The Boonville Pirates tennis team had what head coach Ryan Brimer deemed a “tough loss” Wednesday during Senior-Parent Night against the Higginsville Huskers. While losing the match 8-1 to drop to 3-7 on the season, Brimer said he felt like there was a little bit of fatigue involved.
It came as no surprise that Pilot Grove and New Franklin would play extra innings Wednesday night in Pilot Grove. While pushing the game up one day due to rain forecasted on Thursday, the Tigers and Bulldogs gave the fans everything they wanted and more while battling back and forth for nine innings with Pilot Grove eventually winning in the bottom of the ninth on a play at the plate for a 3-2 victory.
Boonville girls’ soccer coach Alec Adair called Tuesday night’s game against Stover as a great opportunity for the Lady Pirates. Although the Boonville girls have had plenty of close matches this season, the game Tuesday against Stover was no different as the Lady Bulldogs squeaked out a 2-1 victory.
After pulling off a second place finish in the Pirate Open on Saturday, the Boonville Pirates tennis team came back with yet another impressive performance Monday night at home by beating the Carrollton Trojans 7-2.
The Boonville C Baseball Team fell to 4-7 on the season with a 17-0 loss in five innings Monday night against Rock Bridge at Twillman Field in Harley Park. Boonville C Team Coach Jalen Poindexter said it was one of those days where the Pirates could not get anything going offensively or defensively as Rock Bridge no-hit Boonville.
The New Franklin boys and girls middle school track teams recorded four first place finishes while competing in the Bearcat Invitational on Monday, April 25 in Cairo. Placing first for New Franklin was Rowan Lemberger in the high jump at 1.35 meters, Skylar Greenwood in the discus at 21.36 meters, Landon Shaw in the high jump at 1.45 meters and Caden Schlotzhauer in the 100 meter dash in a time of 13.14 seconds.
The Pilot Grove baseball team picked up where they left off from the weekend after winning 2 of 3 games by beating the Sturgeon Bulldogs 10-0 in CAC action Monday night in Pilot Grove. The Tigers, 13-3 overall and 4-1 in the CAC, scored in four out of the six innings against Sturgeon with two in the first, one in the third, two again in the fifth and five in the sixth to win by the mercy rule.
The Boonville Pirates baseball team knew if they could get by Centralia on Friday and Eldon on Saturday, they would have a good chance to go undefeated in the annual Boonville Wood Bat Tournament over the weekend at Twillman Field in Harley Park.
For the second straight game, the Boonville Lady Pirates soccer team went into the half with a chance against its opponent Thursday night at the Boonville City Soccer Fields. While playing St.
The New Franklin boys and girls middle school track teams had a successful day while competing in the Salisbury Relays Thursday at Glasgow. For the New Franklin girls, Lily Chitwood placed second in the triple jump at 8.79 meters, third in the long jump at 4.24 meters, fourth in the 800 in 2:57.63 and eighth in the 200 in 30.74 seconds.