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SULLIVAN — Fatima scored 40 runs across four games to open the season with a 3-1 record Friday and Saturday at the Sullivan Tournament.
The Lady Comets collected 40 hits while defeating …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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9/2/26
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LINN — Aaden Nelson broke into the open field and headed toward the end zone Friday, and Linn’s sideline seemed to race with him.
As Nelson completed the Wildcats’ first touchdown of the …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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9/2/26
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SULLIVAN — Linn won four of five games at the Peoples Bank Back to School Softball Classic on Friday and Saturday, closing its opening week with a 5-2 record.
The Lady Cats defeated Liberty …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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9/2/26
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OWENSVILLE — Fatima placed five runners among the top 10 on Saturday as Brie Massman and Lexi Massman’s one-two finish led the Lady Comets to win the Owensville Triangular.
Fatima finished …
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9/2/26
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LOUISVILLE, KENT. — Playing basketball around mid-Missouri has given Linn’s Carley Brandt and Heslie Higginbotham plenty of opportunities to measure themselves against good competition.
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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8/26/26
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RICH FOUNTAIN — Haslag Landscaping & Design picked the perfect time to find its rhythm. After enduring a 10-game skid during a regular season in which the perennial contender at one point found …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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8/26/26
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LINN — For the Linn Wildcat football program, Family Night is about considerably more than getting players, cheerleaders, coaches, and parents together before the season begins. It is also a …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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8/12/26
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LINN — When Brendon Hostetler of Linn walked away from Busy Bean Café in 2023, he wasn’t walking away from hard work. He was walking toward a dream, which came true when he earned his American …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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8/12/26
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COLUMBIA — Every young baseball player dreams of making it to the big stage, and two local athletes are among the best of the best.
Folk native Jeremy Bexten, who now lives in Ashland, is the …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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8/11/26
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LINN — Coach William “Sonny” Sonnemaker did not arrive at Linn expecting to build a football program by himself.
The first-year Wildcats head football coach had spent years considering …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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8/11/26
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CHAMOIS — As Chamois High School’s new athletic director and second-year boys’ basketball coach, Parker Jett knows small rosters create unique challenges, from scheduling games to surviving …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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7/29/26
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LINN — Jason Dudenhoeffer isn’t measuring the success of his first summer as Linn High School’s head softball coach by wins and losses. He’s measuring it by progress.
Whether it’s …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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7/29/26
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WESTPHALIA — After more than three decades coaching baseball and softball, Dan Campbell thought he had closed the book on his coaching career.
Not because he had lost his passion for the game, …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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7/29/26
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OSAGE COUNTY — On Father’s Day 2025, Loose Creek native and Fatima High School graduate Will Robertson was living every baseball player’s dream. He made his Major League debut with the Blue …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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7/15/26
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For St. Thomas resident Dave Schroeder, the game has changed dramatically since he first stepped onto an Osage Men’s League softball field in 1982.
The bats are different. The balls are …
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By Neal A. Johnson, UD Editor
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7/15/26
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Youngsters once again enjoyed the Power Wheels Mud Race during the Osage County Fair, just ahed of Mud Bowl XXXVI.
Event Coordinator Mitch Branson said he’s pleased to see the event continue …
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6/24/26
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CLASS 1-4500#: Norbert Voss, Linn (211.55), Joe Hale, Freeburg (174.11)
CLASS 2-5000#: Ben Rackers, Wardsville (260.29), Ben Voss, Linn (108.95)
CLASS 3-5500#: Ben Voss, Linn (220.26), Cole …
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6/24/26
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WICHITA, Kan. — Awards and accolades continue to arrive for former Fatima softball standout Kinzey Woody, but the freshman phenom infielder admits she never expected to be discussing All-American …
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6/10/26
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COLUMBIA — Former Fatima tack athlete Easton Haslag entered the 2025-26 track and field season with a simple goal.
After qualifying for the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships …
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6/10/26
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Fatima wasted no time in scoring as Jackson Crede (2-2) hit a 2-2 pitch over the right field wall in the top of the first to give the Comets a 1-0 lead against Centralia in last Tuesday’s 2-0 Class …
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6/3/26
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