Sports

Cardinals Win Barnburner Over Stover In Boys Action

Published by admin on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 2:07pm
A young boy turned to his friends and said, "This game is a barnburner." He was correct  in referring to Friday’s game between Lincoln and Stover in Stover .
Lincoln would come from behind in the fourth quarter for a 63-61 victory. 
Usually high school teams start off slow in the first quarter, but both teams came out firing as Lincoln led 25-20 after one. Connor Lynde would have 13 points in the first quarter. He would end with 17 to lead Lincoln on the night.

Come From Behind Victory For Lincoln’s Junior High

Published by admin on Wed, 02/17/2021 - 11:42am
Lincoln’s JH boys basketball team trailed Otterville until the last minute and ten seconds of their game Friday night in Lincoln.
The home team didn’t score in the first quarter and trailed 4-0 .
Lincoln had beaten them in the conference tournament championship on a last second shot by Anthony Srader two weeks prior.
They came from behind this time around to win 30-25 on last minute heroics by Chase Young and Riley Sanders.
Lincoln trailed 12-11 at halftime and 21-18 after three.

Cats Wrestling Sends Six To Sectionals

Published by admin on Wed, 02/17/2021 - 11:30am
It was a successful day for the Warsaw wrestling program as they took 8 grapplers to the Class 1 District 3 tournament on Saturday and had 6 of those punch their tickets to the next round.  Anthony Rodgers (106), Coehen Walton (126), Nick Bagley (132), Hudson Karr (138), Tyler Orton (195) and Lucas Culbertson (220) will all move on for the Wildcats to the new Sectional round of this year’s MSHSAA state tournament qualifying process on Saturday, February 27 to be held in Versailles.

Bagley Fights Way To Conference Championship

Published by admin on Wed, 01/27/2021 - 1:08pm
With three more wins on Saturday, Wildcats sophomore Nick Bagley improved his record to 17-6  for the season on his way to claiming a first place medal and an Ozark Highlands Conference championship in the 132 pound weight class.  
Hudson Karr and Lucas Culbertson both took seconds and Anthony Rogers, Coehen Walton and James H. Kellner IV brought home third place finishes.
Individual finishes and complete results for each wrestler’s matches are as follows:

Warsaw Youth Wrestling Hosts First Tourney

Published by admin on Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:31am
It was a fun-filled and busy weekend as wrestlers rolled onto the campus of Warsaw High School and John Boise Middle School on Sunday for the first-ever Warsaw Youth Wrestling Club Tournament. 
Several youth wrestlers grappled in divisions from 6U 50 pounds up to 14U 190 pounds and fields included wrestlers of both genders.  

Hesse Leads Lincoln Boys Past Sacred Heart In Hard Fought Battle

Published by admin on Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:29am
On Thursday night, two arch rivals met in Lincoln and it went right down to the wire as Lincoln beat Sacred Heart 67-58.
The game was close until the end as Lincoln made their free throws down the stretch.
Mack Hesse had the big night for Lincoln with 24 points. Dallin Chappell led Sacred Heart with 15.
Lincoln led 13-11 at the end of the first period . The Gremlins tried a full court press at various times but Lincoln was too quick and found the open man usually with Connor Lynde dribbling down the sideline over half court.

Warsaw Mauled By Bears

Published by admin on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 10:18am
It was another rough outing for the Wildcats as they resumed their schedule following the holiday break with a conference road loss to the Butler Bears last Tuesday night, 70-38.
Warsaw hung tough throughout the first period, thanks in large part to Trey Palmer getting off to a fast start.  Palmer recorded 9 of his 14 total points in the period, but the Bears clung to a 12-11 edge after the first.
Butler began to pull away in the second quarter by outscoring the Wildcats with a 21-8 advantage to take a 33-19 lead at halftime.

Lincoln Takes Measure Of Weaubleau Tigers

Published by admin on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 10:17am
Lincoln continues to improve as they defeated Weaubleau 58-42 at home last Thursday.
The Tigers, who came in at 7-3, scored only two points in the second quarter allowing the Cardinals to take a 29-14 halftime lead.
It was 12-12 after one. Lincoln led 12-5 but sophomore Cooper Wilson banged home two threes to help tie the game.
Wilson would get into foul trouble and sit out much of the rest of the half. It was the first time this season the young gunslinger would sit the bench because of fouls.

Lincoln Downs Otterville To Advance To Title Game

Published by admin on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:17am
Lincoln’s Sophomore Center Mack Hesse rolled his ankle two minutes into the contest.
Kaleb Mundy, 5’8 sophomore, Lincoln’s sixth man, came in for the 6’4 pivot man, making Lincoln smaller but a little faster and adding another ball handler to the already gifted squad.
Sophomore forward Kyle Eckhoff 6’3, decided to take over on the inside in Hesse’s absence, with a career high 29 points as Lincoln, the number one seed, defeated Otterville 67-40 in the semi-final of the Otterville tournament.

Comeback Earns Lincoln Tournament Championship

Published by admin on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:16am
Lincoln was down 24-14 at halftime to Slater in the finals of the Otterville tournament last Saturday night.
Whatever head coach Tyler Burke said to his team in the locker room must had worked.
The number one seeded Cardinals would come out on fire in the third quarter scoring eight unanswered points in route to a 35-28 third quarter lead. Kyle Eckhoff bombed a deep three in front of his bench as the buzzer sounded to end the quarter.