August 26, 2026
Santa Fe Times Sports
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.
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.
MDC reports young hunters took more than 5k turkeys over youth weekend
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows young turkey hunters in Missouri harvested 5,255 birds over the past youth weekend, April 11-12. Top harvest counties were Osage with 121 birds harvested, Franklin with 119, and Gasconade with 107.
Chiefs baseball edged by Concordia
The Red and Black attack was on the road last week on April 8 to play Concordia. This would turn out to be a very close ball game with a thin one run being the difference. Santa Fe-Norborne would take an early lead of 4-0 after two and half innings before CHS struck back making it 4-3. In the 4th Santa Fe tacked on another run, however the Orioles snagged three more of their own in their at bat. The home team plated one more run in the 5th to take a 7-5 lead into the late innings. The Chiefs would take an 8-7 lead in the final frame, with CHS getting the last at bat. The Orioles then plated three runs for the hard fought I-70 win.
Junior High Relays held at SFHS
Santa Fe held it’s annual middle school track meet on Thursday, April 9, with many schools from the area showing up to compete.
Lady Chiefs ground the Orioles
The Santa Fe Lady Chiefs traveled over to Orange and Black territory last week for softball at Concordia on April 8. The Lady Orioles led one to zero after one, and then Santa Fe dented home four times in the 2nd, and 5 more times in the third to open up a big advantage. After a scoreless fourth, the Lady Chiefs added 5 more runs and held on for a spread win of 14-4 after 5 innings.
MDC seeks public comments on potential changes to nonresident deer hunting
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking Missouri deer hunters and others for feedback on potential regulation changes to the Wildlife Code of Missouri for nonresident deer hunting.
SF track competes in Higginsville
The Santa Fe Track and Field program ran at Higginsville last week at the Rob Hoefer Husker invitational on Tuesday, April 7.
Lark signs to play for Mo Valley
On Thursday, April 2, Santa Fe student athlete Mia Lark signed her letter of intent to play basketball at Missouri Valley College in Marshall.