Area Sports

  A large group of senior year athletes were recognized prior to the Senior Night Holden Eagle Invitational Meet at Holden High School on Thursday, April 6. Track and field senior team members Autumn Cantrell, Gracie Carver, Alli Iles, Marah Klover, Kimmie Spring, Camille Davidson, Alex VanHooser, and Lea Heine were recognized on the track…

    The Holden track and field teams competed at the Warrensburg Open Meet on Tuesday, March 28 with Eagle athletes capturing multiple top placings. First-place finishers on the Lady Eagles team included Adalyn Campbell in the 400m dash, and Kia Harmon in the high jump. Harmon added a second-place finish in the 100m dash,…

  The Eagles baseball team defeated the visiting Lexington Minutemen by the final score of 11-1 in a run-rule shortened contest during Holden’s Senior Night game on Thursday, March 30. Holden seniors Carson Gard, Eddie Bartkoski, Garrett Smith, and Bryce Faust started in the game as they, senior baseball team manager Riley Naumann, and baseball…

A combined pitching effort from Holden senior pitcher Garrett Smith and freshman Wes Brown that accounted for 15 strikeouts led to a run-rule shortened home win over Sherwood by the final score of 13-0 on Monday, March 20. Holden put the ball in play throughout the game for nine hits to produce six runs in…

  The Holden High School track and field teams opened the season at the Class 3, 4, & 5 UCM Indoor Relays on Monday, March 20, with multiple top-six medals. Freshman Adalyn Campbell highlighted the meet by placing first in the 400m dash. Several Lady Eagles competitors placed back-to-back in events in top-six finishes as…

  This year’s Holden high school baseball team features five returning starters from last year’s squad which finished the season with a district title, and an appearance in the state playoffs. A solid returning pitching core, and key position players highlight the team’s roster entering the season with a mix of players vying for playing…

Martha Bennett Holden Youth Wrestling Director The Holden Youth Wrestling Club wrapped up their regular season after attending three tournaments in February. Nineteen wrestlers competed in the Marksmen Invitational in Sherwood on Feb. 12 with the following medals being awarded to 1st Place: Isaiah Dick, Hudson Gregg, Wyatt Swearingen, and Hazel Zavadil. 2nd Place: Everly…

The Kingsville boys basketball team closed out the final week of regular season play by recording wins over Hardin-Central and Hume. In the quarterfinal round of the Class 1, District 9 Boys Basketball Tournament, the Tigers fell to Pilot Grove. Tigers Trounce Bulldogs Playing at the road versus the Hardin-Central Bulldogs, Kingsville recorded a 66-58…

Holden high school wrestlers Daylen and Macey Greene are the first brother and sister to compete in first-place matches in the Missouri State High School Activities Association Wrestling Championships. The unprecedented occurrence took place on Thursday, Feb. 23, when Daylen, a junior, and Macey, in her freshman season on the Lady Eagles wresting team, both…

  Holden high school wrestlers Daylen Greene, CJ Reifsteck, and Kale Tryon represented the Eagles boys wrestling team at the Class 1 Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 22-23. Greene placed second in the 120-pound weight class as he ended his junior season in a title bout. The all-state…