The Pilot Grove baseball team once again showed its toughness Saturday while competing against Versailles and Sturgeon at the Versailles Ball Field. After dropping a winnable game in the opener against Versailles 5-1, the Tigers came back to beat conference-rival Sturgeon in the second game by a score of 6-0.
Boonville seniors Luke Green and Addi Brownfield were recently selected to the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Academic All-State Team for the 2021-22 season. Both starters for the Pirates and Lady Pirates basketball teams, the MBCA honors the top scholar athletes each spring. The individual being nominated to academic all-state must meeting the following qualifications such as player in good standing with team, possesses outstanding moral character, has one or more of the following verified minimum scores, ACT score of 27 composite or above, SAT score of 1920 composite or above, PSAT score of 185 selection index or more, and qualify with a grade point average of 3.25 out of possible 4.0 (or equivalent grade scale). Brownfield finished the season averaging 24.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 5.1 spg and 4.7 apg for the Lady Pirates. Green, meanwhile, finished the season with 11.6 ppg along with 5.6 rpg, 2.4 apg and 1.2 apg.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Trevor Hudgins hit five 3-pointers and finished with 31 points to help fifth-seeded Northwest Missouri State beat Augusta 67-58 Saturday and the Bearcats became the first program in history to win three consecutive Division II national championships.
The Boonville Pirates C Baseball Team picked up a split Saturday in Wardsville against the Blair Oaks Falcons. According to Boonville Pirates baseball coach Greg Hough, the Pirates dropped the first game 4-0 but came back to win the second game by a score of 18-9.
Yes, folks, dinosaurs do still roam the Earth. Come Sunday night, an increasingly irrelevant Hollywood elite — look, kids, Dame Judi Dench got another nomination! — will gather for their annual fete to an astonishing lack of self-awareness, a.k.a.
Duke keeps winning games in the NCAA Tournament and Mike Krzyzewski keeps telling anyone who will listen, “It’s not the coaching.” There’s some evidence to suggest he’s right. For one thing, Duke relies almost entirely on freshmen and sophomores, which means his core group of players have only had so much time to soak up Coach K’s decades of gathered wisdom.
The Boonslick area had its share of good basketball for the 2021-22 season. Although only one team made it out of districts from the area, four teams finished the season with winning records led by the Pilot Grove Lady Tigers at 19-8.
Boonville girls’ soccer coach Alec Adair called Tuesday night’s 7-0 loss against the Columbia Hickman Kewpies as “good teaching points” for the rest of the season. Although the Lady Pirates trailed only 2-0 at the half against Hickman, Adair said the girls simply ran out of gas in the second half while giving up five goals to suffer the loss.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have agreed to a $3 million contract with shortstop Adalberto Mondesi and five other players for the upcoming season, avoiding arbitration before Tuesday’s deadline for teams and players to submit numbers.