Track and field

North Callaway at Hermann Open

Boys: Gavin Rasmussen 1st in 400 and 3rd in 200 and 4th in long jump, Clayton Moore 4th in 400, Chance Cunningham 2nd in 800, Gabe Heuer 3rd in 800 and 4th in 1600, Levi Drake 1st in 1600, Dillon Higgenbotham 2nd in 110 hurdles and 3rd in 300 hurdles, 1st in 4x100 relay (Dalton Brewer, Isiah Craighead, Austin Brown, Erik Blair), 1st in 4x400 relay (Rasmussen, Cunningham, Moore, Drake), Brendan Reinhard 1st in high jump, Dane Kemp 4th in high jump, Tristan Young 1st in pole vault, Aidan Martin 3rd in pole vault and 3rd in triple jump, Mathias Lobb 4th in pole vault, Isiah Craighead 1st in javelin

First out seven schools with 148 points (Russellville second with 98 points)

Girls: Pressley Schmauch 1st in 800 and 1st in 1600, Cora Tripp 2nd in 100 hurdles and 2nd in 300 hurdles, Lia Bondurant 1st in high jump and 4th in 100 hurdles, Ainsley Marx 1st in pole vault, Jalyn Leible 1st in triple jump and 2nd in long jump, 

Third out of six schools with 109 points (Russellville first with 156.5 points)

Community R-6, Van-Far at Cunningham Invitational in Louisiana

Community R-6

Boys: Ean Johnson 7th in 300 hurdles and 9th in 100

Girls: Ivy Hays 6th in javelin and 8th in discus and 8th in shot put, Chloe Johnson 7th in javelin, 

Van-Far

Boys: 3rd in 4x100 relay (Gage Gibson, Gaven Gaston, Ty Evans, Jason Baugh) Gage Gibson 7th in long jump, Evan Utterback 7th in shot put, Jackson Fischer 7th in discus, 4th in 4x200 relay (Baugh, Gaston, Gibson, Austin Selsor), 

Girls: Brooke-lynn Foreman 3rd in 1600 and 4th in 800, Abbie Shelton 6th in 800, Olivia Roed 6th in discus, McKenna Engh-Hoffman 4th in 100 hurdles and 6th in long jump

Find the  Mexico, Centralia results from the Ron Whittaker Bulldog Classic in Mexico in this photo gallery link.

Mexico, Centralia Ron Whittaker Bulldog Classic Photo Gallery

Baseball

Mexico productive innings limited in 7-2 loss to Father Tolton

Mexico could only get going one inning on Friday.

The Bulldogs hosted reigning state champion Father Tolton, losing 7-2 as they could only score in one inning and muster three hits against Connor Head. The Trailblazer pitcher struck out eight and walked one in seven innings.

The third inning was the lone inning Mexico (8-10) could score as the Bulldogs put together a two-out rally after two strikeouts to start the inning. Drew DeMint singled, Sam Ryan walked and then Andrew Runge plated both of them with a double.

The Bulldogs’ production in the third inning made it 4-2 Tolton (6-4) as Mexico allowed three runs on groundouts, one on a wild pitch and one on a balk. 

Jack Wilburn allowed six runs on seven hits in four innings as the starting pitcher and then Austin Maxwell allowed one run on one hit in three innings.

Mexico hosts the second-best team in Class 5 at 5 p.m. Monday as the Bulldogs take on Helias Catholic (12-4).

North Callaway looks to correct early loss after 11-1 win vs Vienna

North Callaway earned a second chance at California this morning.

The Thunderbirds face one of the host schools in the Versailles/California Turf War tournament after defeating Vienna 11-1 in five innings in the first round on Friday. They lost 4-3 to the Pintos earlier this season.

Against Vienna, Sam Pezold pitched all five innings while striking out nine and allowing one unearned run on one hit and no walks. 

Four Thunderbirds finished with two hits, including Carter Moore, Matthew Weber, Jordan Fishburn and Braydn O’Neal. The sophomore catcher Moore hit his first career varsity home run in the third inning, which was a two-RBI one to make it 6-0 at the time. Weber led the team with three RBI, Fishburn scored three runs and had two doubles, and O’Neal had a two-RBI triple in the fifth inning.

North Callaway (8-4) faces California (8-6), who defeated Warsaw 12-2 on Friday, at 9 a.m. this morning in California before playing again at 3 p.m.

Missouri Military Academy holds off furious Fayette rally to win 12-10

Missouri Military Academy was happy they scored two insurance runs on Friday.

The Colonels took a 10-0 lead at home against Fayette, scoring one additional run each in the third and fourth innings. Those innings were the beginning of a rally by Fayette (7-6) that saw the Falcons pull within two runs after a six-run fifth inning.

MMA (6-6) scored off an error in the third inning, and Luke Wolf picked up his second RBI after a single in the fourth inning, following a five-RBI performance on Thursday in a 13-2 win at Calvary Lutheran.

Hunter Manderson finished 3-for-3 with a double and stolen base, Charles George finished with a team-high three RBI, and Bryce Slayton and William Delaplane added two RBI each from Nos. 8-9 spots in the lineup.

The Colonels’ 13 hits counteracted four errors and five pitchers used. Anthony Melick pitched three innings to start the game, allowing one unearned run on three walks and three hits while striking out four. Caleb Atkinson lasted three innings on the mound, allowing no runs on one hit while striking out two.

MMA hosts Van-Far (0-11) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Boys tennis

Mexico’s top players shine in 6-3 loss at Kirksville

Mexico’s top two players played like the top two on Friday night.

In colder and windy conditions, the Bulldogs lost at North Central Missouri Conference foe Kirksville 6-3, winning two of their matches via tiebreakers.

No. 1 Brendan McKeown won both tiebreaker matches, coming back from a 5-2 deficit in singles to win 11-10 and then he won by the same score in doubles with partner and team No. 2 Declan Gleeson. Gleeson won his singles match 10-4.

“Although we didn't win against Kirkville (6-3, 3-1 NCMC), we all played well considering the wind and temperature,” head coach Tony Senor said. “Brendan and Declan won their doubles match in Tiebreaker, Declan beat his No. 2 10-4 where we had troubles with him last season. Playing Kirksville will pay off with a potential sectional matchup to make it to the MSHSAA state tournament.”

Other Bulldogs (3-8, 1-3 NCMC) played to close margins as Camden Williams lost singles 10-8, Quaid Grubb lost singles 10-7 and Brixton Goerne lost singles 10-6.

Mexico hosts Father Tolton (6-2) at 4:30 p.m. Monday.