Community Sports

The Southeast Missouri Swim Conference held its championships on Saturday, July 15, at the Cape Central Pool.  Eleven teams from Farmington down to Kennett participated in the huge event.  There were over 400 swimmers competing for medals and trophies.  Beau-Hunter Warren was named the top male swimmer in the 11-12 age group with all first place wins!! Max Warren received 3rd placed in the 9-10 age group with all 2nd place finishes!!  Beau and Max are members of the Cape County Castaways,  who were also named the Small Team SMSC Conference Champs.. ...

Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball needed some answers after a dud of an opening game in the Zone 4 Tournament on Wednesday. Thursday, it made the necessary adjustments. Post 63 broke a tie in the fourth inning and held on the rest of the way to get past Ste. Genevieve 11-6 in an elimination game at Whitey Herzog Field in Jackson, Missouri...

Jackson Post 158 Senior Legion baseball found itself in an early hole and never really recovered, as it fell to Festus Post 153 by a 14-5 score on Thursday night in a Zone 4 Tournament semifinal at Whitey Herzog Field in Jackson, Missouri. The hosts trailed 7-0 early and by as many as 10-0, but scored five runs in the final three innings...

The Heartland Firecrackers 10U softball team will compete in the Babe Ruth World Series on July 27-August 5 in Jensen Beach, Florida. The Firecrackers won state and regional tournaments, going a combined 8-0. That includes seven wins by mercy rule. At regionals, they outscored opposing teams 49-3. During this run, four different pitchers have secured a win on the mound...

The Burger King Capahas wrapped up their 2017 season on Wednesday night with a doubleheader sweep of Saline County (Ill.), defeating the Monarchs 7-0 and 3-2. The Capahas (13-9) got off to a quick start, scoring three runs in each of the first two innings of the opener...

The Jackson Post 158 Senior Legion baseball team put together another strong performance on Wednesday night, holding off a late rally threat to defeat Eureka Post 177, 9-5, in a Zone 4 Tournament quarterfinal at Whitey Herzog Field in Jackson, Missouri...

It was a day Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball didn't look much like a district champion. Mistakes on the mound and in the field gave Festus Post 253 too many opportunities, and Cape had no answers offensively as it fell 9-1 in a quarterfinal of the Zone 4 Tournament on Wednesday at Whitey Herzog Field in Jackson, Missouri...

Local gymnast Cambria Terry recently collected a major victory when she earned the gold medal and title of 2017 AAU vault champion at the National AAU Gymnastic meet in Kingsport, Tennessee. Terry took the top spot in the vault with a score of 9.575...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The hot hitting continued for Ultimate Baseball Saturday afternoon at the Senior Babe Ruth state tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. Ultimate Baseball calculated at least six runs for a fourth straight game as it rallied from a 1-0 first-inning deficit to knock off two-time defending state champion Wayne County Lumberjacks 6-3 in a state semifinal...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - Saturday’s lunchtime win for the Charleston Fighting Squirrels did two things. It vaulted them into the Missouri Senior Babe Ruth state tournament championship game later in the evening and sent the Squirrels back to the Midwest Plains Regional...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - Ultimate Baseball became the latest team to fall victim to established baseball juggernaut Charleston Fighting Squirrels Saturday night at the Senior Babe Ruth state tournament The Fighting Squirrels built a 10-1 lead by the end of the third inning on its way to a 13-3 five-inning run-rule victory against Ultimate Baseball in the Missouri state championship at Hillhouse Park in Charleston...

Bunts can be difference makers in a close baseball game, and on Tuesday night they made all the difference. Sparked by four consecutive bunts in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Jackson Post 158 Senior Legion baseball team rallied past Ste. Genevieve and held on for a 5-4 victory in the opening round of the Zone 4 Tournament at Whitey Herzog Stadium in Jackson...

Kyle Dodd, of Cape Girardeau, recently claimed the top prize in his division at the American Poolplayers Association (APA) Junior Nationals tournament in Davenport, Iowa. Including the 11-year-old Dodd, the event featured more than 300 youth competitors from 23 different states in four different divisions...

