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Capital City volleyball posts sweep vs. Eugene on Senior Night
Thursday night belonged to the Capital City volleyball seniors. The Lady Cavaliers’ four seniors, middle hitter Jada Anderson, outside hitter Payton Becker and…
Stories by Greg Jackson
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Subscriber ExclusiveCapital City softball blanks Union on Senior Night
The Capital City Lady Cavaliers finished their softball regular season on a high note. “It was a good game to get us going in the right direction,” Capital Cit…
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Friday Football: Blair Oaks defense keeps Eldon out of end zone
The Blair Oaks Falcons have a number of goals they want to accomplish each week. One of those goals is to not allow big plays on defense. Only giving up one bi…
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Subscriber ExclusiveBlair Oaks blanks Eldon 55-0 for Homecoming win
Through six weeks, the Blair Oaks Falcons and the Eldon Mustangs found the end zone often this season, combining for 93.5 points per game. Only one team found …
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Goal Lines: Blair Oaks prepares for passing game from Eldon offense
It’s something the Blair Oaks Falcons have seen before, just not against the Eldon Mustangs. For the fourth time in seven games, the Falcons will face a wing-T…
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Subscriber ExclusiveJefferson City softball upends Southern Boone for 3-1 win
The Jefferson City Lady Jays are finding flaws with the transitive property of inequality. Jefferson City lost two games earlier this season to the Blair Oaks …
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Subscriber ExclusiveBlair Oaks volleyball defeats Helias in four sets
With the calendar turning the page to the month of October, it very much felt like postseason volleyball Tuesday night at Blair Oaks High School. In a match th…
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Blair Oaks rolls past Hickman to sweep home softball schedule
Winning every game at the Falcon Athletic Complex may not have been a goal this season for the Blair Oaks softball team, but the Lady Falcons were still able t…
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Press Box: Wainwright closes career in perfect fashion
Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals made the right decision. A week after Wainwright earned his 200th career win on the mound, the 42-year-old right-ha…
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Friday Football: Blair Oaks pushes past early fumble to rout Seaman
It was all too familiar of a start for the Blair Oaks Falcons. In Week 2, Blair Oaks lost a fumble deep in its own territory on its first possession, Lutheran …
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Blair Oaks stays focused in victory against Seaman
It was far from an ideal start for the Blair Oaks Falcons. Blair Oaks lost a fumble on its first play from scrimmage, then the Seaman Vikings scored a touchdow…
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Goal Lines: Blair Oaks hosts Seaman, Kan., in rare midseason meeting
The Blair Oaks Falcons will be taking a rare midseason break from Tri-County Conference play. And for just the third time in the program’s 48 seasons, Blair Oa…
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Subscriber ExclusiveFatima softball dominates in win vs. Blair Oaks
On paper, it was the No. 1-ranked team against No. 3. On the scoreboard, it wasn’t quite that close. The first five Fatima batters reached base Wednesday night…
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Subscriber ExclusiveTimely timeout helps Capital City volleyball get past Fatima
The Capital City volleyball team went on a run, then Fatima went on a run. In what started as a back-and-forth battle, the Lady Cavaliers used an 8-1 run to en…
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Friday Football: Falcons score eight rushing touchdowns vs. Pirates
When Blair Oaks senior offensive lineman Cole Peters emerged from the locker room, the T-shirt he was wearing summed up the Falcons’ 56-27 Tri-County Conferenc…
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Blair Oaks scores on every possession in win against Boonville
When the Blair Oaks offense had the football, the Falcons found the end zone. Every. Single. Possession. Blair Oaks had the ball for eight drives, each resulti…
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Goal Lines: Blair Oaks faces Boonville in matchup full of offensive threats
The Blair Oaks Falcons remember the past two times they visited Boonville very well. The score was constantly changing on the scoreboard in both games in 2021.…
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Blair Oaks wins 13th straight Tri-County volleyball championship
Another year, another Tri-County Conference championship for the Blair Oaks volleyball team. The Lady Falcons clinched at least a share of their 13th consecuti…
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Mitchell leads Jefferson City volleyball to sweep vs. Blair Oaks
It was Maddie Mitchell’s world Tuesday night, and everyone else was living in it. The Jefferson City junior right-side hitter/setter nearly had a triple-double…
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Blair Oaks posts win vs. Fulton in state-ranked softball clash
The Fulton Lady Hornets have one of the most potent softball offenses in Mid-Missouri. The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons knew their best chance to compete Monday nig…
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Jefferson City battles throughout Classic, posts 2-2 record
The Jefferson City Lady Jays only played in a single one-run game through their first 12 contests this season. They played in three one-run games this weekend …
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Friday Football: Blair Oaks defense shuts down California
The California Pintos lost yardage on their first five offensive plays. It was truly a sign of things to come. The Blair Oaks Falcons held the Pintos to just 3…
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Blair Oaks dominates California 69-0 in career win No. 200 for LePage
It was as close to a perfect night as the Blair Oaks Falcons could have delivered. Blair Oaks scored a total of 10 touchdowns, including three in the second ha…
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Goal Lines: Blair Oaks hosting California in Tri-County Conference contest
The Blair Oaks Falcons are a couple of offensive possessions away from being a 3-0 team. The California Pintos, on the other hand, are one play away from being…
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Blair Oaks volleyball rolls past California in conference match
For the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons, the road to a Tri-County Conference volleyball championship has had to go through the California Lady Pintos for the past seve…
