October 16, 2026
Lexington News Sports
Cross country teams do well at Higginsville, St. Louis
HUSKER INVITATIONAL It is very rare for three runners on the same team to take first, second, and third place in a Cross Country meet that has a large number of teams, but that is exactly what the Lexington Minutewomen High School Girls did, as they claimed the top three individual places, in the Husker Invitational meet that was held a week ago Tuesday in Higginsville.
Softball team plays three home games and one on the road
Norborne-Hardin at Lexington The Lexington Girls tallied 15 runs in the first inning and defeated Norborne- Hardin 18 to 2 on September 3 at Lexington Community Park. Lexington scored 3 more times in the second frame in the game that was halted after 3 innings due to the run differential.
Girls tennis team competed in tournament, two matches
The Lexington High School Girls Tennis Team had two dual matches and a tournament recently, as the season has kicked into full gear.
Minutemen football team comes up short in first road game
The Lexington Minutemen Football Team had their first road game of the season last Friday, as they traveled to Versailles, and fell by the score of 32 to 12 to the Versailles Tigers, in their third straight non conference game.
Minutewomen beat Clinton for second straight win
The Lexington Minutewomen offense definitely came to life again, as they banged out 12 hits for the second straight game, and defeated the Clinton Lady Cardinals 13 to 10 in a game played a week ago Monday, at Lexington Community Park.
THIS WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Lexington at Versailles Carrollton at Lone Jack Adrian at Holden Pembroke Hill at Higginsville Knob Noster at Warsaw Richmond at Marshall Center at Clinton Odessa at Harrisonville Warrensburg at Oak Grove Benton at Pleasant Hill Lawson at Lathrop Hamilton at Plattsburg Chillicothe at Maryville Eldon at Boonville Crest Ridge at Butler Concordia at Northwest Orrick at Keytesville Santa Fe at Hardin-Norborne St Paul at North Shelby Slater at Sweet Springs Wellington-Napoleon at Braymer ——— Because of the Labor Day Holiday, the Lexington News had a September 3 deadline to submit articles for this week’s paper, so we apologize that we were not able to include Football scores from last week’s games.
Lexington Girls Volleyball Team splits first two matches
The Lexington Minutewomen Girls Volleyball team opened the 2026 season by splitting a pair of matches on the road last week, as they lost a very close match to Carrollton, a week ago Monday but then got a nice win over Wellington-Napoleon the next day.
LEXINGTON R-V SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTIVITY SCHEDULE Wednesday September 9
5:00 Varsity Girls Softball vs Hamilton Away