Jon Dykstra

Maryville

Sports Editor at Maryville Daily Forum

The Maryville Forum sports editor (@SportsMDF). Former sports editor at the Opelika-Auburn News & the Iola Register.

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Articles

Shark coaches excited entering new season

5 days ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville Sharks swim team kicked off their season on Saturday at the Maryville Aquatic Center with the annual Intrasquad Meet. They began their second season with Ainsley Watkins as the head coach. “I’m always so excited,” Watkins said. “I can’t wait for the swim season to start and I am never ready for it to be over.”In addition to being the head coach, Watkins will lead the 13-14 age group this season, moving with the 11-12 group which she was in charge of last season.
Photos: Sharks Intrasquad Meet

1 week ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

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Photos: Special Olympian send-off

1 week ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

Special Olympians from Nodaway County Services in Maryville got a state send-off on Friday morning with an escort to the highway on the way to Kirksville from the Nodaway County Sheriff's Department, Maryville Police Department, Nodaway County Ambulance District and Maryville Fire Department.
5 of the Most Expensive Houses Currently on the Market in Michigan (June 2025)

1 week ago | homestratosphere.com | Jon Dykstra

Michigan’s real estate landscape offers a blend of lakeside luxury, historic charm, and serene seclusion, all wrapped in Midwestern elegance. From the tree-lined avenues of Birmingham to the waterfront retreats of Petoskey, the state showcases homes that fuse architectural excellence with natural beauty. Let’s dive into five of the most expensive homes currently on the market in Michigan, where design and location unite in breathtaking harmony.
Engel becomes most decorated Missouri Class 1 pole vaulter of all time with 3-peat

1 week ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Opening a season with the goal of doing something that only one person in history has ever done is a lot of pressure to put on yourself, but Worth County senior Eva Engel isn’t one to back down from a challenge. After winning the state championship in the pole vault each of the last two seasons, Engel opened this year with the chance to match Columbia Independent’s Khristen Bryant, who won her titles in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Frisch wins 110-meter hurdles state title

1 week ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Worth County junior Lucas Frisch found himself torn after Friday morning’s 110-meter hurdle prelims. On one hand, he ran an unbelievable personal-best 14.84 and easily took the top seed heading into Saturday’s final. Then he watched the next heat with his friend Cooper Mooney from King City — even joking with Mooney that he hoped Mound City’s August Meadows and Princeton’s Kash Holt both ran PR’s and everyone else fell down to guarantee that Mooney had the finals.
Graham caps Thunder career with pair of golds

1 week ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Ava Graham is as driven as a high-school athlete gets. For years, the goals revolved around basketball and she developed into one of the most skilled bigs in the state — earning First Team All-State accolades. Her first discus throw in high school was 77-feet. Her first shot put throw was 33 feet. By the time the weekend of her senior year state meet rolled around those numbers were 135-feet, 8-inches and 40-feet, 7.5-inches and had a pair of state titles attached to them.
Spoofhound boys pick up four state medals

1 week ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — When Carson Sterling joined the Spoofhound track and field team, he joined a very proud tradition, but one that was built on its distance runners — his own brother Cale Sterling was part of that — with some sprinting and jumps thrown in. “It has meant a lot,” Sterling said. “Early on, freshman and sophomore years, there weren’t too many people so it kinda felt like I was by myself a little bit.
Spoofhounds capture first girls' team trophy in 15 years

1 week ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Spoofhound junior Kora Grow discovered a goal on Friday at state — or at least the physical embodiment of what her goal for Saturday would become. “Kora asked me in tent city on Friday, ‘if you win a relay, you get a plaque?’” Maryville coach Rodney Bade said. “I said, ‘yeah.’ She had seen El Dorado Springs’ 4x8 plaque. You could see it in her eyes — that’d be cool. ...
Spoofhounds fall in penalty kicks in district final

2 weeks ago | maryvilleforum.com | Jon Dykstra

MARYVILLE, Mo. — This Spoofhound soccer season has been built on overcoming adversity. Junior Jersey Ingram came into the season injured and missed the first half of the season with a knee injury. On Thursday night, she had her injured hip re-taped at halftime on the other leg. Senior Braelyn Hannigan was injured mid-season and just came back for the district finals in limited minutes.