Area Sports

The Holden football team secured both a Homecoming victory, and an MRVC-East opening win by defeating Lexington by the the final score of 22-8 last Friday, September 24. Quarterback Aiden Morarity found receiver Garrett Smith for the Eagles first touchdown of the game. The Eagles’ defense provided points on a blocked punt recovered in the…

The Lady Eagles volleyball team took a 3-1 conference win over Knob Noster on Tuesday, September 21. The Lady Panthers lone set win came in the third set with a 25-17 advantage with Holden taking sets one, two, and four by 25-22, 25-17, and 25-21 advantages, respectively. “Great match last night against a good team,”…

  The Holden volleyball team opened the MRVC-East season with a commanding victory by defeating the visiting Carrollton Lady Trojans by a 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-6) score on Thursday, September 16. With Holden’s full roster back in action for the second match in a row, and as the team worked to fine tune its rotation,…

The Holden football team defeated Crest Ridge by the final score of 18-0 on Friday, September 17 in the Cougars’ Homecoming game. The game featured two safeties scored by the Eagles linebacker Tyler Hankins, and two touchdowns from running back Reco Jenkins as Holden played its first game coming off of a Covid-19 quarantine. “The…

The Holden softball team defeated the visiting Lady Huskers of Higginsville in a run-rule shortened conference contest by the final score of 12-2 on Tuesday, September 14. The Lady Eagles plated runs in each of the five innings of the game. “We capitalized on quite a few defensive mistakes and walks to put some runs…

The Holden volleyball team won its season opening match at Oak Grove by defeating the Lady Panthers 3-2 (25-18, 25-23, 20-25, 24-26, 15-8) on Tuesday, September 7. “We win it in five, and it was a hard-fought battle from the beginning,” said Holden volleyball head coach Julie Carver. After winning the first two sets, the…

The Holden Lady Eagles volleyball team takes to the court this week with three matches scheduled following an interruption to the start of the season caused by a suspension of practices due to a Covid-19 safety guideline. The volleyball team is looking to continue its success from last season when Holden posted an overall record…

The Holden football team defeated the visiting Sherwood Marksmen in every phase of the game as the Eagles opened the season with a dominant 50-0 win on Friday, August 27. Reco Jenkins led the Eagles offense by scoring five touchdowns as defenders Hunter Higgins, Jarrin Brown, and CJ Reifsteck each recorded interceptions on the night.…

Lady Eagle track and field team members Sam VanHooser and Marah Klover each displayed state qualifying performances with top-four placings at the Class 3, Sectional 4 Track and Field Meet at Odessa High School on Saturday, May 22. Both will compete in field events at the Class 3 State Championships at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson…

The Holden baseball team hosted Lexington for the Eagles’ Senior Night game on Tuesday, April 27 with the Minutemen taking a 3-0 conference win. Eagles senior baseball team members Andrew Catron, Andrew Hyatt, Avery Graves, Wyatt Barron, Ryan Miller, Levi Rockhold, Blake Ricketson, and Tanner Atkins all started in the contest which marked the next-to-last…