October 24, 2020
Southern Boone traveled a few miles north on Monday evening to take on the Father Tolton Trailblazers (5-12) in Columbia. The game was possibly a preview of the District 3 Championship match that will take place in Ashland on November 4. An air temperature in the 40s with a brisk northerly breeze made it the
In spite of playing some quality football, the Southern Boone Eagles fell to Blair Oaks 42-21 in Friday’s Tri-County Conference challenge. The Eagles won the time-of-possession battle holding the ball for more than 35 minutes to the Falcons 13 minutes. But Blair Oaks had bigger plays that propelled them to the win. Eagles Head Coach
The Lady Eagles softball team’s effort to come back from four runs down in the sixth inning came up just short, as they fell 5-4 to Mexico on Wednesday. Southern Boone got things moving in the second inning with Shelby Reeder hitting a solo homer. In the bottom of the second inning Mexico tied things
The high school cross country team had a successful Tri-County Conference meet in Eldon. High school athletes ran on a course that was scenic but had some challenging hills. Both the girls team and the boys team were successful in the conference meet. The hard work and preparation each day that the athletes put in,
It has been another busy week for the Lady Eagles Volleyball team as they prepare for districts at the end of the month. On Monday they took on Versailles at home and won in 3 sets without much difficulty. Then they travelled to Hallsville where they appeared to be out of sync. They won the
Some might have expected the Southern Boone varsity soccer team to be a bit rusty after having a ten-day break between games, but that wasn’t the case. Last Thursday evening, after the senior players celebrated Teacher Appreciation Night on their home field, the varsity squad improved to 13-0 on the season against a much-improved Fulton
The Lady Eagles travelled to Eldon twice over the past week. On Monday they faced a tough Mustang team. The Eagles started off a little slow and fell in the first set, but then they clicked and won the second set. Eldon fought back, taking the third set. The Eagles continued to fight back and
Since their mercy-rule victory over Canton on Oct. 5, the Southern Boone Soccer team (12-0) has had to wait to face their next opponent. A matchup that was scheduled to take place in Westphalia last Thursday against Fatima was canceled due to COVID issues with the Osage County school. The long break between games will
Lily and Lila Frazier earned All-District honors and have thus qualified for the state 2A Girls Golf State Championship. District competition was held Monday at Eagle Knoll in extremely windy conditions on a course set up to challenge all participants. Lily shot an 89 to finish 6th overall. “Lily didn’t have her best ball striking
By Frank Finley The Southern Boone football team took a long bus ride to Tonganoxie, Kansas, for a Saturday afternoon game that was a last minute arrangement when the Eagles were not able to play their scheduled opponent, Osage, on Friday night due to roster limitations due to COVID. Facing a team they had never
