Area Sports

The PHS varsity softball team went 1-1 last week with a win over Clark County and a loss to Bowling Green. The Lady Panthers lost 8-7 in extra innings at Bowling Green  to go 3-5 on the season. Trailing 4-0, Palmyra took the lead with three runs in the third and four in the fourth.…

The PHS boys cross country team took seventh place out of 11 teams at the QND Raider Classic in Quincy, Ill. last Tuesday. Palmyra scored 173 points to finish behind Quincy High School, 41, Bowling Green, 45, Kirksville, 123, Clark County, 134, Liberty (Ill.), 161, and Warsaw (Ill.), 169, but ahead of Monroe City, 193,…

The PHS varsity girls tennis team opened the season 3-2 with victories over Moberly, Hannibal and Fulton while falling to Quincy Notre Dame and Macomb, (lll.). “We lost four seniors who played varsity last year, but the players who have stepped into those varsity spots have done well,” said Coach Alysha Barnett. “We had a…

The Marion County R-II boys cross country team took ninth place out of 11 teams at the Quincy Notre Dame Raider Classic last Tuesday. Levi Wright led the way with a 17th place finish out of 82 runners in a time of 18:27.41. He was soon followed by Porter Britt at 24th place in a…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS varsity football team could not pull out a win, but did show some big play offense and big stop defense in a 35-24 loss at home to an undefeated Centralia squad Friday night. The Panthers (0-3 overall, 0-1 CCC) piled up 484 yards of offense that included a 161 rushing…

The PHS varsity softball team opened Clarence Cannon Conference play with a 13-0 home loss to Monroe City Thursday. Monroe City pounded out 14 hits while holding Palmyra to one over five innings. Arizona Mitchell pitched four innings for Palmyra and was relieved by Riley Sutter. Monroe City’s Lucy Pratt pitched a complete game one-hitter,…

The PHS boys cross country team took third place out of eight teams at its own invitational meet Saturday at Flower City Park. The Panthers finished with 95 points to place behind South Shelby, 56, and Clark County, 88, but ahead of Paris, 96, Mark Twain, 104, Monroe City, 120, Marion County, 122, and Hannibal…

Ava Weiman and Candra King (left) earned third place medals at Paris last Wednesday after both shot 81s and placed among of 42 other pairings. The pair were also honored during senior night last Thursday (right). (Contributed photos)

The Marion County R-II boys cross country team opened the season by competing in the Palmyra Invitational meet Saturday in Flower City Park. Junior Levi Wright led the Mustangs with a seventh place finish at 19:08.92 and was followed by Porter Britt, a junior, 14th, at 20:07.97.   Also competing were: Rheo Schluckebier, 22nd, 21:00.74;…

The Marion County R-II softball team went to 2-2 to start the season. The Lady Mustangs opened the two wins, 15-8, at Novinger, Aug. 29, and 7-6 at home over Atlanta, Aug. 31. They then lost at home to Knox County, 12-11, last Tuesday, before falling at home, 13-1, to South Shelby. This week, Marion…