Boonville Wood Bat Tournament
Twillman Field in Harley Park Friday, April 22 Boonville vs. Centralia, 4 p.m.
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Pilot Grove holds on to beat Jamestown 8-6, improves to 9-1
The Pilot Grove baseball team scratched and clawed its way past a good Jamestown team Tuesday night while holding on for an 8-6 victory. The Tigers, 9-1 on the season, opened the game with four runs in the top of the first only to have Jamestown rally back with one in its half of the second.
New Franklin gets much needed win against Smithton
The New Franklin baseball team finally had a game go its way Monday night on the road against the Smithton Tigers. After dropping back-toback extra inning ball games last week at the hands of the Cairo Bearcats and Salisbury Panthers, the Bulldogs finally got to breath a sigh of relief with a 11-0 win in five innings against Smithton.
Boonville C-Team drops 2 against Mexico
Boonville’s C Baseball Team dropped two games on the road Tuesday night by losing to the Mexico Bulldogs 11-2 and 8-6. In the first game, Boonville C-team coach Jalen Poindexter said Kailen Vaca got the start and gave up six runs and then Isaac Watring came in for relief and allowed five runs.
Pirate netters play close matches in 6-3 loss to Marshall
The Boonville Pirates tennis team dropped to 1-4 on the season Tuesday night on the road after losing to the Marshall Owls 6-3 in what head coached Ryan Brimer deemed as a tough loss. While the Owls recorded wins in two out of three doubles matches and four out of six singles matches, Brimer said the Pirates were competitive in every match even when missing their regular No.
Dell, Eichelberger capture first in individual events in Joe Shy Relays
After two failed attempts to compete outdoors this season, the Boonville boys and girls track teams finally got its first real taste of competition Friday in the Joe Shy Relays in Chillicothe. For the Boonville boys, they finished third overall out of 14 teams with two first-place finishers in the relays.
Lady Pirates continue to show progress in Moberly Spartan Invitational
Boonville girls’ soccer coach Alec Adair said it’s unfortunate not being able to get one of two 2-0 games over the weekend in the Moberly Spartan Invitational. Although the Lady Pirates dropped all three games, losing to Battle 2-0 on Friday, Kirksville and Mexico 5-0 and 2-0, respectively, on Saturday, Adair said the girls were in each game.
Father Tolton wins Masters golf Tournament, Boyd wins the “Blue Jacket”
Boonville Pirates golf coach Rob VanderLinden said in the history of the Boonville Masters Golf Tournament at Hail Ridge, the golfers have had probably one year of good weather. Thursday’s tournament wasn’t one of those days as temperatures plummeted into the low 40s with rain and sometimes sleet., “Miserable day for golf,” stated VanderLinden.
New Franklin drops 9 inning game against Salisbury, 7-6
New Franklin baseball coach Erich Gerding described Friday’s 7-6 loss in nine innings against Salisbury as a gut punch for the Bulldogs. While the Bulldogs fell the night before against Northeast of Cairo 4-3 in eight innings, Gerding said the loss against Salisbury was definitely a tough one to swallow.
Zeller tosses no-hit shutout in 11-0 win over Madison
The Pilot Grove Tigers baseball team knew Thursday night’s game against the Madison Panthers was big if they wanted to remain undefeated in the Central Activities Conference. Although the Tigers have yet to play New Franklin, Cairo and Sturgeon-three of the tougher teams in the CAC-head coach Joe Vossler said he expected that a lot of strikes would be important in this game.