Area Sports

by Mark Cheffey The Marion County R-II girls basketball team is hopeful of improvement this season thanks to returning experience. The Lady Mustangs lost one starter from last season due to graduation, so have four returning starters joined by three returning letter winners. “We are still what I consider a young team with only two…

The Marion County R-II girls basketball team lost a tough season opener, 34-31, at home to Paris. The Lady Mustangs got out to a 12-6 lead as Kennedy Hathaway and Riley Holt both scored five points to start the game. Paris went on a 9-5 run to climb to within two going into half time…

by Mark Cheffey While the numbers are small, the new coaches of the PHS boys and girls wrestling team are excited about the coming season. The boys team has eight athletes and the girls team has seven, but Dalton Huffman, boys coach and Isaac Williamson, girls coach, both of whom have wrestling backgrounds, see quality…

by Mark Cheffey PHS track and field standout, Kandra King will continue her throwing at Iowa State University next year. The defending Class 3 state championships in both the discus and shot put chose ISU for track and field and academics over other choices that included University of Central Missouri and Missouri Southern. King said…

Three members of the Marion County R-II boys cross country team competed in the Class 1, Missouri State High School Activities Association cross country championships held at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia Friday. Porter Britt (left), a junior, led the Mustangs with a 37th finish out of 170 runners in a time…

Six Panthers were named to the 2023 Clarence Cannon Conference All-Conference Football Team as determined by the coaches. Aaron Ritchey, a senior running back, earned first team offense honors as a running back while Tyler Zeiger, a senior lineman, and Gideon Bogue, a senior linebacker, made first team defense. Bogue was also named the conference…

Turnovers and a struggling offense, led to a 14-0 season- ending loss for Palmyra at Clark County in the district football quarterfinals Friday. The Panther defense kept Palmyra in it throughout the game and trailed 7-0 at the half, but four turnovers thwarted any opportunities to score while the Indians found the end zone one…

Three members of the Marion County R-II boys cross country team are headed to the state meet after qualifying at districts held at Mokane Saturday. Competing at the Class 1, District 3 meet hosted by South Callaway High School, Levi Wright, Porter Britt and Rheo Schluckebier all won advancement to the Class 1 state meet…

Members of the PHS boys cross country team failed to qualify for the state meet during qualifying at the district meet at Mokane Saturday. Competing in the Class 3, District 3 meet hosted by South Callaway, none of the five Panthers finished high enough to move on.   Carter Harper led Palmyra with a 60th…