Area Sports

Three Lady Panthers were named to the 2023 Clarence Cannon Conference All-Conference Softball team.  Lexie Peuster, a senior, was a unanimous selection to the first team as an outfielder. Hailey Kroeger, a senior, was named to the second team as a catcher. And, Alaina Loman, a senior, received honorable mention as an infielder. Peuster, a…

The PHS varsity football team ended the regular season with a 55-0 loss at South Shelby Friday. It turned out to be the Cardinals celebration of completing a perfect 7-0 Clarence Cannon Conference championship. The Panthers (2-7, 2-5 CCC) fought hard early on, stopping the Cardinals first drive and holding them to a first-quarter field…

The PHS varsity softball team was hoping to pull off one more upset and advance to the state playoffs but fell to top-seeded Winfield, 8-4, in the Class 3, District 3 Tournament Championship game last Tuesday. A day after destroying second-seeded Wright City, 24-10,  the Lady Panthers (9-16) scored the first three runs of the…

Ava Weiman finished in a two-way tie for 64th place at the Class 2 MSHSAA Girls Golf Championship last Tuesday in Joplin. Playing at the Twin Hills Golf and Country Club last Monday and Tuesday, Weiman shot identical rounds of 112 on the par 72 course to tie Strafford’s Chesney Beckler. It was Weiman’s last…

The PHS boys cross country team placed 18th out of 22 teams at the Bowling Green Invitational meet Friday. Carter Harper led the Panthers with a 52nd place finish out of 167 runners in a time of 19:05.82. He was followed by: Jacob Barnes, 62nd place, 19:25.29; Wesley Summers, 75th place, 19:53.16; Ashton Lovegreen, 142nd…

The Marion County R-II boys cross country team took 17th place out of 22 teams at the Bowling Green Invitational meet, Friday. Levi Wright led the Mustangs with a 36th place finish out of 167 runners in a time of 18:27.83. He was followed by: Porter Britt, 60th place, 19:22.27; Rheo Schluckebier, 76th place, 19:53.44;…

The PHS varsity football team scored early and often while shutting down the opposition, with some help from Highland miscues, to notch a 44-0 win on the home field Friday. The victory pushed the Panthers (2-6 overall, 2-4 CCC) into sixth place in the conference and fifth place in the Class 2, District 7 standings…

The PHS softball varsity softball team advanced to the district semifinals last Thursday with a wild 16-14 win over sixth-seeded Orchard Farm in a game which started with both teams scoring 11 runs in the first inning. Palmyra (8-15) was to take on second-seeded Wright City in the semifinals Monday. Results were not available for…

The PHS girls tennis team saw its season come to an end with a 5-3 loss to Father Tolton Regional Catholic in a Class 1 sectionals last Monday in Columbia. Meanwhile Palmyra’s doubles pair of Molly Gottman and Laura Noland bowed out of the Class 1 State Individual Championships after reaching the quarterfinals Friday. The…

Palmyra’s Ava Weiman advanced to the Class 2 State girls golf tournament after qualifying at the district tournament in St. Louis last Monday. The senior shot a 97 on the par 72 Quail Creek Golf Club to finish 13th overall in the 53-player field. She was to play Monday and Tuesday of this week at…