College Sports

Today will mark the first of 30 official practices over the next 42 days for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program, and with 10 new players on the 2022-23 roster, questions surrounding the student-athletes aren’t lacking. “The summer is a huge thing for us,” third-year Redhawk coach Brad Korn said. “Every guy is here, so you don’t have to be doing quite as much (in the preseason) as you used to in the past.

The sign of a really good football team is being able to win when it doesn’t play its best, which is precisely what Southeast Missouri State did on Saturday at Houck Field against Central Arkansas in beating the Bears 35-27.

When the name Zach Hall is mentioned within the confines of the Rosengarten Athletic Complex at Southeast Missouri State, there is a pause that follows, because what that name constitutes is a reverence that is almost a defensive Jesus.

It may only seem that the 2022 Southeast Missouri State football season has been all lollipops and unicorns because the Redhawks have often looked magnificent in their performances and execution. However, the reality is that adversity will hit a program in the chest as soon as it gets too comfortable, and SEMO is having to figure out how to navigate some adversity now.

If genetics play any factor in the athletic future of Park Hill High School senior Marqueas Bell, his best performances are ahead of him.

Southeast Missouri State improved to 2-1 on Saturday with a 42-16 beating of Southland Conference opponent Nicholls at Houck Field, and yes, as has been the custom this season, Redhawk quarterback Paxton DeLaurent was great. However, as special as DeLaurent is, and he is very special, if the Redhawks have serious postseason aspirations, then they need to click in all three facets of play, and SEMO did that on Saturday.

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz wants desperately to win today’s game against Southland Conference foe Nicholls (2 p.m., ESPN+) at Houck Field, well, because he chose competition for a career for a reason. However, Matukewicz has also been in the business of intercollegiate athletics long enough to know that, well, at the end of the day, it is a business.

There is no way to sugarcoat the fact that the fan experience for those attending a Southeast Missouri State football game isn’t as ideal as it will be in 2023 when Houck Field has undergone extensive renovations. However, the SEMO Athletic officials have spent a year-plus studying, contemplating, listening, and implementing all the facets that they can conceive to make attending the Redhawk games this fall as nice of an experience for fans – of both teams – as humanly possible.

The Three Rivers women's basketball team has a host of new faces on the squad this season with a mix of incoming freshmen and experienced transfers. A total of seven players out of the roster of 13 are suiting up for the black and gold for the first time...

CARBONDALE, Ill. – It’s difficult to say when the last time that Bryce Norman had to stand on the sidelines and watch a football game be played.

Southeast Missouri State senior libero Tara Beilsmith has been awarded Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors for the third-straight week. Beilsmith was named to the Northern Iowa All-Tournament Team after she paced the Redhawks with 89 digs and 14 assists over the recent tournament.

Three Rivers College hosted its annual Meet the Raiders on Monday night where fans got to meet the new and returning faces of the Three Rivers athletic programs. Nearly every seat was filled on the east side of the arena as the teams were introduced and fans got to mingle with the Raiders at the end of the evening...

CARBONDALE, Ill. – There, in a nutshell, is the how and why Southeast Missouri State football earned a dramatic 34-31 victory over rival, and No. 17-ranked, Southern Illinois in Carbondale on Saturday.

Over the past two football seasons, ninth-year Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz has had to endure former Redhawk kicker Kenny Doak being the lowest-ranked kicker in the Ohio Valley Conference (he made just five of 9 field goals in the 2020-21 season), as well as the most productive kicker in the league (Doak made a league-best nine field goals in 2021).

Reflecting on the 2021-22 Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball season, do the followers of the program remember the Redhawks battling No. 19-ranked Murray State to the buzzer before falling 70-68 late in February at the Show Me Center? Or are those fans still anguishing over the 84-68 loss at Cal Baptist in December?

There is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the position group of inside linebackers, and some degree of the unknown, as it relates to the kicker, for the Southeast Missouri State football squad following the opening week of the 2022 season, which in turn, means a great deal of responsibility placed on first-year Redhawk assistant coach Connor Benado, who just happens to oversee both the inside linebackers AND the kickers.

Veteran Southeast Missouri State football coach knew his defense would have its hands full on Saturday in its 2022 season-opening game at Iowa State – and it did.

The Southeast Missouri State football team lost its game at Iowa State on Saturday 42-10, and I don’t want to diminish the importance of winning in athletics, but when you consider what the Redhawks WON on Saturday, who cares about one road game against a Big 12 opponent?

In its 2021 season-opening football game, Iowa State barely survived an upset bid against FCS-program Northern Iowa, before winning 16-10.

Southeast Missouri State redshirt sophomore defensive back Dony’e Taylor is listed on the 2022 initial Redhawk depth chart as a reserve strong safety, who will serve as a back-up to starter Lawrence Johnson.

The athletic story of Mark Robinson added another chapter on Tuesday when the former Southeast Missouri State running back made the final cut of the Pittsburgh Steelers – as a linebacker.

One of the big areas of concern for ninth-year Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz in Saturday’s 2022 regular season-opening game at Iowa State (1 p.m., ESPN+) is how his team handles the “unknowns.”

There is no need to ask the Southeast Missouri State volleyball players how valuable Redhawk senior libero Tara Beilsmith is.