Camden Mossburg Fans 15 in Pattonsburg’s First Win

Pattonsburg had been reeling following the breakup of its cooperative with Gilman City. They fell 13-0 in a non-competitive game with Gallatin. They played a full game, but lost 8-2 to Polo. They couldn’t buy a run against Braymer as they lost 2-0. But they finally came through against Stanberry as Camden Mossburg carried the Panthers on his shoulders, fanning 15 Stanberry batters  and picking off three more before running out of pitches with two outs to go. Collin Mason managed to finish off the game to preserve the 5-1 win.

The Panthers manufactured a run in the top of the first as Reagan Coin reached on an error. Aden Woodward grounded out and Coin made it all the way from first to third. Drake Sperry grounded out to score Coin to make it 1-0.

Sam Simbro tried to answer for Stanberry in its half of the first, getting a single, but Mossburg promptly picked him off.

A costly miscue handed Pattonsburg some more runs in the third. With one out, Brayden Watkins reached on a dropped third strike after the ball got away from the catcher, allowing Pattonsburg to turn the lineup over. Watkins stole second. Reagan Coin grounded out as Watkins took third. Aden Woodward walked to keep the inning alive and then Watkins successfully stole home to make it 2-0 as Woodward took second on defensive indifference. Drake Sperry singled to score Woodward to make it 3-0 and took second on the throw home. Mossburg singled to score Sperry to make it 4-0.

Jaxon Baker walked to start the Stanberry third, but Mossburg got his second pickoff to erase him.

Collin Mason doubled to center to start the Pattonsburg fourth. Jeremy Pittsenbarger reached on a dropped third strike as Mason took third. Pittsenbarger advanced to second on defensive indifference. Reagan Coin walked. Drake Sperry singled to make it 5-0.

Mossburg got his third pickoff in the Stanberry sixth to erase a Panther error.

Luke Phipps greeted Collin Mason with a base hit to score Vincent Smithson after Mossburg had run out of pitches. But Mossburg got a groundout and a strikeout to close out the game.

 

Pattonsburg Ousts Gilman City From Football Cooperative; Winston Added

Winston will join Pattonsburg as a member of its football cooperative, both schools announced Tuesday, February 24th, effective for the next football season. This means that Gilman City will not be a member of the football cooperative next year. North Harrison will remain a member of the Pattonsburg football cooperative. Under MSHSAA rules, only three schools can form a football cooperative. This move will also apply to junior high football.

Winston was previously in a football cooperative with Maysville. Maysville will compete on its own in 11-Man football for the 2026-27 season. 

In addition, effective for the upcoming 2025-26 season, Pattonsburg and Winston will form a baseball cooperative. The two schools will continue their junior high and high school softball cooperative, which has been in place for several years. Gilman City will compete separately in baseball, and Athletic Director and coach Tony Gregg has been working the phones the last two weeks seeking opponents. As of Friday evening, there were ten regular season games listed for the Hawks with another one in the process of being finalized. He said there were 16 students from both Gilman City and North Daviess who expressed interest.

Pattonsburg and Winston are currently considering the potential expansion of their cooperative to include band instruction, marching band, and pep band. A new committee will be formed with representatives from both the Pattonsburg and Winston cooperatives to evaluate their current cooperatives and explore future opportunities. 

All GRC West Selections for 2025

*Denotes Unanimous Selection

First Team

*Nick Orscheln, Sr., St. Joseph Christian

Johnston Stewart, Sr., St. Joseph Christian

*Logan Hubble, Sr., St. Joseph Christian

Nate Gerling, Soph., St. Joseph Christian

*Chase Cline, Sr., Albany

*Daulton Worrell, Jr., Albany

Tate Richardson, Soph., North Harrison

*Camden Griffith, Jr., Pattonsburg

Landon Preston, Sr., Pattonsburg

Clay Evans, Sr., Princeton

Ryder Sample, Jr., King City

Graham Medsker, Jr.-King City

 

Second Team

Jarrett Smith, Soph., Albany

Hayden Riley, Sr., St. Joseph Christian

Ethan Hewins, Sr., St. Joseph Christian

Mason Stewart, Soph., St. Joseph Christian

Gage Fortner, Fr., North Harrison

Ryker Fortner, Fr.-North Harrison

Jarom Russo, Sr., North Andrew

Noeth Cook, Fr., North Andrew

Cooper Boxley, Sr., Princeton

Bowe Ussery, Fr.-Princeton

Cayden Wainscott, Soph., King City

 

