FRIDAY Girls Basketball – Central Christmas Tournament Central 41, Fredericktown 35 Festus 65, Steelville 58 Potosi 70, Ste. Genevieve 23 Arcadia Valley 74, South Iron 38 Boys Basketball – Central Christmas Tournament Potosi 93, Crystal City 37 Fredericktown 71, Arcadia Valley 60 Ste. Genevieve 71, Herculaneum 46 Hillsboro 65, West County 61, OT Warrior Winter…
MATT KING mking@dailyjournalonline.com IRONTON – The Arcadia Valley Thanksgiving Tournament will turn 100 years old next November. The host Tigers will usher in the festivities from a new perch as reigning champions. Showing increased maturity amid a raucous capacity crowd Thursday night, Arcadia Valley dethroned the greatest uninterrupted dynasty in the expansive history of the…
At the school board meeting on Nov. 18, four students were recognized for their stellar athletic, or in the case of two choir students, musical semester for all state honors. Senior Miley Wengler was recognized for being 3rd in the league for homeruns, which she scored 4; 3rd for triples (6); 2nd for Runs Scored…
By MATT KING mking@dailyjournalonline.com IRONTON – The Arcadia Valley girls basketball team found its greatest defensive success on Tuesday evening when coaxing Fredericktown into playing a faster style. The Lady Tigers maintained a shutout through the duration of the first quarter, then thwarted a steady comeback bid early in the second half for a 47-28…
By MATT KING mking@dailyjournalonline.com IRONTON – Even without its floor leader and top scorer from last season available, the Fredericktown boys basketball team cruised through its season opener on Tuesday night. Mason Cureton paced five players in double figures with 17 points, and the Blackcats struck 13 times from 3-point range to rout Bismarck 84-30…
Fredericktown Senior Lauren Hale, signed her letter of intent to play soccer at Lindenwood University on Wednesday, November 12th, 2025. Lindenwood is a NCAA Division 1 program competing in the Ohio Valley Conference. Lauren began playing soccer at the age of 3. Prepsoccer.com ranks her as the #1 goalkeeper and #2 overall soccer prospect in…
By MATT KING mking@dailyjournalonline.com Miley Wengler punctuated a superb varsity career by earning the first all-state selection in the 24-year history of Fredericktown softball. The senior first baseman and pitcher appears on the Class 3 list released by the Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association after leading the independent Lady Cats to an 18-6 record.…
Fredericktown CC medalist Bone talks state vs. local racing, sophomore slump and switching to spikes
This year, Fredericktown Junior Breanna Bone medaled in every cross country race, culminating in the MSHSAA Cross Country Championships at Columbia, Mo. on Friday, where she also medaled. Bone placed 14th in a race of 163 from the best of Class 3 schools across the state, running it in 20:06. Bone and her coach Joe…
Junior Breanna Bone placed 14th in the MSHSAA Cross Country Championship. She ran the 5k in 20:06 at Columbia, Mo on Friday at 9:45 a.m. She will earn a medal for being in the top 30, in a race of over 160 students, according to MSHAA. She adds her ALL STATE honors to her All…
The Fredericktown Football League has been raising future high school football Blackcats for more than 25 years. Darian Bowling has been leading the group for the past several years with coaches, Ron Day, Chris Bird and Danny Bowman helping this year. Both the 10U and 12U earned their spot to play in the Superbowl this…