Area Sports

The PHS Lady Panthers golf team recently won a tri-meet at Macon also involving Putnam County. Palmyra carded a 212, while Macon scored a 233 and Putnam County a 246. Palmyra’s Ella Goldinger led all golfers with a 46, and was followed on the team by Kaylee Begley, 55, Haylie Begley, 55, Ava Weiman, 56,…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS varsity football team was in the game for the first three quarters Friday, before Centralia got its big-play offense going to hand Palmyra a third-straight road loss to start the season, 35-0. Palmyra trailed 7-0 at halftime and 14-0 going into the fourth quarter when Centralia struck hard with two…

The PHS varsity softball team suffered an 11-3 loss in its first conference game of the season Thursday at Monroe City. The host team scored four runs in the first inning and lead 7-0 before Palmyra scored two runs in the fourth. Palmyra (4-4) committed seven errors to contribute to six unearned runs in the…

The PHS boys and girls cross country teams hosted the Palmyra Invitational meet Saturday morning in Flower City Park. The Panthers finished fifth out of six teams. Meanwhile, The Lady Panthers did not qualify a team score, but two of their runners finished in the top five. Alyssa Noland took second place with a time…

The Lady Panthers tennis team opened the season Aug. 30 with a 9-0 win at Moberly. Winning singles matches were: Maura Gottamn (1), 8-6, over Kristyn Kruse; Molly Gottman (2), 8-3, over Hallie Kroner; Jeorgia O’Brien (3), 8-3, over Aleiya Myers; Kadlie Kroeger (4), 8-1, over Samantha Carl; Abbey Mann (5), 8-0, over Adeline Chang;…

The PHS varsity girls golf team took fourth place at the 17-team Paris Scramble last Wednesday. The Lady Panthers shot a 180 to finish behind only New Bloomfield (176), Centralia (176) and Hallsville (178), but ahead of Cairo (181), Marceline (183), Salibury (184), Harrisburg (185), Moberly (196) and Brookfield (197). Seven other schools did not…

The PHS varsity football team could not stop the opposition for the second week in a row and paid for it with a 71-12 blasting at Bowling Green Friday. The Bobcats scored 10 touchdowns, including nine in the first half in claiming just their second win over Palmyra over the years, and their first at…

The PHS Lady Panther varsity softball team evened its early season record to 3-3 with victories against Louisiana and Mark Twain last week. Kennedy Wilson pitched a three-hit, complete-game shutout in Palmyra’s 4-0 win in the home opener over Louisiana last Tuesday. The right-hander struck out five and walked one, on 88 pitches, 60 of…

The PHS varsity girls golf team took first place at a quad hosted by Mexico Thursday. The Lady Panthers carded a 221 to beat out the host team, Southern Boone and Harrisburg. Palmyra’s Ella Goldinger took medalist honors with a 48 Also scoring were Ava Weiman, 55, Haylie Begley, 59, Candra King, 59, and Kaylee…

by Mark Cheffey Time stops for nobody, but it was the only thing that could stop the Hallsville offense in the PHS varsity football team’s 58-20 season-opening loss on the road Friday. Hallsville’s first-team offense got the ball eight times and scored eight touchdowns. With the clock moving continuously in the fourth quarter, Hallsville’s second…