Cross Country

The Semoball Cup ended up being a battle of the Bulldogs that needed overtime to decide. Megan Heisserer's golden goal to lift Notre Dame to the Class 2 soccer title also happened to clinch the Cup. In the closest finish in the early history of the award, Notre Dame edged Van Buren by 4.79 points in the standings that determine which area school had the most athletically successful school year...

From across Southeast Missouri, people descended upon Cape Girardeau on Saturday night for the region's premier sports awards show. More than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fourth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, as awards were handed out in 25 sports categories...

Kendall Barber, Perryville Central Methodist University Men's Track and Field Sam Brennan, Notre Dame Benedictine College Women's basketball Sophia Bright, Jackson Shawnee Community College Softball Abbi Brown, Chaffee Shawnee Community College Softball...

One jump changed so much for Ean Buffington. During the summer before his sophomore year, Buffington was playing a pick-up game of basketball with some of his friends at the Joe Bill Dixon Running Camp. He had been competing in a higher training group and was already running more miles than he probably should have, but he never thought a meaningless game of basketball would change the trajectory of his varsity career...

Notre Dame senior Katie Hanners condensed her thoughts about her junior cross country season into two words: "Very disappointing." For Hanners, a finish a couple places away from all-state status capped a frustrating year, her third on the varsity. "It was not a fun race," Hanners said. ...

Favorite place to run: The Jackson Park Favorite song to run to: "The Greatest" by Sia Favorite memory from the season: Having a dream about the team winning state, and it actually happening Favorite pre-race food: Mac & cheese in a bread bowl Favorite pre-race pep talk: Praying, encouraging each other to run in God's name. Coach Stove is the best encourager!...

After-graduation plans: Serving a 2-year LDS church mission Favorite place to run: City of Marble Hill Favorite song to run to: Go The Distance Favorite memory from the season: Placing fourth at the state meet as a team What has been your greatest accomplishment as an athlete? Running national elite time and placing all-state...