August 26, 2026
Lexington News Sports
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.
State Track Meet information
The Class 1, 2 and 3 State Track and Field meet will be held this coming Friday and Saturday at Pete Adkins Stadium at Jefferson City High School, located at 609 Union Street in Jeff City. Following is a schedule of the event starting times for each of the races that Lexington runners will be participating in: Friday, May 22 1:15 pm Girls 1600 Meter Run: ( Ellie Lichte, Phoebe Engelbrecht, Addison Smith) 4:00 pm
District baseball tournament begins on Friday
The Class 3 District 15 High School Baseball Tournament will kick off this coming Friday in Carrollton. There will be only one game on Friday, as the number 4 seeded Lexington Minutemen will face 5th seeded Brookfield at 5 pm.
Minutemen fall late to Lathrop on the road
A rough sixth inning did the Lexington Minutemen Baseball Team in, as the Lathrop Mules scored four runs in that frame, to break open a close game, and beat the Minutemen 8 to 3 a week ago Monday in Lathrop.
Lexington golfers compete in conference, district
The Lexington High School Golf Team ventured across the river, a week ago Monday, and competed in the MRVC Conference Golf Tournament, that was played at Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond.
Minutemen earn huge upset win over St. Paul
It took 8 innings, but the Lexington Minutemen Baseball Team scored 4 runs in the top of the eighth, and pulled off a big 9 to 6 upset win over the St Paul Saints, in a game played last Wednesday at Indian Foothills Park in Marshall.