The New Franklin girls’ softball team gave it their all Saturday while falling one game short in the annual New Franklin Softball Tournament. After back to back wins over Crocker 5-0 and Westran 7-0, the Lady Bulldogs appeared to have nothing left in the championship game against a good Fayette team while losing by a score of 15-3.
The Ss. Peter & Paul girls seventh and eighth grade volleyball teams opened the 2022 season with a sweep Thursday night against St.
The Boonville Lady Pirates tennis team had its hands full in more ways than one Thursday night on the road against the Marshall Owls. Aside from playing at Marshall, which is always tough, the Lady Pirates also had to face one of the toughest teams from top to bottom in the area.
Boonville Lady Pirates softball coach Christie Zoeller used two words to describe the teams play Friday and Saturday in the Warrensburg Tournament: heart and determination. Although the Lady Pirates got off to a rough start with a 7-2 loss to Warrensburg on Friday, they more than made up for it on Saturday with two wins over Teresa’s Academy 12-4 and Versailles 6-5 in extra innings to finish third overall in the tournament.
The Boonville boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams found out just how tough the course was Thursday during the Marshall Invitational. While facing several larger teams in addition to a number of good smaller programs, Boonville still managed to record two top 15 finishes on the boy’s side and a 16th place finish for the Lady Pirates.
The New Franklin baseball team showed little mercy on the Sturgeon Bulldogs Thursday night in CAC action at New Franklin. After edging the Cairo Bearcats earlier in a week, the Bulldogs made it 2 for 2 by leading Sturgeon from start to finish for a 11-1 victory.
If Pilot Grove girls’ softball coach George Monk had any concerns going into the game Thursday night against Glasgow, they were answered in the first-three innings. While playing the Lady Yellowjackets close last year, Pilot Grove left little doubt Thursday night with 10 unanswered runs in three innings for a convincing 12-2 victory.
The Prairie Home baseball team showed no quit Thursday night on the road against the Jamestown Eagles. While battling for the entire seven innings, Prairie Home fell short against the Eagles 8-5.
The Boonville Lady Pirates golf team went into Thursday night’s triangular against Fulton and Macon not knowing what to expect while playing at Fulton Country Club for the first time. As it turned out, the Lady Pirates had little trouble with the course while finishing with a team score of 179 to capture first.
When the going got tough for the Boonville girls softball team Thursday night at home against New Franklin, the Lady Pirates got going. Down 4-0 after ½ inning against New Franklin, the Lady Pirates came back and outscore the Bulldogs 7-1 for the rest of the game for a 7-5 victory at Bill Simmons Field at Rolling Hills Park.