SPORTS EDITOR The Santa Fe track and field girls finished fourth and the boys eighth at the Bill Hamann Invitational at Lexington Thursday. The Lady Chiefs had two second-place finishers, one third, five fourths, three fifths, three sixths, three sevenths and two eighths.
Wednesday, May 3-Friday, May 5 High School Wednesday, May 3 Girls and Boys Track and Field Marshall at Smith-Cotton Open, TBA Baseball Sweet Springs at Slater, TBA Thursday, May 4 Boys Golf Marshall at Macon Triangular, 4 p.m. Slater at Class 1, District 2 Tournament, Heritage Hills, Moberly, 9 a.m.
SPORTS EDITOR Senior Logan Alspach fired a medalist round of 4-over-par 40, and the Marshall Owls defeated Sacred Heart and Slater in a golf triangular at Indian Foothills Golf Course in Marshall Thursday.
SPORTS EDITOR Despite not connecting on a penalty kick in the second half, Marshall junior soccer phenom Kiki Simic accounted for three of her team’s goals in a 4-0 nonconference victory over Odessa at the MHS Sports Complex Tuesday. “After that loss to Camdenton, the ladies said they didn’t want to lose any more this season,” MHS first-year head coach Duglas Lopez said.
The Marshall Owls won three events and the Sweet Springs Greyhounds two at the Smith-Cotton Invitational Tuesday in Sedalia. Marshall junior Stephen Caviness was a triple event winner.
All five Marshall Owl golfers shot better rounds than the host Odessa Bulldogs in a dual match at Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond Tuesday. Medalist was MHS junior Reece Tyler with a 41.
Through April 25 Conf. Overall Hannibal 7-0 10-6 Marshall 6-1 12-3 Moberly 4-4 9-7 Kirksville 4-5 5-6 Mexico 1-6 2-15-1 Fulton 0-6 0-12 .
Competing against athletes from eight other schools at the Smith-Cotton Invitational in Sedalia Tuesday, the Marshall Lady Owls track and field team posted wins in four events. Sophomore Shelley Thompson won the 400-meter dash in a personal record (PR) time of 1 minute, 4.76 seconds.
SPORTS EDITOR It’s been a bit of a struggle for the Marshall Owls to put all three facets - pitching, hitting and defense - together in more than a game here and there. The struggle continued Tuesday.
