Boonville Pirates golf coach Rob VanderLinden openly admitted that he didn’t know what to expect from Monday’s quadrangular against Eugene, Fulton and South Callaway at Fulton Country Club. As it turned out, VanderLinden was pleasantly surprised as Boonville wound up winning the meet by two strokes over Eugene 191- 193.
The New Franklin baseball team accomplished its one goal Monday night in its home opener against the Fayette Falcons. After finishing 1-1 over the weekend at Versailles, the Bulldogs followed it up with an impressive performance on Monday by scoring in three of the four innings for a 12-1 victory in five innings.
Boonville girls track coach Melissa Baker used the words starting points to refer to Monday’s UCM (University of Central Missouri) Indoor Track Meet in Warrensburg. While competing against a field of 30 teams, Baker said it was great to get the first meet under their belts.
The Pilot Grove baseball team wasn’t at its best Monday night in the season opener against the Glasgow Yellowjackets 6-2. But if you considering that this was the Tigers first game and to come away with a win at home in the conference is one head coach Joe Vossler will take at this point in the season.
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.
After Friday’s cancellation against the Fulton Hornets due to rain, Boonville Pirates baseball coach Greg Hough was just glad to see his team compete Saturday in a doubleheader against Capital City and Fatima at the high school ball field.
The Prairie Home baseball team saw just how good they could be during the spring of 2021. Although the Panthers finished one game above the .500 mark for the season at 10-9 overall, they were also just one game away from capturing a district title after losing to arch-rival Pilot Grove in a close game 12-6.
Senior members of the Boonville Lady Pirates soccer team are (left to right) Rayghan Skoufos, Katera Bonaparte, Mackenzie Troost, Hudsun Sunny Cook and Sydney Joy. (Photo by Chris Bowie) Senior members of the Boonville Pirates tennis team are (left to right) Austin Coleman, Luke Green, Evan Medeiros and Hayden Mendez.
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