Community Sports

On Saturday, September 17, the Malden Stokelan Drive Christian Church held their sixth annual Free to Run race. The race is held each year in memory of Debra Algood with the proceeds going to worthy causes. This year, the money will go to an area food bank...

Charlie Vickrey of Jackson recently carded his scecond career hole-in-one at Bent Creek Golf Course. Vickery used a driver to ace No. 6, a par 3 playing 160 yards. Tom Ressel and Dick Schuessler witnessed the shot. Don Call of Cape Girardeau carded his second career hole-in-one Thursday at Kimbeland Country Club...

"Down on the Farm" is the theme for this year's 69th Annual National Soybean Festival. It's time to get working on those floats! The festival begins on Saturday, September 24 through Thursday night, September 29. On Saturday is Main Street Madness with a 5K run/walk sponsored by SRG Global beginning with a 7:30 AM registration and race starts at 8:00 AM...

Malden's Stokelan Drive Christian Church will hold their sixth annual Free to Run race on Saturday, September 17, beginning at 8 a.m. The popular event is held each year in memory of Debra Algood with the proceeds going to worthy causes. This year, the money will go to the local food bank. Participants may choose to take part in either a one mile walk, a 5K (3.1) mile run, or a 10K (6.2 mile) run with each event beginning and ending at the church...

Troy Bell and Taryn Overstreet shot a 65 to place first in the Parent-Junior Scramble on Sunday at Dalhousie Golf Club. Neil Miles and Carson Miles placed second at 68, while Ray Silliman and Carsen Silliman took third at 70. In the nine-hole competition, Jim Childress and Sonnie Childress won with a 33. Jeff Maurer and Grayson Maurer were two shots back in second with a 35, while Lewis Bock and Grace Sanders finished third with a 37...

Volunteers contributed over 4,000 hours of work in 2015, but the value is more than time and money. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The value of volunteers at the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center is more than money, according to Jamie Koehler, the center's assistant manager. ...

Malden's Stokelan Drive Christian Church will hold their sixth annual Free to Run race on Saturday, September 17, beginning at 8 a.m. The popular event is held each year in memory of Debra Algood with the proceeds going to worthy causes. This year, the money will go to the local food bank. Participants may choose to take part in either a one mile walk, a 5K (3.1) mile run, or a 10K (6.2 mile) run with each event beginning and ending at the church...

Connor Thrower won the Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course club championship on Sunday, finishing with a two-day score of 143. Thrower followed up a first-round 71 on Saturday with a 72 in the second round. He finished one stroke ahead of Mark Sissom, who totaled 144...

Jerry Grim of Cape Girardeau recorded his first career hole-in-one Friday at Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Grim used a 9-iron to ace No. 12, a par 3 playing 129 yards. Witnesses were Jerry Waddle, Rick Hamm and Bruce Robert. Tom Tindall finished with a net score of 66 to place first in the Point Series event at Dalhousie Golf Club...

Sterling Bank of Malden hosted the annual Football Extravaganza before the Malden vs NMCC football game on Friday. Attendees were treated to free BBQ, soda, and other treats. Booths supporting the MHS cheerleaders, band, volleyball, and others offered drawings for various prizes. As part of the extravaganza, the game football was parachuted in before the start of the game...

The Southeast Missouri State football team will pull on the pink again. October 29 will mark the annual Pink Up game, as the Redhawks pull on special Pink Up jerseys when they host Austin Peay. The game-worn jerseys will be available for purchase via an online auction that began Friday...

Originally scheduled to be held in conjunction with the volleyball jamboree last Saturday, the Malden High School Volleyball Boosters have rescheduled their silent auction for this coming Saturday, August 27, during the MHS junior varsity tournament...

The Glow Run, which was to be held last Saturday in Risco, was cancelled due to the inclement weather. Courtney Burnett-Earnheart announced that she will reschedule the event later this year when possible.

Connor Thrower recorded a hole-in-one Tuesday at Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Thrower used a pitching wedge to ace No. 8, a par 3 playing 144 yards. Clayton Camp and Joe Thomas witnessed the shot. -- From staff report --...

Courtney Burnett-Earnheart announced that she will be putting on a Glow Run 5K in Risco to help support the Southeast Slam Club Volleyball Team she is coaching. The race will be held on Saturday, August 20, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Participants may choose to run or walk. Each will be provided with different glow items, such as bracelets, necklaces, etc. Everyone is required to wear something that glows...

The SEMO Conference Officers recently released the following information about conference changes for the 2016-2017 school year. Football will have four divisions with the addition of Kelly to the conference. The divisions will be the North Division-Cape Central, Farmington, Jackson, Poplar Bluff and Sikeston. South Division-Caruthersville, Dexter, Kennett and New Madrid. West Division-Chaffee, Hayti, Portageville and Scott City. East Division-Charleston, East Prairie, Kelly and Malden...

