LEDGER SPORTS ROUNDUP 09/29/2025: North Callaway wins in county, Van-Far wins in EMO; Mexico loses first in NCMC

Posted 9/28/25

Softball

Kirksville 5 Mexico 1 in Kirksville

Mark Twain 10 Community R-6 4 in Laddonia

Van–Far 17 Wellsville-Middletown 0 in three innings in Wellsville

North Callaway 14 …

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LEDGER SPORTS ROUNDUP 09/29/2025: North Callaway wins in county, Van-Far wins in EMO; Mexico loses first in NCMC

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Class 2 No. 7 North Callaway 14 Fulton 3 in five innings in Auxvasse 

North Callaway (14-7) dominated its Callaway County rivals this season, winning all three games against New Bloomfield and South Callaway and Fulton (2-13) on Monday. The Ladybirds outscored Callaway County 34-6. Against Fulton, Liv Knoepflein pitched five innings with six hits, six strikeouts, three earned runs and one walk and was 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBIs, including two on an inside-the-park home run. Megan Schmidt went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two stolen bases. 

North Callaway (5-1 EMO) hosts Eastern Missouri Conference foe Louisiana (6-6, 3-4 EMO) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Van–Far 17 Wellsville-Middletown 0 in three innings in Wellsville

Van-Far (5-11, 3-3 EMO) scored more than 10 runs for the third time in five games with a 17-0 victory at Eastern Missouri Conference foe Wellsville-Middletown (1-10, 0-5 EMO). The Lady Indians had 10 runs after one inning to back Adyson Barnett's 2 2/3 innings with five strikeouts. Van-Far walked 12 times, leading Mylee Keller, Bryanna Stanich and Elliott Utterback to each score three runs.

Van-Far plays at conference fo Silex (12-8, 5-2 EMO) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Kirksville 5 Mexico 1 in Kirksville

Mexico (13-10, 6-1 NCMC) lost its first North Central Missouri Conference game on Monday at district foe Kirksville (10-7, 6-1 NCMC). Mexico and Kirksville have each lost to each other in NCMC play this year. Mexico was outhit 6-5 and committed four errors to allow four unearned runs. Scottie Smith had one RBI, Aleigha Henderson had a triple and Landri Teel had a double. Kaitlyn Krietemeyer pitched 3 1/3 hitless shutout innings with three walks, and Keerstan Ewing allowed one earned run on six hits in 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts.

Mexico hosts conference foe Moberly (10-11, 4-3 NCMC) at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Mark Twain 10 Community R-6 4 in Laddonia

Community R-6 (9-17) couldn't close the gap against Mark Twain (7-11) as it lost its third straight home game. Mark Twain scored six runs in the first inning and tacked on to keep the Lady Trojans chasing. Peyton Schafer finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs and one triple, Lydia Hoyt went 2-for-4 and Maci Poindexter walked twice and had one hit. Myla Carroll struck out three and allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks in four innings.

Community hosts Monroe City (9-6) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Class 2 No. 10 Paris 15 Madison 0 in four innings in Paris

Paris moved to 16-0 after finishing with seven hits against Madison (0-13). Reese Sutton had four RBIs, Lily Wheaton had two RBIs, Emma Ashenfelter had a RBI double, Katie Cummins had one RBI and one triple, and Sophia Crusha scored three runs. Ava Crain struck out seven in three innings.

Paris plays at Fayette (9-9) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Fall baseball

Pilot Grove 11 Community R-6 3 in Pilot Grove

Community R-6 (7-4) struggled at Central Activities Conference foe Pilot Grove (4-3) with seven errors and five hits. The Trojans allowed five unearned runs. Carter Schafer, Houston Hogan and Matthew Utterback each had one RBI. Caden Thomas allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks in two innings.

Community plays at another conference foe New Franklin (9-3) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.


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