(Photo of senior Hunter Bickell with his parents. Photo credit to Eric Mattson)
In high school basketball on 2/25/2025, Mexico boys completed a perfect season in the North Central Missouri Conference with a 65-33 win over Hannibal.
Mexico’s Charlie Fisher picked up his second varsity dunk.
The Hannibal Lady Pirates beat the Mexico Lady Bulldogs61-54.
It was also Senior Night at the Mexico High School.
Class 2 District Playoffs for the girls it was Cole Camp over Eugene 54-47 in overtime.
South Callaway dominated New Bloomfield 51-18.
Russellville cruises past Slater 67-32. New Franklin took down Smithton 49-10.
Westran advances past Sturgeon 55-40.
Fayette edged out Salisbury 57-52.
Marceline defeated Glasgow 54-40.
In Class 1 girls District playoff games it was Jamestown outlasting Prairie Home 45-43.
Higbee eliminated Madison 50-19.
Community R6 Lady Trojans beat Wellsville-Middletown.
In boys action it was Jefferson City outlasting Battle 83-82.
Rock Bridge escaped Blair Oaks 65-62.
Capital City loses 49-48 to Smith-Cotton.
Southern Boone beat Eldon 68-37.
Fulton celebrated senior night with a 47-43 victory over Moberly.
Hallsville took down Centralia 87-53.
Switching over to girls games Battle bested Jefferson City 58-48.
Rock Bridge beat Troy 61-55.
Booneville defeated Osage 82-68.
Fulton over Moberly 42-38.
Lady Pirates senior Mariah Mayfield reached 1,000 career points.
University of Missouri men’s basketball cruised to its largest SEC win of the season, 101-71, over South Carolina last (Tuesday) night at Mizzou Arena.
The Tigers improved to 21-7 overall and 10-5 in league play.
The University of Missouri baseball team completed a come-from-behind 14-10 home opening victory over Lindenwood last (Tuesday) at Taylor Stadium.
The Tigers overcame an early four-run deficit. Mizzou improved to 4-4 on the season.
In Spring Training the St. Louis Cardinals lost 3-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Kansas City Royals blasted the Texas Rangers 15-6.
The St. Louis Blues defeated the Seattle Kraken 7-2 at the Enterprise Center.
The Blues are 3-0-1 in their past four games and ended a season-long six-game homestand going 3-1-2.