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Three-run fifth inning sends Blair Oaks softball past Helias
All it took for the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons was one inning. Despite committing five errors and falling behind early to the Helias Lady Crusaders, Blair Oaks us…
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Helias gets past Capital City in CMAC volleyball match
It was for the best Monday night’s matchup between the Helias Lady Crusaders the Capital City Lady Cavaliers was played under rally scoring and not side out sc…
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Big day at plate for Fatima as Lady Comets romp to pair of victories
The Fatima Lady Comets gave their bats quite a workout Saturday afternoon. Fatima scored 31 runs and pounded out 28 hits, sweeping a doubleheader against the H…
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Friday Football: Luckett surpasses 100 yards rushing in Blair Oaks win
Eli Luckett had been waiting for a game like this for nearly two years. Luckett transferred to Blair Oaks prior to the 2022 season after playing at Richard Mon…
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Late second-quarter touchdown sparks Blair Oaks past Osage
It was the momentum play the Blair Oaks Falcons desperately needed. Facing fourth-and-goal with less than 30 seconds to play before halftime, Tyler Bax threw a…
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Goal Lines: Blair Oaks starts Tri-County schedule at Osage
The School of the Osage Indians had one of the biggest in-season turnarounds in 2022. Osage dropped its first three games of the season, allowing more than 40 …
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Capital City battles to volleyball win against St. Clair
It’s a win, but it wasn’t as convincing as the Capital City volleyball team wanted it to be. The Lady Cavaliers won the first two sets, but then the St. Clair …
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Press Box: Jones needs to be team player for Chiefs
It’s time for Chris Jones to get to Kansas City. After holding out since the start of Chiefs training camp, it’s likely the All-Pro defensive tackle will miss …
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Friday Football: Lutheran North wins for first time in four tries vs. Blair Oaks
Mistake after mistake plagued the Lutheran North Crusaders in each of their first three meetings against the Blair Oaks Falcons. On Friday, the Crusaders playe…
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Lutheran North holds off Blair Oaks in state-ranked clash
It may have been only a Week 2 matchup, but Friday night at the Falcon Athletic Complex resembled more of a state playoff game than a typical non-conference co…
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Goal Lines: Blair Oaks expects stiff test from Lutheran North
The Blair Oaks defense has risen to the occasion the past two times it has played the Lutheran North Crusaders. In the Class 3 state quarterfinals in 2020, the…
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Blair Oaks softball blanks Eugene 4-0 in home opener
If you’re going to make mistakes, they tend to be easier to tolerate in a win. Despite a few baserunning miscues and a couple of fielding hiccups, the Blair Oa…
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Capital City softball bookends big innings in win vs. Linn
It was a strong start by the Capital City softball team. It was a strong finish, too. The Lady Cavaliers scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning and…
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Blair Oaks tops Sullivan in home opener for Lueckenhoff
It was a happy homecoming for Danielle Lueckenhoff. The Blair Oaks volleyball coach won her home debut Tuesday at her alma mater with relative ease. The Lady F…
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Friday Football: Bax shines in first start, leads Falcons past Spoofhounds
In the first game after the Hair era, the Blair Oaks offense showed everything is going to be all right. Tyler Bax, the Falcons’ sophomore quarterback, totaled…
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Complete effort leads Blair Oaks past Maryville 41-14
In Week 1, the Blair Oaks Falcons won the battle in all three facets of the football game. Quarterback Tyler Bax threw for three touchdowns and rushed for anot…
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Graduation leaves Helias volleyball with some new faces
The Helias Lady Crusaders are going to look a little different this year, graduating eight seniors from last season’s roster that produced a district champions…
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Capital City volleyball has postseason ambitions
Last season was a good season for the Capital City volleyball team. They recorded plenty of firsts in the program’s fourth season, highlighted by winning their…
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Bigger numbers for Blair Oaks boys, girls cross country
The numbers are looking good for the Blair Oaks cross country teams. If the numbers help produce the results they want, it could be a great postseason for the …
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Goal Lines: Falcons out to defend state title with ‘chip on their shoulder’
For the fifth time in program history, the Blair Oaks Falcons are coming off a state championship. There aren’t many “firsts” remaining ahead of the program’s …
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Goal Lines: Russellville realizes expectations are high following eight-win year
It didn’t take the Russellville Indians long to find success on the football field. In just its third varsity season last fall, Russellville won its first seve…
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Blair Oaks getting softball season off to a busy start
Usually, it takes the Blair Oaks softball team a full week before it plays its third game of the season. By the end of Day 1 of the 2023 season, the Lady Falco…
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Lueckenhoff takes over Blair Oaks program looking for third straight state title
Danielle Lueckenhoff is ready to be back on the Blair Oaks sideline. She’s returning to coach her alma mater on the volleyball court, and that starts today in …
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Helias girls tennis looks to build in Year 2 under Maassen
Year 1 was a good season for Helias girls tennis coach Molly Maassen. A team district championship and a doubles team that qualified for the state tournament i…
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Blair Oaks uses Jamboree as opportunity to test itself
The Blair Oaks Falcons had been planning for the Maryville Spoofhounds all week. They took a break for a few hours Friday night to face the Helias Crusaders an…
