Area Sports

                                          Six Holden Eagles baseball players have received postseason recognition for their play on the field from this past season. A total of 11 players have been recognized as all-conference academic performers. All-Conference Senior Garrett…

Holden Lady Eagles track and field team members in three individual events, and two relays captured all-state medals at the Class 3 Track and Field State Championships held in Jefferson City Friday, May 26, and Saturday, May 27. Individual top-eight all-state performances were turned in by both senior Marah Klover and sophomore Kia Harmon in…

Holden Eagles track and field team members Tyler Hankins and Masyn Powell recorded top-eight in all-state medal finishes at the Class 3 Track and Field Championships held in Jefferson City Friday, May 26, and Saturday, May 27. High jumper Cole Zillner tied for ninth place in the event to just miss the state medal cutoff.…

  Playing in their third consecutive district title game as defending district champions, the second-seeded Eagles baseball team matched up against tournament number-one seed Barstow in the Class 3, District 14 championship game at Barstow High School on Monday, May 15, with Barstow winning by the final score of 8-1. Early fielding miscues by Holden…

The Holden baseball team defeated St. Michael the Archangel by the final score of 11-1 in the semifinal round of the Class 3, District 14 Tournament at Barstow High School on Saturday, May 13. After St. Michael plated the first run of Saturday’s game, the defending district champion Eagles did all of the scoring in…

The Holden girls track and field team placed second to earn the district runner-up trophy among 12 teams at the Class 3, District 7 Meet at Odessa High School on Saturday, May 13. Lady Eagle athletes Kia Harmon, Lilee Keller, and Adalyn Campbell won district titles in individual events as seven total Lady Eagle athletes…

  Holden 3 Oak Grove 1 Two runs scored by the Eagles in the top of the first inning proved to be enough offense as the Holden baseball team picked up a non-conference road win over Oak Grove by the final score of 3-1 on Wednesday, May 3. Three Holden pitchers shared time on the…

  The Lady Eagles track and field team took the top spot in the final standings with the Eagles boys team placing second at the Holden Blue and White Invitational Meet on Friday, April 28. With ongoing construction to add all-weather field turf surfaces on the baseball and football fields at Holden High School in…

Both the Eagles and the Lady Eagles track and field teams placed first at the Husker Invitational Meet at Higginsville High School Monday, April 17. “There were 11 teams there,” said Holden track and field coach David Diener. “As the meet was going and we kept having multiple Holden athletes named in the top three,…

Playing in a road conference game, the Eagles clawed back from a five-run deficit against Knob Noster to emerge with a 9-7 come-from-behind win over the Panthers on Thursday, April 20. With Panther starting pitcher Trey Payne allowing just two Eagle runs through just over five innings, and the home team scattering seven runs through…