Girls soccer

Mexico lost 5-0 at home on Tuesday to School of the Osage but raised $500 for the Emma Azdell Scholarship Fund, which was named after a Lady Bulldog who died two years ago. 

A small game recap and photo gallery can be found at link below:

Mexico vs Osage Photo Gallery

Baseball

Community R-6 uses big inning to stay undefeated in conference, district with 6-1 win at Glasgow

The Trojans scored five runs in the third inning at Central Activities Conference and district foe Glasgow (4-9, 1-5 CAC) on Tuesday to win 6-1 and stay an undefeated 5-0 in conference and 4-0 against district opponents.

Eli Johnson and Gavin Allen had RBI singles in the third inning, Mason Carroll scored two runs with a double and Brant hit an RBI single to make it 5-0. Mason Rohan finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Carroll allowed five hits and one walk and struck out six in five shutout innings before Allen allowed one unearned run on two hits and two walks and struck out four in two innings.

Community (11-2) plays at conference and district rival Cairo (7-5, 4-2 CAC) at 5 p.m. Friday.

North Callaway breaks open game in fourth, defeat Louisiana 8-3

The Thunderbirds defeated Eastern Missouri Conference foe Louisiana 8-3 on the road after scoring six runs in the fourth inning. Eight of their players finished with at least one hit and five had at least one RBI against the Bulldogs (2-12, 0-7 EMO).

North Callaway at Louisiana Photo Gallery

Head coach Zeth Lavy said Tuesday’s win was important as it kept the Thunderbirds’ hopes for a share of a conference title alive with a 7-1 conference record.

Jordan Fishburn, Braydn O’Neal and Sam Pezold each finished with two RBI, and O’Neal and Pezold each had two hits.

Carter Moore moved to a 3-0 record on the mound after pitching four innings with five strikeouts and one run allowed on two hits and three walks.

North Callaway (10-5) hosts conference foe Silex (5-8, 4-4 EMO) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Hersh, Melick lead Missouri Military Academy in 7-6 Senior Night win vs Van-Far

Senior Ethan Hersh struck out seven and allowed seven hits, four walks and two earned runs in 6⅔ innings in a Senior Night 7-6 victory for the Colonels against Van-Far (0-13). The Indians had four of their seven hits in the final three innings, scoring five of their runs during that span.

MMA (7-6) scored five runs during the first two innings as the Colonels found success against Gibson Condie. 

Senior Anthony Melick went 3-for-4 with two triples and three runs scored. He scored the winning run later in the inning on one of three Van-Far errors in the game.

Luke Wolf also finished 3-for-4 for MMA, while for Van-Far, Reece Culwell had two hits, Cody Smith finished with two RBI and Ryan Null hit a double.

MMA hosts Vienna (11-4) at 5 p.m. today while Van-Far (0-8 EMO) plays at Eastern Missouri Conference foe Louisiana (2-12, 0-7 EMO) on Friday.

Centralia 12 Monroe City 0 (5 innings) in Centralia

Centralia 12 Brookfield 1 (5 innings) in Centralia. Panthers 7-9 overall and 3-2 in Clarence Cannon Conference going into 5 p.m. Thursday game at Palmyra (1-12, 1-4 CCC)

Track and field

Centralia at Hermann Invitational

Girls: Shelby Lewis 1st in 200 and 1st in 400, Jozelynn Bostick 1st in 100 and 1st in 1600 and 2nd in 3200, Harper Sontheimer 2nd in 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles, 4x100 throwers relay 1st (Harper Forshee, Cora King, Kassena Ridgel, Besan Juma), 4x400 relay 1st (Olivia Adams, Becca Erisman, Sontheimer, Lewis), 4x800 relay 1st (Kenedee Moss, Erisman, Annie Robinson, Bostick), 4x200 relay 3rd (Sontheimer, Autumn Hawkins, Kaelyn Walters, Lewis), Autumn Hawkins 3rd in long jump, Kaylie Ensoe 2nd in pole vault, Ellie Berendzen 1st in discus, Annie Robinson 3rd in javelin

