Cross Country

CAPE CENTRAL, Mo. - The Kennett cross country team traveled to Cape Girardeau for the Cape Central Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. The Indians place 11th out of 13 teams in the boys varsity division. Notre Dame won the meet. “We talked all week about how this course is deceptively hard to run,” Kennett coach Fred Garmon said. ...

The Advance volleyball team added two more wins to its flawless record and improved to 7-0 on the season with victories over Valle Catholic and host Jackson at the inaugural Spike Fest Challenge at Jackson High School on Saturday. The Hornets swept the Warriors in straight sets (25-23, 25-22) in their first game of the day, dropping the Warriors' record to 2-4. ...

IRONTON, Mo. - The Kennett high school cross country team competed in conditions perhaps more suitable for the Kennett swim team Saturday at the Arcadia Valley Invitational in Ironton, Missouri. In addition to a talented field of runners, Kennett also had to contend with the remains of Tropical Storm Gordon, which dumped several inches of rain on the course before Saturday’s races...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

Expectations are on the rise as Kennett nears the start of its third cross country season after launching the program in 2016. Six of the eight runners in the program are returners from last season’s boys squad. “We are a lot more experienced this year,” Kennett junior Kobe Patterson said. “The past years the courses have been new to us but this year we know what to expect. We’d love to win a district or conference championship this year.”...

The Jackson boys soccer team captured the Notre Dame Soccer Fest with a tight, 1-0 victory over host Notre Dame on Saturday at the Brad Wittenborn Soccer Complex in Cape Girardeau. Xavier Heinley broke the deadlock with the lone goal of the contest for the Indians (5-0)...

Cape Girardeau Central senior Jared Neikirk was the first runner to cross the finish line with a first-place time of 10 minutes, 36.94 seconds to help lead the Tigers to second place at the Fleet Feet Cross Country Kickoff Classic at the Arnold City Park on Thursday...

Preview capsules for area cross country teams

Twenty-six teams kicked off the cross country season Saturday at the Jackson Invitational at Jackson City Park. The host program had a strong day, led by its senior girls. With each grade getting its own race, Kennedy Bauer topped the senior showdown with a time of 15 minutes, 30 seconds, just 18 seconds ahead of teammate Kaylee Wilson in second. Faith Littleton crossed the line fifth in that race to lead the Indians to a team victory in the race...

Notre Dame junior Blake Morris was the first runner to cross the finish line with local foe Saxony Lutheran senior Caleb Cornelius right behind him in second place in Saturday's First-to-the-Finish Kickoff Classic on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois...

No longer will Missouri high schools have to wait to see an enrollment spike or drop take effect. Beginning this year, the Missouri State High School Activities Association will release new class and district assignments annually. The goal is to make sure schools of similar size are competing against one another, accounting for sudden, drastic shifts in student enrollment...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Another year, another group of superb performances by area student-athletes, the most outstanding of which are being recognized. On Wednesday, 55 individuals were announced as fall sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards. The selections were presented during a live radio show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

Instagram handle: @caleb.XC Favorite place to run: LaCroix Trail Favorite song to run to: "Believe" by Imagine Dragons Favorite memory of the season: Being able to go to state with my team Favorite pre-race food: Peanut butter and jelly Favorite pre-race pep talk: "It's only around 16:00 minutes of pain"...

Kennedy Bauer always loved to run. She started running competitively in kindergarten with the Jackson Youth Track Club and quickly latched onto the shorter distances. She expanded her repertoire beyond sprints, and in the third or fourth grade, she traveled to Hershey, Pennsylvania, as a long jumper in a national competition. But as a youngster, that love didn't extend to long-distance races...

Months before the 2017 cross country season began, Caleb Cornelius had his sights set on the Class 2 state championship. Cornelius, coming off a 10th-place finish as a sophomore, saw the times the top runners had posted and realized they were similar to the mark he wanted to reach...

Saxony Lutheran's Caleb Cornelius capped off his stellar junior cross country season with a Class 2 state championship. Cornelius finished first in 16 minutes, 22.55 seconds to be crowned the Class 2 boys individual state champion at the Oak Hills Golf Course in Jefferson City, Missouri...

The Jackson girls cross country team had three of its runners finish in the top 10 as the host Indians took second place in the team standings at Saturday's Class 4 District 1 meet at the Jackson City Park. Junior Kennedy Bauer was the second runner to cross the finish line in 20 minutes, 1.68 seconds to lead Jackson. ...

By day, Luke Beevor is the cross country coach at Cape Girardeau Central High School. The rest of the time, he's a televised running star. At least, that's what he's telling his Tigers this week. On Sunday, Beevor took on the Chicago Marathon -- one of the six World Marathon Majors, along with Boston, London, Berlin and New York -- and as the television cameras focused in on the elites of marathon running, Beevor stole a little bit of screen time...

The host Notre Dame cross country teams captured the team championships in both the girls and boys division of the Notre Dame Invitational. Blake Morris was the first runner to cross the finish line with a time of 16 minutes, 25.41 seconds to lead the Bulldogs to victory. On the girls' side, Alaina Baumgart placed first with a time of 20 minutes, 12.53 seconds...