State champions Oran and Kennett led all Semoball-area schools in all-state baseball selections with five apiece. In total, 36 athletes from the Semoball coverage area were named to all-state teams. The Eagles had three Class 1 first-team selections in senior Kaden Hargrove, senior Ty Johnson and sophomore Nic Massey. Oran senior Dawson Menz was named to the all-state second team, and sophomore Kolten Payne received an honorable mention...

The Poplar Bluff Mules Booster Club awarded its first scholarship to a pair of recent graduates Tuesday while also honoring the program’s past. The Moss Family Athletic Scholarship was presented by Mike Moss to Joseph Hardimon and Sierra Sievers. “This is really, really special to us,” said Moss. “This is what we are talking about, giving back to your community.”...

Dexter High School graduate Chaylea Mosby and her sophomore teammates at Three Rivers College hope to complete unfinished business next winter. Mosby and the Raiders’ four other sophomores are taking advantage of a National Junior College Athletic Association rule that allows for a third year of eligibility at the junior college level and will return next season...

According to Jackson wrestling coach Steve Wachter, Garner Horman is one of the most talented wrestlers he’s coached in his 39-year career. “He’s a three-time district champion, a three-time state medalist and I know that he’s won over 150 matches in his career,” Wachter said. “I think he finishes ninth or 11th all-time in Jackson history.”...

Whether you are passionate about the football program at Southeast Missouri State University, your personal and professional growth, or both, veteran Redhawk coach Tom Matukewicz is providing an opportunity next month to help both you, as well as the Redhawk football program.

Following years of coming back from injury after injury during high school, Logan Bell was in good shape this spring to throw the javelin for Missouri Southern State University. Mostly. “Especially because of my (previous) injuries, I probably picked the worst event to do,” Bell said recently. “I was kind of banged up towards the end of the season. Had a bunch of tendinitis in my Achilles and stuff like that...

This past Monday marked the fifth anniversary of Brady Barke being named as the leader of athletics at Southeast Missouri State on a permanent basis. “A lot has happened since then,” Barke laughed recently. Ain’t that the truth.

Of the dozen Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball programs, only two (UT Martin and Belmont) have won more games than Southeast Missouri State over the past two seasons.