The U14 Girls Cyclones are international champions. The Cape Girardeau-based Southeast Missouri Soccer Club (SMSC) came out on the winning end of a grueling week of competition, finishing with a 6-0 record Sunday to claim the championship at the Disney Cup Youth Invitational International Soccer Tournament in Orlando, Florida...

Local traveling team SEMO Elite Basketball is bound for national competition this week at the AAU National Championships in Orlando, Florida. The team is one of two SEMO Elite Basketball teams coached by Tommy Delph of Cape Girardeau, who uses basketball as a tool to keep children out of trouble, instill life values and introduce them to college recruitment possibilities...

If there's a single person who's synonymous with the Cape Girardeau Post 63 American Legion baseball program, it's Bill Bohnert. For 37 years, Bohnert has watched countless teams, players and coaches filter their way through the system, and as the years have passed, his words have gained a unique weight...

The knack to be resilient showed itself throughout the ninth inning on Sunday at Capaha Field. But the home half was the one that counted most, as the top-seeded Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team found a way to pull out the victory...

The Burger King Capahas exploded for 19 hits Sunday to win their road finale. The Caps scored 10 runs in the first three innings and cruised to a 16-2 win over the Saline County Monarchs team based in Harrisburg, Illinois. Every Capaha starter had at least one hit, and six had multiple hits. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- For Charleston Fighting Squirrels baseball coach Michael Minner, the wait is over. The Squirrels are the Senior Babe Ruth state champions for the first time in three years and are back in the Midwest Plains Regional Tournament after missing out last season for the first time in nine years...

The Jackson Post 158 Senior Legion baseball team used a fast start to cruise to a victory Saturday, advancing to the District 14 tournament final. Post 158 scored four runs in the first inning and led by at least three runs the rest of the way en route to an 11-4 win over Pemiscot County Post 88 at Capaha Field...

The Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team maintained its perfect run in the District 14 tournament on Friday at Capaha Field. Post 63 combined for 14 hits and cruised to a 17-8 win over Pemiscot County Post 88, sending the Tigers into the district final at 4 p.m. today...

Cape Girardeau native Allison Bray finished 13th overall and was the top junior golfer at the 2017 Women's Amateur Championship last week at Algonquin Country Club in Glendale, Missouri. Bray, a rising senior who helped lead Notre Dame High School to a Class 1 title last season, finished with a 237 in the three-round tournament, which concluded on Wednesday...

Headline SEMO Sizzle Takes 3rd at AAU National Tournament SEMO Sizzle 2022/23 girls basketball team finished 3rd at the AAU Division II National Championships in Kingsport, TN. Teams from 25 states across the country participated. The Sizzle is made up of girls from Immaculate Conception Jackson, East Perry County, Jackson R2 and Immanuel Lutheran Perryville. ...

Less than four years ago, Rylee Mills had never ridden a horse. Mills, who has just completed his freshman year at Jackson High School, was born out in the country. He was surrounded by horses but moved to Jackson when he was 4 or 5. The animals were left behind, and Mills picked up baseball. He has no memory of riding a horse as a young child...

A day after an opening-round loss, the fourth-seeded Jackson Post 158 Senior Legion baseball team rebounded with a big win. Jackson pounded out 14 hits and defeated No. 3 Sikeston Post 114 12-2 in eight innings in a District 14 tournament elimination game at Capaha Field...

Jackson native Sarah Bell finished in a tie for ninth place in the girls division after the completion of Thursday's final round at an American Junior Golf Association tournament at The Legends Country Club in Eureka, Missouri. Bell, who claimed medalist honors as a junior and led Notre Dame to a team title at the Class 1 state tournament in 2016, carded a 230 during the three-round event. She finish tied with Skylar Thompson, of Buford, Georgia...

