Softball

Mexico 19 Fulton 0 in three innings in Fulton

Mexico (17-13) clinched its first conference title since its most recent state championship season in 2018. The Lady Bulldogs beat North Central Missouri Conference rival Fulton (5-18, 2-7 NCMC) in their first shutout of their rival since 2016. Mexico finishes as a co-champion with Kirksville as each finished with 9-1 records in the NCMC.

Hannah Loyd hit her ninth home run and went 1-for-1 with two RBIs and two walks among the 15 hits and five extra base hits by the Lady Bulldogs. Alyssa Miller finished 2-for-3 with four RBIs and one triple, Maddy Feger went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, Aleigha Henderson was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Kayleigh Samuelson went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Landri Teel had two RBIs. Keerstan Ewing allowed two hits and one walk and struck out two in three innings.

Mexico plays Kirksville (16-8) at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in districts at Macon.

Class 3 No. 2 Centralia 16 Palmyra 1  in Palmyra

Centralia  (22-4, 6-0 CCC) has three-peated as Clarence Cannon Conference champion after a 16-1 victory in five innings at Palmyra (8-15, 2-4 CCC). Among the 13 hits for Centralia, Kassena Ridgel finished 2-for-3 with five RBIs and a three-RBI home run. Ealynne Bostick went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and two doubles, and Madi Johnson was 3-for-3 with four runs, three RBIs and three doubles. 

Jaylynn Brown struck out 12 and allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks in five innings.

Centralia hosts Bowling Green (11-10) at 7 p.m. Monday for its regular season finale.

Class 2 No. 7 North Callaway 2 Bowling Green 1 on Senior Night in Kingdom City

North Callaway (20-10) won on Senior Night via walkoff for the first time ever. Ella Neal brought home senior Liv Knoepflein with a hit to beat Eastern Missouri Conference foe Bowling Green (11-10, 5-4 EMO) and clinch a three-way conference title with Montgomery County and Elsberry with a 9-1 EMO record. The program's previous conference title was eight years ago. The team's seniors who were honored included Knoepflein, Kymorie Myers, who had a RBI, Addison Bedsworth, Chloe Holtkamp, Violet Martin and Ella Slater.

Megan Schmidt struck out 11, moving her to 191 strikeouts this season to break the program's season strikeout record of 181 by Danielle Cassidy. Schmidt allowed one run on four hits and one walk in seven innings to lead North Callaway to its second straight 20-win season.

North Callaway awaits the seeding meeting that will take place Friday for the Class 2 District 2 Tournament that will begin Thursday at Elsberry.

Clopton 5 Van-Far 1 in Clarksville

Before Van-Far (7-15, 3-7 EMO) faces Clopton (8-10, 4-6 EMO) in the Class 1 District 4 tournament at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at North Shelby in Shelbyville, the Lady Indians lost to their Eastern Missouri Conference foe to end the regular season. Van-Far finished with nine hits and three errors for three unearned runs charged to Ady Barnett. 

Barnett pitched six innings with six strikeouts, five hits and two walks. Ashlynn Grammer went 3-for-3 with one RBI, and Peyton Ingram went 2-for-3.

Class 2 No. 10 Paris 2 Sturgeon 1 on Senior Night in Paris

Paris (18-3) bounced back after two straight losses with a 2-1 win over Sturgeon (12-9) for Senior Night. The Lady Coyotes were outhit 4-3 but scored two runs in the sixth inning when both scored on an error. Senior Reese Sutton scored on the play and senior Emma Ashenfelter was 2-for-2 with a double. Those two were honored on Senior Night along with Sophia Crusha and Knightlee Mitten.

Ava Crain pitched seven innings with five strikeouts, four hits and one unearned run.

Paris will attempt to wrap up an undefeated 6-0 Lewis and Clark Conference title with a 9:30 a.m. Saturday game at Scotland County (4-10, 2-3 L&C).

Boys soccer

Missouri Military Academy at Canton 5 p.m.

Missouri Military Academy (9-4) won its third straight game and fourth in five games with a win at Canton (1-12-1). Emilio Perez scored three goals, Emiliano De La Garza had one goal and Eric Shellabarger had 10 steals.

MMA plays at Christian Fellowship (10-5) in Columbia at 5 p.m. Friday.

District girls golf

Centralia sophomore Emerson Eckler qualified for the Class 2 state tournament at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club in New Bloomfield on Oct. 20-21 after finishing 13th on Thursday in the Class 2 District 2 tournament at Eldon Country Club. Eckler shot a 96, or 24-over par. 

Kyla Spickert finished 31st after shooting a 115, and Adrianna Stemme was 36th after shooting a 118 in the 60-golfer and 12-school field.