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MFCA All-State Football Team

CLASS 3 SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Position First Last Grade Ht Wt School QB Carson Boyd 10 5’11” 164 Cardinal Ritter RB Ricky Dixon 12 5’9” 177 Lutheran North RB Dylan Kauffman 12 5’10” 180 Pleasant Hill RB Preston Blubaugh 12 5’11” 175 Reeds Spring WR James Dowdy 11 6’ 180 Reeds Spring WR Jackson Johns 12 6’2” 180 Boonville TE Lane Croucher 11 6’3” 215 Odessa ATHLETE Colby Caton 12 5’8 175 Boonville OL Rylan Kuhn 10 6’2” 230 St. Pius X (KC) OL Sammy Callaway 11 5’11” 230 Park Hills Central OL Mason McGrath 11 6’1” 235 Odessa OL Bo Smith 10 6’2” 300 Chillicothe OL Tanner Gardner 12 6’2” 275 School of the Osage DEFENSE Position First Last Grade Ht Wt School DL Cameron Clayborn 11 6’1” 210 Cardinal Ritter DL Hayden Shoemaker 11 6’3” 285 Owensville DL Ashton Carter 12 6’2” 253 School of the Osage DL Cooper Burnsides 10 6’ 210 Savannah DE Louis Dieckmann 12 5’11” 250 St.

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Gibson signs cross-country, track letter of intent with CMU

Boonville senior Emily Gibson said she chose Central Methodist University for several different reasons during a signing at the BHS Commons on Friday, December 16. A four-year runner for the Boonville Lady Pirates cross-country and track teams, Gibson said she chose CMU for the Marine Biology program, and was honored that the university wanted her to run also.

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Caton, Johns and Ellison head all-state football team in Class 3

If you ask Boonville Pirates football coach Greg Hough on the three all-state selections by the MFCA (Missouri Football Coaches Association), seniors Colby Caton, Jackson Johns and Tyson Ellison all did amazing things this season and over their careers. While all three were captains for the Pirates football team, Hough said they were also all-conference, all-district, academic all-state and all-state players.

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Pirates drop conference opener against Eldon, 75-61

Boonville Pirates basketball coach Mark Anderson used the terms “pretty miserable” when describing Tuesday night’s 75-61 loss on the road against the Eldon Mustangs. After winning the night before at home against Oak Grove, Anderson felt the Pirates had a good chance to win their conference opener as well not to mention pick up a third straight victory going into the final game of the 2022 season on December 29 against Macon in the MAAC Holiday Shootout in Moberly.

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