Fatima Comets News Today

The fourth quarter belonged to the Thayer Bobcats on Tuesday night in the Class 3 state sectional round. The Bobcats outscored the Fatima Comets 20-7 in the fourth quarter to pick up a 53-42 victory.

The fourth quarter belonged to the Thayer Bobcats on Tuesday night in the Class 3 state sectional round. The Bobcats outscored the Fatima Comets 20-7 in the fourth quarter to pick up a 53-42 victory.

Five area teams will be among the 48 boys basketball teams opening the Class 1-3 state tournaments across Missouri. The St. Elizabeth Hornets, the Fatima Comets, the Eugene Eagles, the Versailles Tigers and the Tipton Cardinals each have a chance to move one step closer to the Final Four — which will be played next week at Mizzou Arena — beginning with tonight’s sectional round.

FULTON -- On Senior Night, the Fulton Hornets hosted the Boonville Pirates and Fatima Comets for their final home meet in their first season in their new gym on Tuesday at Fulton High School.

The Fatima Comets aren’t messing around. They’ve won 11 games in a row, and the biggest win during their streak has landed them back in the Joe Machens Great 8 Classic championship game. Fatima made just one field goal in the final eight minutes, but the Comets scored 12 points at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter Thursday night to get past the Ensworth School, Tenn., Tigers for a 59-50 semifinal win at Fleming Fieldhouse.

The Jefferson City Jays won the Great 8 Classic last year for the first time since 2005. This year, they will look to become the first repeat champion since Father Tolton did it in 2019-20.

When Southern Boone senior Alex Volkart was leading the front of the pack Saturday in the Class 3 girls cross country state championships, she would look over her shoulder from time to time, checking on her competition. With about 1,000 meters to go, Volkart took another peek over her shoulder. Nobody was there. Volkart repeated as the Class 3 state champion, striding across the finish line with a winning time of 18:27.0 to lead the field of 171 runners.

FULTON -- The Fulton Hornets took first in Pool A but went out in the first tournament round against the Fatima Comets, who ended their season last year.

FULTON -- Ellie Beckmeyer scored her first career goal, and goalkeeper Grace Ousley had another excellent game for the Fulton Hornets, but they couldn't pull off the Highway 54 rivalry win.

This one just means a little more. The Russellville Indians and the Fatima Comets are Show-Me Conference rivals. So not only was Thursday’s game the opener in pool play for the Jays Baseball Classic, the schools decided it also would count for their conference meeting this season. They battled to the very last pitch like you knew conference rivals would.