Community Sports

There was no rest for recent Notre Dame High School graduate Cole Lemons, in terms of his baseball career.

The Capahas are not just America's oldest amateur baseball team, but also a Bolen family tradition. Tom Bolen took the managerial reigns from his father, Jess Bolen, in 2017 and won his 100th game after sweeping the Saline County Monarchs 25-9 and 25-0 on Sunday...

Austin Dill never expected this journey to go this far. Undersized and unnoticed, college baseball was never seen in the Sikeston native’s future during his playing days at Notre Dame. Only a small NAIA school in Springfield, Missouri gave the slim pitcher a chance...

The 2023 Cape Catfish roster has an abundance of new names on it, none more so impactful than a brand-new coaching staff. However, retaining the top pitcher from 2022 is a comforting place to start as the team looks forward to opening day later this month.

A year ago, at this time, Bryce Morgan was barely on the radar of the Cape Catfish, as he was wrapping up a redshirt spring with Mineral Area College baseball.

Charleston, Mo., native James Naile was called up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday before the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-4 home loss against the Detroit Tigers. The move was made after the Cardinals placed outfielder Tyler O'Neill on the 10-day IL for a lower back strain, and right-handed pitcher Jake Woodford on the 15-day IL for right shoulder inflammation. ...

Former Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Mark Hogan won 526 games in 18 years with the Redhawk program, so he doesn’t have many regrets following an illustrious career.

The Cape Catfish have been the most successful organization in the Prospect League since the franchise's inception in 2019, so no one could blame the club leadership if it didn’t mess with its formula in terms of constructing a roster. However, Catfish General Manager Mark Hogan has not been content, or fearful, of experimentation this off-season. Hogan not only has brought in an entirely new coaching staff, but the franchise has also signed several high school players to season-long contracts for the first time in team history.

Brayden Lackey has spent his entire young life around the game of baseball, with the exception of 2022.

Registration is now open for the Buddy Ball baseball league, and board member Dave Elledge is excited about this upcoming season. Buddy Ball made its first appearance in 2013 and was created to allow those with physical or developmental disabilities to experience the game of baseball firsthand while building a support network for individuals, families and the community...

Much of the focus on Tuesday, April 4 was on Busch Stadium in St. Louis, where former Southeast Missouri State Redhawk was making his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves. Dodd earned his first big league win, allowing 1 run over five innings while also picking up 3 strikeouts...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — An area youth golfer recently received the opportunity of a lifetime to compete against some of the top youth golfers in the country. Earlier this year, Anna Bell landed a spot at the 2023 Drive, Chip and Putt Golf Nationals, where she faced off last weekend against nine other participants from across the county at one of the most prestigious golf clubs in the world, the Augusta National, home of the Masters Tournament...

The Wolf Creek Trail Run is arguably one of the highlights of Easter weekend each year in Butler County and Southeast Missouri — but the annual race will celebrate a major milestone with this year’s running, which is slated for one week from today on April 8...

Whether it's local, regional, national or global, the mission to spread awareness of cancer and raise funds to further research for a cure to cancer, remains a constant one. Locally, the Dexter High School boys tennis team recently held the Fifth annual Courts for Cancer Event this past Saturday. Jackson's Trent Schorey took second place in the first flight of the singles tournament, while fellow Indian Jeremy Essner placed third in both flights...

New Cape Catfish manager Scott Little has been given a number of tasks to accomplish this coming summer in the Prospect League, and maintaining the Catfish tradition of success is among the most important. However, at the end of the summer, how he’ll be evaluated is on whether the young athletes, who spent time at Capaha Field grew as baseball players or not.

It would have been a difficult assignment for a young baseball manager to step into the incredibly successful shoes of Stephen Larkin, who has served as the only manager in the three seasons of Cape Catfish baseball. So, Catfish General Manager Mark Hogan and club president and minority owner Glenn Campbell made sure the next leader of the team could handle the responsibility.

There’s something romantic about St. Louis football being back. I was born in late 2002, so I never got to experience the “Greatest Show on Turf.” I didn’t even get into football until 2017, a spell after Stan Kroenke’s departure for greener pastures in Los Angeles...

A Missouri House committee on Thursday voted to expand a proposed ban on minors receiving gender-affirming care so that the bill would apply to adults who are incarcerated. An amendment proposed by Republican state Rep. Ben Baker of Neosho added adults into a bill originally designed to bar children from accessing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and gender-affirming surgeries...

The Southeast Missouri Premier Jr. High All-Star Classic is set to begin with the rosters being selected for the event that takes place at Cape Central Jr. High School on Feb. 11. The players were nominated by the area's coaches and divided by the size of the school...

Ronald Coleman Jr. is training at a local boxing academy as he prepares for his fight in the Cage Fury Fighting Championships on March 31 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coleman, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, is training at Christian Boxing Academy in Cape Girardeau...

As the clock strikes 3 a.m. most people are sound asleep, but not Heather Gurnow. Gurnow, a Kelso native is a veterinary technician that works a minimum of 50 hours a week, 5 days a week. On top of that, Gurnow is a powerlifter and wakes up at 3 every morning to get her daily training in...

Roy Booker is hopeful his program, SEMO Prep, will continue to grow as the program enters its third year. Booker is the single-season points leader at Southeast Missouri State University and played professionally in 24 different countries over 15 years...

The Cardinals Caravan returned to Cape Girardeau on Monday after the coronavirus pandemic and MLB lockout kept them away for the previous two seasons. The return of the caravan event at the Osage Centre also meant the return of Southeast Missouri State alum Kerry Robinson, who is always the star of the show...

James Naile grew up attending the annual Cardinals Caravan, and this year Naile returned back to the area he grew up in as the caravan came to the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau. The caravan featured Naile, infielder Nolan Gorman, pitcher Matthew Liberatore, former Cardinals pitcher Jason Motte and former Cardinals outfielder Kerry Robinson...