Team Takes Sixth In Division; Michael Powers Earns First Place Overall The Louisiana Quiz Bowl team competed in the National Small School Championship in Chicago over the weekend with the team finishing in the top 10 of 96 schools, and sixth place overall in the “Very Small School” category in addition to team captain Michael […]
The Cunningham Invitational track meet was held Friday, April 20 in Louisiana. The Van-Far Indians captured first place with 187 points followed by Bowling Green Bobcats with 141 points. Louisiana Bulldogs placed sixth with 24 points and Silex Owls were seventh. The Bowling Green Lady Bobcats took first with 187 points; Louisiana Lady Bulldogs scored 70 points […]
Louisiana hosted the Class 2 District 12 event on Saturday, April 14 and came away with the title. The Bulldogs went 3-0 in the preliminaries with wins over Elsberry (500-260), Clopton (540-140) and Monroe City (630-100). LHS Team Captain Michael Powers was first overall individually with an average of 33 tossup questions per game, earning […]
Bowling Green Track teams compete at Centralia High School on Thursday, April 5. In the men’s division the Bowling Green Bobcats came in second with a score of 216. The Lady ‘Cats had a score of 209 to place second. MEN’S RESULTS 100 Meters – Brenden Henderson, 12.12, 3rd; Matt kay, 12.20, 5th; Javan Moore, 12.64, 10th; […]
2018 Van-Far graduate Walter Salmon, Jr., signed a letter of intent at Webster University to compete in track and field. Salmon signed the letter in a ceremony on Wednesday, March 28. Pictured, front row (l-r): Angella Baldwin, mother; Walter; Bransen Salmon, brother; and Andre Salmon, uncle. Second row: Cris Cross and Kevin Baldwin, Van-Far track coaches. […]
Bring out the band and the fire trucks, police cars, trucks and the motorcycles! A congratulatory parade and recognition ceremony was held at Van-Far last week for the Class 2 State Champion Indians basketball team on Thursday, March 15. Coaches Pat Connaway and Brett Reading addressed those attending the ceremony following the parade. Above, Caden […]
Indians Come From Behind To Win State Crown In Dramatic Overtime Thriller Van-Far junior Trey Miller scored the first basket of the state championship game against Hayti, muscled up a bucket to tie the game and force overtime and then hit the final shot that captured the MSHSAA Class 2 title for the Indians in […]
“They’re resilient. They won’t quit. We don’t give up.” He added later that he and Assistant Coach Brett Reading had a good feeling after the third quarter despite being outscored by Hayti 12-10 in that frame. He noted that they urged the boys to keep their heads in it. He said the big boards and […]
Down 15 in the second half, it wasn’t a miracle that propelled the Van-Far Indians to the MSHSAA Show-Me Showdown, it was preparation, skill and a belief in team that pushed the Indians to a 53-49 overtime win over Milan in the Class 2 Quarterfinal. The Indians were ahead late in the first quarter as […]
The Lady Bobcats gave Clark County one of their toughest games of the season, but fell to the Lady Indians 49-42 in the MSHSAA Class 3 Sectional on Wednesday at Moberly Area Community College. Clark County would win again on Saturday to advance the this week’s Show-Me Showdown in Springfield. In the sectional, it was […]
