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SILEX – Under first-year coach Ethan Evans, Silex’s boys golf team was a young unit in 2022.
ELSBERRY – Elsberry’s track and field squad has been a quality unit that has sent athletes to Class 3 state tournaments for several years.
SILEX – Silex’s boys and girls track field units have racked up a great deal of hardware over the years.
WINFIELD – In nearly two decades of coaching Winfield girls soccer, James Gorski has seen almost every situation.
TROY – Change is inevitable for every high-school sports program.
ELSBERRY – In the fall, Caleb Johnson is coaching Elsberry-Silex boys soccer.
TROY – In Zac Howard’s first season as Troy Buchanan boys tennis coach, he put his squad through a brutal schedule featuring some of the best teams in, and outside, the area.
SILEX – Thirteen is an unlucky number to most people – and one they try to avoid.
TROY – Change is inevitable for every high-school sports program.
TROY – Ben Johnstone took over a Troy Buchanan’s boys soccer program in rebuilding mode in 2021.
ELSBERRY/SILEX – Call it a restart.
ELSBERRY – When you’ve reached the doorstep of a Class 3 state baseball championship in each of the last two years, you stop becoming the hunters – and become the hunted.
WINFIELD – If you took out a rough start to the 2022 baseball campaign, where Winfield went winless at the Troy Lead-Off Classic, the Warriors would have finished with a winning record.
TROY – New field. New assistants. New attitude.
DETROIT - On March 11th, five athletes from Infinity Athletics in Troy, MO traveled to Detroit to compete in the Michigan State AAU TaeKwonDo Championship.
Trojan boys claim third place in Class 6 at Show Me Showdown in Springfield
LAS VEGAS, NV - Over the weekend of March 3-5, 2023, Jaedon Harger, a third generation resident of Troy, Missouri participated in an international Taekwondo tournament hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Iron unkind for Trojans in loss to Kickapoo at Show Me Showdown
Trojans girls’ season ends with a resounding thud against undefeated Incarnate Word
Four players score in double figures as Troy Buchanan’s boys down Chaminade to head to Springfield
Winfield – A familiar face will be returning to Winfield High School
Local boxers vie to bring Golden Gloves back to Lincoln County
Trojan girls win second straight district title after knocking off Timberland for third time
Senior’s OT buzzer-beater wins district championship for Troy Buchanan
TBHS' Smith wins second straight state wrestling title at 175 pounds; Bova, Haney medal
St. Charles – With a young squad led by someone who was coaching girls varsity basketball for the first time after a decade of leading boys teams, no one saw this coming.
TBHS’ Nesbitt takes over Jackson program
Troy, Mo. - Feb. 1 is a special day for high school athletes nationwide, for it is the first official day they can sign with colleges across the country, outside of the early signing period.
For years, my coworkers and I spent many a night arguing over who should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame – and who should have to buy a ticket to attend the ceremony like the rest of us.
Bowling Green – When a pair of county rivals square off for a tournament championship, four quarters are often not enough to settle the issue.
Troy Buchanan’s Hall honored for service to school’s boys basketball program
Bowling Green - As the No. 1 seed in the Bowling Green Invitational, Elsberry cruised to the championship game with an easy win over Lincoln County rival Silex and another blowout win over Van-Far.
Lady Owls to meet Elsberry after third-quarter proves to be difference in win over Lady Warriors
Silex, Mo. - Comeback wins have become ordinary for Silex.
Elsberry girls defeat rival Winfield in title game
Lady Indians look to defend title against rival Winfield; Silex back in third-place game for second straight year
Troy Mo. – Recently the Flynn Drilling Drillers took two teams, a U11 2012 boys team and a U13 2010 boys team, to the St Louis Youth Soccer Association league to compete.
Winfield/Silex, Mo. - For the third time this season, Winfield welcomed a Lincoln County rival to its home floor.
Trojans’ Olsen, Warriors’ Ham play key roles in win
Elsberry High School Seniors Kaden Kinsler and Gavin Marshall recently signed their letters of intent to play college baseball. Kinsler will be playing at William Woods University and Marshall will be playing for Westminster College.
Over the past couple years, Senior Basketball and Baseball stand-out Kaden Kinsler has been given the nickname “Mr. Elsberry” for his clutch play both on the baseball field and basketball court.
Elsberry/Winfield, Mo. - The last time Winfield’s girls basketball squad faced Elsberry in the Highway 79 Classic, the Warriors left the Indians’ court heartbroken on a buzzer-beater.
Winfield/Elsberry, Mo. – Trailing by two points entering the fourth quarter of the Highway 79 Classic against rival Winfield, Elsberry’s offense had been stifled all night long – and it was looking for a spark.
Silex, Mo. - For coach Ethan Evans and Silex’s boys basketball team, it was about getting the season off on the right foot.
Troy, Mo. – For Troy Buchanan’s dance team, life hasn’t been normal for them since 2019, before the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Elsberry, Mo. - “What once was the hunter, is now the hunted.”
Troy, Mo – Three Troy Buchanan High School students recently signed the dotted line to continue their athletic pursuits at the college level.
Troy, Mo. – Under coach Damond Lacy, Troy Buchanan’s girls basketball squad broke through and claimed a Class 6 District 4 Tournament championship in 2022.
Silex, Mo. – Ethan Evans’ first year as Silex’s boys basketball coach got off to a fast start, opening the 2021-2022 campaign with back-to-back win.
Winfield, Mo. – Winfield girls basketball coach Austin Godfrey has always stressed improvement with his program.