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North Callaway baseball has made deep runs the past two years and wants to hit the ground running this year.
After going undefeated in the Eastern Missouri Conference and winning a district …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/19/26
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Over the past two seasons, Van-Far had a formidable offense.
The Indians won a district championship two years ago and set a program wins record last year with 12 victories with a good lineup. …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/19/26
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If the fall season was any indication, Community R-6 baseball should have a strong team this spring.
The Trojans will be debuting with head coach Chris Ellersieck after he led them to a …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/18/26
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Mexico baseball had a strong core of seniors in its 20-win season a year ago and has another strong senior core this year.
While the Bulldogs will be replacing players who filled holes around …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/18/26
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Lucas Gibson said he is the biggest kid he’s coached, but there is more to Jackson Fischer.
The Van-Far senior lineman signed to play football for Missouri Valley College on March 4 during a …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/14/26
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It felt like the state Final Four came early Friday night in Fulton.
Class 3 No. 2 Centralia faced No. 1 Principia yet again in a quarterfinals game and lost 62-59 in overtime. The game went …
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3/13/26
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The Mexico girls made up ground with its Friday district championship game opponent throughout the season.
The Lady Bulldogs lost by 20 points and then 10 points to North Central Missouri …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/12/26
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Lightning struck twice for the Mexico boys as they forced overtime on Fulton’s court.
The Class 4 No. 9 Bulldogs beat Fulton 56-49 after an extra period earlier this season but wasn’t able …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/11/26
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The Centralia girls wrestling program sent a couple of underclassmen to state this year.
Sophomore Avery Adams and freshman Avery Griggs each picked up their first wins at the Class 1 state …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/7/26
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The careers of Alexus Johns and Abby Bowen are among the best in the history of the Mexico girls wrestling program.
Johns and Bowen finished their fourth and third bids at state, respectively, …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/7/26
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It wasn’t a shock that the Mexico and Fulton boys were tied going into Thursday’s fourth quarter.
These longtime rivals were tied at 30 and then 43 after four quarters in Mexico’s 56-49 …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/6/26
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The Community R-6 girls have made winning a tradition.
This season is the 14th straight winning season for the Lady Trojans, and they returned to another tradition by playing for a district …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/6/26
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To make it back to familiar territory, the Centralia girls had to conquer unfamiliar territory on Monday.
The state No. 2 Lady Panthers played No. 9 Dixon for the first time in a Class 3 …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/6/26
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Deonte Kerns and Mason Quarles wanted to end their time as a Colonel the right way.
The Missouri Military Academy seniors each medaled on Thursday at the Class 1 boys wrestling state tournament …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/5/26
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A great morning previewed a great day for North Callaway boys wrestling.
The Thunderbirds had four kids advance to the Class 1 state tournament finals on Thursday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/5/26
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Alyssa Miller could thrive on Wednesday night.
That is what the Mexico girls thought going into their Class 4 District 8 semifinals game against the host Moberly. Miller certainly did thrive by …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/5/26
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Centralia boys wrestling didn’t rebuild but reloaded.
The Panthers won a state championship last season but graduated four medalists from that team. They still repeated as the Class 1 state …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/4/26
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Mexico boys wrestling qualified eight wrestlers each of the past two years.
The Bulldogs came back with five state medals from those seasons but had a bigger showing at the Class 2 state …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/4/26
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Centralia had a season with several one-possession games but hadn’t played one in a while.
In their first one-bucket decision in two months, the Panthers lost their Class 3 sectional game …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/4/26
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The Centralia boys were in a district championship game two years ago, and head coach Brandon Crites took Hallsville to one last year.
They both lost to Mexico and were still searching for their …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/3/26
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The hole was too deep for the North Callaway boys on Saturday.
The Thunderbirds lost 59-43 to Centralia in the Class 3 District 7 championship game at South Callaway in Mokane after trailing …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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3/3/26
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The North Callaway girls were in a big hole halfway through the district opener on Monday.
In the Class 3 District 7 quarterfinals at Hermann, the Ladybirds trailed Eastern Missouri Conference …
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2/28/26
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Utterback scores 1,000th point in 52-39 win at Wright City
Elliott Utterback reached a significant threshold and then the Van-Far girls did the same.
Utterback scored her 1,000th career …
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2/28/26
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Beamer scores 1,000th in 71-37 Lady Trojan loss at Cairo
Peyton Beamer got 1,000 from 3.
The Community R-6 senior scored her 1,000th career point on a deep 3-pointer in the first quarter of …
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2/28/26
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While the Mexico girls couldn’t respond to Moberly’s energy on Feb. 19 at home, it has had many moments where it has over the past four years.
The Lady Bulldogs lost 55-48 to North Central …
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By Jeremy Jacob, Sports Editor
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2/26/26
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