Smith Cotton High School

S-C senior Ellie Kimbrough has accepted athletic and academic scholarships to play softball at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy of St. Louis.

100 Christmas ornaments have been made and are available for sale for $5 each.

Smith-Cotton High School senior Bradley Radu has accepted scholarships to compete in eSports and perform with the spirit squad at Missouri Valley College in Marshall.

The combined groups will perform a mix of music including some traditional Smith Cotton songs such as the Alma Mater, as well as a few holiday-themed pieces and a medley of well-known Irving Berlin tunes.

Smith-Cotton JROTC competed in the 2024 U.S. Army Cadet Command Junior ROTC Raider Challenge National Competition

The event was aimed to encourage residents of Pettis County to commit to safer driving practices by taking the BUPD challenge.

Oct. 1 is the birthday of Sarah Cotton, the daughter of Sedalia's founder George R Smith.

Bill Brown, Smith-Cotton Class of 1965 grad and a 2017 inductee into the S-C Athletic Hall of Fame, was recognized as the Sedalia School District Foundation’s 2024 Distinguished Alumni honoree.

So when you're listening to the play by play in the stands as you watch the game, and you're getting your good luck charms ready, you can share a few of these little tidbits with the others in the stands.

Let me tell you, I tried. I did. But I did not have "the knack". I did not have that inner talent that just seems to seep out of your pores, no matter how you try to hide it.