Honorable Mention

Max Montgomery, Soph., St. Joseph Christian

Camden Mossburg, Jr., Pattonsburg

Mitchell Walker, Fr., Princeton

Darwin Bowden, Sr., King City

 

Final Standings

St. Joseph Christian 7-0

Pattonsburg 5-2

Albany 4-3

King City 4-3

Princeton 4-3

North Andrew 3-4

North Harrison 1-6

Stanberry 0-7

 

Panthers Crash Bluejays Senior Night, Drop Them 11-0

Tuesday night was supposed to be a get-right game for Northeast Nodaway, but Pattonsburg came and crashed their senior night 11-0 in the last game for both teams before districts. The Bluejays were victimized by seven errors and six walks, which led to many more extra outs by the Panthers. Lightning did not strike twice for the Bluejays, who were in a similar spot last year and used a 9-6 win in Gilman City to catapult themselves into the district finals. Brayden Stevens was a bright spot from his shortstop position, retiring seven Panther batters without an error. Both teams played to save their pitchers for districts with both having district games upcoming.

The Panthers jumped on the Bluejays early, taking advantage of two walks and two hit batters along with a single by Reagan Coin to go up 3-0 before Bluejay catcher Landon Wilmes threw Collin Mason out stealing on a first and third situation. 

The Bluejays could not solve Camden Mossburg and his left-handed breaking ball, which bore in on batters and tied them up. When Camdain Frisch did get on through a walk, he was promptly picked off by Mossburg, a left-hander, replicating what Bluejay lefties Dylan McIntyre and Auston Pride did all the time to enemy runners at first base.

Meanwhile, Camden Griffith hit a sinking line drive to left field that Carter Chapman made a diving try for but missed as it rolled to the wall. Camdain Frisch hustled and backed him up and a good throw would have gotten Griffith, but the throw was high and off-line as Griffith made it safely for a triple to start the Panther third.

Camden Mossburg singled him home and then a pair of errors scored Dakota Meringa and put Jace Estrada on third to make it 5-0. Brayden Stevens bailed the Bluejays out, fielding three grounders cleanly as Estrada scored on one of them to make it 6-0, but the Bluejays were in a hole again.

An errant pickoff throw allowed Drayson McCrary to score in the fourth to make it 7-0.

Northeast had its best chance to score in the fourth when Camden Griffith relieved Mossburg. They started to get some good swings off Griffith as Reece Gray singled and stole second. Griffith started fighting the strike zone and walked Carter Chapman, and then Camdain Frisch scorched one. But it was hit right at Mossburg, now playing first, and he doubled off Chapman. Landon Wilmes grounded out to end the inning.

Griffith continued to fight the strike zone in the Bluejay fifth and walked the bases loaded with two outs, but Brayden Stevens grounded out to end the threat.

Landon Wilmes came in to pitch and struck out Ethen Elder for the first out, but then the bottom of the order came through and Drayson McCrary greeted Wilmes with a single and took second on a wild pitch. Landon Preston singled and then Wilmes walked Alex Young and Camden Griffith to force in a run to make it 8-0. An errant pickoff let in another run to make it 9-0 before Gaige Bodle got the Bluejays out of the inning.

Wilmes singled with two outs in the sixth, only to be gunned down stealing by Drayson McCrary.

Collin Mason stretched a single into a double to start the Panther seventh and Ethen Elder advanced him to third. Landon Preston reached on an error and was later doubled home by Camden Griffith to make it 11-0.

The game was the last home game for the Bluejays and the last regular season game for Carter Chapman, Camdain Frisch, Landon Wilmes, Chase Clabaugh, and Jake Redden. The Panthers wore their blue Gilman City uniforms so that the Gilman City players could compete in blue one last time.

Camden Griffith, Camden Mossburg Go Yard as Panthers Beat North Andrew 13-2

Pattonsburg cooled off a red hot North Andrew squad, flooring them for the count in the first three innings and then holding off their attempts to rally in the fourth and fifth, getting a complete game win from Camden Griffith on Senior Night. Pattonsburg struggled to get the big hit in their first two games, dropping two games to Polo and North Platte. But a 15-0 win over Stanberry jump-started their campaign, and they have been winning most of their games since then; they have won their third straight and sixth out of their last eight. They will know right away how much they have improved as they invade Maysville Thursday; the Wolverines are still a dominant power in the area with a 15-5 record. 

