Hannibal boys make hay at Mark Twain Relays, convincingly win team championship

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | April 16, 2025
Hannibal's Kade Hoskins races to a first-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the Mark Twain Relays in Palmyra. | Shane Hulsey

PALMYRA, Mo. — Landyn Essig had a sneaking suspicion Tuesday might be a special day when he and the Hannibal track and field team arrived at the Mark Twain Relays at Palmyra High School. “All we were waiting on was the weather to get better, and we knew what we had to do,” Essig said.…

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‘Landyn Essig is really fast’: Essig returns two kickoffs for touchdowns, scores four times in Pirates’ rout of Spartans

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | October 12, 2024
Landyn Essig had two kickoff returns for touchdown, a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in Hannibal's 56-18 win over Moberly. — Photo by Shane Hulsey

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Landyn Essig’s encore performance was just as impressive as his opening act. With the Hannibal football team leading Moberly 41-18 at the start of the fourth quarter of Friday’s North Central Missouri Conference game at Porter Stadium, Essig had already run the opening kickoff back for a touchdown, rushed for a touchdown…

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