Community Sports

On a hot Father's Day Sunday -- perhaps the hottest day of the summer thus far -- it would have been easy for the Capahas baseball team to look up at the scoreboard, see a six-run deficit midway through Game 2 of a doubleheader, and pack it in, ready to wrap up its fifth game in three days and head for some air conditioning...

Ken Schmitz won a point series event Saturday at Dalhousie Golf Club. The event used quota scoring. Schmitz was first at plus-nine. Dick Swartz was second at plus-six, and Wayne Sparkman was third with plus-four. Rounding out the top five were Tom Armbruster in fourth, plus-two, and Brevin Giebler right behind him with a plus-one...

The Capahas baseball team capped off a home doubleheader sweep Saturday with a walk-off win. Kyle James drove in the winning run with a two-out, RBI single to give the Caps a 3-2 win over the Music City Cubs in Game 2. In the opener, the Capahas cruised to a five-inning 11-1 win at Capaha Field...

Bryan McNeely threw a no-hitter as the Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team bounced back from an opening loss to win its second contest of the day in the Lyon County (Ky.) Showcase. McNeely didn't allow a hit in a 2-0 win over Post 68 on Saturday, hours after Cape fell 6-1 to Rockport Legion. McNeely worked around one walk and four errors while striking out four in seven innings...

Facing a 2-0 lead early Tuesday evening, the Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team didn't panic. It just kept making little plays. Those little plays -- and a couple of big ones -- saw Post 63 swing into the lead and pull away for an 8-2 doubleheader-opening victory against league foe Pemiscot County River City Redbirds Senior Legion at Capaha Field...

Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion pushed its record to 10-5 with a doubleheader sweep of Perryville Post 133, 13-2 and 16-5, on Sunday in Perryville, Missouri. Post 63 racked up a total of 21 hits on the day and took advantage of eight total Perryville (1-4) errors...

The Capahas baseball team split a road doubleheader at the Millstadt (Ill.) Green Machine, winning the opener 7-1 before falling 7-4 in the nightcap in Mon-Clair League action Sunday afternoon in Millstadt, Illinois. A five-run fifth inning built some breathing room for the Caps in Game 1, and Tyson Campbell made it hold up on the mound, going the distance and allowing on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks...

The Pueblo Bandits made a long return trip from Colorado to Kelso, Missouri, but they got what they came for. A year after falling in the Kelso Klassic fastpitch softball tournament championship, Pueblo topped Bowen (Ill.) Fastpitch 6-2 in the championship game to claim its first Kelso Klassic title Sunday at Kelso City Park...

The three-day 2018 Gentleman's Invitational at Dalhousie Golf Club wrapped up Saturday, with Forrest Wegge and Ethan Corlija joining forces to take the member-guest event. Other flight-winning pairings were Cord Dombrowski and Doug Spencer in the Shooter McGavin flight, Britt McConnell and Jamie Ralph in the No. 1 Balls in Golf flight and Tim Holden and Vince Lockhart in the Fairway to Heaven flight...

KELSO, Mo. -- There were no fireworks for the opener of the 34th Annual Kelso Klassic fastpitch softball tournament. At least, not for the hosts. Kelso Fast Pitch came up against an unsolvable puzzle in the pitcher's circle, as Terry Luster struck out 19 batters and held things steady in a scoreless duel until The Clubhouse Bar and Grill broke things open in the top of the eighth inning for a 5-0 win Friday night at Kelso City Park...

CHARLESTON, Mo. —A six-run third inning and a pitching gem from Sikeston’s Will Pratt was all that the Charleston Fighting Squirrels needed to defeat the SEMO Spartans 11-1 Thursday night at Hillhouse Park. Early on, it looked like the game would get out of hand for the Fighting Squirrels, as the Spartans scored their lone run of the game without recording a hit...

The Jackson Post 158 Senior Legion baseball team took an early lead Thursday and never looked back, continuing its fast start to the season. Post 158 scored one run in the first inning and two more in the second, which was more than enough for starting pitcher Tyler Martin in the first game of a doubleheader...

The Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team swept a doubleheader against the Sikeston Silver Sox on Wednesday. Post 63 claimed a five-inning 15-0 win in Game 1 before completing the sweep with a 10-2 victory in the nightcap in Sikeston, Missouri...

It's that time of year again. When the calendar turns to the second weekend of June, teams from across the nation descend on Kelso, Missouri, for one of the premier fastpitch softball tournaments. This year is no different with 13 teams set to compete in the 34th edition of the Kelso Klassic. ...

Following their win at Southhaven, the SEMO War Eagles battled their way to three more championships in two different states.  First, in Jackson, Tennessee, at the Academy Sports Summer Slam scoring 73 runs and allowing only 11. Next, traveling to Jonesboro, Arkansas, at The Mayhem at the Mack Tournament scoring 24 runs and allowing 3 runs. ...