North Andrew had been a doormat for the last several years, after not winning more than two games in any campaign since the 2020-21 season and not even fielding a team in the 2019-20 campaign after posting a winning season in 2018-19. They did not win a single game last year and looked to continue that this year, dropping their first eight games and only scoring more than two runs in one of them. But all of a sudden, they caught fire, winning their next three games, dropping Albany, North Nodaway, and Stanberry, the latter two by the 15-run rule, and then played a good game before losing to Princeton. They only have two seniors on the roster out of 13 players and have nowhere to go but up despite Thursday's loss.

The Cards showed the form that got them to catch fire at first as Joey Wilson caught hold of one of Camden Griffith's offerings and crushed it. But Alex Young, moved from catcher to left field, ran it down for the first out of the game and North Andrew came up empty.

The Panthers had their full squad back for Thursday's game, and Landon Preston started off with a Texas Leaguer that dropped in right field for a base hit. Alex Young walked and Camden Griffith caught hold of one and crushed it over the left field fence to put the Panthers up 3-0. Unlike the North Harrison game, the wind was blowing out and the balls were flying off the bats, making it much easier for the Panthers to put the game away.

Griffith kept his perfect game through two as Parker Virtue came in from a long ways back in right to run down Levi McAfee's pop fly. Virtue walked and Drayson McCrary walked as well. That set up Landon Preston's ground rule double to make it 4-0. Alex Young popped out, but Camden Griffith was safe at first when the first baseman pulled his foot off the bag to score McCrary and an errant pickoff throw from the catcher to third base scored Preston as Griffith came from first to third on the play. A bad hop single by Camden Mossburg scored Griffith. Jace Estrada flied out, but Reagan Coin singled and Ethen Elder singled, plating Mossburg and putting Coin on third. A return throw to the pitcher that got away scored Coin to make it 9-0 after two.

After Griffith struck out the side in the third to reach three perfect innings, Drayson McCrary singled with one out and stole second. Landon Preston hit a screamer that sliced away from the left fielder for a double to score McCrary and make it 10-0. He stole third and came home on Alex Young's grounder to third. That chased Card pitcher Levi McAfee, but Camden Griffith walked and Camden Mossburg hit a monster shot to right field that was hit so far, the right fielder didn't even make an effort to go after it as the Panthers led 13-0. 

Troy Madison got North Andrew out of the inning and then Jarom Russo broke up Griffith's perfect game bid in the fourth with a single as the Card batters started hitting Griffith much better the second time through. Madison followed with another single and they advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. Tyson Wilmes doubled to the wall in center to score both and break the shutout. But Drayson McCrary, who had come up big in the Albany win on the mound, pitching for the first time in two years, came up big from behind the plate, gunning down Wilmes stealing third after the ball had rolled away from him to kill the rally. 

Griffith settled down, striking out two and Landon Preston bailing him out when second baseman Collin Mason losing a pop fly, but Preston coming in from short to take it. Griffith struck out nine for the Panthers in the win.

The Panthers honored track star Katelyn Jones, who holds the state record in the Long Jump, as well as baseball seniors Ethen Elder, Drayson McCrary, Landon Preston, and Parker Virtue. 

The Panthers and Cardinals tied the JV game 4-4. Ethen Elder pitched the first inning for the Panthers and got out of a jam, thanks to a play in which he doubled off a runner from first after catching a pop fly. The Cards teed off on Dustin Ward in the second to make it 3-0, but some of the younger players came through in the Panther second. Andrew Young singled after a Texas Leaguer dropped in. The next two struck out, but Reagan Coin singled and Alex Young doubled to cut it to 3-2. Ethen Elder walked and Collin Mason doubled to tie it at 3-3. Under JV rules, the inning is called when a team reaches three outs or three runs.

An errant throw on a steal try allowed McAfee to circle the bases and score to make it 4-3 in the third, but Jeremy Pittsenbarger walked to force in a run and tie it at 4-4.

