October 2024

Kirksville spoils Owls’ homecoming

In week four, mistakes on the first two kickoffs of the game put the Marshall Owls behind by two touchdowns.The Owls cleaned up that part of their game for week five, but the visiting Kirksville Tigers were still able to get several short fields and proved tough to stop.The Tigers scored 20 points in each half and won the North Central Missouri Conference matchup 40-0 on Cecil Naylor Field.The win kept the Tigers unbeaten on the season — 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the NCMC.

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MHS harriers compete at Gans Creek meet

More than 230 girls competed in the girls’ 5K race at the Gans Creek cross-country meet in Columbia last Saturday.Although not medaling, the Lady Owls had several PRs (personal-record times) or close to it, according to head coach Amanda Van Winkle.Leading the finishers for the Lady owls was sophomore Melissa Reyes in 88th place in 23 minutes, 40.3 seconds.Van Winkle said senior Eliza Papreck ran the best she has since her freshman season when she turned in a time of 24:08.1 for 110th place.Sophomore Teresa Fuentes-Romero improved on her PR “by a lot,” according to Van Winkle.

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Owls suffer first loss on soccer pitch

In another close battle on the soccer pitch with the Hannibal Pirates, the Marshall Owls came up just short.After the two teams batted to a scoreless draw through the first half and 14 minutes of the second half, the Pirates netted the game’s only goal off a free kick in a 1-0 decision on the Pirates’ home turf last Saturday.A foul was called on the Owls about 25 yards from the MHS goal on the left side with just over 26 minutes remaining.Pirate senior Kevin Westhoff curled his shot toward the goal over the top of all the MHS defenders and HHS attackers.

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