Softball

Van-Far 10 Louisiana 6 in Vandalia

Van-Far (2-7, 1-1 EMO) picked up its first Eastern Missouri Conference win not long after its first win of the season. The Lady Indians beat conference foe Louisiana (5-3, 2-2 EMO) 10-6 on Thursday at home two games after winning 15-6 against South Callaway (1-3) at home. Van-Far outhit Louisiana 13-11 and had seven girls with at least one RBI, namely Carly Hunn's two RBIs during her 2-for-3 day with a double. Ashlynn Grammer went 2-for-4 with one RBI and a double, and Bryanna Stanich, Elliott Utterback and Kylee Gibson each had two hits and one RBI. Adyson Barnett pitched seven innings with three earned runs allowed with four strikeouts and two walks. 

Van-Far plays at Monroe City (5-5) at 5 p.m. Monday.

Mexico 12 Hannibal 1 in Hannibal 

Mexico (6-6) picked up its third straight win on Thursday in Hannibal (1-7, 0-3 NCMC) and scored at least 10 runs in all of those wins. The Bulldogs beat North Central Missouri Conference foe Hannibal in six innings after tallying nine hits. Landri Teel led the offense by going 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a double, Payton Shaw went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a double and Hannah Loyd had two RBIs. Sammie Gipson pitched four innings with six strikeouts, three hits, two walks and one run.

Mexico finishes a suspended game at Class 3 District 4 team Bowling Green (3-6) at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Centralia 6 Moberly 1 in Centralia on 9/10/2025

Jaylynn Brown somehow topped her dominant performance for Centralia (8-2) on Tuesday in a 1-0 at Highland with a record-matching one on Wednesday. Brown matched her school-record 18 strikeouts in a 6-1 home victory over Class 3 District 4 foe Moberly (3-5) one night after striking out 17 Lady Cougars. She allowed one run on four hits and went 2-for-3 with one RBI. Ealynne Bostick finished 3-for-4 with one RBI and a double, and Cora King hit a two-RBI home run.

Centralia faces Class 1 state champion St. Elizabeth (5-2) at 5 p.m. Monday in Jefferson City.

Silex 2 Community R-6 1 in Silex

Community (4-7) was handed its first loss within Class 1 District 4 as it lost 2-1 at Silex (4-6) on Thursday. The Lady Trojans had five of the game's total eight hits but allowed the game-winning run in the sixth inning, Silex scored on a single that took the runner to third base because of an error before that runner scored on a dropped third strike during the next at-bat. Kaytlynn Arens had one RBI, and Myla Carroll had a stolen base and a run. Jocelyn Curtis pitched six innings with four strikeouts, three hits and one earned run. 

Community plays at 9 a.m. and noon during a home triangular on Saturday against Paris (7-0) and Hannibal (1-7).

North Callaway 20 Wellsville-Middletown 0 in Kingdom City

North Callaway (5-3, 3-0 EMO) has scored at least 10 runs in five games and at least 20 runs in two straight games against Wellsville-Middletown (0-5, 0-3 EMO). The Ladybirds beat their Eastern Missouri Conference foe 20-0 in three innings at home on Thursday. Liv Knoepflein was perfect through three innings with six strikeouts and finished 2-for-2 with one RBI. Madyson Gordon went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs, and Kymorie Myers had a three-RBI triple.

North Callaway begins the Lake of the Ozarks Tournament at Ball Parks National at Camdenton on Friday and continues it on Saturday.

Paris 12 Knox County 1 in Edina

Paris (7-0, 2-0 L&C) continued rolling while picking up its second Lewis and Clark Conference victory on Thursday with a 12-1 win at Knox County (2-5, 0-2 L&C). The Lady Coyotes won in five innings after tallying 11 hits. Reese Sutton went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a home run, Emma Ashenfelter finished 2-for-4 with one RBI and Raygen Crum was 1-for-1 with two walks and one RBI. Ava Crain went 2-for-4 with one RBI and also pitched five innings with 10 strikeouts, one hit, one walk and one unearned run.

Paris plays Community R-6 (4-7) and Hannibal (1-7) in a triangular that starts at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Volleyball

Father Tolton 3 Centralia 0 (25-10, 25-17, 25-9) in Columbia

Centralia (0-5) made it five straight losses to begin the season with its second consecutive straight-set loss at Father Tolton (5-4-1) on Thursday. 

Centralia plays in Melissa Hoerber Invitational Tournament on Saturday in Fulton.