Area Sports

The Holden softball team finished the conference season with a share of the Missouri River Valley Conference-East Championship after falling at home to Carrollton by the final score of 3-0 on Thursday, Oct. 6. Both the Lady Eagles and the Lady Trojans teams finished the conference season with identical records of 9-1. Holden captured a…

The Lady Eagles volleyball team dropped a five-set match at home to Higginsville on Tuesday, Sept. 27, and rebounded with a road win at Richmond on Thursday, Sept. 29. Versus Higginsville In a battle of teams holding undefeated records in conference play heading into the match, the visiting Lady Huskers won last Tuesday’s match by…

The Lady Eagles softball team defeated the visiting Higginsville Lady Huskers in Holden’s Senior Night game by the final score of 16-1 on Thursday, Sept. 29. Lady Eagle seniors Alli Iles, Millie Davidson, Riley Naumann, Marah Klover, Tasia Lee, Gabby Gard, Kameryn Rehfeldt, Kimmie Spring, and Maddie Sechrest were recognized on the field after the…

The Holden football team opened MRVC-East play by collecting a road win in Lexington’s Homecoming game by the final score of 46-14 on Friday, September 23. A fast start for the Eagles led to 26 first-half points in the victory as the Minutemen mustered 14 points late in the contest with the Eagles firmly in…

  The Holden softball team picked up a 7-5 road win over Carrollton on Tuesday, September 20. Senior pitcher Maddie Sechrest recorded the win on the mound for Holden as the Lady Eagles plated four runs in the top of the seventh inning, and held off a late comeback effort by the Lady Trojans. “Maddie…

The Holden volleyball team recorded a 3-1 road win over conference opponent Knob Noster on Tuesday, September 20. The Lady Eagles pushed for a 26-24 win in the first set, and took the second set by the score of 25-20. After dropping the third set, Holden captured the match by winning the fourth set by…

The Holden cross country runners competed at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia on Saturday, September 24 in a large field of runners. Senior Zach Willis led the boys team with a top-10 medal finish among 251 finishers while freshman Abby Miller led the Lady Eagles with a 39th-place finish in the field of 163…

The Holden softball team grabbed its fourth conference win by defeating visiting Richmond by the final score of 14-5 on Thursday, Sept. 15. Sixteen total Lady Eagle hits backed up a solid starting performance from sophomore pitcher Lilee Keller to keep Richmond in check as Holden moved to 4-0 in MRVC-East play. “It was good…

  The Holden Eagles football team recorded a Homecoming victory over the visiting Bears of Butler by the final score of 30-22 on Friday, Sept. 16. Highlights were provided on both sides of the ball by Holden in the game with the Eagles emerging with the victory over Butler, the No. 7 ranked Class 1…

The Holden Lady Eagles softball team captured its first conference win of the season versus visiting Knob Noster by the final score of 14-4 on Tuesday, Sept. 6. After falling behind by two runs early in the game, the Lady Eagles took control on the scoreboard by scoring four runs in the second inning, and…