After 71 days, the Poplar Bluff Mules are getting back to work. Starting Monday, athletes and coaches will be able to meet on campus as part of summer activities under guidelines set by the district to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. “We’re going to cope with it the best we can,” Mules football coach David Sievers said. “Football is hard to social distance at...

Good Sports is a column featured weekly in the Southeast Missourian and on semoball.com. It is primarily designed to showcase people who have impacted the sporting life of Southeast Missouri, so that readers may get to know them more fully. Responses have been edited for clarity and brevity...

With the cancellation of spring athletics for the 2020 season, seniors in the Standard-Democrat coverage area cannot have final moments with their teammates. Below is a special edition of the “Senior Recognition” series, featuring senior athletes, where they are going next, what they loved most about playing their respective sport at their school, and more...

With the cancellation of spring athletics for the 2020 season, seniors in the Standard-Democrat coverage area cannot have final moments with their teammates. Below is the 13th part of a series of stories on recognizing senior athletes, where they are going next, what they loved most about playing their respective sport at their school, and more...

Only a year out of high school, Puxico’s Sophia Hancock has already left her imprint on two basketball programs. The 2019 Puxico High School graduate helped the Puxico girls basketball team win back-to-back district championships in her sophomore and junior years. Last winter, she was a member of the Southeast Missouri State University women’s basketball team’s second-ever Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship...

There is no hidden agenda as to why Nolan Taylor is going to suit up for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program this coming season.

Three Rivers softball will have two players return for another sophomore season. Leadoff hitter Jennifer Morey and clean-up hitter Zoe Bisby will take advantage of the NJCAA granting spring athletes an additional year of eligibility. They will be two third-year sophomores on a team of 21 freshmen from two different recruiting classes...

During this time of social distancing, the SuperFan series of articles focuses on fans who are geographically distant from the teams they support, who are fiercely loyal to a team outside the state of Missouri. Today: Mike Freeman, M.D,, 67, gastroenterologist with the Freeman Clinic. ...