Dustin Ward's Double Lifts Pattonsburg, Sinks Shamrocks

Dustin Ward's double Monday night lifted a shorthanded Pattonsburg team past North Harrison 5-4 in a GRC West matchup. The Panthers were without Landon Preston, Ethen Elder, and Parker Virtue (Senior Trip), and struggled at first with a makeshift lineup. But they got stronger and stronger as the game progressed and Camden Mossburg nearly finished the game on the mound before Camden Griffith got the final two outs for the save.

North Harrison, coming off a high note with a 13-3 win over South Harrison, picked up right where they left off at first. Tate Richardson singled to center and stole second and Ryker Fortner advanced him to second with a groundout. Gage Fortner reached on an error when Camden Griffith threw it in the dirt and Richardson scored. An errant pickoff try put Gage Fortner on second and Andrew Craig singled him home. Kellan Craig singled him to second and they both scored on a dropped fly ball, putting North Harrison up 4-0 after just half an inning.

Ryker Fortner began for the Shamrocks, but fought the strike zone in the first inning, putting three of the first four batters on. Finally, Tony Jennings (running for Mossburg) wandered off first; North Harrison tried to pick him off, only for Reagan Coin to come home from third and Jennings to take second on the throw home. Later, Dustin Ward walked to force in a run to cut the Panther deficit to 4-2.

After the rocky first inning for Pattonsburg, Camden Mossburg settled down, and his left-handed delivery and his big breaking ball bearing in on right-handed batters kept everyone off balance for the rest of the night. 

With one out in the Pattonsburg second, Reagan Coin and Alex Young walked and that finished Ryker Fortner. Gage Fortner came in, but Camden Griffith greeted him with a base hit that cut it to 4-3.

Andrew Craig singled to start the third, but Mossburg overpowered Kellan Craig, froze Brandon Underwood, and Kyler Kimbrough hit a screamer, but right at Dustin Ward at second to kill the rally.

Meanwhile, Gage Fortner settled down and retired the Panthers in order in the third and the fourth. With the wind howling in from center, the game settled into a pitcher's duel, with Jace Estrada and Camden Mossburg narrowly missing home runs for the Panthers and Andrew Craig narrowly missing one for the Shamrocks as the wind kept blowing balls foul. 

A dropped fly ball put Camden Griffith on in the fifth and Camden Mossburg singled him over to third and Tony Jennings (running for Mossburg) stole second. Jace Estrada grounded out to score Griffith to tie the game up at 4-4, but North Harrison looked like they might get out of the inning when Collin Mason struck out. But then Dustin Ward hit a screamer that sliced away from Axle Allen in left field and rolled into the corner for a double as Mossburg scored to make it 5-4. 

With two outs in the sixth, North Harrison tried to answer as Tate Richardson hit a carbon copy of Ward's hit and got a double. He was nearly caught stealing third, but Jace Estrada dropped the tag. But Ryker Fortner hit one on a rope, but right to Reagan Coin in center, who put it away for the final out.

Pattonsburg tried to get some insurance runs in the sixth as Alex Young doubled into the left field corner, but he was thrown out by catcher Kellan Craig, who threw a strike to Kayson Sims at third to end the threat.

Gage Fortner reached on an error as shortstop Camden Griffith got played by a hop, but Alex Young gunned him down as he was trying for second for the first out. Andrew Craig worked a walk after getting from 3-0 to 3-2, running Mossburg out of pitches. But Griffith had a short memory as he came on in relief and struck out Kellan Craig and Lucian Sweeney for the final outs.

Landon Preston Tosses No-Hitter as Panthers Get First Win

Pattonsburg's Panthers were searching for their first win after their first two games, a 5-0 loss to Maverick Gentry and the Polo squad and a 7-2 loss to North Platte. They held down two potent teams and had plenty of traffic on the basepaths, but could never get the big hit to bring them in. They had a winnable game against Gallatin go off the boards due to the rain and cold and were still searching well into the season.

They were pitted against an expansion team in Stanberry, which is still searching for its first win of the year. The climb from the cellar has to start somewhere, and Landon Preston put on a dominant pitching performance to lead the Panthers (cooping with Gilman City and North Daviess) to a 15-0 win Thursday.

The wind was howling out to center Thursday and wreaking havoc as the balls were flying off the bats. After Reagan Coin dropped Cooper Adcock's drive to center with two outs, the Panthers made one of two outstanding defensive plays when shortstop Camden Griffth took a base hit away from Brody Carroll when he snagged a grounder on the second base side of first and got him for the final out of the first.

