Area Sports

by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls tennis team went into district’s this week after suffering only their second duel loss of the season, 5-4, to Hannibal at home Thursday. Winning singles matches were Maura Gottman, 8-4, and Jaynee Durst, 8-0. Reese Gottman lost 9-8 after a 7-4 tiebreaker. Winning doubles matches were Katy Rindom and…

The PHS girls golf team took third place at the 13-team Brookfield Invitational Tournament Thursday. Mallory Comstock had a big day, shooting a career-best 87 to win individual title honors, a shot ahead of Brookfield’s Demi Donway. Overall, Palmyra shot a 414 to finish 23 strokes behind first-place Brookfield and just one shot behind runner-up…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS football team defended their No. 1 state ranking with a 30-20, fourth-quarter comeback win at home over Monroe City Friday. Trailing 20-14 with 10:42 left in regulation, the Panthers (5-0, 2-0 CCC) scored twice in a little over two minutes time before holding on for their first Mayor’s Cup victory…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS cross country teams competed in the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, and the girls came away with a first place finish in their division. “They ran really well and did exactly what we have been working on, which was slowly working up the leader board and gaining on teams throughout…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls golf team third took place at an 11-team tournament at Kirksville Tuesday. But, the Lady Panthers shot a 415 to finish just four shots behind the first-place team from Brookfield. Other schools competing were Kirksville, Macon, Mexico, Putnam County, Hannibal, Marceline, Schuyler County, Capital City and Fulton.  Mallory Comstock…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls tennis team went 3-0 this past week, winning matches against Hannibal, Kirksville and Father Tolton. Palmyra (7-1-1) capped the week with a 7-2 win at home over Father Tolton. Winning singles matches were Jaynee Durst, 8-2; Reese Gottman, 8-5; Bianca Perkins, 8-2; and Rylee Ingram, 8-4. Winning the three…

The PHS varsity girls softball team went to 2-2 in Clarence Cannon Conference play with a 3-1 loss at Macon Thursday. The Lady Tigers strung together four singles and took advantage of a Palmyra fielding error to score all three of their runs in the third inning. Held in check the first six innings, Palmyra…

The Panthers will stay home this Friday to host the annual Mayor’s Cup game against Monroe City. Palmyra’s perennial rival comes into the contest with a 3-1 record after suffering their first loss at home Friday to Centralia, 18-0. Monroe City opened the season with a 34-32, double-overtime win over South Callaway before earning big…

The PHS football team earned their first Clarence Cannon Conference victory with a 24-6 win at Brookfield Friday. The Panthers (4-0 overall, 1-0 CCC) learned what it was like to fall behind for the first time this season when the Bulldogs scored a late first-quarter touchdown, but Palmyra then scored four unanswered touchdowns, two on…

by Mark Cheffey After going 11 days without playing a game, the Lady Panther softball team made up it by playing four games this past week, going 2-2. The Lady Panthers (4-4) broke a two game losing streak with a 5-2 win at Monroe City to cap off the week Saturday. Palmyra received some help…