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When I pulled up Twitter on Friday afternoon, I noticed a post from the St. Louis Cardinals. As I read the Cardinals had signed Matt Carpenter to a one-year co…
When I pulled up Twitter on Friday afternoon, I noticed a post from the St. Louis Cardinals. As I read the Cardinals had signed Matt Carpenter to a one-year co…
Getting their opponent into foul trouble helped the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons work their way back into Thursday night’s game. Then the Boonville Lady Pirates ret…
The Fatima Comets have already piled up plenty of wins this basketball season. They finally found their signature win Thursday night. Fatima defeated the Helia…
The Jamestown Lady Eagles came to play in the fourth quarter. Jamestown trailed by four points entering the final eight minutes of Saturday night’s championshi…
The Blair Oaks Falcons had a bad third quarter. Then they followed it up with a really good fourth quarter. “We were making shots in the fourth quarter,” Blair…
For the time being, the Helias Crusaders hold the bragging rights. Barely 24 hours after defeating the Capital City Cavaliers, Helias came away with this week’…
The Fatima Comets aren’t messing around. They’ve won 11 games in a row, and the biggest win during their streak has landed them back in the Joe Machens Great 8…
When the going got tough, the Helias Crusaders turned to their seniors. Kase Winegar and Blake Means combined to score 10 points in the final eight minutes Thu…
The Jefferson City Jays had their chances. The Ensworth School, Tenn., Tigers just tipped them away. Ensworth didn’t take its first lead until less than two mi…
It wasn’t always pretty, but the Fatima Comets accomplished their end goal: Advancing to the winner’s bracket of the Joe Machens Great 8 Classic. Fatima overca…
The Helias Crusaders have history on their side. Helias has won 12 of its past 14 first-round games in the Joe Machens Great 8 Classic, so the Crusaders are qu…
The Fatima Comets had a strong debut last season in the Joe Machens Great 8 Classic, taking second place in the eight-team, three-day event. Now they’re lookin…
Here are capsules for the eight boys basketball teams participating this week in the Joe Machens Great 8 Classic at Fleming Fieldhouse.
At long last, I finally confirmed what I have known all along: I can never cover the Missouri Tigers as a sports journalist. I have been a Missouri Tigers fan …
There were no National Signing Day dramatics for Brady Kerperin. All he had to do was sign his name on the dotted line. Two months after announcing his commitm…
The Blair Oaks Falcons finally found their offense in the fourth quarter. Blair Oaks attempted just 32 shots in 32 minutes Thursday night, but it made 8-of-10 …
The 3-point shot has been a difference-maker for the Capital City Cavaliers. However, it has worked against them significantly the past two games. The MICDS Ra…
A lot of little miscues added up during the course of Tuesday night’s home opener for the Helias Crusaders. The turnovers were contagious in the first quarter,…
The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons had three girls wrestling individual champions Wednesday in the Blair Oaks Girls Tournament at Blair Oaks High School.
Tuesday night’s game was going according to plan for the first four minutes for the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons. Then the Centralia Lady Panthers made their first …
It was a strong opening weekend of wrestling for the Jefferson City Jays. Jefferson City took second place in its six-team pool at the Missouri Duals, then the…
The Blair Oaks Falcons knew they wouldn’t have the numbers to win duals, so their attention turned to winning as many individual matchups as possible. The Falc…
The result may have been the same for the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons, but there was tangible improvement from one week to the next. “The first time we played them…
In a matter of a few minutes, the Capital City Cavaliers went from having a sizeable lead to scrambling to hold on to a slim advantage. But the Cavaliers had b…
The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons finally got their offense running Tuesday night. The defense, however, is still struggling four games into the season. The Hermann …
Outside the Blair Oaks wrestling room, there is a white sheet of paper hanging on the door with two words printed on it: “One more.” It serves as a reminder fo…
The Helias Crusaders have an abundance of two things this season: Size and speed. The boys basketball team will get to test those traits for the first time thi…
It took the Blair Oaks Falcons a few minutes to get going. Well, more than a few minutes. But once they got going, everything began to fall into place. The Bla…
It will be a whole new look this season for the Blair Oaks Falcons, both on the basketball court and on the sideline. “Every week for four weeks now, we’ve pro…
It was a really good first half for the Park Hills Central Rebels. It was a really good second half for the Blair Oaks Falcons. A shootout performance that acc…
In my 30-plus years as a Missouri Tigers fan, I have learned many hard truths. I might never see either basketball team play in the Final Four, though I always…
The Blair Oaks Falcons played in an offense-dominated state semifinal game last season. They might get more of the same this afternoon. Blair Oaks hosts the Pa…
The South Callaway Lady Bulldogs were barely clinging to a one-point lead late in the third quarter Tuesday night. It was a much more comfortable margin by the…
Ashley Agee is ready to get back on the sidelines. The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons are ready to get back on the court. Both will get their wish tonight in the Lady…
The Blair Oaks girls wrestling program has taken steps forward every year. Getting the Lady Falcons’ first state medalist last season was a big step. They’re l…
Nick Closser had quite a game Friday night. Rarely leaving the football field, the Blair Oaks senior wide receiver/safety scored three total touchdowns (one ru…
It may not have been the prettiest of performances for the Blair Oaks Falcons, but style points don’t mean much in the state playoffs. Winning matters the most…
For the second straight season, the Blair Oaks Falcons will face an unfamiliar foe in the football state quarterfinals. Blair Oaks will have its first meeting …
Thursday night was a chance for evaluation for the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons. “It’s just little things that are all fixable things,” Blair Oaks coach Ashley Agee…
It may be the preseason, but the Tipton Lady Cardinals look like they’re in midseason form. The reigning Class 2 state champion Lady Cardinals won all three sc…
There are many hard decisions in the coaching profession. Sharon Buschjost made one of her hardest decisions Monday. The longtime Blair Oaks softball coach ann…
The Moberly Spartans may have scored first, but they never scored again. The Blair Oaks Falcons responded to Moberly’s game-opening touchdown drive with nine c…
The Moberly Spartans landed the first blow Friday night. The Blair Oaks Falcons delivered every punch the rest of the way. The Falcons tallied 59 unanswered po…
It’s a somewhat familiar opponent for the Blair Oaks Falcons, but the stakes are much higher this time around. After playing the Moberly Spartans a total of 12…
Autumn Bax added to the list of firsts for the Blair Oaks volleyball program. The senior right-side hitter, who guided Lady Falcons to their first Final Four, …
The Blair Oaks volleyball program has been talented for several years. For years, 20-win seasons, and even 30-win seasons, have been the norm for the Lady Falc…
When Southern Boone senior Alex Volkart was leading the front of the pack Saturday in the Class 3 girls cross country state championships, she would look over …
Blair Oaks senior Clara Lackman had two goals entering Saturday’s Class 3 cross country state championships. She wanted to finish in the top 30 for all-state h…
Entering the bye week, Blair Oaks told his players they have two records: 8-1 and 15-3. According to the 2023 schedule, the Falcons had an 8-1 record during th…
The Blair Oaks volleyball dynasty wouldn’t be complete without the greatest comeback in program history. So the Lady Falcons decided to rewrite history themsel…