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About hocosportsblog

Greg Jackson is the Sports Editor for the Fayette Advertiser and Democrat-Leader

Videos of Glasgow, New Franklin athletes receving state track and field medals

Rather than make 13 different posts on Twitter of the videos I shoot on my iPhone, I’m going to make one post on here of each medal ceremony this past weekend at state track for the Glasgow and New Franklin … Continue reading

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Schedule of events for Day Two at State Track and Field Championships

The track season will be over in about, oh, around 17 hours for our local high school track teams. If you want to get some sun tomorrow, come on down to Jefferson City and see plenty of kids medal. This … Continue reading

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Recap of Day One at the Missouri State Track and Field Championships

Here is the link to today’s results for the Class 1 boys and Class 1 girls. Or if you want a dummy-downed version that only includes Howard County area athletes, just look below. I’ll go with these chronologically. Girls high … Continue reading

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Sectional track meet qualifiers head to Boonville

For the first time since I’ve come to Fayette, I’ll get to see New Franklin and Glasgow athletes at the sectional meet. It helps that those two schools also happen to be competing at the same place as Fayette. Usually … Continue reading

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2013 Lewis & Clark All-Conference baseball

For the first time in five years under head coach Chris Kendrick (and, for all I know, maybe even the first time ever), the Fayette baseball team had four players named to the 2013 All-Conference baseball team. It’s the third … Continue reading

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2013 conference baseball standings

Compiling area basketball standings was a piece of cake compared to the chaos of putting together spring baseball standings. It’s actually been easier to keep track of postponements and cancellations than it has been tracking down scores since mid-March. But … Continue reading

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Kendrick hired as principal at Bunceton

Fayette High School boys basketball and baseball head coach Chris Kendrick announced Friday he is stepping down at the end of this school year as a physical education teacher to accept the positions of K-12 principal and athletic director of … Continue reading

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Comparing the 2012 vs. 2013 Fayette Relays

I don’t get many chances to do analysis, so I’m going to take advantage of this opportunity. I understand that last Thursday was the first quality time many high school track teams were able to get out on the track … Continue reading

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Media announces 2012-13 All-District high school basketball teams

Another year of basketball is complete in the Howard County area, and many teams came away with successful seasons. Of the 10 high school basketball teams in the coverage area, seven teams had 10 or more wins in a season, … Continue reading

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2012-13 Central Activities Conference All-Conference basketball teams

It feels strange that all of the CAC teams are done playing at this point. Well, here is one last hurrah of the basketball season for the Central Activities Conference. In total, nine Glasgow players and six New Franklin players … Continue reading

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