July 17, 2026
Santa Fe Times Sports
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.
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.
Softball plays back-to-back games v. Crest Ridge, dodges rain to play WN
On April 29, Santa Fe took on Crest Ridge in the second game of the I-70 Tourney. The Lady Cougars used 2 runs in the third, 1 in the 5th, and 5 more in the late 6th inning to take the win 8-0.
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).
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.
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.
SF Track & Field runs at Carrollton
Santa Fe loaded up the bus and went over the Big Muddy to Carrollton for the annual Bruce Finlayson Invitational Track Meet on 4-24-26.
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.
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
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.