Tom Rackers
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A big move on the local coaching front - Ryan Fick has been announced as the new boys basketball coach at Capital City after 17 seasons as the head coach at Blair Oaks. Early in his career, Fick spent three seasons as an assistant at Jefferson City.
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It’s official - former
@SADER_FOOTBALL
tight end Hale Hentges is on the Colts’ 53-man roster after training camp. One of 4 tight ends on the team.
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I want to thank the
@MoSportsHall
for this honor and am looking forward to the induction ceremony in February.
Veteran mid-Missouri sportswriter Tom Rackers
@tjrackers
is our next choice to join the MSHOF Class of 2023
@NewsTribune
#WhereTheGameLivesOn
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Jack Crull of
@heliascatholic
wins the Class 4 boys state championship in the 800-meter run by .06. First state title for the junior.
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Helias’ multiple-time all-state kicker commits to Arkansas.
Very excited and blessed to announce I am committed to the University of Arkansas!
@CoachSamPittman
@CoachSFountain
#WPS
Go Hogs!
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This is why Jason is the best!
This is the game-winning shot by Quinn Kusgen. Blair Oaks wins its 18th straight game to win Class 3 District 9 title.
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Vito Calvaruso of Helias signs with Arkansas in a ceremony at the library.
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Here’s Hale’s TD catch! No. 88 starts in motion ...
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After some numbers crunching with
@SADER_FOOTBALL
coaches, we are in agreement.
Drew Miller set a Helias single-game passing record in Friday night's win vs. Battle, throwing for 357 yards. That broke the school record of 347 set by current Helias OC Zach Rockers in 2010.
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Hale Hentges wasn’t without a team for long ...
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F - Helias 35, Hannibal 34. Chris Hentges wins in return to Crusaders.
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Jacob Storms 315 rushing yards tonight for Helias single game record. Old mark of 306 held by Chris Hentges in 1983.
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Final - Helias 13, Logan-Rogersville 0. 5 innings. Helias going to Final Four for first time since 2015.
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I think I say this every time I’m at
@CCHSCavs
, but whoever picks the music played between games deserves a damn raise.
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I have the pleasure of working with some talented people here
@NTsports
. It’s great to see
@actionjaxon05
get recognized for not only his words, but his photos by the Missouri Press Association!
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Dominic Crisostomo of
@heliascatholic
takes the medal stand as the Class 4 boys state pole vault champion.
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F - Helias 35, MICDS 30.
@SADER_FOOTBALL
wins the Class 4 state football title with a 14-0 record.
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Football coaches association all-state team is released. Three
@SADER_FOOTBALL
players selected in Class 4 - kicker
@vito_calvaruso
is on first team, defensive back Griffin Buschjost is on second team and tight end Jake Warren is on third team.
@heliascatholic
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It’s the “I Never Thought I’d See This” Bowl at Adkins Stadium as
@jay_football
(3-3 overall, 3-1 CMAC) hosts Class 4 No. 1
@SADER_FOOTBALL
(6-0, 4-0). This just means more than
#CMACtion
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Today’s
@SADER_FOOTBALL
practice ends in style with a 51-yard field goal by
@CalvarusoVinnie
.
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Kelly Fick has been named the head coach for
@BaseballHelias
, replacing Chris Wyrick, who stepped down after the season after 25 years leading the program. Fick, a
@heliascatholic
graduate, has been a baseball assistant for 7 years and the
@HeliasSoftball
head coach for 3 years.
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Mikah Edwards of
@heliascatholic
finishes her day by taking seventh in the 200-meter dash. Four events, four medals for the sophomore.
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Two state championships in seven days for Blair Oaks after the Lady Falcons won the softball crown last Saturday. Quite the week in Wardsville.
Volleyball final: Blair Oaks defeats Strafford 25-17, 25-16, 25-18.
@BlairOaksVB
(35-4) wins its first-ever volleyball state championship.
#mopreps
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Jack Lage of Helias wins the Class 2 state title at 120 pounds with a 4-2 decision against Ryker Smith of Cameron. First state title for Lage, who ends the season at 34-0.
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F - Helias 13, Smithville 10. Helias advances to Friday’s Class 4 title game at Adkins Stadium.
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F - Helias 1, Logan-Rogersville 0.
Helias will play Notre Dame de Sion for the Class 2 state title at 4 p.m. Saturday.
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I’ve talked with
@WrestlingHelias
teammates Aleksey Salaz and Jack Lage as well as Brant Aulbur of
@jayswrestling
for stories in Sunday’s
@NTsports
edition. The three medalists all were articulate and in Salaz’s case, candid about their state medal experiences.
