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McKeown, Bulldogs knock off Kirksville

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:43am

Dominic McKeown scored a pair of goals and had a hand – a foot, rather – in two more as the Bulldogs throttled visiting Kirksville 5-3 on Tuesday night.

Although coach Bill Gleeson’s squad struggled to win the ball in midfield much of the evening, allowing the Tigers to close the gap twice. they managed enough moments of brilliance to dominate the visitors. Mexico punched in two early goals then carved out a commanding 5-2 lead with 10 minutes to go in the contest. An own goal that bounded off defender Brayden Dunn in the waning moments tightened up the final score.

Mexico fends off late charge to win district opener

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:41am

The Bulldogs survived a seventh inning outburst by Southern Boone, escaping with a 5-4 win in the opening round of district play on Wednesday night in Moberly.

Mexico is top dog: Bulldogs prove too much for Brookfield Bulldogs

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:41am

Not much got by Mexico’s front line of Addison McCoy, Jessica Stephens and Mya Miller on Tuesday night. And with Ally Wilson in control from the service line, the Bulldogs easily dispatched Brookfield in three, winning sets of 25-7, 25-11 and 25-13.

“Us playing as a team worked out,” Miller observed. “Once we’re on a roll, it’s like we continue to dominate.”

Glasgow records six RBIs in Community’s district opener

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:39am

Brooklyn Glasgow knocked in six runs as the Community R-6 softball team opened with a convincing 17-2 win over Clopton in its Class 1, District 8 Tournament opener Wednesday.

Glasgow was one of three Trojans to have three hits in the contest joined by Sarah and Emma Angel.

Community, the second seed, advanced to face top-seeded Silex in Friday’s district title game at home. Results were not known by press time.

Mexico senior golfer qualifies for state, Rowe just misses out

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:38am

Mother nature was the true winner at Missouri’s District 2 girls golf tournament that wrapped up at Eagle Knoll Golf Club in Hartsburg. Strong gusts of wind sent well calculated shots careening off course and dramatically slowed the pace of play. Only one golfer in the field of 52 managed to approach par, but even overall winner Audrey Rischer of Father Tolton finished with a 2-over 74.

Tyronn Lue named L.A. Clippers head coach

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:36am

Mexico native Tyronn Lue was tagged as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.

The news broke on Thursday, when ESPN reported that Lue and the Clippers reached a five year deal. He replaces Doc Rivers, who held the clipboard for the past seven seasons.

Trojans’ Hoyt records PR at Clopton meet

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:33am

Community R-6 freshman Dylan Hoyt recorded a personal best time at Monday’s Clopton Hamburger Invitational.

He completed the 3.1-mile race in 19 minutes, 49.31 seconds and placed seventh overall in the boys race.

The Van-Far boys ran in the race, placing sixth. The Indians were led by Cayden Caldwell who finished 22nd in 22:35.73.

Also running for the team were Fulton Walsh (27th, 23:52.88), Ennis Childs (29th, 24:07.25), Skyler Penley (31st, 24:14.81) and Maciah Hug-Hernandez (38th, 27:07.36).

Tennis squad notches podiums in conference, district events

Published by admin on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 8:28am

District tournament play is not meant to be easy. At last week’s event, Mexico managed a second and a third.

The duo of Shelby Kennemore and Lily Yager started on a hot streak. They dominated Moberly’s Ashton Martin and Cheyenne Lea 6-0, 6-2 before toppling the strong Palmyra side of Jaynee Durst and Rylee Ingram 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals.

Bulldogs gamble, win in OT on Homecoming

Published by admin on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 5:32pm

When the call came, Isaiah Reams was ready.

Down 21-20 in overtime after a Dante Billups touchdown run, Mexico head football coach Steve Haag decided to risk going for two and the win rather than kicking the extra point to even things up with visiting Kirksville.

Van-Far downs IndianHawks for first victory

Published by admin on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 5:29pm

An electric offensive second quarter for the Van-Far football team put the Clopton IndianHawks away early Friday night.

The Indians (1-4) jumped out to a big lead and recorded their first win of the season.

“We finally started to click,” Van-Far head coach John Kliewer said.

Van-Far started fast defensively with Bryson Lay returning an interception for a touchdown, but the IndianHawks (2-4) scored the next two touchdowns, taking a 13-8 lead early in the second.

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