Area Sports
Green City Baseball Team Wins Sectionals
Green City Gophers played for Sectionals against Canton at the Canton field on Monday, May 24th, 2021 and won with a score of 11 to 9. Brody Lunsford was named the Freeman Financial and Insurance LLC “Player of the Game”. Pictured front row (left to right): Manny York, Eli Tipton, Tristian Herschberger, Judd Hepler, Riley…
Read MoreGreen City Gophers Place 1st And Lady Gophers Place 2nd At Districts 3 Class 1 Held At Schuyler County
Green City Gophers win 1st place and Green City Lady Gophers win 2nd place at District 3 Class 1 Track and Field held at Schuyler County on Saturday, May 8th, 2021. Pictured front row (left to right): Asher Buggs-Tipton, Manford York, Landon Doosing, and Christopher Barto; and back row (left to right): Easton McDonald, Manager;…
Read MoreWildcats Destroy Bulldogs
The Milan Wildcats baseball squads were back in action after a 10-day layoff, thanks in part to a week of rainy, and soggy field conditions. It is difficult to reach the consistency needed if you are not able to be on the field, especially for a young inexperienced team. This was a busy week, three…
Read MoreRadio Man Reflects on Hall of Fame Career
By Troy Treasure, NEMONews Media Group KMEM-Memphis Sport Director Donnie Middleton’s family loved St. Louis Cardinals baseball of the 1950s and 60s – especially his mother, Elaine. Broadcasts of then mostly daytime games brought the voice of St. Louis play-by-play man Harry Caray into the Middleton’s Downing residence in eastern Schuyler County. Donnie Middleton eventually…
Read MoreWildcats Drop Home Opener
The long-awaited baseball season began after Mother Nature took care of the preceding week of games. The Milan Wildcats were host to the North Harrison Shamrocks in the home season opener on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. This was a non-conference battle, next year the Shamrocks will be joining the Grand Rivers Conference. The Wildcats fell…
Read MoreWildcat Players Receive Basketball Honors
BASKETBALL ALL STATE SELECTION Cadence Pauley was selected to the First Team All-State Class lll squad. Also Cadence Pauley was recognized by the Missouri Basketball Coaches’ Association, the Class lll Girls’ Basketball as Player of the Year. This is quite a feat considering Milan was elevated from Class ll to Class lll this post season.…
Read MoreGreen City Boys Advance to Class 1 Quarterfinals with Win at Meadville
By David Sharp Green City employed a suffocating full court pressure defense and timely perimeter scoring to build an 18 point halftime lead in their March 2, 2021 Class 1 Sectional basketball game at Meadville. The Gophers had four players score in double figures in a 70-52 victory over Meadville (19-7). Both teams had impressive…
Read MoreGreen City Plays In Quarter Final
The Green City basketball season came to a close again Higby in the Quarter Final Round on Friday, March 5, 2021. The game was played at Higby. The boys advanced to the Quarter Final after winning over Meadville on March 2nd with a score of 70 to 52 in the Sectionals.
Read MoreLadycats Dream Season Ends
The Milan Ladycats were host to the Skyline Lady Tigers on Saturday, March 6, 2021 in the Class 111 State Quarter Finals. It was quite an honor for the Milan Ladycats to be able to host a State Quarter Final basketball contest. Both squads matched up very close in all categories and there was quite…
Read MoreLadycats Beat Brookfield For Class 3 District 16 Championship
The Milan Ladycats beat the Brookfield Lady Bulldogs on Saturday, February 27, 2021 for the Class 3, District 16, Championship and advance to play Lawson on Wednesday, March 3 at Lawson. Brookfield, the Number 6 seed, battled Number 1 seed Milan in a true Championship atmosphere and a close encounter to the final buzzer. The…
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