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When Bryson Donnell isn’t using his feet to come off the edge of Southeast Missouri State’s defensive line, his hands are creating havoc in the interior. At 6-foot-2 and 300 pounds, the versatile Donnell bears the aesthetic of a true defensive tackle, but his athleticism and innate nose for the football give him license to line up in different techniques. ...

It’s been nine years since the most devastating phone call of her career, but longtime Southeast Missouri State soccer coach Heather Nelson is often reminded of the late Meg Herndon. A selfless, grind-it-out approach evokes memories of the auburn-haired defender...

Awards continue to roll in for Laney Malloy. The standout Southeast Missouri State senior outside hitter was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Week on Tuesday. Malloy, who also earned Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week distinction, total 45 kills in the Redhawks' recent home tournament sweep of Tulsa, Southern Illinois and Central Arkansas. She was named tournament MVP...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball will have a full head of steam when it enters Ohio Valley Conference play on Friday at Tennessee State. SEMO (9-3) won each of its Redhawks Invitational matches on over the weekend in convincing fashion, dropping just a single set in wins over Tulsa, Southern Illinois and Central Arkansas...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - By the time the Mizzou marching band broke into its rendition of AJR's "Bang" at Memorial Stadium, its hit chorus matched the Tigers' first three drives against a visibly outclassed Southeast Missouri State. Bang. Bang. Bang. It took Mizzou all of 17 first-quarter plays for the nation's all-purpose yards leader, Tyler Badie, to score on a 49-yard touchdown, a 11-yard reception and for preseason All-SEC quarterback Connor Bazelak to hit D'ionte Smith on a 46-yard scoring strike...

Connor Tollison doesn’t have clearance to speak to the media, an almost universal policy for Power 5 true freshmen. But before the hulking offensive tackle cracked Mizzou’s two-deep depth chart, he cleared sizable running lanes for a Jackson High offense that had its way with Class 5 opposition...

Many of the same Southeast Missouri State figures who endured a 50-0 thrashing at the hands of Mizzou in 2019 get a mulligan on Saturday. Geno Hess and Zion Custis - an established 1-2 punch in the Redhawks' backfield - were a pair of unknown underclassmen who combined for a meager 34 yards on 16 carries in Columbia...

A confluence of injuries, new faces and perhaps the toughest nonconferernce slate in the Football Championship Subdivision makes Southeast Missouri State a hard team to gauge among its Ohio Valley Conference peers. That won't change Saturday after SEMO locks up with physically superior Mizzou, which cut the Redhawks a $550,000 check for the short trek to Columbia...

Moments into Kennett’s wild 40-38 win over Ste. Genevieve last Friday, Indian senior LaTrevion Thompson exhibited his athletic brilliance.

As Southeast Missouri State kicker Kenny Doak lined up for a 47-yard field goal late in the second quarter Saturday, top-ranked Sam Houston was on its heels. The Redhawks -- playing a cleaner, more assertive brand of football than they did in a season-opening blowout loss to rival Southern Ilinois -- were moving the football on a defense chalked with All-Americans...

Julie Yankus doesn't tally career wins, but the 11th-year Southeast Missouri State volleyball coach is aware of some of the markers in her career. When the Redhawks take down Memphis, she remembers. It's been a trend in recent years, including Friday's five-set win over the Tigers at the SEMO Invitational...

If there's an asterisk near Sam Houston State's recent national championship, it conveys circumstance more than the legitimacy of the Football Championship Subdivision power. The Bearkats - annually among the top FCS programs in the country - concluded a strange, truncated and pandemic-delayed 2020 season in May when they clipped South Dakota State 23-21 for the subdivision's crown...

Whataburger is on Terry Cook's mind. Texas -- home of the popular fast-food chain -- is in the 6-foot-4, 300-pound senior's soul. When the Southeast Missouri State offensive tackle sinks his teeth into his foremost burger this weekend, just one ingredient can enhance its flavor: An upset over top-ranked Sam Houston State on Saturday in Huntsville, Texas, a two-hour trek from Cook's hometown of Elgin...

Cooper Callis (Jackson HS) was 30 for 44 passing and threw for 289 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Southwest Baptist University on Saturday against Texas Permian Basin in a 24-16 loss. Callis was also the Bearcats’ leading rusher with 10 carries for 55 yards and a touchdown...

As it turned out, having a dilapidated stadium was the least of the concerns on Thursday for the Southeast Missouri State football program.

The day Southeast Missouri State University athletic fans knew was coming has now arrived. Beloved Houck Field has reached its endpoint in its current state, and the timing could not have been worse. ...

Opportunity will eventually knock for Southeast Missouri State redshirt freshman defensive back Dony’e Taylor, however, it just won’t be on the first defensive possession of the 2021 season.

Second-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Brad Korn has achieved a lot in his first 17 months on the job and he added to that Monday by successfully putting together a very challenging, but realistic 2021-22 schedule.

PEORIA, Ill. – Southeast Missouri State’s volleyball team completed a clean sweep at the Bradley CEFCU Invitational, defeating DePaul, Bradley and Central Michigan en route to winning the tournament championship. The Redhawks opened the tournament with a 3-1 (28-26, 19-25, 25-22, 25-23) victory over DePaul on Friday...

There were some early indications last season that Southeast Missouri State running back Geno Hess was on the cusp of emergence. Such as his breaking off a 64-yard jaunt against nationally-ranked Southern Illinois on his third carry of the 2020 season.

Southeast Missouri State has added to its baseball staff. Dan McKinney - a Bowling Green, Ohio, native - was hired Thursday as the Redhawks' new pitching coach. The University of Michigan grad spent last season coaching at Oakland University. Before beginning his tenure at Oakland, McKinnie spent two years at Akron as the pitching coach for the Zips...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team will open its season Friday at the Bradley CEFCU Invitational in Peoria, Ill. The Redhawks open the tournament at 3 p.m. Friday against DePaul, before pulling a doubleheader against host Bradley and Central Michigan at 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., respectively, on Saturday...

The past 18 months have been like no other for Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz.

There were a lot of unknowns for the Southeast Missouri State football program in 2020. Often there were surprises that weren’t so pleasant (canceled games/season, transferring players, etc.). But there were also some pleasant surprises, one of which came in the form of a 285-pound defensive lineman.