Finished first with 168.7 points

Boys: JR Lesher 1st in 1600 and 1st in 3200, Cayden Dunn 2nd in 300 hurdles, 4x800 relay 1st (Landon Moss, Dryst Bostick, Rohan Holiman, Lesher), 4x200 relay 3rd (Jesse Caballero, Jacob Beard, Logan Rosenfelder, Cayden Dunn), 4x400 relay 3rd (Andrew Whitlatch, Rosenfelder, Rohan Holiman, Dunn), Payton Mabrey 1st in shot put

Finished third with 92 points (Owensville first with 140 points)

North Callaway at Guy Rush Memorial meet (California)

Boys: Caleb Rohrbach 2nd in shot put, Isiah Craighead 2nd in javelin, Tristan Young 2nd in pole vault, Brendan Reinhard 2nd in high jump, 4x800 relay 2nd (Clayton Moore, Chance Cunningham, Levi Drake, Gabe Heuer)

Finished third out of 10 teams with 100 points (Southern Boone first with 157 Points)

Girls: Kymorie Myers 1st in discus, Jalyn Leible 1st in triple jump, 4x800 relay 1st (Grace Rasmussen, Chloe Holtkamp, Rylie Scott, Pressley Schmauch), Lia Bondurant 2nd in high jump, 4x400 relay 3rd (Cora Tripp, Holtkamp, Scott, Rasmussen), Pressley Schmauch 2nd in 3200, 

Finished second out of 10 teams with 90 points (California first with 132 points)

Van-Far, Missouri Military Academy at Louisiana HS Invitational

Van-Far

Boys: Gaven Gaston 4th in 200, Evan Utterback 3rd in shot put, Jackson Fischer 4th in discus, 

Girls: Brooke-lynn Forman 3rd in 800, McKenna Engh-Hoffman 3rd in 100 hurdles, Mara Jensen 6th in shot put, Olivia Roed 6th in discus

MMA, Van-Far Louisiana Invitational Photo Gallery

MMA: Bryson Powell 1st in 1600 and 3rd in 400, Kellan Mugisha 3rd in 1600 and 3rd in 800, Ryan Miles 4th in 1600, Elijah Canonico 3rd in 300 hurdles and 4th in 110 hurdles, Ky-Mani Erskine 3rd in high jump, 

Finished fifth out of 10 teams with 73 points (Louisiana first with 107 points)

Boys tennis

Mexico wins 7-2 at rival Fulton despite shorthanded roster

Several Bulldogs stepped up with big stakes involved on Tuesday.

Mexico had a couple of players unavailable, including No. 2 Declan Gleeson, because of Quiz Bowl sectionals but won 7-2 at North Central Missouri Conference rival and district opponent Fulton (0-13, 0-5 NCMC) anyway. 

Senior Jackson Lamb won one of five singles matches for Mexico (4-9, 2-3 NCMC) by a score of 10-7 as head coach Tony Senor said he played a “complete singles match.” Senor said Zeven Ruiz provided another highlight by winning his singles match 11-10 via a tiebreaker, and Brendan McKeown and Boston Davolt won 10-4 in doubles. Other singles wins included McKeown at 10-1, Quaid Grubb at 10-5, Brixton Goerne at 10-2, and a doubles victory belonged to Grubb and Goerne at 10-2.

Mexico hosts Columbia Independent (2-8) at 4:30 p.m. Thursday for Senior Night.

Golf

Missouri Military Academy wins Calvary Lutheran Invitational

Missouri Military Academy won the Calvary Lutheran Invitational on Tuesday.

The Colonels were led by Joseph Roach’s second place score of 84, Cooper Johnston placed eighth with an 89 and Gaston Gastelum was ninth with a 90.

Look for full stories in the Saturday, April 29, 2023, edition of the Mexico Ledger.