SPORTS

The state’s #1 team, according to the Courier Journal coaches’ poll opened their 2023-2024 season at home in Jason White Gym Tuesday night against Vienna High School. YSE was there and got these pics from the game. Lyon County vs Vienna.

• In girls basketball, Fatima, Helias, Higbee, California, Mexico, Hermann, Montgomery County, Northeast (Cairo), and Tipton emerged as winners. • In boys basketball, Rock Bridge, Battle, New Franklin, and Wright City won their respective games.

Westphalia — Senior pitcher Taylor Baumhoer, of the Fatima Lady Comets softball team, signed with William Woods University in Fulton.

Washington’s wrestling Lady Jays continue to search for their first dual win of the season. Washington fell to 0-3 in duals to start the season Thursday with a pair of losses at the Rolla tri-meet. Owensville defeated Washington, 48-30. The Lady Jays also lost to Rolla, 66-12.

New Bloomfield — Several Mid-Missouri teams went home winners Friday night on the basketball court. In Tipton, the host Cardinals win the Tipton Invitational Championship in a decisive 60-36 win over California. Eldon placed third in the tournament with a 55-44 win over Capital City. In Westphalia, St. James...

WESTPHALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. MAPLEWOOD-RICHMOND HTS. (43) ROCK BRIDGE (58) FINAL. BATTLE (85) FRANCIS HOWELL (54) FINAL. NEW FRANKLIN (63) WESTRAN (58) FINAL. MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY (40) WRIGHT CITY (66) FINAL.

Saxony Lutheran moved to 2-0 on Wednesday with a 51-40 win against Jefferson in the semi-final of the Rolla “Duke” Herbert Tournament. Luke Eggemeyer scored a game-high 17 points for the Crusaders, while John Hartmann added 15 of his own points in the victory. Saxony will play Poplar...

FATIMA - The Helias girl's basketball team rolled to a 55-40 win against St. James in the first round of the Comet Classic. St. James came out of the gates firing and took an early 8-7 lead, forcing a timeout from the Crusaders. However, it was all Helias from there.

GIRLS BASKETBALL- FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT:. TESSA DANIELSON’S 16 POINTS PACED THE LADY LIONS IN THEIR CONSOLATION ROUND VICTORY…COACH TOM BILDNER ON HER PERFORMANCE. THE LADY WILDCATS WENT ON A 24-5 SCORING RUN IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO ASSUME CONTROL…COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID THEY GOT BETTER AS THE GAME PROGRESSED….

FATIMA - Fatima girls basketball won in convincing fashion against Blair Oaks 70-35 in Comet Classic thanks to an explosive offensive performance. The Comets came out firing and made three-pointers left and right, giving Fatima 40 points after the first half alone. Fatima's Vivian Bax and Alex Burhorst both made...

Monday was a busy night of high school girls basketball around Mid-Missouri!. Tournaments in Tipton, Eugene, and Fatima opened up play. In the 85th annual Tipton Invitational, the host Cardinals got the job done with a 60-37 win over Smith-Cotton. Osage, St. Elizabeth, and Russellville highlight the winners of the...

WESTPHALIA - St. James girls basketball defeated Blair Oaks 67-39 to begin the Comet Classic at Fatima high school on Monday. The Tigers opened the night strong, racing off to a 17-11 start. St. James' Kenadee Smith connected from beyond the arc on a dish from Kendall Costoplos. Smith's bucket gave the Tigers their 17-11 lead with about 40 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

WESTPHALIA - Fatima girls basketball opened its annual Comet Classic on a win, as the hometown Comets defeated Helias 66-49 on Monday. The Comets were off to the races in front of their home crowd, jumping out to an early lead. Senior Alli Robertson drove through traffic in the paint, before finding fellow senior Lucy Crede on the wing. Crede knocked down the three-pointer to give Fatima the 21-17 edge with three minutes to play in the second quarter.

Rolla scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to build a cushion heading into the home stretch, then held off a late Republic rally to clinch a 57-53 win in the second round of the Republic Invitational Tournament. The six-point run to open the final period gave Rolla its biggest lead of the night at 47-38, and the Tigers were unable to overcome the deficit.

Playing West Plains for the first time since the 2021 Class 5 semifinals, the Union basketball Lady ’Cats sizzled the Zizzers for a 56-36 win at Rolla’s Bluefish Shootout Saturday. “Overall, I thought we played well for Game 1,” Union Head Coach Brian Karvinen said. “Ava (Sykes) obviously...

ROLLA, Mo. — The Quincy University women’s basketball team is figuring out how to finish. Leading Missouri S&T by as many as 13 points in the third quarter Thursday night in Great Lakes Valley Conference action, the Hawks stumbled. The Miners went on a 10-2 run to close the quarter and ultimately trimmed the deficit to a point a minute into the fourth quarter.

ROLLA, Mo. — What do a season-high number of turnovers, more struggles shooting from the perimeter and a five-minute offensive drought add up to?. The Quincy University men’s basketball team played toe-to-toe with Missouri S&T for the first 15 minutes of Thursday night’s Great Lakes Valley Conference opener at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. However, the Hawks were outscored 16-3 over the final five minutes of the first half and never recovered, suffering an 87-67 loss.