Head coach Kim Costley said she wants to thank the seniors for being “rock solid” and helping grow the program.
“Our season isn’t over, but we want to thank Jyllian Whitworth, Lucy Gleeson, Claire Hudson, Reiley Walker, Melanie Hernandez and Abby Ryan for all the years of dedicated service to the tennis program,” Costley said.
Senior double pairings Gleeson and Hudson and Whitworth and Walker won matches 8-5 and 8-6, respectively. Yolitza Rodriguez-Rios and Lea Hernandez-Sanchez won their doubles match 8-4.
In singles, Whitworth won 8-2 and Gleeson won 8-6.
Boys soccer
Missouri Military Academy wins 3-0 in second shot against Kirksville
Missouri Military Academy didn’t squander its second chance on Tuesday.
The Class 1 No. 2 Colonels defeated Kirksville 3-0 at home, following a 1-0 loss to the Tigers (4-4) over the weekend at the Moberly Invitational. Fernando Puebla recorded a hat trick, Avin Hernandez and Patricio Sanchez ecah had even steals, and Triet Bui had an assist.
MMA (7-2) plays a crosstown game at 5 p.m. Thursday at Mexico (5-5).
Mexico loses 5-0 at district foe Southern Boone
Mexico couldn’t avoid being shut out for the fourth time in five games.
The Bulldogs lost 5-0 at district foe Southern Boone. Blake Nichols led with two goals.
Softball
North Callaway seven errors results in a 7-2 loss at Louisiana
North Callaway is moving on.
The Ladybirds can’t afford to dwell on Tuesday’s 7-2 Eastern Missouri Conference loss at Louisiana due to hosting Class 3 No. 1 Fatima at 3 p.m. today during Homecoming week. They committed seven errors against Louisiana, almost matching their eight hits.
Head coach Mariah McKee views last night’s game as nothing but an outlier because North Callaway (16-8, 5-2 EMO) hadn’t played that rough all season. It especially hurt against a scrappy Louisiana (10-6, 5-2 EMO).
Megan Schmidt allowed six runs but only one earned in six innings to go with 11 strikeouts, five hits and three walks. Abigail Schmidt went 2-for-4 with one RBI and a double.
Community R-6 loses third straight, defeated 2-1 at Monroe City
For the third straight game, Community R-6 lost.
Also for the third straight game, the Class 1 No. 6 Lady Trojans faced a double-digit winning team Monroe City, who celebrated its Senior Night with a 2-1 victory. Community (16-8) had four hits, but Monroe City (14-4) only needed one and three Community errors.
Jocelyn Curtis allowed two unearned runs on one hit and one walk and struck out three in six innings. Her Monroe City counterpart Audri Youngblood struck out 12 and allowed one run on four hits and three walks in seven innings.
Lydia Hoyt had Community’s lone RBI.
Community hosts Van-Far (2-14) at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Paris offense held to season-low in 4-1 loss against Fayette
Paris hadn’t scored this little since a 2-1 pitcher’s duel against Salisbury.
Against another Lewis and Clark Conference opponent, the Class 1 No. 8 Lady Coyotes (16-5, 3-2 L&C) lost 4-1 to Fayette (10-7, 1-1 L&C) at home, tallying four hits.
Kennedy Ashenfelter allowed four earned runs on eight hits and two walks and struck out six in seven innings, but Fayette counterpart Skylar Sunderland allowed one unearned run on four hits and two walks and struck out eight in seven innings.
Ashenfelter had one RBI and a double to lead the offense.
Paris plays at conference foe Westran (9-10, 2-1 L&C) at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Van-Far doubled up 12-6 in loss to Silex
Van-Far couldn’t follow one Senior Night victory with another on Tuesday.
The Lady Indians lost 12-6 to Eastern Missouri Conference foe on the school’s trap shooting Senior Night, which followed the 11-1 softball Senior Night victory against Wellsville-Middletown from the previous night. Van-Far (2-14, 1-6 EMO) finished with six hits compared to 15 by Silex (9-13, 4-3 EMO).
Elliott Utterback went 2-for-4 with one RBI, Makayla McCurdy had two RBI, and Mariah Maggard finished 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a triple. Dalana Gay allowed seven unearned runs on five hits in two innings pitched.
Kaden Whiteaker and Grace Smith were the trap shooting seniors honored before the game.
Van-Far plays at Class 2 No. 6 Montgomery County (13-5, 5-2 EMO) tonight.
Volleyball
Centralia loses at arch rival Hallsville in four sets
A year after breaking its losing streak to Hallsville, Centralia lost again to its arch rival and district foe on the road on Tuesday in four sets (21-25, 9-25, 25-23 and 18-25).
Centralia falls to 6-14, and Hallsville improves to 9-7-3).
The Lady Panthers play at Southern Boone (11-4-1) at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Fall baseball
Community R-6 loses 7-6 at New Franklin on comeback
After a four-run fifth inning, Community R-6 couldn’t respond.
The Trojans (4-7) lost 7-6 at Central Activities Conference foe New Franklin (7-5) on Tuesday. The Bulldogs didn’t need a hit in the fifth inning as they loaded the bases with walks and hit by pitches and plated runs thanks to some Community errors.
Lane Carter hitting a double in the sixth inning was the Trojans’ best shot at scoring following the fifth. Carter finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, Nik Crider was 2-for-4 with one RBI, Kyler Swaim and Cooper Rphan each had a RBI double, and Houston Hogan had a RBI.
Swaim allowed three earned runs out seven on five walks and two hits and struck out seven in five innings.
Community hosts Jamestown (2-5) at 5:30 p.m. tonight.
Cross country
Van-Far sends three runners to Elsberry Invitational
Garrett Hopke led Van-Far on Tuesday.
Hopke finished 11th in the boys 5K at the Elsberry Invitational, running to a time of 18:35. Slade Keller finished 36th out of 61 runners with a 20:53, and Erin Childs was 22nd out of 32 runners in the girls 5K with a time of 27:14.
