The No. 15 Missouri Valley College men’s wrestling team finished the Missouri Valley Invitational Saturday inside the Burns Athletic Complex. The event featured 50 NAIA programs, including 21 ranked teams and more than 500 wrestlers. The Vikings produced one finalist, two placers and finished fifth in the team standings.
In the first 4-1/2 minutes, the Marshall Owls — as first-year head coach Mike Varner likes to put it “fed the beast” — and junior Brody Kueker came through with three baskets to keep Marshall within one.
Along with finishing ninth among the 16 teams, the Marshal Lady Owls’ swimmers set several new personal-record times at the two-day Pirate Invitational in Belton Jan. 24 and 25.
Despite winning just two of the 10 matches contended, the Marshall wrestling teams split a home dual versus Winnetonka in Jim Hargrave Gymnasium Jan. 23.
In a game that was tight through three quarters, the Boonville Pirates pulled away for a 57-42 win over the Marshall Owls on Kevin Hart Court at MHS Tuesday, Jan. 21.
Santa Fe’s basketball teams played different schools at home last Wednesday night, and neither had much success scoring the basketball.
Marshall senior Sherlyn Solano claimed the only individual title for the Lady Owls at the Sam Martin Invitational at Plattsburg Monday, Jan. 20.
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Senior Brandon Terrill scored 28 points, leading the Slater Wildcats to a 69-61 Central Activities Conference victory at Glasgow Tuesday, Jan. 21.
The Missouri Valley College men’s and women’s basketball teams traveled to Oskaloosa, Iowa, Wednesday evening, for a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader against William Penn (Iowa). The women’s team pulled away in the second half for a 64-42 win. The men’s team led throughout and earned an 87-82 victory.