October 16, 2026
Higginsville Advance Sports
Quincy Bound!…
Lorelei Weaver (middle of row one) who was a state champion this year, is headed to wrestle at Quincy University in Illinois. She is pictured here with her coaches and teammates. Quincy is a Division II school competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Congratulations Lorelei!
Track and Field Competes at Home, and at Conference Meet
The Husker Track and Field program was in two meets last week, which included the MRVCE Championships where both the boys and girls teams each finished in third place. Here are the results of top three placers: Dean Hayes Invite at Higg. hosted by Hardin-Central
Tennis Team Sends Doubles Teams to State
The goal of reaching state was achieved last week by a pair of doubles teams for the Husker tennis program. Colby Dickmeier and Alex Dyer took top honors at districts defeating teammates Matteo Guillen and Rhett Bums 6-2, 6-0 as both teams advance to Springfield May 14th and 15 th for state competition.
Husker Fall in Conference Play to Eagles and Spartans
The Holden Eagles hosted the Huskers on 4-27-26 in baseball. Higginsville had their work cut out for themselves as the Eagles are over .500 at 10 and 8, and defeated the Huskers in Higginsville last time 17 to 1. The Blue and Gold are still searching for win number two but it would not come on this day as Holden took the contest 13-0.
LCC-1 High School Competes in the Scholar Bowl National Championship Tournament
On the weekend of Saturday, April 25, Lafayette County C-1 High School joined 153 of the top quiz bowl teams from small public high schools at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Chicago for the 2026 Small School National Championship Tournament to determine who was the best.
Husker GolF Report
Golf was in action last week at Richmond and at the Husker Invitational. At Richmond the team took 5th out of 8th place behind richmond, Richmond JV, Lexington and Orrick, with individual scores looking like this: Brady Looney (SR) +22, Mathias Johnson (SO) +23, Gracie Arndt (JR), +33, Kasyn Otero (SO) +34, Katelynn Davis (JR) +30.
Track and Field Runs at Richmond and Lexington
The Husker Invitational Track Meet was held recently with another large field in attendance to compete for the hardware. The Husker girls and boys results were - (Top Three Placers) GIRLS
Huskers Face Off Against Conference Foes in Baseball
Three games were played by LCC-1 last week, the first being against Lexington. The Minutemen were looking to snap a twelve game losing streak to the Baseball Huskers at Fairground Park on 4-21-26. Lexington had not defeated Higginsville since districts in May of 2019. In those twelve games, seven were by the spread rule (wins of ten runs or more).
Tennis Team Keeps Rolling Rlong
The Husker Netmen hosted Knob Noster on 4-20-26. The Panthers were short two players so only two doubles matches and four singles took place. Colby Dickmeier and Alex Dyer took care of business at #1 dubs winning 8-1, while Cy Fitzgerel and Joel Cook won at love also, at number two doubles. In singles Dickmeier won 8-0 over Troy Garro, Matteo Guillen won 8-1 at number two, while Dyer and Rhett Bums won 8-0 at the 3 and 4 singles spots. Interestingly the MSHSAA website roster section shows that all players from Knob Noster are freshmen.