Sports
Lady ‘Hounds split four games at Joplin Tournament
The Sweet Springs softball team won its first game — 18-0 over Adrian — lost its next two — 13-3 to Mt. Vernon and 1-0 to Purdy — and ended the Joplin Tournament with a 9-2 victory over Exeter to finish the event with a 2-2 mark.
MHS boys’ tennis team falls in first two matches of season
Marshall’s boys’ tennis team lost its first two duals of the season.
Valley men’s volleyball team sweeps UHSP
The No. 3 Missouri Valley College men’s volleyball team traveled to St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday evening, for a Heart of America Athletic Conference match against Health Sciences & Pharmacy (Mo.). The Vikings swept their way to a victory by scores of 25-18, 25-18, 25-15.
Owls drop both games at home triangular
After battling back from a 7-5 deficit to tie the game with two tallies in the bottom of the seventh, and failing to push across the winning run in tat frame and again in the ninth inning with a runner in scoring position each time, the host Marshall Owls eventually fell to the Chillicothe Hornets 12-7 in their second game of a triangular baseball event Saturday, March 22.
Lady Owls win three events at Smith-Cotton Quadrangular
Marshall Lady Owls claimed 13 finishes in the top three of events — including three event wins — at the Smith-Cotton Quadrangular Friday, March 21.
Lady Owls win two of three at Chillicothe Soccer Tourney
After dropping their opening match of the season 6-0 to North Central Missouri Conference rival Kirksville, Lorena Reyes’ Marshall lady owls’ soccer team rebounded with a 6-3 win over Chillicothe and a 5-1 victory over Lone Jack.
Greyhounds open with slugfest win over Stover
Pounding 13 hits, the visiting Sweet Springs Greyhound baseball team opened the 2025 season with a 16-8 victory at Stover March 21.
Lady Chiefs open season with resounding win
Vada Johnson’s Santa Fe Lady Chiefs’ softball team pounded 14 hits, including three home runs and downed Kingsville 11-4 in the season opener March 21.
Wildcats suffer pair of tough losses
Slater is 0-2 in Eric Brayman’s initial campaign as head coach, but the Wildcats played tough in each of their losses to open the season.