Area Sports

by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls golf team took second in a four team match at Mexico Thursday. The Lady Panthers carded a 212 to finish behind only Southern Boone, 181, but ahead of Harrisburg, 229, and the host team, which did not complete a team score. Malory Comstock led Palmyra with a 48, with…

The Panthers will return to the road Friday to play at Bowling Green, starting at  7 p.m. The Bobcats come into the contest having lost their opener to Oak Grove, 47-19. But Panther Coach Kevin Miles said his team cannot take them for granted. “Bowling Green will be a much more physical team that we…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS varsity football team opened the season about as well as a team can by administering a 38-0 beat-down of Living Wood Christian in O’Fallon Friday. The Panthers shocked the Eagles with four second quarter touchdowns and put the game clock into continuous motion with the team’s seventh score at the…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS softball team opened the season with 1-2 at the Troy-Buchanan  Lead-Off Tournament Saturday, but were in all three games against teams from larger class schools. The Lady Panthers opened with a 9-6 error-filled loss to Winfield, dropped a 1-0 heart-breaker to Liberty-Wentzville, before winning the final game of the round-robin…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls golf team opened the 2020 season by placing second out of four teams at a match at Lake of the Woods in Columbia, hosted by Columbia Hickman. Palmyra shot a 198 to place behind only Father Tolton Catholic, 160, and ahead of Capital City, 203, and Hickman, 207. “It…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls golf team returns two players from the school’s first state qualifying team. Back for another run at the state tournament are juniors, Mallory Comstock and Madeline Jawad. Coach Chris Parsons said Comstock has a “very high ceiling and Jawad is “a hard worker and seems to be ready to…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS girls tennis team is long on numbers and a little short on varsity experience as it enters the 2020 season. Coach Jessica Gottman has 25 athletes, possibly a record, out this season but only one returning varsity player in junior Katy Rindom. “We are still completing challenge matches, so we…

by Mark Cheffey The PHS boys and girls cross country teams have 25 athletes out this year including 10 hoping to lead Palmyra to new success. “Goals, as every year, are to try and get better each day with our training and our level of competitiveness,” said Coach Nicholas Koetters. “If we do that then…

by Mark Cheffey There is a lot of new, but still a lot of the old for the 2020 PHS varsity football season. Yes, there are a lot of returning players who will be utilizing the same offensive and defensive schemes, and, of course, Head Coach Kevin Miles, who enters his 10th year leading the…

The Panthers are scheduled to open the 2020 season with a brand new opponent, as they travel to Christian High School in O’Fallon for a 7 p.m. kick-off Friday. The Class 2 Eagles enter their 11th season of football following a 7-5 campaign that ended with a 40-27 loss to Hallsville in the District 5…