Good morning, sports fans. It's time to start Day 2 of the MSHSAA track and field championships in Jefferson City.

This is the time of year when new high school graduates might be heading off for their senior trip, taking a family vacation, or just hanging out with friends until whatever path they’ve chosen beckons their arrival.

For more than a decade Cpl. Lexis Wilson has patrolled Jefferson County with the goal of protecting our natural resources and investigating game law violations, but the role of conservation agent goes way beyond those familiar tasks.

Lillie Coleman graduated from Windsor High on Wednesday.

After compiling all of the district and sectional track and field results, it became clear to me that Jefferson County athletes are on the verge of making Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City their playground Friday and Saturday for Classes 1-3 a…

Whenever, wherever Carson Driemeier runs, he wins. When the stakes are at their highest, Driemeier settles into his perfect form and effortlessly glides farther, faster than his opponents, which have been thrown against him from across the st…

Class 2 Sectional 1 at Dexter High, May 16

The deluge of overnight rain certainly played a part, but I was surprised to see so many box turtles crossing the road during a recent morning trip through central Missouri. This is the time of year when they are most active, and the good new…

Baseball district tournaments

Sectional track and field qualifiers

In a county full of dominant lefthanded pitchers, Smith, a senior, has entrenched himself among the best this season. In his last three starts on the mound against Scott City (28-1), Pattonville (Class 6) and Ste. Genevieve (Class 4), Smith h…

As he stepped into the ring for his final throw in the shot put, Jefferson High senior Troy Edwards said the thought of having to walk home from Hillsboro High weighed on his mind.

It was Senior Night for the Eureka baseball team on Monday, but a junior swung the biggest stick.

A junior, Bradley was named the JCAA girls track and field MVP after winning the 100-meter dash in 12.45 seconds and the 200 in 25.65. She was also fourth in the 400 in 1:03.51. Bradley finished fifth in the state in Class 3 in the 100 last y…

The Jefferson County Activities Association boys and girls track and field championships began Wednesday and conclude today (April 30) at Hillsboro High. Field events begin at 3:30 p.m. Track events start at 4.

Lindbergh High’s boys track and field team held the first South County Classic on April 25, and for a school named after one of the country’s pioneers in aviation, a javelin that took flight was the second farthest throw in the state this yea…

Covering track and field meets is infinitely harder than say a football or basketball game because of the amount of schools and athletes involved.

The senior set school records and was the winner in the 100-meter dash in 10.93 seconds and as part of the 4x200 relay with Cohen Compton, Quinn Stucke and Leuntae Williams in 1:28.41 at the Tiger Town Invitational at Festus High on April 24.…

The Seckman baseball team plays St. Dominic today at 11:30 a.m. at Ozzie Smith Park in O’Fallon. The Jaguars have a record of 18-5 and have won 12 games in a row.

I love this line from Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I feel like it strikes close to home.

Eureka senior Craig Ringe has fewer than two weeks of classes remaining before he graduates. He said he’s equally excited and anxious about leaving his friends, teammates, coaches and teachers.

Paced by its distance crew, sophomore Cannon Kisner finishing second in the 100-meter dash, and junior Josh Golightly’s third-place finish in the 110 and 300 hurdles, the De Soto boys track and field team scored 97 points and won its own meet…

Get ready for two days of the best baseball the county has to offer when Festus and Hillsboro play each other today (April 23) and Friday.