Area Sports

The PHS varsity girls basketball team avenged their Monroe City Tournament Championship game loss from last year with at thrilling 56-54 win over South Shelby Saturday. The game was close well into the final quarter with the Lady Birds never leading by more than four and Palmyra by never more than seven. Down by two…

The PHS girls wrestling team competed in the Liberty-Wentzville Tournament Saturday and came away with three top-two winners. Ellyse Lorenson won the 155-pound title while Grace Fessenden (235 pound) and Janie Triplett (135 pound) took second place. Lorenson won four matches, taking first place by a 6-5 decision over Francis Howell Central’s Dana Thee Sanchez.…

Three members of the PHS boys wrestling team competed at the Liberty-Wentzville Invitational Tournament Saturday, and all three placed. Jose Juarez took third place in the 215-pound division, while Travis Spicknall (126) took fifth and Luke Lawson (113) placed sixth. Juarez won his third-place match by fall at 5:56 over Sullivan’s Jacob Patton. He won…

Given a few breaks, the Marion County R-II boys basketball team could have played in  the Monroe City Tournament consolation final, or even better. Instead, they were eliminated after losses by a combined seven points. The eighth-seeded Mustangs came close to pulling off the upset of the year in their tournament opener when they fell…

The Marion County R-II girls basketball team fell out of the Monroe City Tournament following losses to Palmyra and Highland last week. The seventh-seeded Lady Mustangs (1-5) saw their tournament run end with a 51-33 loss to sixth-seeded Louisiana in the consolation semifinals. The Lady Bulldogs held Marion County to 10 first-half points in getting…

The PHS varsity boys basketball team are unbeaten to start the season after adding road victories last week over Mark Twain and Canton. The Panthers capped the week with a hard-fought 64-42 win at Canton Friday. The game was close until the final quarter when the Panthers finished strong with a 21-12 run. Carson Hicks…

The PHS varsity girls basketball team remained unbeaten to start the season with wins last week over Canton and Mark Twain. The Lady Panthers (3-0) received their biggest challenge so far at Canton, Friday, and came out on top, 51-44. Palmyra fell behind in the first half, 24-20, but then went on an 18-4 run…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS boys and girls wrestling team numbers are up and their new coach is excited about the outlook for a successful season. Jeremiah Reed, who excelled at wrestling at Hannibal-LaGrange University, where he was named Athlete of the Year in 2018, was already familiar with the PHS program and some of…

The Marion County R-II boys basketball team earned its first victories of the season at home over Community and Bevier last week. The Mustangs (2-2) capped the successful week with a resounding 68-27 victory over Bevier, Thursday. Leading by just seven points at the half, the Mustangs (2-2) put the game in hand by out-scoring…

The Marion County R-II girls basketball team earned its first win of the season, 52-24, at home over Bevier, Thursday. The Lady Mustangs (1-3) got out to a 10-6 lead before going on a 19-6 run to go into halftime up by 17. They then opened the second half with an 18-8 run to put…