PALMYRA, Mo. — For just over three-and-half minutes, the championship girls game in the 78th Annual Tony Lenzini Tournament between the Monroe City and Canton girls basketball teams was competitive.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — Montgomery County came to Monroe City with a big advantage during a non-conference game on Saturday night against the Panthers.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Paris boys dominated Marion County, 57-38, in the consolation bracket of the 97th Annual Monroe Basketball Tournament.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — Palmyra’s Lady Panthers roared back from a 13-point halftime deficit to squeeze past the Paris Lady Coyotes, 48-46, during the opening round of the 97th Annual Monroe City T…
MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Louisiana Bulldogs overcame a sputtering start to roll past Paris 73-51 in the opening round of the 97th Annual Monroe City Tournament on Monday night.
CENTER, Mo. -- The Mark Twain boys basketball team showed they plan to be a much tougher team in this strange season of high school basketball than in previous seasons.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — In a game of streaks, Monroe City reeled off a strong fourth quarter, posting a 60-44 win over the visiting Keokuk Chiefs on Saturday.
MADISON, Mo. — The Madison C3 School District in western Monroe County is closed to in-person learning for the second time this school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
MOKANE, Mo. — With about five minutes left in the fourth quarter, down 26-0 to South Callaway, Mark Twain head coach Karl Asbury called a timeout.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — Monroe City went toe-to-toe with an aggressive, hard-hitting Bowling Green team Friday night, taking a 28-26 win in the Class 2 District 6 semifinal game at Lankford Field o…
HAMILTON, Mo. — Monroe City’s historic quest to reach the state softball Class 2 softball championship hit twin walls on Saturday as Penney downed the Panthers 10-3 in the semifinal game.
HERMANN, Mo. -- Monroe City used big plays to roll over Hermann in a road game on Friday night.
MONROE CITY, Mo. | The Monroe City football team ended two weeks of frustration with a 26-12 win over the Brookfield Bulldogs on Friday night at Lankford Field.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Monroe City football team ended two weeks of frustration with a 26-12 win over the Brookfield Bulldogs on Friday night at Lankford Field.
MONROE CITY, Mo. -- The Monroe City football team ended two weeks of frustration with a 26-12 win over the Brookfield Bulldogs on Friday night at Lankford Field.
CENTER, Mo. | Mark Twain's inexperienced team opened the 2020 season one-week late, losing a shootout to Clopton-Elsberry 51-34, at home on Saturday night.
KAHOKA, Mo. — The Monroe City football team was shut out 42-0 by Clark County Friday night.
MONROE CITY, Mo. â For 24 minutes the Monroe City football team seemed like it was going for a repeat of last year.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Monroe City football team posted a monster night on offense in a 46-26 overwhelming victory over Clarence Cannon Conference foe Highland Friday night.
MONROE CITY, Mo. — The Monroe City football team’s large lead had slowly evaproated.
Down to Highland, 57-56, with 19 seconds left in the semifinal of the Class III District 13 game on Wednesday night at Centralia, Monroe City took its final timeout in a battle of the No. 2-se…
Weather forced last-minute changes for the Class III District 13 opening round of boys play on Tuesday, which led to an unexpected home game for the Monroe City Panthers as a contest with High…
There was a playoff atmosphere at Monroe City High School Tuesday night.
Onlookers were ready for a big game Friday when Clarence Cannon Conference rivals Palmyra and Monroe City clashed in the final regular season game of the year.
The Monroe City softball team entered the championship game of the Class 2 District 6 Tournament against Highland on Saturday at Flower City Park with hopeful confidence.
A special season for the Monroe City softball team became even more so with a dramatic win over Palmyra on Thursday night.
Overtime was almost certainly next.
The clash of Monroe City and Macon, two Clarence Cannon Conference titans, had the feeling of a playoff game Friday night.
The Mark Twain football team trounced Louisiana in convincing fashion at home in its season opener on Saturday.
Legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant had a knack for poor-mouthing after overwhelming wins.
The Monroe City baseball team lost 7-6 to Clark County in the opening round of the Class 3 District 8 Tournament with a marathon 10-inning game Friday, May 11.
The Paris girls basketball team saw its season end Saturday afternoon with a 40-33 loss to South Shelby in the Class 2 District 6 championship.
Both the Community and Madison girls basketball teams were ranked in the top 10 by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association most of the season.
After winning the final game of the regular season on Friday night, Paris girls basketball coach Garrett Thomas felt his team had momentum going into district play.
The Paris girls basketball team rolled to a 65-36 home drubbing of Canton on Friday night to close out the regular season on a seven-game winning streak.
Grant Peters, Mark Twain’s 6-foot-7 center, wants to be the guy other teams target.
As the fourth quarter started Friday night, there was a playoff atmosphere for the 400-plus fans who packed the Centralia High School gymnasium for a Clarence Cannon Conference showdown.
The Mark Twain boys basketball team came oh-so-close to ending a losing streak when it engaged in a shootout at Montgomery County on Wednesday night.
The outcome of the Paris-Marion County girls basketball game was not in doubt by the middle of the first quarter Tuesday night.
The boys basketball teams at Marion County and Paris were headed in opposite directions Tuesday night.
The Marion County boys basketball team almost pulled off a second miracle finish in three days when it played at Madison on Thursday night.
The long season for the winless Marion County girls basketball team continued with a 59-23 road loss to Madison.
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Wellsville-Middleton’s strategy during Friday night’s home game against a bigger and faster Mark Twain boys basketball team was clear from the tipoff: play a smothering defense and a frustrati…
The Mark Twain boys basketball team made a furious run at Van-Far on Saturday night during the Madison Invitational championship but fell short in a 74-70 overtime loss.
Sometimes it doesn't have to be pretty.
Madison junior forward Jimmy Layton grabbed a pass just above the key with 10 seconds left with Wednesday night’s game tied at 45 against cross-county rival Paris.
The unusual juxtaposition of a pair of players who are pacing the Paris girls basketball team so far this season is hard to miss.
Fans of fast-break, high-scoring, rapid-action basketball, there’s no need to read further.
Someone forgot to tell the Van-Far junior varsity players they were expected to be no match for the big and physical Mark Twain boys basketball team during the opening round of the Madison Tou…
Emilie Okenfuss set the tone for the Monroe City girls basketball team in the first 30 seconds of its road game at Mark Twain on Tuesday night.