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Sam Heckart sets Helias school record with 47 yard field goal to make it 39-0. Old record was 43 by Alex Cadice and Taylor Heislen.
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The first Missouri Media Rankings are out after yesterday’s district assignments release by MSHSAA and
@SADER_FOOTBALL
holds down the No. 1 spot in Class 4. Helias will host Class 6 No. 10 Rock Bridge on Friday.
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Former
@SADER_FOOTBALL
tight end Hale Hentges will be on the active roster today for Washington’s game at Miami. Starts at noon. Hale will be wearing No. 88.
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It’s now official,
@SADER_FOOTBALL
will host Rolla next Friday night at Ray Hentges Stadium. Game time is 7 p.m.
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It will be Class 4 No. 1 Helias (6-0 overall, 4-0 CMAC) at Jefferson City (3-3, 3-1), winners of three straight games, next Friday night at Adkins Stadium. It’s going to be an “interesting” next 7 days in the Capital City.
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At the start of the Missouri Media Rankings this season,
@SADER_FOOTBALL
was No. 1. They end there as well.
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With the win,
@cccavs_softball
go 6-0 to win the CMAC title. It’s the first conference title in any sport at Capital City High School.
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Helias advances to the Class 4 Final Four with a 4-2 win against Camdenton.
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Sullivan player ejected after signaling Helias was No. 1. Just with the wrong finger. 8:10 left, Helias leads 14-7 with the ball.
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The Blair Oaks Falcons advance two players – Jake Closser and Jarod Steinbeck — to the Class 2 boys state golf tournament out of sectionals. California advances as a team to state by winning the sectional title.
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Nikolai Careaga of Helias (33-7) takes third at 152 pounds in the Class 2 state championships with a 5-1 win against Carson Smith of Oak Grove.
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The Jefferson City Jays have 7 state wrestling qualifiers - Peter Kuster (first in district), Garrett Butel (2), Brandon Backues (2), Nate McKaye (2), Will Kuster (3), Reece Neighbors (3) and Jeremiah Wallace (4). Jays fourth as team with 129 points.
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Jack Lage wins the state title at 126 with a 10-0 victory. It’s his second state title.
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F - Tipton 57, Paris 41. The Lady Cardinals advance to the Class 2 Final Four.
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Carter Prenger of Helias (31-9) takes third at 113 pounds in the Class 2 state tournament with a first-period fall against Bryson Damgar of Savannah. Big win with bonus points for the Crusaders in their bid for a team trophy.
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Abbi Pringer hits 2-run HR with 2 outs in the 8th to give Helias a 3-2 win against Mexico.
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Matthew Malmstrom of Helias finishes second in the Class 4 300-meter hurdles.
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Chuck Register has been named boys head coach for the
@SADER_SOCCER
this fall. Register started both the boys and girls programs at
@heliascatholic
in the early 1990s. He has coached Father Tolton to a girls state title last year. Jon DeSha is staying on as girls coach at Helias.
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Two legends ...
Rockhurst coach Tony Severino and former Jefferson City coach Pete Adkins have some catching up to do.
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Vito Calvaruso kicks a 50-yard FG to start the scoring in the second half for school record. Helias 17, Rock Bridge 3. 9:02 3Q.
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Former
@BaseballHelias
standout Trevor Austin will start at second and bat lead-off in his first-ever game in college.
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Abby Backes of Tipton is selected as the Class 2 Player of the Year by the MBCA. She is joined by
@TiptonLady
teammate Myra Claas on the All-State team.
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Jack Lage of
@WrestlingHelias
takes third place in the Class 3 state championships at 120 pounds, winning his final match by fall.
Aleksey Salaz of the Crusaders will wrestle for the title at 138 later today.
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Baseball is back!!! In about 10 minutes anyway!!! Two 2019 Final Four teams meet as Helias hosts Fatima at the American Legion Post 5 Sports Complex.
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At the Cole County Sherriff’s Department for first official briefing on tornado tonight in Jefferson City. JCPD doing the briefing.
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Camdenton High School is joining the Central Missouri Activities Conference.
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Brant Aulbur of
@jayswrestling
takes third at 220 pounds in Class 4 state championships with OT win.
Brandon Backues of the Jays injury defaulted in his 2 matches today and takes sixth at 285.
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A few
@SADER_FOOTBALL
records were set in Friday night’s 55-13 win.
•
@_drewmillerr_
has completed 150 passes this season, breaking the mark of 137 set by Wyatt Porter in 2012.
• Miller has thrown for 2,013 yards. The old mark of 1,928 was set in 2010 by
@ZachRockers
.
