Although the score board didn’t show it Thursday night in a dual against the Warrensburg Tigers, Boonville wrestling coach Justin Hahn said the boy’s and girl’s wrestling teams are making progress. While the Lady Pirates suffered their first loss of the season against Warrensburg 30-28, the Pirates fell a little harder while recording only three wins on the night in a 49-30 setback.
The MFCA Hands Team is comprised of Missouri high school student-athletes and a coach who make outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement and embody the true spirit of “teamwork” and “giving back” through commendable acts of kindness.
The Ss. Peter & Paul girls’ eighth grade basketball team avenged an earlier loss by beating cross-town rival LSE 44-37 to finish 3-0 in the annual LSE-Ss.
The Boonville Pirates wrestling team had its best finish of the season while competing in the Versailles Tournament on Saturday. While facing five out of the eight teams in the tournament, the Boonville Pirates wrestling team wound up finishing eighth 28 teams, which included several JV, B and C teams.
After struggling to shoot the ball in the semifinal round against Salisbury, Boonville Pirates basketball coach Mark Anderson knew his team would respond Saturday in the third place game against Harrisburg in the Centralia Invitational Tournament.
The New Franklin boys’ and girls’ basketball teams couldn’t have had a better start in the conference opener Friday night at Madison. While the Lady Bulldogs defeated Madison 49-20, the New Franklin boys also led the Panthers from start to finish for a 87-11 victory.
Pilot Grove coach Grant Fricke knew if the Lady Tigers didn’t clamp down on Higbee defensively in the second half that his team may be looking at hosting the second place trophy instead of the first place trophy Friday night in the championship in the Pilot Grove Tiger Classic.
The Pilot Grove boys’ basketball team fell in the third place game in the Pilot Grove Tiger Classic on Saturday by losing to the Higbee Tigers 68-46. Pilot Grove, dropping to 2-4 on the season, trailed Higbee 26-18 at the half and 50-36 after three quarters of play.
Boonville seniors Colby Caton and Max Eckerle were recently selected to the KMZU Dream Team by area coaches for the 2022 season. Caton and Eckerle, both two way starters for the Pirates, led the Pirates to the quarterfinal round of the state playoffs in Class 3.
The Boonville boys ninth grade basketball team finished seventh in the Mexico Freshmen Tournament on Saturday by beating the Hannibal Pirates 53-18. Boonville, 3-2 on the season, dominated Hannibal from the opening tip and took a 16-4 lead after one and a 21-11 advantage at the half.