday.