Area Sports

    The Holden girls wrestling team captured the team title in a dominant first-place finish at the Fourth Annual Lady Vikings Holiday Tournament at Parkview High School in Springfield on Wednesday, Dec. 28. The Lady Eagles totaled 202 team points to lead the 21 schools competing. Ozark placed second with 158 points. El Dorado…

The Holden boys wrestling team placed 12th among 43 teams competing at The Battle at the Katy Trail Tournament held on the State Fair Grounds in Sedalia on Friday, Dec. 16, and Saturday, Dec. 17. Eagle junior wrestler Daylen Greene highlighted Holden’s showing at the tournament by picking up the 100th win of his high…

  With six Lady Eagle wrestlers competing, the Holden girls wrestling team placed eighth among 24 teams at the two-day Belton Lady Pirate Invitational Tournament on Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10. Five of the six Holden team members secured top-six medals as seniors Aubree Castaneda in a second-place finish, and Tasia Lee in…

The Holden girls basketball team won its home opener by defeating Crest Ridge by the final score of 38-24 on Thursday, Dec. 1. Lady Eagle guard Millie Davidson opened scoring with a three-point basket to start off a 16-point first quarter posted by Holden. “The first play of the game was basically a play to…

The Holden boys basketball team captured a convincing 63-41 win over Concordia in the Eagles’ home opener on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Holden displayed a 22-9 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter with nine points scored by Wyatt VanMeter, seven by Aiden Morarity, five from Josh Taylor, and a free throw from Tyler Hankins in the…

The Holden boys wrestling team placed eighth among 14 teams competing at the Ray Stockdale Tournament held at Knob Noster High School on Saturday, Dec. 3. Eagle 126-pound wrestler Daylen Greene placed first on the day to lead the team. Greene recorded a win by pin the the championship quarterfinals, and followed that with a…

  The Holden girls wrestling team kicked off the season by placing fifth among 23 teams at the Versailles Girls Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Lady Eagle freshman Haley Brooks led the team by collecting the first-place medal in the 110-pound weight class as freshmen Macey Greene at 115 pounds, and Adasyn Yoder at 120…

The Holden high school boys basketball team is scheduled to begin the upcoming season with a game on the road at Sherwood on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The Eagles will look to improve upon last year’s record which stood at 6-20 at the end of the season with no wins collected in conference play. “I am hopeful…

The Holden high school girls wrestling team is scheduled to begin the upcoming season with a tournament at Versailles High School on Tuesday, Nov. 22. This year’s Lady Eagles team is composed of 11 wrestlers, and is led by a core group of proven upperclass wrestlers who are joined by a group of determined freshmen…

The Holden football team captured the Class 2, District 6 Tournament championship trophy by defeating the visiting Pembroke Hill Raiders by the final score of 32-25 on Friday, Nov. 11. In a back-and-forth contest which the Raiders led at halftime, Holden closed out the trophy win on a 51-yard touchdown run by Eagle receiver CJ…