Blake Carr shot a 79 to earn medalist honors in the boys 16-19 tour division during a Gateway Junior PGA Series event Wednesday at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston, Missouri. Spencer Warren fired a 78 to claim first in the boys 14-15 tour division...

Trailing by a run in the bottom of the eighth inning, Garrett Siebert needed just one hit to change the game. With two down and two on, Siebert blistered a two-run triple over the center fielder's head, and the top-seeded Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team held on for a 6-5 win over fourth-seeded Jackson Post 158 in the opening round of the District 14 tournament Wednesday at Capaha Field...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Trey McDaniel got a treasured keepsake from the Fourth Annual Semoball Awards on Saturday night, after being named the top baseball player in the area. The recent Greenville graduate also got an autograph from former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop David Eckstein. The 2006 World Series MVP signed the inside of McDaniel’s jacket that features two baseball seams on the back...

Dennis Bowers hit a hole-in-one on Sunday at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson. Bowers used a 5 iron to ace the eighth hole from 185 yards out. It was Bowers' third hole-in-one. Witnesses were Luke Cowell, Tim Sadler and Ron Scherer. -- From staff report...

With the postseason and the accompanying deluge of games just days away, Charleston Fighting Squirrels coach Michael Minner understands the advantages that come with his team's pitching depth. If a starter has a bad day during a game in the Senior Babe Ruth state baseball tournament, which begins with pool play, Minner can turn to another quality arm. If the heat gets to another kid, Minner won't have to worry about using too many arms...

Kennett's Blake Carr was one of several winners in a Gateway Junior PGA Series event Monday at Cape Girardeau Country Club. Carr shot an 83 to claim the top spot in the 16- to 19-year-old group in the boys 18-hole tour division. In the boys 14-15 group, Trevor Bradley was first with a score of 78...

Former Southeast Missourian sports staffer and Southeast Missouri State alumni Tom Cushman died Wednesday at age 83 following a short illness. Cushman was born in St. Louis in 1934 but grew up in Cape Girardeau, graduating from Cape Girardeau Central in 1952 and Southeast Missouri State 1956. He was an intern with the sports department at the Southeast Missourian -- his first job -- and also served as the editor for SEMO's campus newspaper, the Capaha Arrow...

After a sluggish performance in Game 2 of a Saturday baseball doubleheader, the Burger King Capahas wanted to find their spark again on Sunday. It didn't take long. The Caps scored three times in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, as they got a strong pitching performance from Cody Heisserer and clinched a three-game series win with a 6-0, seven-inning victory over Crestwood (Ill.) at Capaha Field...

The Burger King Capahas split a doubleheader with Crestwood (Ill.) on Saturday. In Game 1, Lance Young got the complete-game win as the Capahas prevailed 4-1. In Game 2, Crestwood defeated the Caps 7-0. Young gave up one run in seven innings on eight hits, one walk and one hit batter while striking out seven. The Caps (7-9) took an early lead with two runs in the first inning and totaled six hits. That included two apiece from Austin Bucher and Grant Miller...

Headline SEMO Silver Bullets place 5th in 9th Grade Division 1 AAU National Tournament Josh, Trent and Phillip, I wanted to submit this great achievement of the local 9th grade AAU Silver Bullets team for. I have attached their picture. The SEMO Silver Bullets 9th Grade Team finished 5th place in the 9th Grade Division 1 AAU National Tournament in Memphis Tennessee June 28th – July 2nd, 2017. ...

Starting off the Portageville Community Day activities on Saturday was a 5K run/walk. The winners are, from left, Luke Darst and Noel Daniel Aguilera taking first and second place in the 15-19 mens division; Reece Wadley, first in the men's 20-29 division; Sherri Jarred, first in the 50 and up division; and Bro. ...

Allison Bray, a Cape Girardeau resident and rising senior at Notre Dame Regional High School, recently won the girls 14- to 18-year-old competition at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's HJ Gloves Saint Louis Junior Open on June 29 at Crescent Farms Golf Course in St. Louis...