Malden's Stokelan Drive Christian Church will hold their sixth annual Free to Run race on Saturday, September 17, beginning at 8 a.m. The popular event is held each year in memory of Debra Algood with the proceeds going to worthy causes. This year, the money will go to the local food bank. Participants may choose to take part in either a one mile walk, a 5K (3.1) mile run, or a 10K (6.2 mile) run with each event beginning and ending at the church...

SIKESTON -- Despite sporadic rain throughout Saturday that eventually delayed the night's concert, competitors enjoyed a dry arena to close out this year's Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Sage Kimzey had the best bull ride of the week on Devil's Cut, an 87.5, winning the night and beating out Shane Proctorna's 85.5 second place ride. Eli Vastbinder ride earned 84 points , leaving him in third...

SIKESTON -- Closing out Friday night at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo the three remaining bull fighters brought the crowd to their feet as they fought for the bull fighting championship. In the end Beau Schueth mirrored his results from the previous, posting another 89 to bring home the crown...

SIKESTON -- Six bullfighters entered but only three remained after Thursday at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Weston Rutkowski, Chuck Swisher and Beau Schueth all won head-to-head competitions to advance to Friday night where a champion will be crowned in the bullfighting event...

Jackson, Mo., native Kadin Boardman nabbed a first place time of 10.3 seconds in the tie down roping during Wednesday's go-round.

Millions around the world are watching the 2016 Olympic Games. Only a select few get to experience the event from behind the scenes. Cape Girardeau chiropractor Matt Uchtman is one of those select few. From the outside, Uchtman's Elevation Chiropractic office is unassuming, like the other strip-mall businesses flanking it, but once you enter you can almost hear a distant samba beat. ...

Malden's Stokelan Drive Christian Church will hold their sixth annual Free to Run race on Saturday, September 17, beginning at 8 a.m. The popular event is held each year in memory of Debra Algood with the proceeds going to worthy causes. This year, the money will go to the local food bank. Participants may choose to take part in either a one mile walk, a 5K (3.1) mile run, or a 10K (6.2 mile) run with each event beginning and ending at the church...

Shelly Bohn of Kelso recorded her second career hole-in-one recently at Kimbeland Country Club. Bohn used a pitching wedge to ace No. 12, a par 3 playing 87 yards. Cathy Kight and Gail Morris witnessed the shot. -- From staff report

Dixie Jones of Cape Girardeau recorded her second career hole-in-one Sunday at Kimbeland Country Club. Jones used a 9-iron to ace No. 12, a par 3 playing 74 yards. Linda Williams, Dorothy Holland and Harriet Drusch witnessed the shot. -- From staff report...

Vicki Long took top honors at the Handicap Tournament, which was held recently by the Women's Golf Association of the Cape Girardeau Country Club. Long finished ahead of a second-place tie between Judi Brey and Luanne Kiefner. Marta Hamilton and Marlena Jones finished deadlocked in fourth, Sheryl Bollinger landed in sixth and Irene Thomas was seventh...

Three first-inning errors put the Burger King Capahas in a 4-0 hole they could never dig out of, as they fell to the Liberal (Kan.) Bee Jays 7-3 in a National Baseball Congress World Series championship week qualifier Thursday night in Wichita, Kansas...

SIKESTON -- For over 40 years, Joe Baldwin has been a fixture on high school basketball courts all across southeast Missouri, officiating thousands of games with a flamboyant style that could only be his. However, when the 2016-17 high school basketball tips off in November, Baldwin will be watching from the sidelines, deciding to hang up his whistle after three back surgeries in the last 10 years...

A four-run second inning was enough to sink the Burger King Capahas, as they fell to the Salina, Kansas, Bluejays 4-3 in the final game of pool play at the National Baseball Congress World Series on Tuesday in Wichita, Kansas. Control issues hit Capahas starting pitcher Ebon Brooks in the top of the second, with a hit batter and a wild pitch starting the troubles before a Brandon Amendolare double extended them. ...

Talk about a late-night celebration. A late start meant the Burger King Capahas didn't leave the baseball field until 1 a.m. Monday morning, but did so happily after clinching the top spot in their pool with a 12-1, eight-inning victory over the Wichita Sluggers at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas...

Rob Erlbacher posted a plus-5 in the Point Series event -- match play versus par -- at Dalhousie Golf Club. Darrius Seabaugh finished second at plus-4, while Lance Bray placed third at plus-3 and Jeff Patton took fourth at plus-1. Nancy Kohl recently carded a hole-in-one at Cape Girardeau Country Club...

It had been about 250 miles and more than 60 hours when Bryan Greaser reached the top of the world. Sixty hours since civilization. Sixty hours since anything that truly met the definition of "sleep." Sixty hours since a meal that any normal person's digestive system wouldn't consider an assault on its better nature. Sixty hours since his body had been in anything but survive-and-compete mode...

Brady Wright delivered another gem on the mound, and the Burger King Capahas' offense did just enough to seal the deal. Wright pitched a complete game, and Alex Heuring drew a walk to plate the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth, leading the Capahas to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Cyclones during pool play at the National Baseball Congress World Series on Friday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, Kansas...

