Family and local history for Skidmore and northwest Missouri.
From the May 4, 1922 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: Took Second Place in Clearmont Meet.First Place Was Won by Blanchard, Ia.Skidmore Took Second and Elmo Third. With eleven schools entered in the Clearmont High School Relay Carnival, Skidmore… Read moreTrack Meet at Clearmont, 1922
From the March 9, 1922 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: H. S. Girls Defeated Elmo.The high school girls defeated the Elmo girls last night on the local court, in the best game they have played this season, according to… Read moreSkidmore Girls Defeat Elmo, March 1922
We always root for Northwest Missouri State University, but in this 1908 game between NWMSU’s predecessor, the Normal school at Maryville, and the Skidmore team, we’re Skidmore fans all the way. From the March 5, 1908 Skidmore New Era (Skidmore,… Read moreSkidmore Defeats Northwest, March 1908
From the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), October 27, 1921, p. 1: Again, the enemy has triumphed and Skidmore has lost another game. Rosendale played a good clean game and the Skidmore boys came back at them with a good game…. Read moreSkidmore High School Sports News, October 1921
Sporting news from the November 24, 1912 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1, of course: Organize Basket Ball Team.Town Boys May Play Friday Night on Local Court.A town basket ball team has been talked of for some time, and a… Read moreTown Basket Ball Team, 1921
For those who are missing our regularly scheduled sporting events, here’s some football and basketball news from the November 12, 1908 Skidmore New Era, page 1: Foot-Ball and Basket-Ball Saturday.Foot-ball, Elmo vs. Skidmore; Basket-ball, Graham High School vs. Skidmore High… Read moreFoot-Ball and Basket-Ball, 1908
Sporting news from the December 14, 1916 edition of the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 8: Skidmore High Won from Bigelow. In one of the fastest games of the season Skidmore won from Bigelow last Friday evening. At the end… Read moreSkidmore High Wins, 1916
Skidmore, Missouri gets its first bowling alley in February 1914.
The Skidmore, Missouri basketball teams put on quite a show in 1907.
The Skidmore, Missouri basketball team plays a team from Tarkio in Skidmore at Rodman’s hall in 1907.