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Highway 13 Butterfly Trail
MU Extension Field Specialist Missouri Highway 13 extends nearly the full length of the state, running from Bethany near the Iowa border to Branson at the Arkansas state line.

Santa Fe track & field dodges rain drops to get events in
Santa Fe was able to squeeze in some Track and Field action last week when almost all the other activities were rained out. Wyatt Doak continued his strong season gaining a pair of first place medals in the High Jump at the Wellington meet over in Odessa, and the Bill Hamman meet in Lexington. The girls relay teams took home Gold Medals as well last week. Here are the results: At the Wellington Delbert Best Invite in Odessa, 4-14-26 Top 5 Boy Placers: Logan Wilsie - 4th place 400m - 57.16 Boys 4x200m Relay - 5th Place - 1:40.26 Wyatt Doak - 1st Place - High Jump - 1.95m Noah Reep - 5th Place - High Jump - 1.59m Hayden Toliver - 3rd Place Triple Jump - 11.65m Koewen Dierker - 4th Place Discus - 34.26m Koewen Dierker - 4th Place Shot Put - 12.58m Top 5 Girl Placers: Mia Lark - 2nd Place - 300m Hurdles - 54.20 Girls 4x200m Relay - 1st Place 1:55.60 Girls 4x400m Relay - 1st Place 4:32.27 Girls 4x800m Relay - 2nd Place 11:45.07 Mae Vandiver - 5th Place Long Jump - 4.59m Sue Vandiver - 4th Place - Triple Jump - 10.6m Mae Vandiver - 5th Place - Triple Jump - 10.39m Brooke Dierking - 5th Place Shot Put - 8.9m At the Lexington Bill Hamman Invite 4-16-26 Top 5 Boy Placers: Logan Wilsie - 3rd Place 400m - 55.84 4x200m Relay - 5th Place 1:41.30 Wyatt Doak - 1st Place - High Jump - 2m Hayden Toliver - 4th Place Triple Jump - 11.68m Korean Dierker 5th Place - Shot Put 12.97m Top 5 Girl Placers: Brooke Summers - 5th Place - 200m - 28.86 Brooke Summers - 4th Place - 400m - 1:05.21 Sue Vandiver - 3rd Place - 800m - 2:38.16 Mia Lark - 3rd Place - 300m Hurdles - 50.79 4x200m Relay - 3rd Place - 1:53.95 4x400m Relay - 1st Place - 4:21.85 Elise Michael - 5th Place - High Jump 1.45m Mae Vandiver - 2nd Place - Long Jump 4.86m Sue Vandiver - 3rd Place - Triple Jump 9.73m

SF Alumni Foundation holds annual Crappie Tournament
The 7th annual Santa Fe Alumni Foundation Crappie Tournament was a held this past on Saturday, April 18. This year, 14 adult teams and nine youth teams registered for the event. Winners from the from each division are as follows: Youth Division 1st place Brody Cramer & Colt Curry weight 6.91 2nd place Weston Hostetter & Colten “Tadpole” Hostetter - weight 6.59 3rd place Sawyer Bachtel & Junior Bachtel - weight 4.54 Small Fish Kyle Fowler & Hagen Brandt weight 0.05 Big Fish Weston Hostetter & Colten “Tadpole” Hostetter - weight 1.08 Big Bass Weston Hostetter & Colten “Tadpole” Hostetter - weight 1.54 Big Bluegill Avah Edde & Eliah Edde weight 0.58 Adult Division 1st place Richard Hostetter & Andy Hostetter - weight 9.35 2nd place Eric Begemann & Gary Vanlanker - weight 7.69 3rd place Gunner Bryant & Ty Murphy weight 7.63 Small Fish (Tie) Craig Herman & Jesse Rogge - weight 0.06 (Tie) Dillon Hostetter & Brittany Boyles - weight 0.06 Big Fish Dillon Hostetter & Brittany Boyles - weight 2.22 Big Bass Jesse Gordillo & Buddy Hostetter - weight 3.91 Big Bluegill Jason Hostetter & Travis Boheme - weight 0.58 The check-in event began at 4 p.m. on Saturday with a raffle and guests won a large number of great prizes.
Next Lafayette County Cancer Coalition meeting is May 7
The next General Membership meeting of the Lafayette County Cancer Coalition will be Thursday, May 7, 2026 beginning at 7 p.m. at Salem United Church of Christ in Higginsville.
Baseball back after weather cancellations
The now 2 and 7 Chiefs played a baseball game finally after weather canceled all games last week. On April 20, they hosted the now 10 and 2 Carrollton Trojans in Alma. This game would turn out to be all Trojans as the team from north of the river won going away, 20-2.
Softball handles business against Midway
Santa Fe got back into the swing of things in a big way after rough weather, playing against Midway, on 4-20-26. On the road the Chiefs sprang for 3 runs in frame one, and held that advantage through 3 innings. Fast forward to inning 6, Midway finally got on the scoreboard plating 4 runs, but the damage was done as the Chiefs were up 11-4 at that point. A nine run 7th inning explosion by the visiting Red and Black smothered any comeback hopes to be held by Midway in a 20-4 romp, and win by SFHS.

West Central Electric Cooperative awards scholarships to area seniors
West Central Electric Cooperative has announced the 21 area high school seniors who have been named recipients of a West Central Electric Cooperative Scholarship.

2026 Santa Fe Times Easter Coloring Contest winners
2026 Santa Fe Times Easter coloring contest,

