The New Franklin, Prairie Home and Pilot Grove track teams closed out the 2023 season over the weekend by competing in the Class 1-2 Missouri State Track and Field Championships at Adkins Stadium at Jefferson City High School.
Citizen’s Community Bank improved to 4-0 on the season by beating Rt. B Café 16-1 in Cal Ripken Minor Thursday night in Pilot Grove.
MVP – Clayton Wilmsmeyer – Sr. – New Franklin 1st Team Gavin Allen – Sr. – Community Connor Rhorer – Sr. Pilot Grove Logan Head – Sr. – Cairo Drew Rhorer – Jr. – New Franklin Hayden Holman – Sr. – Cairo Levi Jeffries – Jr. – Pilot Grove Mason Carroll – Jr. – Community Tanner Bishop – Jr. – New Franklin Hayden Sleeper – Jr. – Pilot Grove Marshall Smith – Sr. – Sturgeon Deklan Himmelberg – Sr. Glasgow Ryan Tracy – Sr. – Cairo Owen Armentrout – Sr. – New Franklin Hank Zeller – Sr. – Pilot Grove Ayden Meranda – Sr. – Community Honorable Mention Jake Marshall – Jr. – New Franklin Connor Wilmsmeyer – Jr. – New Franklin Logan Hughes – Jr. – Cairo Jackson Strodtman – So. Glasgow Seth Hunsaker – Jr. – Slater Tavin Kalinowski – Jr. – Sturgeon Brendan Huntsman – Jr. – Cairo Adam Young – Jr. – Pilot Grove Reed Layton – Sr. – Madison Standings 1. New Franklin, 6-1 1. Pilot Grove, 6-1 3. Cairo, 5-2 3. Community, 5-2 5. Sturgeon, 2-5 5. Glasgow, 2-5 7. Madison, 1-6 8. Slater, 0-7
On the way to a program best 11th district title, Boonville Pirates baseball coach Fred Smith commented that his team appears to be clicking on all cylinders after beating the Marshall Owls 4-2 Thursday night in the championship in the Class 4 District 13 Tournament at Oak Grove.
Eli Wekenborg, Salisbury, Sr. Clayton Wilmsmeyer, New Franklin, Sr.
In Cal Ripken Major on Thursday, QuinlanAgency. com improved to 2-0 on the season by turning back Fayette 9-1 at the COCOBA Field while Central Bank Boone County won 4-1 over Prime Construction at Pilot Grove.
In Midget League action Thursday night at the COCOBA Field at Harley Park, Midwest Autoworx defeated WK Auto 9-6. Midwest Autoworx, 1-2 on the season, opened the game with four runs in the top half of the first only to have WK Auto rally back with four in the top half of the third to tie the game at 4-all.
The Pilot Grove baseball team knew it would have to play one of its best games Thursday against top-seeded Sedalia Sacred Heart in the championship in the Class 1 District 9 Tournament at Prairie Home.