Reagan Coin wasted no time atoning for his error as he laid down a perfect bunt that rolled down the third base line that nobody had a play on. He stole second and third and Camden Griffith walked and stole. Landon Preston reached on an error as the third baseman bobbled his grounder, putting him on first and Griffith at third. That made it 1-0.

Camden Mossberg reached on another error to bring in another run to make it 2-0 and then Jace Estrada hit a pop fly into no man's land between the pitcher and third baseman that dropped untouched for a scratch hit to load the bases. Jace Estrada then lived a charmed life on the basepaths as he took off for second, forgetting that it was occupied. It took Stanberry a long time to realize what was going on, and by the time they threw down to first, Estrada was able to scramble back safely and Griffith crossed the plate to make it 3-0.

The adventures of Jace Estrada did not end there. With him on second and Mossberg on third, Alex Young struck out, the ball got away, and Young was out at first on a close play. Estrada took off for third, but Mossberg held, once again forcing Estrada to scramble back. The throw to second got away, scoring Mossberg and putting Estrada on third.

Collin Mason grounded out to score Estrada and Parker Virtue doubled off the left field wall to restart the Panthers. Virtue took third on a passed ball. Ethen Elder was plunked and Reagan Coin hit a grounder into the hole at short. Vincent Smithson had no play and everybody was safe, putting Elder on second and Coin on first as Virtue scored. Camden Griffith hit a laser beam off the left field wall for a double as Elder scored and Coin took third. Landon Preston doubled off the wall in left as Griffith and Coin scored to make it 9-0.

Jace Estrada, playing third base, made a spectacular play to take a hit away from Brant Jensen in the Stanberry second. Jensen hit a shot that looked headed for extra bases given that Estrada was playing well in from third. But Estrada, 300 pound frame and all, raced to the line, snagged it, threw off his back foot leaning away, and got Jensen out by half a step.

Estrada spent the rest of the game being a ball magnet for the Stanberry pitchers; he was plunked to start the Pattonsburg second. Alex Young walked and Colin Mason grounded out to move them to second and third. Ethen Elder singled down the left field line to score them both to make it 11-0.

Landon Preston walked to start the Panther third and went to second on a start/stop balk. Mossberg grounded out to advance him to third and Alex Young grounded out to score him to make it 12-0.

Brayden Dias reached first on Estrada's bobble to start the fourth, but Alex Young gunned him down at second to kill Stanberry's last chance to rally.

Pattonsburg was able to go home early after Reagan Coin was plunked and Camden Griffith reached on a dropped fly ball, putting Coin on second and Griffith on first. An errant pickoff throw put Coin on third. Landon Preston singled to left to score Coin to make it 13-0 and put Griffith on third; Preston took second when the throw went to third instead of the cutoff. Mossberg singled home the final two runs to put Pattonsburg over the top.

Eric Richardson Appointed to North Harrison School Board

At their regular meeting Wednesday, the North Harrison school board appointed Eric Richardson to fill a one year term that will run through March 2026. For next year’s election, there will be three three-year terms and one two-year term up for election. Richardson will be running for the two-year term.

The board approved a baseball cooperative agreement with Ridgeway for the 2025 season. Mercer, Cainsville, and Ridgeway were unable to form a team and one athlete came over to compete for North Harrison. The athlete, Brandon Underwood, played in North Harrison’s 12-2 win over North Nodaway Thursday.

There were two other baseball cooperative moves made for this year. Tri-County and Gallatin broke up their cooperative, and Tri-County is now part of Gundy County and Newtown-Harris’ cooperative. Gallatin will compete this year on its own and play in the GRC. The Gilman City/Pattonsburg/North Daviess cooperative, which competed under Gilman City’s banner last year, will compete under Pattonsburg’s banner this year so that the franchise can compete in the GRC West.

Justin Richardson was hired as Assistant Baseball Coach by the board, and he coached in Thursday’s game along with head coach Ron Rivera. The board hired Kathryn Parkhurst and Kayson Sims to serve as summer student employees.

All current certified staff were offered Letters of Intent for the upcoming school year.

Teacher Tabrey Kimbrough presented what she was teaching in math classes as well as scholar bowl. Kristy Reno gave a presentation on what elementary students have been doing in computer class and what business math students have been learning.