Sports: Lacey Dixon Pitches to NJCAA 2nd Team All-American
Gallatin R-5 grad Lacey Dixon (Class of 1981), coming off a banner season at Johnson County Community College, has earned a three-year, full-ride scholarship to continue her softball career at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. Dixon, a member of the...
Sports: Kenneth Lee of Winston a National Trap Shooting Champion
Kenneth Lee of Winston, MO, was the national champion collegiate shooter with a score 199 out of 200 at the Grand American World Trap Shooting Championships in Sparta, Ill., on Aug. 8-9, 2009. Five out of the 12 local team members of Venture Crew shot their best ever...
Sports: Gallatin’s Casey Alden Qualifies for National Rodeo Finals
Casey Alden, a ninth-grade student at Gallatin High School has earned a position on the Missouri state high school rodeo team and will be traveling with fellow teammates to Springfield, Ill., from July 22-28, 2007, to compete at the 59th Annual National High School...
Sports: Sara Lin a National ‘Hoop Shoot’ Finalist at Free Throws
Having already tasted glory in local, district and state competitions, Sara Lin captured another first-place finish last in March, 2006, when she wowed the crowds at the Elks “Hoop Shoot” Northwest Regional Championship. Sara, daughter of Coach Rick and...
Sports: Joe Evans wins State Championship Horseshoe Tourney
Joe Evans of Gallatin, MO, won the “Men J” class at the Missouri State Championship Singles Horseshoe Pitching Tournament held Sept. 4-6, 1999, in St. Joseph. Joe pitched 34.8% with six wins and one loss. Joe hadn’t practiced horseshoe pitching for...
Sports: Gilman City Brothers Relive 1968 NAIA Baseball Championship
The clear blue afternoon sky above St. Joseph’s Phil Welch Stadium on June 8, 1968, had long since given way to bright lights as late night continued to advance on two teams battling it out for the 1968 NAIA National Baseball Championship. William Jewell College of...
Sports: GHS Girls Evolve From Cheerleading to Varsity Sports
Competition in varsity sports wasn’t initially offered to girls attending public schools for many years. Instead, girls were organized into pep clubs where membership in uniforms was mandatory and school spirit was measured in terms of boosting the boys teams...
Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
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