Bourbon Middle School track season got under way when the Warhawks traveled to Vienna last Thursday.
High School Track has started and the Warhawks competed at the Rick Buersmeyer Invitational in Fatima on April 2 and a meet at Cuba April 4.
The Bourbon Baseball Warhawks had a busy first week with a game at New Haven on April 3 and the Gasconade Valley Conference tournament in Steelville last Thursday through Saturday. The Hawks finished third in the tourney.
The Steelville High School boys and girls track teams started the season very well, competing in the Ware Are We Invitational at Grandview High School in Hillsboro on April 2. There were 12 teams competing in the meet and the boys came away with a second place overall finish, while the girls finished fourth.
The SHS varsity baseball team finished second in the Gasconade Valley Conference tournament, which was held recently in Steelville. They didn’t do as well, however, in a recent conference game at Belle.
The Steelville High School boys and girls track teams started the season very well, competing in the Ware Are We Invitational at Grandview High School in Hillsboro on April 2. There were 12 teams competing in the meet and the boys came away with a second place overall finish, while the girls finished fourth.
The BHS baseball Warhawks played two away games last week, one at St. James on April 8 and one at Steelville on April 9. The home teams won both games.
The Bourbon High School track team had a busy and successful week last week with a meet at Salem on April 9, Belle on April 11 and Cuba last Friday.
The track season is well under way and the Steelville High School teams competed in two large meets recently, traveling to Salem and Cuba. The teams went to Salem April 9, and competed against 13 other schools. The Steelville girls team finished second overall and the boys finish fourth.
Taylor Thompson looked to be in full control of his pitches in a 6-1 victory over the Steelville Cardinals last week. Thompson got the start for Cuba and went the full seven innings for the win, striking out 11 Cardinals along the way.
Ryan Bouse drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning, as the Cuba Wildcats defeated the Houston Tigers 8-7 at home last week.
Cuba baseball spent last week on the road, after a scheduled home game was moved to Desloge at the last minute due to wet field conditions. But that didn’t deter the varsity Wildcats from their winning ways. Cuba picked up wins against both St. Clair and North County as they moved to a 6-1 record on the season.
The Baseball Warhawks had a week of extremes with one win and one lost last week, making their record 3-5.
The Bourbon Middle School track team had a successful meet at Steelville last Monday.
The Steelville Cardinal baseball team earned a couple nice conference wins recently, defeating Bourbon and Viburnum.
The Steelville Middle School track teams had a nice showing at their home meet April 15. The girls’ team finished in first place and the boys took second.
The Steelville varsity baseball team has lost their last two games, falling to Grandview and Cuba.
Despite the crazy weather, the Steelville track teams have been able to participate in two meets recently. The teams traveled to Owensville and Vienna.
The Cuba High School varsity Lady Wildcats finished fourth at a 12-team track meet held in Hermann on April 24. The boys came in ninth.
Despite all the rain, the Cuba High School baseball team did manage to get one game played last week. The Wildcats earned a 5-0 victory in Steelville on April 22.
The Bourbon Middle School track team left Belle last week with four medals.
Bourbon High School track had a successful meet at Vienna on April 23.
The Bourbon Baseball Warhawks played games at Vienna and at home against Valley High School last week.
Three St. James golfers are headed to sectionals! The district meet was held April 29 at the Sullivan Country Club.
In varsity baseball, the Tigers lost a seventh-inning lead to Waynesville to lose the game 11-10 on Monday and got rolled over by Rolla 11-1 on Tuesday.
Earlier this week, St. James runner Dawson Lynch a the new record for the middle school in the 400M and the 4X400 relay with Isaac Altis, Eric Simms and Jimmy Snook. Lynch took first place in the 400M at the Cuba Invitational Monday April 29. He beat the previous middle school record with a time of 55.18 seconds.
Shelby Ridenhour led the varsity girls’ track team at the Four-Rivers Conference meet Monday, taking first place in two events in St. Clair. Ridenhour won the 100, 200, was second in the triple jump and was on the 4X100 relay team with Emily Campbell, Hannah Perona and Leah Ybarra that placed third.
With three more wins last week, the Cuba Wildcats baseball team improved to an impressive 12-1 on the 2013 season. Working around the onslaught of spring rainouts this season, the Cats have managed to get their wins whenever the opportunity presents itself. At the time of this story, Cuba had not lost a game since the season opener in the Houston Tournament versus Salem.
