Area Sports and Education

By Coach Harv Antle HILLSBORO, Mo. – Gideon Antle, sophomore outfielder for the Jefferson College Vikings, signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to attend Ohio University on scholarship to play baseball for the Bobcats in the spring of 2023. Antle graduated from Licking in 2020 and was a First Team All State performer…

By Coach Mike Phillips Three Licking runners competed in the State Meet Saturday in Columbia. Kasey Richards, senior, finished her career running in her fourth straight State Championship. She finished 27th, two spots out of making All-State again this year. Richards ran her season best time on Saturday of 21:12. JB Huff, senior, was back…

By Coach Mike Phillips The Licking Wildcats will have three runners competing at the State Meet next weekend. Senior JB Huff and Freshman Levi Stout both medaled and finished in 10th and 22nd places, respectively. Senior Kasey Richards finished in 12th place and will make another trip to Columbia. The course was muddy, but the…

By Coach Jennifer Smith The Licking Junior High Cross Country runners completed their season on Saturday, October 23, in Wheatland at the Lucas Oil Speedway. This was the first year for the “unofficial” state Junior High meet, hosted by Hermitage High School. This year’s junior high team was made up of Isaac Rinne, Ethan Stout,…

Submitted The Missouri State High School Activities Association will honor Lockwood’s 2001 Volleyball team in a ceremony preceding this year’s Class One state championship match. It will take place at Southeast Missouri State University’s Show-Me Center in Cape Girardeau, on Saturday, November 6. Lockwood’s team finished in fourth place in 2001, setting an all-class record…

By Coach Mike Phillips The Conference meet was held Monday night, October 18, at Plato High School and the Wildcats came away with some hardware. Kasey Richards is the Frisco League Champion for girls with her best time of the year of 21:37. Kasey was the defending champion and was able to win this year…

By Shari Harris, Publisher The Licking Volleyball Lady ‘Cats entered district play Saturday afternoon, taking on the Thayer Bobcats at Houston, the host for this year’s district round. Licking took an early lead over Thayer, winning the first set with a convincing score of 25-7. In the second set, the Lady Wildcats jumped ahead 10-3,…

By Coach Mike Phillips A lot of medals were taken home by the Licking Wildcat teams at Dixon, October 11. Both junior high boys runners brought home medals. Ethan Stout finished 11th and Isaac Rinne finished 13th. On the girls junior high side, Keely Gorman finished seventh and Hannah Beasley finished 15th. In the junior…