Area Sports

Holden senior basketball player Abby Wamsley scored the 1,000th point of her high school career during Holden’s first-round district tournament game against Adrian at Butler High School on Monday, February 21. Wamsley’s milestone moment came on a two-point field goal late in the fourth quarter of the game to give the four-year Lady Eagles basketball…

A postponed conference game against Carrollton with the MRVC-East girls basketball season championship on the line was finally played on Monday, March 28 with the Lady Eagles running away with a 55-37 victory on the road. The win by Holden concluded a nine-game conference game win streak for the Lady Eagles to put them at…

Holden 120-pound wrestler Daylen Greene ended his sophomore season on the medal podium at the 2022 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships with the all-state third-place medal draped around his neck. The sophomore Eagle wrestler finished the three-day tournament held at Mizzou Arena in Columbia on February 17-19 with a record of 4-1. His third-place state meet finish…

Holden wrestler Logan Yoder closed out his senior season by collecting the third all-state finish of his career with a fourth-place finish at the 2022 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia on February 17 – 19. The four-year varsity team member, and team leader finishes his career as a four-time all-district wrestler, and…

The Eagles and Lady Eagles wrestling teams hosted Father Tolton Academy and Clinton for Holden’s Senior Night Meet on Monday, January 31. The Holden boys team took wins over both Father Tolton, and Clinton. The Lady Eagles team defeated the Clinton girls team in the team dual score. Prior to the wrestling matches, senior wrestlers…

    The Holden girls wrestling team competed at the Class 1, District 3 Girls Wrestling Tournament at Raymore-Peculiar High School on Saturday, February 5, and Monday, February 7. Lady Eagle sophomore wrestler Charlie Gregg turned in third-place finish to capture a top-four state qualifier spot. The Holden team of Gregg, Valarie Justice, MaRaya May,…

The Holden boys wrestling team placed seventh among 15 teams competing at the Odessa Invitational Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 29. Eagles wrestler Daylen Greene led Holden with a firstplace finish in the 120-pound weight class. Greene took two wins by pin, and a win by technical fall to earn his spot in the 120-pound title…

  In a field of 21 teams competing at the Brookfield Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 22, the Holden boys varsity wrestling team placed seventh. With nine Eagle wrestlers conpeting for the varsity squad, Holden captured five top-three individual finishes. Senior Logan Yoder turned in Holden’s lone first-place finish. Competing at 132 pounds, Yoder totaled four…

Coming off of a home loss to Warrensburg a week earlier, the Lady Eagles basketball team responded with a 46-34 road win over Odessa on Friday, Jan. 21. Leading the Lady Eagle charge were Abby Wamsley with 15 points, and Millie Davidson with 14 points as Holden led throughout the contest to play the role…

Playing on the road, the Holden girls basketball team defeated Knob Noster by the final score of 45-34 on Thursday, Jan. 13. “It felt like we came out a little sluggish,” said Holden coach Ben Kiger. “Then, we came out in the second quarter, and Liz (Stout) had a good quarter. It was good to…