Whitney Barnes

Improvement is paramount this time of year in any sport, and the Marshall swimmers are doing just that.Although the overall team results don’t show it, several Owls turned in personal-record performances at two events recently.At the meet at Hannibal on Oct.

Madison Kisner’s first year as Marshall Lady Owls’ volleyball head coach ended when the Lady Owls dropped the quarterfinal-round match in the Class 4, District 7 Tournament last Wednesday night.The eighth-seeded Lady Owls reached the quarterfinal match by beating ninth-seeded Raytown South three sets to one (25-23, 22-25, 25-7, 25-22) on Oct.

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Marshall’s soccer boys made two trips to Columbia last week and came away with a split.Three nights after suffering a 5-0 loss at Class 4 Rock Bridge, the Owls rebounded to throttle Father Tolton Catholic 7-1 Thursday.Junior Nicholas Tsurkan led the offensive charge by netting hat trick.Four other Owls — sophomore Josiah Garcia-Ramos, junior Brandon Gutierrez, junior Santiago Rodriguez and senior Jonathan Quintana — netted one goal each.The only blemish on the scoresheet was an own goal that kept sophomore netminder Christian Moreno from recording his 12th shutout of the season.The Owls jumped to a 3-0 lead by halftime.Tsurkan’s scored unassisted in the second minute.Garcia-Ramos made it 2-0 in the 15th minute off a feed from junior Ivan Argueta.Just a minute later, Tsurkan scored his second unassisted goal.The own goal made it 3-1 in the fourth minute of the second half, but Gutierrez scored off an assist from junior Danis Alvarez just three minutes later.Tsurkan completed his hat trick with a successful penalty kick in the 23rd minute.Rodriguez and Quintana netted unassisted goals in the 34th and 40th minutes.The Owls improved to 17-5.The Owls closed out the regular season with an NCMC game at Kirksville Monday.