July 12, 2026
Lexington News Sports
State High School Baseball Playoffs
Class 1 District Finals (Area Teams) Class 2 District Finals (Area Teams) North Shelby 14 New Haven 0 Schuyler County 7 Putnam County 4 Sturgeon 6 Cairo 5 Salisbury 9 Fayette 1 Pilot Grove 9 New Franklin 0 Eugene 7 Russellville 2 Appleton City 10 Lakeland 4 Skyline 12 Lincoln 0 Northland Christian 6 Wellington 0 Tipton 2 South Holt 1 Meadville vs Dekalb St Paul vs Barstow Albany 3 Princeton 0 Faith Christian 12 North Platte 0 Rock Port 7 South Holt 1 King City 7 Maysville 4 Class 1 First Round (Area Teams) Class 2 First Round (Area Teams) Valle at North Shelby Silex-Clopton at Schuyler County Atlanta at Sturgeon Salisbury at Eugene Pilot Grove at St Elizabeth Miller at Skyline Dadeville at Appleton City Tipton at St Paul-Barstow Northland Christian at Meadville-Dekalb Faith Christian at King City Albany at Rock Port Class 3 District Finals (Area Teams) Class 4 District Finals Macon 17 Palmyra 5 Mexico 3 Fulton 2 Centralia 7 North Callaway 2 Moberly vs Southern Boone Lamar 14 Diamond 2 Helias vs Eldon Blair Oaks 11 Warsaw 1 Harrisonville 4 Nevada 2 Holden 5 Lone Jack 0 St Michael 8 Pembroke Hill 0 Carrollton 3 Lawson 2 Excelsior Springs 5 Oak Grove 3 Mid Buchanan vs West Platte St Joe Benton vs Chillicothe Class 3 First Round (Area Teams) Class 4 First Round State (Area Teams) Duchesne at Macon Mexico at Moberly-Southern Boone Centralia at Belle-Fatima Harrisonville at St Michael Lamar at Fair Grove Excelsior Springs at Benton-Chillicothe Blair Oaks at Holden Carrollton at Mid Buchanan-West Platte
Early reporting deadline
Due to the Memorial Day Holiday, the deadline for Sports articles in this week’s Lexington News was last Thursday at noon.
Chael Lichte signs to play basketball at Missouri Valley
Chael Lichte, Lexington High School star basketball player, and distance runner, recently signed a letter of intent to play basketball next year at Missouri Valley College in Marshall.
Lexington golfers place third in MRVC East Tournament
The Lexington High School Boys Golf Team had a very respectable showing in the MRVC Conference Golf Tournament that was played on May 4, at Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond.
Six Lexington distance runners qualify for state meet
Six Lexington High School distance runners finished in the top four, in at least one event in the Sectional Track meet at Higginsville last Saturday, and they have all qualified for the Class 2 State Track and Field Meet, that will be held at Jeff City High School this coming Friday and Saturday.
Trey Perez
Trey Perez (right) and Hunter Meyer (left, photo by Jayme Perez) shared the pitching and catching duties in Lexington’s final two home games, as Perez pitched and Meyer caught against Plattsburg, while Meyer pitched and Perez caught against Crest Ridge.
Baseball regular season play winds up for area teams
This past week marked the end of regular season play for area high school Baseball teams, as most teams began District play, either at the end of last week, or the first part of this current week.
Minutemen rally comes up short as season comes to end
The Lexington Minutemen Baseball Team made a nice comeback but their rally came up a little short, as they fell to the Brookfield Bulldogs 8 to 6 in a first round District Tournament game at Carrollton last Friday.
Minutemen get nice win in final home game on Senior Day
Five Lexington Senior Baseball players, ended their home career in style, as they got a nice 3 to 0 win over Crest Ridge, in front of a large enthusiastic crowd on Senior Day, a week ago Tuesday at Lexington Community Park Hunter Meyer who pitched this game for Lexington, definitely made the most of the final home game of his high school career, as he gave up a single to the Crest Ridge leadoff hitter, but that was the only hit of the contest for the visitors, as Meyer hurled a complete game one hit shut out.
Minutemen fall in late innings to Plattsburg
In as good of a pitchers duel as you could see, the Plattsburg Tigers broke loose in the final two innings to beat the Lexington Minutemen 6 to 0 in a game a week ago Monday at Lexington Community Park.