Carol Winter and Rob Dodson were the overall winners in Saturday's Furry 5K and one-mile Fun Walk. Winter won the female division with a time of 22 minutes, 8.15 seconds. Dodson won the male division in 20:14.41. In the female 20-24 age group, Grace Hanebrink placed first in 34:36.32. Ashtyn Stovall was second, and Lydia Reitzel was third...

The victorious team at the Cape West Rotary Four-Person Scramble Fundraiser had a decidedly Southeast Missouri State flair to it Monday, as the team of Brady Barke, Jeff Brune, Joe Hobbs and Jacob Pattengill topped the event at Dalhousie Golf Club with a 57...

Dalhousie Golf Club hosted two flights of a four-person scramble for Young Life on Friday. Blake Driscell, Todd Obergoenner, Rick Goodman and Richard Buchanan won the championship flight with a score of 54 over 18 holes. The foursome of Lewis Bock, Tom Froemsdorf, Paul Giebler and Travis Simmons was second with a 55...

SEMO ESPN is changing stations. The radio home for Southeast Missouri State athletics and various area high school sports teams, along with two local sports talk shows, will no longer broadcast on 92.9 FM. SEMO ESPN announced on Twitter recently that, "coming soon," its new FM home will be 93.5...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- After a disappointing Friday doubleheader, Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball was looking for an opportunity to bounce back. The squad took it on Sunday. Cape swept a pair of games, dropping Festus Senior Legion 4-1 before a convincing 8-0 defeat of the Charleston Fighting Squirrels in the nightcap at Benny Hillhouse Memorial Field...

The Cape Girardeau Capahas baseball team had lost the first game of the doubleheader and now was facing a 5-0 deficit after half an inning, but it didn't give up. The Caps steadily chipped away at the deficit before exploding for eight runs in the sixth inning to take their first lead of the game and held on to beat the St. Louis Spikes in Mon-Clair League action to split a doubleheader Saturday with the reigning league champs at Capaha Field...

Late runs hurt the Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team Friday as Kennett Senior Legion swept a doubleheader at Capaha Field. Post 63 (3-4) lost Game 1 in extras, falling 5-4 in eight innings. The winning run scored on catcher's interference as Austin Dill took the hard-luck loss, giving up one unearned run in three innings...

The Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team cruised to a home doubleheader sweep of De Soto Senior Legion with a pair of 10-run wins Wednesday. Post 63 (3-2) won the first game 11-1 in six innings and collected a 10-0, five-inning victory in Game 2...

The Memorial Day Couples event Sunday at Dalhousie Golf Club went to Ian and Corrine Soutar, as the pair shot a handicapped 67/72 to claim the top prize. Dick and Kim Swartz finished in second at 77 in the two-person couples scramble, while Tom and Bev Matheny were in third at 78...

The Capahas baseball team remained unbeaten on the season and moved to 4-0 in Mon-Clair League play with a doubleheader sweep on Sunday in Millstadt, Illinois. The Caps took down host Millstadt Green Machine 2-0 behind a sparkling Capahas debut by former Jackson standout Colten Weber, and edged the league's defending champs, the St. Louis Spikes, 5-2...

The Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team suffered its first loss of the season Sunday, falling to the St. Louis Redbirds "Blue" team 2-1 at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis. Cape (2-1) took a 1-0 lead in the third inning but succumbed to the Redbirds' rally in the final two innings...

Dick Swartz won the point series event at Dalhousie Golf Club on Saturday. Swartz took the 18-hole, modified Stabeleford net scoring competition with a score of plus-28, ahead of Lewis Bock at plus-15. Third was a tie between Ian Soutar and Terry Bozzay at plus-12, with Travis Simmons' plus-10 landing him in fifth...

The Capahas baseball team swept a doubleheader in non-conference action at Saline County (Ill.) with wins of 11-0 and 8-4 on Saturday, shrugging off travel issues when the team van broke down en route to the road games. The Caps broke the first game open with a seven-run second inning, banging out 13 hits while holding Saline County to just two in the five-inning contest...

The Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team opened its season by splitting a pair of games Saturday at Seckman High School. Post 63 defeated the St. Louis Redbirds 14-2 in four innings in the opener before letting a lead get away in a 6-3 loss to the Nationals in Game 2...

Dick Swartz won a point series event Saturday at Dalhousie Golf Club. The format was 18 holes of match play vs. par. Swartz finished 5 up to win. Travis Simmons was second in 3 up, Forrest Wegge was third in 2 up. There was a three-way tie for fourth between Jerry Stone, Brian Hammon and Jim Limbaugh. All three finished 1 up...

On the surface, things appeared the same as summer baseball got underway in Southeast Missouri on Sunday afternoon. But change was in the air. When the Capahas hosted the Charleston Riverdogs at Capaha Field -- the Capahas won 4-1 -- familiar faces dotted the rosters. But both teams began new eras...

