Moberly Public

Schopp graduates basic

Submitted - February 28, 2011

Lincoln Schopp, a 2010 graduate of Moberly High School, graduated from the Marine Corps training as a private February 11 in San Diego, California. He will go on to infantry training battalion for two months after which he will receive his duty station.

Lincoln is the son of Denny Schopp, grandson of

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Moberly bands and St. Pius participate in district concert

Submitted - February 28, 2011

Middle School band members at moberly high School and St. Pius X Catholic School recently participated in the Northeast Missouri District Junior High Band.

In January they went to Macon where they auditioned for chairs and were assigned to one of two bands that perform. A total of 50 schools participated in

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MACC hosts Robotics Day

Janet Morales - February 28, 2011

MACC held its annual Robotics Day Competition February 11. The event is held each year as part of National Career and Technical Education Month.

Mark Chambers, coordinator of tech prep at MACC, is in charge of the event as well as placing robots into area schools. Chambers said there are about 40 robots,

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GBE students got active, got fit and got Disney

Janet Morales - February 28, 2011

Schools throughout the state took part in the Get Active, Get Fit program sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. The top 25 schools in Missouri with the highest percentage of participation won Radio Disney dance parties.

Gratz Brown Elementary School was one of those top schools and last Friday third, fourth and

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Moberly discusses new high school options at community meeting

Janet Morales - November 29, 2010

Photo by Janet MoralesMoberly residents look over photos of school interiors and exteriors during a community meeting held at Moberly High School. Persons attended to learn more about the proposed bond issue that will be on the April ballot. The Moberly School District is investigating the possibilities of a “greatly renovated” or entirely new… Read the rest

Moberly School Board hears news of teacher job bill

Janet Morales - October 15, 2010

By Janet Morales

Moberly Public School District Superintendent Mark Penny urged caution when his school board members asked about spending an expected half-million dollar windfall, thanks to the Education Jobs Bill signed by President Obama in August.

While it was another partisan vote — Republicans argued it would deepen the deficit — Congress voted to… Read the rest

Mongler qualifies for state golf

Submitted - October 15, 2010

Moberly High School will be sending Senior Alyson Mongler to the 2010 MSHSAA Girls Class 1 Golf State Championship after qualifying in the Class 1 Sectional 1 Golf Tournament held at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton last week. Those who qualify for state are the top two teams in the tournament as well as… Read the rest

Turnovers key in Spartan loss to Boonville

Kris Childs - October 15, 2010

The Moberly Spartans played an outstanding game of football last Friday at home versus their conference rival Boonville. Coming off their shutout win over Marshall last week, Moberly’s defense seemed to be running on all cylinders with another solid performance. The Spartan defense only surrendered 13 points to a Boonville team who, coming into the… Read the rest

Moberly Homecoming court announced

Submitted - October 1, 2010

Photo by Nicole Bissey/Mirror

The Moberly Homecoming Royalty is from left, Jennifer Sutphin, and Doug Morris, junior attendants; Riley Burke and Ricky Webb, sophomore attendants; Queen Addie Rose Davis and King Shaq Golden; Emily Dalton and Jed Wilderness, senior attendants; and Rebecca Burkhart and Derrick Nickerson, freshman attendants.

Moberly’s Mongler takes second in Chillicothe golf tourney

Submitted - October 1, 2010

Moberly Girls Golf team continued their season last week at the Chillicothe Invitational. The tournament win was claimed by Maryville High School who shot a 367 beating out Lafayette High School by 9 strokes who shot a 376. Rounding out the top five were third place finisher and tournament host Chillicothe with a 378, fourth… Read the rest