A light Mexico High School sports schedule Monday saw the Lady Bulldogs bow to NCMC rival Boonville at home in tennis, while the football JV Bulldogs won at Monroe City.
GIRLS TENNIS: Boonville claimed an 8-4 varsity victory, dropping the Mexico record to 1-2 overall and 1-1 conference. The match came on the heels of Mexico’s participation in the Osage Invitational on Saturday.
“We’ve played a lot of tennis the past three days and the girls are discovering the areas in their game where we need to improve on,” MHS coach Jan Hoth said. “The girls are competing and constantly putting forth effort to better their game and that’s all anyone can ask.”
MEXICO VS. BOONVILLE
Singles Results
1: Abby Orscheln of Mexico vs. Paige Davis: Orscheln lost 1-10.
2: Liesl Walser of Mexico vs. Ahsley Wineland: Walser won 10-7.
3: Caroline Finck of Mexico vs. Rachel Kenney: Finck won 10-4.
4: Carrie Finck of Mexico vs. Anna Fray: Finck lost 3-10.
5: Ravin Palmer of Mexico vs. Alicia Campbell: Palmer won 10-8.
6: Morgan Swopes of Mexico vs. Lacy Green: Swopes lost 3-10.
Doubles Results
1: Orshceln/Walser of Mexico vs. Davis/Wineland: Orscheln/Walser lost 6-10.
2: Finck/Finck of Mexico vs. Kenney/Fray: Finck/Finck lost 9-11.
3: Palmer/Swopes of Mexico vs. Katy Alexander/Green: Palmer/Swopes lost 5-10.
4: Cheryl Orscheln/Aaliyah Shivers of Mexico vs. Alicia Campbell/Allie Cook: C. Orcheln/Shivers lost 3-10.
5: Kaitlyn Brooks/Lena Grubert of Mexico vs. Stephanie Schrader/Amanda Cook: Brooks/Grubert won 10-2.
6: Nandita Thapar/Tiffany Jennings of Mexico vs. Kaitlyn Krumm/Missy Richerson: Thapar/Jennings lost 3-10.
OSAGE INVITATIONAL
Caroline Finck/Carrie Finck took 3rd in doubles.
Abby Orscheln took 5th in singles.
Liesl Walser took 6th in singles.
Ravin Palmer/Morgan Swopes took 6th in double
JV FOOTBALL: Doing all the scoring in the first half, the Bulldogs topped Monroe City 14-0 in one of just two junior varsity games on their schedule due to lack of numbers.
Cletez King scored on a 6-yard run, the conversion pass going from Matt Ridgway to Dillion Jerichow. Grady Frazier also scored on a 40-yard punt return.
“We played pretty well at times, but we also had the usual first-game mistakes,” MHS coach Dave Okenfuss said. “Our linebackers played well and so did our defensive ends.”
