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Otto Porter's impressive season ends
Posted Sunday, March 18, at 4:01 PM
He had a shot to tie it with about 13 seconds left. He got an OK look, not great, but OK. It's a shot I've seen him make many times. But Otto Porter's attempt to tie Georgetown's NCAA tournament game against N.C. State missed, and the Wolfpack held on to oust the Hoyas from the tournament and keep them from a trip to St. Louis for the Sweet 16. He passed on a 3-pointer just moments before, and here's what his coach, John Thompson III, said about the sequence...

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VIDEO: Southeast Missouri represented well at final four
Posted Friday, March 16, at 7:32 AM

After watching Scott County Central and Charleston reach their respective state title games, I was struck by the defense both teams play, and the role that strong defense played in their victories. SCC's defensive pressure has been documented many times by the reporters of Southeast Missouri. ...

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Former SEMO assistant Lowery out at SIU
Posted Friday, March 2, at 9:04 PM

Southern Illinois Carbondale athletic director Mario Moccia announced that men's basketball coach Chris Lowery will not return to the Salukis. Lowery has been coach for eight seasons and posted a 145-116 record with the Salukis. The team made three trips to the NCAA tournament during his tenure, but the Salukis only went 8-23 this season...

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Jackson names new volleyball coach
Posted Friday, March 2, at 12:15 PM

Jackson named Julie Brandenmeyer its new volleyball coach Friday morning. Brandenmeyer replaces Maile Gannon, who coached the Indians for the last six years. Gannon stepped down to spend more time with her family, the news release said. Brandenmeyer has been an assistant at Jackson since 2007...

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WaPo columnist's interesting take on Otto Porter
Posted Monday, January 30, at 5:05 PM

Jason Reid of the Washington Post wrote a pretty flattering column about Scott County Central grad and current Georgetown freshman standout Otto Porter. I think Reid covered a lot of ground that those in Southeast Missouri have known for a while, namely that Porter is a team-oriented player whose fundamentals are incredibly sound. I remember watching Porter take shot after shot in practice at SCC, and his shot was so fluid. It was a thing of beauty...

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3-pointers and the Southeast Missouri Christmas tournament
Posted Thursday, December 22, at 5:13 PM

The Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament will test the range of shooters a little more this year. That's because there are no plans to tape a high school 3-point line on the Show Me Center floor for the annual boys basketball tournament. The NCAA moved the 3-point line for women's games to 20 feet, 9 inches this season after it had been 19-9, the same as high school. ...

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It hurts now: Pujols to become an Angel
Posted Thursday, December 8, at 11:52 AM

It's a punch to the gut reading the headlines: Pujols agrees to terms with Angels. You never want to see your team's best player ditch your team for somewhere else, especially after you've supported him, cheered him and watched him help your team win a pair of World Series, mostly recently less than two months ago. It's like a slap to the face...

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Barry Zito to marry Seyer, former Miss Missouri USA, this weekend
Posted Thursday, December 1, at 2:41 PM

I came across a small story in the San Francisco Chronicle that reports Oran native Amber Seyer, who competed for the Miss USA title as a 20-year-old in 2007, will be getting married to San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito this weekend. Phil Matier and Andrew Ross reported that Seyer and Zito plan to marry in a private ceremony in California. Here's the Huffington Post's story on this weekend's wedding...

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Notre Dame softball team finds a way to win
Posted Monday, October 10, at 2:08 AM

The Notre Dame softball team sits two wins away from its fifth consecutive trip to the Class 3 final four. I covered the team's two games at the Class 3 District 1 tournament, and I was struck by the team's ability to win in different ways. It was interesting to see the team switch its strategy and still come out with the win...

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Jackson's 2-point conversion attempt
Posted Saturday, September 17, at 1:36 AM

Jackson went with an interesting choice for its 2-point conversion in the final minute of Friday's game against rival Central. The Indians had pulled to 14-12 with 32.6 seconds left in the game. They came out of a timeout in the swinging gate formation, with all the players lined up to the far left, with the exception of the center and backup quarterback Ty Selsor. ...

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Cape Central gets new girls soccer coach
Posted Monday, August 8, at 11:45 PM

Central announced Monday that Dan Martin is replacing Elizabeth Fleer as the girls soccer coach. Martin has served as the boys soccer coach since replacing longtime coach Tom Doyle for the 2008-09 school year. Fleer took over the girls program from Doyle the same year Martin took over the boys program...

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St. Vincent girls soccer team put up a whale of a fight
Posted Sunday, June 5, at 1:14 AM

The Class 1 girls soccer state championship game was played at a level expected when a state title is on the line. St. Vincent and Springfield Catholic slugged it out in the first half, and I thought the Indians did a better job of creating chances as the half wore on. They were moving the ball well. They were making passes to open teammates and established a flow...

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FINAL St. Vincent falls in Class 1 girls soccer title game
Posted Saturday, June 4, at 2:08 PM

FINAL Catholic wins 3-2. I'm off to do player interviews. Great game. --- 3-2 Catholic with 3:22 left in the second Storm French has moved to forward in an attempt to get the tying goal. Not much time left for the Indians to pull even --- 3-2 Catholic with 8:30 left in the second...

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Vianney at Central baseball postponed Thursday
Posted Thursday, May 26, at 11:00 AM

Just got word from Central that the Class 4 state quarterfinal game has been moved to 4:30 p.m. Friday because of wet field conditions. That means the Tigers will have to wait an extra day to try to capture their first final four berth since 1994.

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Creative scheduling
Posted Wednesday, May 11, at 7:29 AM

After rain wreaked havoc on spring sports schedules for about 2 1/2 weeks, teams are scrambling to get in as many games as possible before the end of the season. Districts begin Saturday for soccer and baseball, and some baseball teams are going to extremes to get in games...

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Mizzou lands in a spot of trouble over Otto Porter
Posted Wednesday, April 13, at 2:42 PM

Scott County Central star Otto Porter's decision to attend Georgetown University instead of becoming a Missouri Tiger did more than disappoint new Mizzou coach Frank Haith. The Kansas City Star got confirmation of Porter's decision from Haith, who sent the KC Star a text message Tuesday comfirming Porter's decision to sign with the Hoyas...

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Central names new volleyball coach
Posted Tuesday, March 15, at 12:02 PM

Cape Central High School announced Tuesday that Angela Broshuis will replace Charity Huff as the girls volleyball coach. Broshuis served as the freshman coach and an assistant with the junior varsity and varsity squads this past fall. Broshuis, an Advance High School graduate, is a social studies teacher at Central. She's in her first year at the school...

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Show Me Center to host MSHSAA state volleyball
Posted Friday, January 28, at 12:59 PM

Tired of having to drive all the way across the state to Kansas City for the state high school volleyball tournament? You won't have to for the next few years. MSHSAA announced Wednesday that the Show Me Center will host the state tournament this year through 2014...

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Two local McDonald's All-American nominees
Posted Friday, January 14, at 3:37 PM

The lengthy list of McDonald's All-American nominees got released and a pair of local standouts made the first cut. Scott County Central's Otto Porter earned a spot on the list, and it isn't out of the question that he lands a spot on one of the teams when they're announced Feb. 10...

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The national champs ousted the Redhawks football team
Posted Friday, January 7, at 10:11 PM

So this is how it had to be? Eastern Washington, the team Southeast looked poised to beat at halftime of their Football Championship Subdivision playoff game in December, won the national championship Friday night. Eastern Washington scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to beat Delaware 20-19 and win the national championship. It took the national champs to end Southeast's remarkable season...

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