The Cuba varsity girls finished in a fourth-place tie with Steelville at the Class 2, District 3 track and field meet held on May 4, with both teams scoring 54 points. The Wildcat boys tallied 58 points and finished sixth as a team. Fatima swept the top spots at the meet.
The St. James varsity baseball team is headed to district tournament this weekend. The fourth-seeded varsity Tigers (8-14) will face off in the first district game against fifth-seeded Osage (4-12) at 11 a.m. Saturday in Sullivan.
The varsity baseball Tigers earned victories over Steelville and Houston last week, but lost to Rolla and Waynesville. It was a busy week with four games in five days and one weather cancellation.
Shelby Ridenhour led the varsity girls’ track team at the Four-Rivers Conference meet Monday, taking first place in two events in St. Clair. Ridenhour won the 100, 200, was second in the triple jump and was on the 4X100 relay team with Emily Campbell, Hannah Perona and Leah Ybarra that placed third.
The Bourbon Middle School track teams competed at the Cuba Middle School invitational last Monday and came away with 12 medals.
The baseball Warhawks had a successful time of last week with two wins and a loss.
The High School track team had a successful week, competing at the Gasconade Valley Conference meet last week and the district meet this past Saturday. Both meets were in Cuba.
The Steelville High School track teams competed in the Gasconade Valley Conference (GVC) and the Class 2 District meets last week. The boys’ team shared the 2013 GVC title with Vienna and is sending six athletes on to the sectional meet. The girls’ team finished fourth in the GVC meet and three ladies placed in the top four at the district meet, earning them an invite to the sectional track me...
The John F. Hodge High School varsity soccer team had some trouble last week, losing all three of their games. The Lady Tigers fell to St. Clair, Sullivan and Union.
Three St. James golfers advanced to sectional play at last week’s district tournament, which was held April 29 at the Sullivan Country Club.
The Steelville Middle School track teams traveled to Cuba on April 29. Both teams faired very well in the small schools division. The boys finished with the most overall points with 149, and the girls finished second, behind only Vienna, with 127 points.
The Steelville Cardinals baseball team hosted St. James on May 1, and couldn’t find enough runs to beat the Tigers, losing 9-5.
Grant Fleming, concluding his final collegiate tennis season at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will face the #1 seed UCLA Bruins on Friday, May 10, in Westwood, California. UMKC earned its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament by once again winning the Summit League Tournament.
Three St. James seniors went to the golf sectionals in Marshfield on May 6. Unfortunately, none will be moving on to the state tournament.
The John F. Hodge High School soccer seniors ended their home season with a win over North County 1-0 on May 9. The JV tied 2-2.
On senior night, Thursday, May 9, the Varsity Tigers baseball team defeated Crocker 14-5 to send the senior boys home on a positive note.
In the Class 4, District 9 baseball tournament Saturday in Sullivan, St. James defeated Osage 8-5 and move on to play Sullivan Monday at 4:00 p.m. The Tigers are 10-14, the Eagles 17-6.
The Steelville High School baseball team was hoping for a more exciting finish to their season, but struggled at the plate against Kingston and Dixon. They were shutout in both contests.
Four members of the St. James Tigers baseball team have been selected to the all-conference teams and one of them has been named the Four-Rivers Conference’s most valuable player.
Members of the Cuba Wildcat track team competed at the state championship meet in Jefferson City last weekend but failed to make it out of the preliminary event runs.
The St. James High School boys’ soccer team has played a game yet. The Tigers haven’t even practiced yet, but they already have their second head coach.
It has been a record-breaking track season at John F. Hodge High School and the season was not over for Shelby Ridenhour or Richard Byfield who both went to sectional meet on Saturday after the awards for the regular season were given out at the team banquet May 16. Seven school records have been broken in the 4X100, 4X200, 3200, 100, 200, long jump and triple jump. The highest number of recor...
A St. James senior will be competed in three events at the Class 3 & 4 Missouri Track Championship, which will be held Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City.
The Bourbon School District held its annual athletic awards banquet on May 15. Athletic Director Steven Vetter opened the ceremony saying that the teams have all represented Bourbon well. "I've gotten comments from officials, other coaches, and fans about our coaches and our athletes and the character that they display at the games,” he said. “They should be commended for that."
