New Franklin’s Skylar Greenwood and Landon Shaw couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the season on May 5 in the Glasgow Relays. Greenwood finished first for the Lady Bulldogs in the discus with a toss of 22.55 meters, while Shaw captured first in both the long jump at 4.93 meters and triple jump at 10.38 meters for the Bulldogs.
Boonville boys’ tennis coach Ryan Brimer had one word to describe Saturday’s Class 1 District 13 Individual Tournament at Marshall: tough. While competing against undefeated Warrensburg and Marshall, another Class 1 power house, Brimer said his kids knew they would have to play their best just to get out of districts.
New Franklin, Prairie Home and Pilot Grove will have athletes moving on to sectionals after placing in the top four over the weekend during the Class 1 District 2 Track Meet at Glasgow High School. For New Franklin, the Bulldogs will have eight athletes moving on in eight events.
The St. Louis Brown Stockings and the Topeka Westerns returned to Twillman Field and Harley Park Saturday for a game of good old fashion baseball 1860s style.
The Pilot Grove JV baseball team bounced back from two straight losses to pick up a win against Osage in the California JV Tournament over the weekend. While finishing the tournament at 1-2 overall, Pilot Grove fell to Mexico 12-0 in five innings on Friday and then lost to Tuscumbia 8-0 in the first game on Saturday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Anyone anticipating a return to normalcy in the Kentucky Derby got a dose of crazy on Saturday when an 80-1 shot came charging up the rail to win at Churchill Downs.
After two seasons of leading the Bowling Green girls’ basketball team, Jared Runyon will now head the Boonville Lady Pirates basketball team after being named head coach on Friday. Runyon will take over for former head coach Jaryt Hunziker, who accepted the same position at Osage High School.
The Boonville Pirates baseball team finally had some good news after Friday night’s 3-0 loss against the Odessa Bulldogs at Warrensburg High School Ball Field. After dropping their 11th game of the season in 18 starts on Friday, the Pirates learned during the district seeding on Saturday that they drew the No.
The Boonville Pirates golf team couldn’t have scripted the end of the season match Thursday at Hail Ridge Golf Course any better. While hosting the Versailles Tigers in the final tune up before districts on Monday, the Pirates not only finished 10 strokes better than Versailles 182-19-2 but also had the meet medalist as freshman Zack Espey shot a 6-under par 41 on the front nine.
The Boonville girls’ soccer team faced perhaps its stiffest competition of the season Thursday night on the road against the Sedalia Smith-Cotton Tigers. Although the Lady Pirates (0-15) have battled tooth and nail all season long and have been on the threshold of winning their first game numerous times in 2022, Smith-Cotton proved to be to big of a match while leading from start to finish for an 8-0 victory.