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Three Mustangs compete in state XC meet

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…

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Cardinals to host district title contest

South Shelby and Bowling Green breezed through the semifinals Friday to meet up this Friday in the Class 2, District 7 championship game to be played at 7 p.m. at Shelbina. Top-seeded South Shelby beat fourth-seeded Clark County, 43-6, while second-seeded Bowling handled Monroe City, 51-6. Both South Shelby and Bowling Green are undefeated going…

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Six Panthers make All-CCC grid squad

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…

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PHS XC compete at district meet at Mokane

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…

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Three Lady Panthers named to All-CCC squad

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…

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Panthers fall to CCC champion S. Shelby, 55-0

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…

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Lady Panthers fall to Winfield in district title game

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…

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Weiman finishes 64th at state golf tournament

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…

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