Area Sports

SHELBINA, Mo. — Mason McDaniel and Lukas Weaver led Clark County with district championships Saturday, May 9, at the MSHSAA Class 2 District 3 track and field meet at South Shelby High School. McDaniel won the boys 3,200-meter run in 10:24.36 and added runner-up finishes in the 800 and 1,600. He placed second in the 800 in 2:01.72 and second in the 1,600 in 4:40.98, advancing to sectionals in all three individual distance events. Weaver won the boys triple jump with a mark of 12.98 meters and also qualified for sectionals in the long jump, placing fourth at 5.92 meters.…

The Clark County Indians bounced back from a 1-0 pitcher’s duel against Quincy Notre Dame with three straight wins, defeating Hamilton/Warsaw, Mendon Unity and Monroe City during a strong late-season stretch. Clark County opened the run April 28 with a narrow 1-0 loss to Quincy Notre Dame. Both teams were sharp on the mound, with Bennett Plenge going six innings for the Indians. He allowed one run on two hits while striking out five and walking two. Quincy Notre Dame scored the game’s only run in the fourth inning on a Doellman single. Gracyn Holsted and Ryder Howe each had…

The Clark County Indians showed fight at the plate but couldn’t overcome an early deficit in an 8-5 loss to Quincy B on April 23. Clark County matched Quincy B with timely hitting and actually outhit their opponent eight to five, but defensive miscues and a big first inning by Quincy proved too much to overcome. Quincy B struck quickly in the top of the first, using a two-run home run and a two-run double to build a 4-0 lead before the Indians had an answer. Clark County responded immediately. Mason Davidson singled to drive in the first run, and…

Clark County finished second in a dual match against Palmyra on Tuesday, April 21, at Twin Lakes Golf Course in Kahoka. Palmyra won the match with a team score of 160, while Clark County finished with a 188. Kole Ross led the Indians with a 40, good for third overall. Owen Eddleman shot a 44 and finished seventh, while Kyson Gordy added a 49 to place eighth. Karson Kirchner finished with a 55 for Clark County, and Wyatt Lovell carded a 61. The match came as part of regular season play between the two Clarence Cannon Conference programs.

SHELBINA — Clark County turned in a strong all-around performance at the South Shelby Invitational on April 13, highlighted by dominant distance running from Mason McDaniel and a clean sweep in the horizontal jumps by Lukas Weaver. McDaniel once again proved to be one of the area’s top distance runners, capturing titles in both the 800-meter run (2:08.54) and 3200-meter run (10:35.10), while also finishing runner-up in the 1600 (4:48.27). His efforts led a boys squad that also saw strong relay finishes, including a second-place run in the 4×800 and a third-place finish in the 4×400. In the field events,…

I parked the truck, and as soon as I had grabbed my gear, I knew it was going to be a good afternoon. I crept along carefully, placing one foot in front of the other in an effort not to spook the target of this hunt. As I neared a likely looking location, I could look ahead and see that the creatures had other ideas and were more concerned with mating than they were in me. Still, if I was careless, they would easily be spooked and just as quickly take off. Like all hunts, the closer I could get,…

KAHOKA — Clark County broke the game open with a seven-run first inning and an eight-run second Wednesday, rolling to a 17-1 victory over Scotland County in three innings. The Indians improved to 4-3, while Scotland County fell to 2-3. After Scotland County pushed across an unearned run in the top of the first, Clark answered immediately and never looked back. Eli Miller’s two-run home run highlighted the first-inning surge, while Corrick Hunziker delivered a two-run double as the Indians turned a 1-0 deficit into a 7-1 lead by the end of the frame. Clark piled on in the second,…

That’s Why We Ask Questions I know that we are thinking more about fishing and turkey hunting right now than anything else. But within a few page flips of my calendar, I’ll be hunting again— more than likely for the last time in South Africa. So I’m kind of filled with thoughts about that. There is a saying that I use a great deal for almost everything: “You don’t know what you don’t know.” We all have this deep-seated thought that we know things—or think we know things—that we really don’t. I’ve had fishing guides tell me straight out that…