Boys soccer

Missouri Military Academy 6 Mexico 3 on Senior Night at MMA in Mexico

Missouri Military Academy (6-3) won the crosstown matchup with Class 2 District 4 foe Mexico (3-9) for the first two-game winning streak in rivalry for either team since MMA won 10 straight dating back to 2019. Seniors Fernando Puebla and Emilio Perez each had a hat trick and two assists, respectively. Senior goalie Luis Rey had six saves, and Eric Shellabarger had one assist.

Mexico trailed 2-1 at halftime, with Alex Rodriguez scoring off a free kick at the end of the first half. Brixton Goerne scored by crashing the goal, and Uriel Jarquin had Mexico's third goal. The Bulldogs had "a few bobbles and bad touches that led to quick goals" for MMA, according to Mexico head coach Bill Gleeson but thinks Mexico is starting to put everything together.

MMA head coach Rodrigo Padilla said the Colonels struggled to find their pace in the first half and were a little "unorganized." He said MMA returned to "playing our game" in the second half.

Mexico (0-5 NCMC) plays at North Central Missouri Conference foe and Class 2 No. 6 Marshall (10-2, 5-0 NCMC) at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Mexico lost 8-0 to Marshall at home earlier this season. MMA plays in the Moberly Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

Softball

Van-Far 7 Community R-6 6 in Vandalia for Van-Far's Senior Night

Van-Far (6-13) needed eight innings but picked up a win on Senior Night over Community R-6 (9-19). Community trailed by four runs going into the seventh inning but scored that many to force an extra eighth inning. Maci Poindexter and Jocelyn Curtis each had a RBI single, a run scored via an outfield error and Lydia Hoyt (3-for-4 with two runs) stole home. A Community outfield error on Ashlynn Grammer's hit allowed the game-winning run to score in the eighth.

For Community, Peyton Schafer went 2-for-5, and Myla Carroll pitched six innings with eight hits, three strikeouts and one earned run. For Van-Far, Carly Hunn went 3-for-4 with one RBI, Ashlyn Marshall was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Bryanna Stanich and Adyson Barnett each had one RBI, and Barnett pitched eight innings with nine hits, five strikeouts, three earned runs and two walks. 

Van-Far hosts Marion County (5-6) at 5 p.m. Monday, and Community plays at Class 2 No. 5 Montgomery County (21-1) at 5 p.m. Monday.

Class 2 No. 7 North Callaway 5 Class 1 No. 6 Silex 0 in Silex

Silex (13-9, 6-3 EMO) went as a winner of seven of its last eight games, but North Callaway (17-7, 7-1 EMO) handed Silex its second shutout loss of the season and first since a 10-0 loss to Class 5 Liberty (Wentzville). Megan Schmidt posted three hits and 10 strikeouts in seven innings for North Callaway, extending her inning streak without an earned run to 26 innings and her inning streak without a run to 23 innings. Mady Gordon went 2-for-3 with two runs, Sophie Olson had a solo home run, Ella Neal hit a RBI double, and Kymorie Myers had two RBIs. 

North Callaway won 4-3 at Fatima (9-12) in eight innings on Wednesday. Liv Knoepflein pitched six innings with five hits and two earned runs, Myers scored the game-winning run on Jocelyn Siegel's hit after Myers drove in North Callaway's first three runs, and Schmidt had three singles and two runs.

North Callaway plays in the Centralia Tournament on Saturday, starting with California (7-10) at 10:45 a.m.

Class 1 No. 10 Paris 9 Westran 4 in Paris

Paris (17-1) got back on the winning side after losing its first game on Tuesday. The Lady Coyotes beat Westran (9-9, 2-3 L&C) to stay an undefeated 5-0 in the Lewis and Clark Conference. Paris had four-run innings in the second and fifth innings. Raygen Crum had two RBIs, Ava Crain, Katie Cummins and Layla Reichmann each had a RBI hit and Reese Sutton went 2-for-4.

Crain pitched seven innings with eight hits, three strikeouts, two earned runs and one walk.

Paris host Harrisburg (16-9) at 5 p.m. Monday.