Recent Stories
- For Gallagher and Vollmer, summer is no time to rest
- Tuesday, July 1, 2008
- For Kate Gallagher, there’s no such thing as an off-season.
While most of her classmates are enjoying their summers off, the Savannah junior-to-be practically will spend the entire month of July on the road.
- Phenomenal freshman: Lindsay Vollmer, girls track and field athlete of the year
- Saturday, June 7, 2008
- Hamilton freshman Lindsay Vollmer arrived on the track and field scene with quite a splash. Actually, her impact more closely resembled a tidal wave.
- Center of the storm: Kaylee Smith, girls soccer player of the year
- Saturday, June 7, 2008
- Every high-powered offense needs a talented decision-maker at its core — equal parts deadly goal scorer and unselfish point guard.
- Hammering it home: Johnny Coy, baseball player of the year
- Saturday, June 7, 2008
- On the heels of an all-state basketball season, Johnny Coy put up even more impressive numbers in his “secondary” sport.
- LeBlond teammates battle at Lions All-Star Classic
- Saturday, June 7, 2008
- Maryville, Mo. — As Bishop LeBlond teammates, Tyler Irizarry never had to worry about guarding Jonathan Wright.
- McCarthy to coach Central baseball
- Friday, June 6, 2008
- When injuries prematurely ended his playing days at Missouri Western, Justin McCarthy struggled to find many positives in his situation.
- Maryville athletes finish 2nd day of track championships with strong performances
- Saturday, May 24, 2008
- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For a few exuberant moments, John Farmer allowed his steely demeanor to crack wide open.
The compact Maryville junior leapt and pumped his fists as he ran along the runway at Dwight T. Reed Stadium. A 22-foot long jump will do that.
His personal best vaulted him ahead of the competition and landed him a second-place finish at Saturday’s Missouri Track and Field Championships.
- Benton runner makes strides in 2-mile run
- Saturday, May 24, 2008
- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Taylor Woodruff had nowhere to go but up.
During her last trip to Dwight T. Reed Stadium, the Benton runner struggled to a last-place finish in the two-mile run and wasn’t eager to repeat the feat.
“Nothing can get worse than that,” she said.
Although she finished short of an all-state medal, Woodruff placed 10th this time around at the Missouri State Track and Field Championships and broke the 12-minute mark for the first time of her career.
- City athletes struggle in prelims
- Benton 4x400 relay squad sets a school record
- Friday, May 23, 2008
- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With so much hugging and squealing, you wouldn’t know Benton’s 4x400-meter relay team had just run its last race of the year.
Although it didn’t reach the finals, the Cardinals’ youthful squad broke its own school record at the Missouri State Track and Field Championships on Friday. The underclassmen-heavy squad finished 10th in 4 minutes, 8.64 seconds at Dwight T. Reed Stadium after entering the Class 3 preliminaries with the second-slowest time.
- Cameron, Chillicothe individuals earn medals
- Friday, May 23, 2008
- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Jenny Zweifel stayed rooted to her spot in the sand, contemplating the final jump of her career.
Her head hanging, she finally lifted one foot. Then the other.
Zweifel’s downtrodden reaction quickly changed when she discovered she’d leapfrogged two girls for a second-place finish in the Class 3 long jump at Friday’s Missouri State Track and Field Championships at Dwight T. Reed Stadium.