The Jackson Post 158 Senior Legion baseball team finished second at the Metro East Firecracker Tournament on Monday. Jackson went 5-1 in the senior legion tournament, falling in the championship to Valmeyer, Illinois, 8-3. Post 158 started the tournament Saturday with two wins. First, Tyler Martin got the win on the mound in a 7-6 victory over Aviston, Illinois. Later that day, Post 158 beat Ballwin 4-2, as Braeden Dobbs got the pitching victory...

Late-inning defensive miscues doomed the Burger King Capahas to an 11-1 loss in the consolation final of the Valmeyer Classic on Tuesday. The Capahas committed three errors in the eighth inning, leading to seven unearned runs and an 11-1, eight-inning loss to the St. Louis Golden Spikes in Valmeyer, Illinois...

Ian Soutar and Sheila Crosson were the two winners in the July 4th Flag Tournament at Dalhousie Country Club on Tuesday. Soutar won the men's division, and Crosson was the ladies' division champion. The format was furthest beyond handicap. Behind Soutar, Ray Silliman was second and Nick Hogan was third...

The Burger King Capahas baseball team showed off its hitting power on Sunday morning in Valmeyer, Illinois. Drew Harper, Austin Bucher and Trent Pobst each had a home run, leading the Caps to a 16-5 win over the St. Louis Printers in a consolation semifinal at the Valmeyer Classic...

A pair of area golfers competed in the United States Golf Assocation Girls Junior Qualifier tournament was held Thursday at Lake Forest Country Club in St. Louis. Sarah Bell and Taryn Overstreet finished tied for 12th with an 11-over-par 83 in the event...

The Burger King Capahas took a two-run lead into the eighth inning but were unable to hold on for the victory in their tournament opener Saturday. The Caps gave up five runs in the eighth and fell 6-3 to Fairview Heights, Illinois, in their first game of the Valmeyer Classic in Valmeyer, Illinois...

As the bottom of the fifth inning got under way, Southeast Tropics pitcher Dalton Hobgood sailed a pitch in to the first batter for a strike as fireworks exploded across the street from the baseball field. It was enough to startle Hobgood as the throw back to the mound sailed past him, but it was hardly the first fireworks of the game, and they were often provided by Hobgood...

Carson Bradley and Beau-Hunter Warren of Portagegville took part of the Benton Misfits 11u team that won the Third Annual Scott City Summer Slam 2017.  They went 4-0 against participating teams: The Scott City River Bandits, St. Louis Storm, Charleston Squirrels, and the Du Quoin, Illinois Tribe. -submitted photo...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- When the Charleston Fighting Squirrels and Charleston Riverdogs clashed Thursday night, it was a meeting saturated with deep ties and reunions. Trey Tigart, for example, got the win on the mound for the Riverdogs in the second game of the doubleheader at Hillhouse Park -- the Squirrels won the opener 10-0 in five innings before the Riverdogs hung on for a 7-6 win in the nightcap -- and played for the Squirrels under coach Michael Minner the last time the team earned a berth in the Babe Ruth League World Series.. ...

The Bill Hayes Ford 9-12 softball team took First Place at end of season tournament. Went undefeated all season and during tournament.They are, front, from left, Taryn Partin, Makenzie Nolen, Allisa Lane, Gloriaha Farmer, Heidi Hoxworth, back are, Coach Candice Harper, Mia Scherer, Cami Harper, Alexa Ash, Juliana Noble , Leah Larry, Ana Stafford and Coach Travis Scherer...

The Burger King Capahas baseball team was unable to keep pace with Waterloo, Illinois, as the Millers claimed a 14-4 decision in eight innings Wednesday evening in Waterloo, Illinois. Kyle James had a two-run home run for the the Caps (5-6), who were out-hit 12-7, while Trent Pobst and Laban Petzoldt each went 2-for-4 with a double...

Jackson's Seth Waters was among the winners in a Gateway Junior PGA Series event Wednesday at Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Waters, a rising sophomore, shot an 82 to claim first in the 16- to 19-year-old group in the boys 18-hole tour division...