On an unseasonably warm evening, with kickoff temperature just under 80 degrees, it took Cape Central two quarters to finally get hot. The host Tigers overcame a nine-point first half deficit against winless Francis Howell North (0-9) Thursday, scoring 26 unanswered points after intermission to win going away in the team’s final regular season contest, 38-21...

VIENNA, Mo. — Emerging as district champs after a rocky start to the season, one timely hit separated Neelyville from a spot in the quarterfinals. The Tigers lost 1-0 in the MSHSAA Class 1 sectional playoff Thursday to Vienna after Eagles pitcher Marcie Messersmith threw a no-hitter with five walks and six strikeouts...

MALDEN — The Bloomfield volleyball team executed its block to the satisfaction of coach Hannah Dement and held off a late charge by the Green Wave to earn a sweep Thursday night at Malden High School. The Wildcats held the Malden attack in check for most of the match en route to a 25-18, 25-11, 25-22 victory to end the regular season with an 11-13-1 record. Malden fell to 11-14-1...

One year ago, the Perryville softball team was one inning away from winning the MSHSAA Class 3, District 1 championship before allowing Notre Dame to score four runs in its final at-bat to get past the Pirates 4-3.

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz has been coaching the sport for a quarter of a century but nothing he had ever done at his eight different stops has prepared him for what has transpired over the past eight months.

A year ago, the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball program played games in eight states outside of Missouri. That means a whole lot of time spent on a bus for the Redhawk players, and if they are inclined to learn about the world, sharing a row with junior guard Taelour Pruitt wouldn’t be a bad idea.

First year Southeast Missouri State head basketball coach Brad Korn spent his playing days at Southern Illinois at a time where the rivalry between the Redhawks and Salukis meant something. SEMO made its only NCAA Tournament run when Korn was a freshman and he rounded out his career with his Salukis reaching the big dance three straight years including a Sweet Sixteen finish in 2002...

Brad Korn finally gets to walk onto a basketball court today with the first team of his head-coaching career, and because of how the past seven months have transpired; it will be a surreal experience.