The Eagles football team displayed a robust ground game and effective defensive pressure to record a Holden Homecoming win over conference opponent Lexington by the score of 40-22 on Friday, Sept. 22. Eagle running backs Reco Jenkins and Sam Comer combined for 339 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the game. Running back Jayden Davis…

  The Holden Lady Eagles volleyball team swept through the Lexington Volleyball Tournament to capture the first-place trophy on Saturday, Sept. 9. Wins over Lexington JV (25-12, 25-8), Wellington-Napoleon (25-20, 25-14), Northland Christian (25-21, 25-22), and Lafayette (St. Joseph) (25-20, 25-14) moved Holden into the championship game of the tournament. The Lady Eagles faced off…

The Holden softball team defeated the visiting Lady Huskers of Higginsville for a conference win by the final score of 12-2 on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Holden worked form a 2-2 tie in the third inning to score 10 straight runs in the run-rule shortened contest. “As a team, we started very flat in this game,”…

The Holden softball team recorded a comeback win on the road over Knob Noster by the final score of 5-3 on Tuesday, Sept. 5, as the Lady Eagles opened conference play with a victory. With the score tied at 3-3, Lady Eagle centerfielder Macey Greene sparked a two-run seventh inning for Holden by hitting a…

  The Holden cross country teams worked through hot temperatures and rain showers at the Husker Cross Country Invitational Meet at Higginsville High School Tuesday, Sept. 5. Eagles runner Rett Hankins led the Holden boys team with a top-10 finish. Lady Eagles runner Ava Young led the girls team in a top-20 placing with the…

The Holden football team found an advantage in the second half of its home football game against Mid-Buchanan as the Eagles defeated the visiting Dragons by the final score of 27-13 on Friday, September 1. Holden played to a 7-6 lead at halftime and ultimately forced the normally run-heavy Dragons into using a passing attack…

The Holden softball team defeated the visiting Pleasant Hill Chicks by the final score of 10-0 in a run-rule shortened game on Thursday, August 31. The win came behind a shutout pitching performance by junior Lilee Keller as the Lady Eagles totaled 12 hits as a team at the plate to break in the newly…

What started out as a season-opening toe-to-toe gridiron battle between Holden and Sherwood ended as an Eagles blowout victory by the score of 55-14 on Friday, August 25. With the score at knotted at 14-14 early in the second quarter, the Holden tilted the turf in its favor to take control of the game, allowing…

With new team members being added to the Holden high school cross country teams throughout preseason practices in August, veteran team members and first-year Holden cross country head coach Ben Kiger are approaching the starting line for the upcoming season. Both the Lady Eagles team and the Eagles boys team return a state meet qualifier…

This year’s Lady Eagles softball team enters the upcoming season with a roster of 17 players that includes one senior, multiple experienced returning juniors and sophomores, and one incoming freshmen. Four-year team member and lone senior Faith Brown will provide leadership with three years of starting experience under her belt as a core of returning…