This spring, I learned the 2016 season would be the final summer of the Capahas as they've been known over the past five decades, with Jess Bolen -- my father -- managing on the field and Mary Bolen -- my mother -- from "the hill." While the pair will retain a measure of the team's organizational responsibilities in order to affect a smooth transition to management by my younger brother, Tom, I viewed the ensuing season gripped by sadness, intent on attending every game possible...

A steady flow of young athletes already have flooded into Ultimate Sports, a massive yellow building that now fills the sightline between Ultimate Fitness and Wiggs Street in Kennett. The new business venture by the owners of Ultimate Fitness, which rests on the same lot off St. Francis Street, is part of a long standing goal of its new ownership, says manager Randy Gardner...

First came the nervy, weather-induced dance unique to baseball, as first pitch approached and rain clouds loomed overhead. Then came the foul ball of the arm, leaving a nasty gash on the bicep of Capahas manager Jess Bolen. Maybe it was the baseball gods' way of making sure that if Bolen was going out, he was going to have to deal with baseball at its fullest...

Former Portageville basketball star will be an Assistant Junior Varsity Coach for the Springfield, Mass. Bulldogs. Dantwan Chillers will begin his first season on the Central High School basketball staff. Originally from Portageville, he is a graduate of Mineral Area College and Lindenwood University ......

If they had lost, they would have said the night was never about the game. But they made sure no excuses were necessary. On a Tuesday evening when Jess Bolen was managing his final game at Capaha Field for the Burger King Capahas -- a night highlighted by ceremony and remembrance of Bolen's illustrious 50-year career -- the Caps erased a four-run deficit, rallying for four runs in the ninth and getting a two-run walk-off hit from Kyle James to send Bolen off a winner, 7-6, over the St. ...

The Three Rivers College fastpitch softball team will hold an open tryout at 10 a.m. Saturday on Rains Field at Three Rivers for all players who graduated from high school this past year. Players must bring their own equipment, and the tryout is free...

The Burger King Capahas will play their final home game at 7 p.m. today, a game that also marks the last at Capaha Field for 50-year manager Jess Bolen.

Brady Wright wasn't even in the lineup to start the game, but by the end of the afternoon, he'd had himself quite a day. Wright came into the batting order to replace an injured Alex Heuring after the first inning, then pitched a sparkling second half of the game to lead the Burger King Capahas baseball team to a 12-6 come-from-behind win over the St. Louis Printers on Saturday at Capaha Field...

Jackson Post 158 was thrusted into the loser's bracket at the Zone 4 Senior Legion Tournament following Friday's loss but was able to prevail in thrilling fashion Saturday and advance back to the championship game, where it fell once again to the hosts and ended its season in Ste. Genevieve...

On the heels of a heartbreaking loss in the winner's bracket semifinals of the Junior Legion State Tournament, Cape Post 63 watched its season come to an end Saturday in Washington, Missouri. A win away from the championship game, Cape fell to Sedalia Post 642 in walk-off fashion, 1-0, at Ronsick Field on Friday before dropping a 6-0 decision against Washington Post 218 on Saturday afternoon...

Just one win shy of the championship round, the Jackson Senior Legion Post 158 fell short on Friday in the Senior Legion Zone 4 Tournament, falling to host Ste. Genevieve 13-3. Post 150 rallied from a 3-2 deficit with nine runs in the top of the seventh inning to break things open, finishing with 14 hits...

For the second time this season the Waterloo, Illinois, baseball team was able to best the Burger King Capahas. The Capahas (14-3) came back from a three-run deficit and tied the game up in the bottom of the eighth, but couldn’t hold off the visiting Millers, who answered in the ninth to secure a 4-3 victory at Capaha Field on Friday night...

Portageville School District is happy to announce they will be offering advertisement opportunities to be displayed at Vic Reaves Football Field. There are several different advertising options to meet your advertising needs. Please feel free to contact the administration office for information at 573 379-3855 or simply stop by...

The first two rounds of the Junior Legion State Tournament went extremely well for the Cape Girardeau Post 63 team. The third round was a bit more heartbreaking. A win away from the championship game, Cape fell to Sedalia Post 642 in walk-off fashion, 1-0, at Ronsick Field in Washington, Missouri, on Friday...

The Cape Girardeau Junior Legion Post 63 baseball team opened up the Junior Legion State Tournament with a bang on Thursday at Rosnick Field in Washington, Missouri, rolling through the first two rounds. Cape (32-9) dropped Elsberry 8-0 in the opening round before sweeping past tournament host and defending champion Washington 6-2 in the second-round nightcap...

It seems Brenda Rendleman and Roberta Sentel have found a home away from home. The Illinois natives teamed up to win their second straight Lassies Classic championship, firing an 8-under 63 in the second round and claiming a five-stroke victory in the two-lady scramble on Thursday at Cape Girardeau Country Club...