(1/2)
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F - Helias 7, Monett 0. Zach Davidson goes the distance with 12 strikeouts. Crusaders going to their 12th Final Four, first since 2004.
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The Missouri Media Rankings have been released and
@SADER_FOOTBALL
is No. 10 in Class 4 this week. Helias hosts Class 2 No. 1 Cardinal Ritter in clash of 3-0 teams Saturday night for Homecoming at Ray Hentges Stadium.
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F - Helias 56, Ava 49. The Lady Crusaders going to the Final Four for first time since 1995.
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For
@SADER_FOOTBALL
fans, here’s a 56-yard field goal attempt by
@vito_calvaruso
that came up about 3 yards short tonight at Tolton.
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Tauny Gore of Helias stands with her medal after taking fourth in the girls triple jump.
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And if you haven’t been out here recently, and I don’t know there would have been any reason to, there have been improvements around the adjacent softball field.
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JC wrestling update: Werdenhausen will wrestle for fifth at 120, Kuster for third at 138, Berendzen for fifth at 170, Friederich for fifth at 182, Hayes for third at 195, Aulbur for first at 220 and Enloe finishes 1-2 at 285. That's six medalists for Jays, currently 3rd as team.
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It appears Cardinal Ritter has forfeited all seven of its games, including against
@SADER_FOOTBALL
.
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It’s the last game of the MSHSAA winter sports season as top-ranked Jefferson City (29-1) takes on second-ranked North Kansas City (27-2) for the Class 5 girls state title at JQH Arena. Tip scheduled for 8:10 p.m., figures to be at 8:20 p.m.
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Nic Calvaruso boots a 34FG with 1:21 left 4Q. Helias 31, Hannibal 21.
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The updated district standings for
@SADER_FOOTBALL
. Helias is actually 7-0. Friday night’s game with Rock Bridge at Ray Hentges Stadium now has a little extra importance as if the rivalry needed it.
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Here is the Missouri Football Coaches Association Class 4 all-state football first team. Note
@SADER_FOOTBALL
swept the individual awards - Jake Weaver for offense, Ethan Holzhauser for defense and Chris Hentges as coach of the year. (1/3)
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Helias wins boys golf district championship today in Marshfield. Advance to sectionals next week.
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Final from the evidently lead/concrete bunker of Rackers Fieldhouse where Twitter service takes a vacation - Helias 57, Blair Oaks 40 in girls basketball action.
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Good evening from Ray Hentges Stadium as second-seeded
@SADER_FOOTBALL
(9-2) hosts fourth-seeded
@FootballTHS
(8-3) in the Class 5 District 4 title game. Kick set for 7 p.m.
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Alexa Rehmeier and Lauren Howell combine for a no-hitter to lead Helias to a 1-0 win against Blair Oaks in the Class 3 District 9 title game.
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Bettered the team PR by more than 10 seconds today.
Congratulations to the boys 4x800 on running a great time of 7:58.67 and earning 4th!
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With Friday night’s win,
@SADER_FOOTBALL
takes over the top spot in the district standings. Helias wraps up regular season next Friday in St. Louis against Class 6 No. 1 De Smet (8-0).
@NTsports
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The Central Missouri "We hate (insert your school)" All-District Football selection meeting in full argument mode. About a kicker. Release date for teams TBD.
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Good afternoon from Westphalia as Class 4 RV
@CometChronicle
(4-1) hosts Class 5 No. 6
@BaseballHelias
(7-1). First pitch set for 5 p.m.
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Helias senior-to-be guard going Division I!
I’m excited to announce I’m committing to Missouri State University! Thank you to my family, coaches, and teammates for all their help and support. Go Bears!🐻
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Good morning from the Crusader Athletic Complex! It’s Media/Picture Day for
@SADER_FOOTBALL
for the 2018 season.
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Good evening from Ray Hentges Stadium as Class 5 No. 4
@SADER_FOOTBALL
(4-1, 3-0) hosts
@capcityfb
(3-2, 2-2) for Homecoming. Kick set for 7 p.m.
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Good evening from St. Louis and a Class 5 state-ranked clash as No. 4
@SADER_FOOTBALL
(3-0) faces No. 1
@RitterPrep
(3-0). Kick set for 7 p.m.
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In Smithville as
@SADER_FOOTBALL
(12-0) faces
@SVille_Football
(10-2) in the Class 4 semifinals. Kick at 7 p.m.
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Good evening from Ray Hentges Stadium as
@SADER_FOOTBALL
hosts
@HannibalFootbal
in the season opener. Kick set for 8 p.m.
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