Boys soccer

Mexico 8 Elsberry with Silex 0 in Mexico

After not having a mercy-rule victory since 2019, Mexico (2-0) beat Eugene via mercy-rule 10-0 on Thursday at home and followed that with another 8-0 mercy victory over Elsberry with Silex (0-1) on Tuesday at Chris Hotop Field. Angel Muralles had a hat trick for the Bulldogs' fourth hat trick already this season, Alex Rodriguez followed with two goals, and Brixton Goerne, Alex Matuz and Israel Hernandez each had one goal.

Mexico plays at North Central Missouri Conference and Class 2 District 4 foe Fulton at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Warrenton 7 Missouri Military Academy 1 in Mexico

Missouri Military Academy began its season by losing 7-1 to Class 3 Warrenton at home. In the Colonels first game at Class 2 after finishing last season as the Class 1 runner-up, Emilio Perez had the lone MMA goal and YiChen Chen made four saves.

MMA hosts Class 2 District 4 foe Moberly (2-1) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Softball

Centralia 10 Blair Oaks 2 in Centralia 

Centralia (5-2) made it three straight victories over fellow Class 3 Final Four team Blair Oaks (1-1) with a 10-2 win on Tuesday home, securing Liz Bostick's 100th career win as a head coach. The Lady Panthers shut out the Lady Falcons in each of the last two meetings and had another great pitching performance by Jaylynn Brown, who struck 12 and allowed two runs on four hits in six innings. Brown went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and a double, Madi Johnson had three runs scored, two RBI and a double, Cora King had two RBIs and a double, and Ealynne Bostick had a RBI double.

A day prior, Centralia (1-0 CCC) won its Clarence Cannon Conference opener 13-0 in five innings at Macon (2-3, 0-1 CCC). The Lady Panthers finished with 10 hits and had 11 strikeouts and one hit allowed in five innings by Brown. Brown had two RBIs and a double, Madi Johnson hit two solo home runs and scored four runs, and seven Lady Panthers had at least one RBI.

Centralia plays at Battle with Columbia Independent (1-5) at 6:45 p.m. Thursday.

Harrisburg 9 Community R-6 1 in Harrisburg

Community R-6 (2-3) lost in its first meeting against former head coach Kendra Murphy. Harrisburg (2-2) scored seven runs in the first inning and limited the Lady Trojans to four hits. Ana McLeod had a RBI double in the fifth inning for Community while Harrisburg tallied 10 hits against Jocelyn Curtis.

Community plays at home opener at 5 p.m. Thursday against Hermann (1-3).

North Callaway 13 South Callaway 1 in 5 innings in Mokane

North Callaway (2-2) held a 2-1 lead at county rival South Callaway on Tuesday before erupting for nine runs in the fourth inning to eventually win 13-1 in five innings. Megan Schmidt went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two walks, and Liv Knoepflein, Sophie Olsson and Chloe Holtkamp each had two RBIs. Knoepflein struck out seven and allowed two hits and one unearned run in five innings pitched.

North Callaway plays its home and Eastern Missouri Conference opener against Van-Far (0-3) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Paris 11 Mark Twain 4 in Paris

Coming its best season in history, Paris won its home opener and debut in Class 2 by defeating Class 2 District 5 foe Mark Twain 11-4. The Lady Coyotes won 23 games and finished fourth in Class 1 a year ago and picked up where they left off Tuesday by tallying nine hits against Mark Twain (1-3). Emma Ashenfelter and Knightlee Mitten each led with two RBIs. Reese Sutton hit a solo home run and struck out six and allowed four unearned runs on two hits in five innings pitched. She and Ava Crain each had three walks in a game that contained nine combined errors (six by Paris).

Paris plays at another district foe South Shelby at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Volleyball

North Callaway 3 New Bloomfield 0 in New Bloomfield (25-7, 25-7, 25-15)

North Callaway began the season with a sweep over county rival New Bloomfield (0-2). Alex Craighead and Rylee Horstman each led the team with seven kills. Peyton Boulware led with 13 digs followed by 10 digs from Kayden Sorrell. Lauren Pezold led with 13 assists and Icey Tomlinson led with three blocks.

North Callaway plays at Eastern Missouri Conference foe Montgomery County (0-4) at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Fulton 3 Centralia 0 in Centralia (18-25, 12-25, 13-25)

Centralia lost its season and home opener on Tuesday to Fulton (2-0).

The Lady Panthers host Eldon at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Fall baseball

Atlanta 11 Community R-6 6 in Laddonia

Community R-6 (1-1) followed a fall-season-opening win Friday at home with its first loss on Tuesday in home. Atlanta (1-1) recorded 13 hits and pulled away with a five-run fifth inning, making the margin 9-0 before Community scored its first two runs in the fifth inning. Kyler Swaim led Community with two RBIs, Cooper Rohan went 2-for-4 with one RBI, Nik Crider had a RBI double and Conner Maxwell had one RBI.

Community plays at Macon County with Bucklin (0-1) at 5 p.m. Thursday.