One wasn't enough for Nancy Kohl. The Jackson resident sank a hole-in-one on May 9 and then returned to turn the trick again the next day, May 10, for aces on back-to-back days while golfing at Kimbeland Country Club. Kohl's first hole-in-one came Wednesday on No. 4 during Ladies League action, when she knocked the ball in with a 7-iron from 117 yards. She was playing with Dee Johnson, Janet Verhines and Wanda Verhines...

Tom Viers and David Babcock won the Ham and Egg tournament at Dalhousie Golf Club on Saturday. Viers and Babcock shot a 67 and edged second-place finishers David Hahs and Rob Erlbacher on a scorecard playoff. Joel Ray and Aaron Dombrowski were third with a 68...

The Cape Girardeau Capahas baseball team will hold an open tryout from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Capaha Field. To be eligible, one must be out of high school and not playing on an American Legion baseball team. -- From staff report

The fans have spoken. In January, the announcement came a Prospect League baseball team would be taking up residence in Cape Girardeau and April 24 voting opened to allow the public to choose the name of the team. Friday, the results of that voting were announced and the team formerly known as Cape Prospect League LLC now has an identity: the Cape Catfish...

The Cape Girardeau Capahas baseball team will hold an open tryout 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Capaha Field. To be eligible, individuals must be out of high school and not playing on an American Legion baseball team.

Three months ago, the announcement came that Cape Girardeau would be home to a new baseball team. On Tuesday, the team took a major step toward finding its identity, and it could be slippery, flighty or full of smoke. Representatives of Cape Prospect League, LLC -- the soon-to-be-named collegiate wood bat league team that will begin play at Capaha Field in the summer of 2019 -- gathered with their partners at BOLD Marketing to unveil the three team names and mascots fans may vote on to grace the new franchise.. ...

Cape Girardeau resident Glen Harter sunk a hole-in-one on Hole No. 18 at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson on Tuesday. Harter used a 9-iron on the 137-yard hole. Witnesses were Harold Schott, Bob Hedden and Jim Griffin. Harter has been playing golf for 45 years, and this was his second hole-in-one...

Mike Redman had reason to celebrate when he recently sank a hole-in-one at Kimbeland Country Club. Redman aced hole No. 4 with a gap wedge from 94 yards while golfing with Randy Bohn, Van Riehl and Craig Wilson. It was the first hole-in-one for the 64-year-old Jackson resident...

The Southeast Missouri State athletic community lost one of its biggest supporters this week. Cape Girardeau lifer and long-time leader of SEMO's booster club Mike McKinnis died from a heart attack Tuesday at the age of 67. Born and raised in Cape Girardeau -- a former athlete at Cape Girardeau Central High School -- McKinnis has long been a part of Southeast athletics' outreach, serving as the Redhawks Club Executive Committee president up until his death...

As the new Summer Ball Season approaches, it is time to start discussing registrations, expectations, issues, and areas that may or may not need to be addressed. There will be a meeting on February 26th, at 6:30, at Called Up for all that want to contribute/volunteer their time to help make this year's season a success, just as last year...

The SEMO Area Umpires Association will be having a preseason meeting for all returning and new members on Feb. 28. The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. at River Eagle Distributing (2346 Rust Avenue) in Cape Girardeau. Information on MSHSAA Rules Meetings for Baseball and Softball will be discussed along with available game assignments...

The nexus of baseball in Cape Girardeau gathered in front of the podium, representing the sport in the city for the last 50-plus years. They were not there, though, to discuss the old, but rather to usher in the new. The next era of baseball in Southeast Missouri will include what is currently formally known as Cape Prospect League, LLC, as the City of Cape Girardeau announced Friday afternoon at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex that a wood bat college summer league team will be playing at Capaha Field beginning in June 2019.. ...

Every year the St. Louis Cardinals bring their traveling offseason tour through Cape Girardeau, and this year the focus was on the future. The annual Cardinals Caravan stopped at the Osage Center on Monday evening, toting a group of team representatives that leaned heavy on youth...

Joining the Mon-Clair League just made sense to Capahas manager Tom Bolen. After all, the Capahas, who for years operated independently, already played baseball against most of the teams in the league, and inclusion would bring with it a set schedule of 26 regular-season contests, an all-star game and a postseason...

The St. Louis Cardinals Caravan will be making its annual stop in Cape Girardeau on Monday. This year's Caravan will take place at the Osage Community Center at 5:30 p.m. The Cardinals guests will include Carson Kelly, Matt Bowman, Ryan Sherriff, Austin Gomber, Al Hrabosky and Scott Cooper...

Jackson resident Bill Coleman got his first hole-in-one recently at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson. Coleman is 87 years old and has been golfing for 60 years. Using a gap wedge on hole No. 12, Coleman aced the hole from 77 yards out. Jerry Reynolds, Jerry Suedekum and Dub Suedekum were the witnesses...