Three Marshall Lady Owl wrestlers are headed to the state tournament. Competing at the Class 1, District 2 Tournament at North Point High School in Wentzville Friday and Saturday, the top four competitors in each weight class earned spots at the state event.
Lots of happy tears were shed Saturday at Missouri Valley College’s basketball games on Senior Day Saturday. Only eight days after sophomore point guard Jace Lance collapsed during a practice and had to be resuscitated by his father, Valley head coach Chad Lance, and athletic trainer Richelle Perkins with the aid of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), Jace attended and, at times, helped coach the Vikings as they tangled with the Peru State Bobcats in a Heart of America Athletic Conference game at the Burns Athletic Center.
High School Thursday, Feb. 16 Girls and Boys Basketball Slater at Pilot Grove, 6 p.m. Santa Fe at Hardin-Central, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 Boys Wrestling Marshall at Class 2, District 4 Tournament at Excelsior Springs Girls and Boys Basketball Marshall at Chillicothe, 6:30 p.m. College Wednesday, Feb. 15 Women’s and Men’s Basketball Missouri Valley at Benedictine, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.* Thursday, Feb. 16 Women’s Wrestling Missouri Valley at University of St. Mary, Leavenworth, Kan., 7 p.m.
It was a split of Heart of America Athletic Conference games for the Missouri Valley College basketball teams versus Peru State at the Burns Athletic Complex in Marshall Saturday. On Senior Day, senior Brecon Antrillo led four Lady Vikings in double-figure scoring, en route to a 79-60 win in the opener.
The public is invited to gather on the Mar‐shall square on Sunday, March 5, at noon to watch the culmination of a Cereal Drive that kicked off on Jan. 1. The cereal boxes will be lined up like dominoes and tipped to tumble around the courthouse. The community is in‐vited to count down, cheer along, and watch the cereal boxes fall. All cereal will be donated to area food pantries on National Cereal Day, March 7.
There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about unidenti‐fied flying objects and surveillance balloons and the like. Appar‐ently, these — at least the ones over the United States and Canada — have been shot down by military aircraft.
The following marriage licenses were recorded for Jan. 21, 2023, by Saline County Recorder of Deeds Jes‑sica Baker: ‐Juan Francisco Diaz of Marshall to Rina De Jesus Lima of Marshall .
President Matt Pennock called the meeting of the Optimist Club of Marshall to order on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Bloomfield's Family restaurant. Chad Unterreiner led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Gary Pennock offered the invocation.
ROLLA — Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Fall 2022 semes‐ter. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a pos‐sible 4.0.
Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (02/15/23). Communication is your superpower this year.