May 19, 2026
Santa Fe Times
Track competes in conference meet
Santa Fe Track and Field had a busy stretch lately including taking on the I-70 Conference meet on May 2. Top three placers at the I-70 meet are as follows: Girls: Brooke Summers 1st 400m Sue Vandiver 1st - 800m Abbie Gieselman 3rd 3200m Mia Lark 1st - 300m Hurdles 4x200m - Santa Fe 1st 4x400m - Santa Fe 1st 4x800 - Santa Fe 2nd Mae Vandiver 2nd Long Jump Boys: Logan Wilsie 3rd 100m Logan Wilsie 3rd 400m Wyatt Doak 1st - High Jump Hayden Toliver 2nd Triple Jump Koewen Dierker 2nd Discus Ryker Moenkhoff 2nd Javelin Santa Fe is scheduled for district action on Saturday, May 9, at Carrollton.
Chiefs struggle to gain traction
Santa Fe-Norborne dropped a game to St. Paul in the I-70 tourney opener last week, losing 11-1 on 4-28-26.
Trinity track team competes in Hope-Shawnee meet
On May 5, the Trinity Lutheran School track team competed at the Hope-Shawnee, Kansas Cross Country meet.
Free fishing event planned at Blind Pony CA in Sweet Springs
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites kids to practice their catch-and-release fishing skills at Blind Pony Hatchery Conservation Area (CA).
Chiefs get win over Northwest, drop contests to Carrollton, Lone Jack, St. Paul
Santa Fe with Norborne took one on the chin last week against the Trojans of Carrolllton, who rolled to a 20-2 victory in Alma on 4-20-26. Dalton Doak went three innings, and Wyatt Aversman, and Jensen Rehkop saw action as well in the spread loss.
Finkeldei wins Nursery Operations Proficiency at State Convention
Ethan Lane Finkeldei of Santa Fe won the Missouri FFA Nursery Operations Proficiency Award at the 98th Missouri FFA Convention.
Lady Chiefs tripped up by Lone Jack, defeat Concordia
Santa Fe Softball traveled to Lone Jack for a tough conference match up on 4-21-26. The Lady Chiefs dropped this contest by the tally of 11 to 1. Lone Jack bats were hot pounding out 16 hits on the day to Santa Fe’s 5. Tatum Fitzwater was in the circle going 5 innings, with 11 earned runs, on just 2 walks, and 7 strikeouts. Both teams played error free ball. Hitting wise, Gentry Ballenger was 2 for 3, and other hits came from Fitzwater, Chesney Warner, and Keastin Kitchen. The team then headed into the conference tournament.
DNR awards $50,000 grant to Waverly
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $50,000 Clean Water Engineering Report Grant to the city of Waverly to evaluate the city’s wastewater system.
Lewis and Clark: Heading upstream into history, Part 1
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Blackburn Council discusses street maintenance, hires clerk
The April 13 regular meeting of the Blackburn Board of Aldermen was called to order at 7 p.m. at Blackburn City Hall.