July 05, 2008

Blue Thunder Track Club sending seven athletes to national Junior Olympics

By CHRISTY SIEBERT Seven children from the Blue Thunder Track Club of Columbia qualified to compete in the National Junior Olympics this month in Ypsilanti, Mich.

July 02, 2008

Carly and Ally Offerdahl bring home medals from taekwondo competition

By JESSI WOOD In June, Carly won a World Champion and Ally won a silver medal at the Taekwondo World Championship in Little Rock, Ark.

June 28, 2008

Honor for tee-ball player well deserved

By SHARISSE HUBBARD Six-year-old Jill Zulovich defied all odds to overcome cancer and will play in a tee-ball game at the White House.

Columbia teen qualifies for championship golf competition.

By CHRISTY SIEBERT Tyler Kolb, a 14-year-old Columbia golf player, qualified for the Callaway Junior World Championship on July 13-17 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.

June 19, 2008

Missouri’s best high school rodeo stars compete in state finals

By SHARISSE HUBBARD Cowboys and cowgirls from across the state will compete at the Missouri High School Rodeo State Finals this weekend.

May 08, 2008

11-year-old is fast out of the blocks

By BRETT KNIGHT Mikayla Logan has only raced for a year, but in that time she's made it to a national competition.

May 06, 2008

Garrison McLagan takes unusual route to college baseball

By ANDREW DEWITT/MISSOURIAN

April 27, 2008

Two young local divers look to make splash on national scene

By Brett Knight Christian Head,13, and Ashley Shelton, 14, have passed on playing other sports to focus on becoming top-flight divers.

April 06, 2008

Golf clinic exposes new generation to old sport

By David Thiessen

March 13, 2008

West Junior High student advances to national spelling bee

By WILLIAM POWELL Eighth-grader Christian Ackmann won the Columbia Regional Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word "cybernetics."

February 24, 2008

Track club helps offer early exposure to sport on national level

By By MATTHEW CAVANAH

December 22, 2007

Bruins, Kewpies post 16 state qualifying times at COMO Invitational

By PETAR MILJKOVIC The Hickman and Rock Bridge girls swimmers competed against five schools from around Missouri at Saturday's meet.

October 15, 2007

Roller figure skaters look toward championships next summer

By SHAUNA FREDRICKSON Emma Trent is an up-and-coming competitor in the world of roller figure skating. She recently had a chance to learn from a world-class skater who is about to compete in Australia.

September 29, 2007

Phase one of new baseball complex on schedule for April completion

By AMBIKA BEHAL The first phase of the complex includes the construction of two baseball fields, one 400 feet deep and the other 300 feet; an irrigation lake; and a 140-space gravel parking lot.

July 31, 2007

Columbia little league wins another state crown

By NICK SNOW COLUMBIA - Laura Knoesel couldn’t hold back tears of joy as her son slid into home. Jack Knoesel, who just turned 11 this week and was starting for the first time in state tournament play, hit an inside-the-park home run, giving his team a 4-0 lead in the state championship game.

July 10, 2007

‘Coach Wendell’ leaving impact on players, youth league

By Maggie Creamer As a coach, parent, president of the CYBA and leader in the drive to build a new recreation complex, Wendell Coonce is working to inspire youth throughout Columbia.

June 29, 2007

Youth set to try luck at triathlon

By RACHEL DYE Around 120-150 athletes ages 5 through 14 will test their endurance Saturday in the Youth Lions Triathlon at Wilson’s Beach Club in Columbia.

June 27, 2007

Next stop: San Francisco

By Adam Daniels Kelly Murray sat in the right field bleachers watching her 11-year-old son, Mason, pitch at Busch Stadium. The next thing she knew, he was holding his trophy on the stadium JumboTron and beaming. Moments later, as she walked on to the concession stand, the moment simply became too much for her.

June 24, 2007

Swimming a fun challenge

By ALICIA HATCHER While Micah Wright would finish the last few weeks of his kindergarten year in a cast, something else was on his mind. He had a full summer of swimming ahead of him.

June 12, 2007

Full Steam Ahead

By Andrea Rane/Missourian