Football

NEW MADRID, Mo – Coming into Friday night off back-to-back losses, New Madrid County Central gave their homecoming crowd a night to remember against visiting Potosi. After nearly ending the game on the last play of regulation, the Eagles used a goal-line stand on an overtime two-point conversion to hold off Potosi (3-4) for a 38-36 win that sent NMCC’s sideline rushing the field in celebration...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Gaige Gifford paced the rushing attack in a big way for the East Prairie football team against Portageville on Friday night. There was no answer to stop the Eagles’ ground game, and Gifford was a big problem for the Bulldogs. He gained 147 yards on nine carries — with 132 yards on six carries in the first half — and two touchdowns...

SIKESTON — The Farmington Knights came into Friday night’s game with Sikeston as the top-ranked team in Class 4, District 1, and they showed everybody why. Farmington controlled the clock with its methodical, option attack and kept the Bulldogs out of the end zone in a 42-0 SEMO North Conference victory at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats defense intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble in the first half but it wasn’t near enough to overcome the big plays the Kennett Indians football team put together from the get-go Friday night at Metz Cherry Stadium...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – “One more play.” It’s a message that first-year Cape Girardeau Central football coach Kent Gibbs has preached since he was hired last spring to restore the Tiger program.

HAYTI, Mo. -- The defending Class 1 state champion Hayti Indians weren't ready to give up their conference supremacy just yet. Adreian Stevenson raced down the right sideline 26 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 29.1 seconds remaining, and the Indians beat previously undefeated Scott City 46-41...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- In a battle of Catholic high schools, host St. Vincent fell on homecoming to the explosive St. Pius X offense and its smothering defense, 30-6. The Lancers took a 14-0 lead into halftime and moved easily through the Indians' defense with the Ruble family leading the way. Sophomore Nate Ruble rushed for 137 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns. His older brother, Josh, a senior, had three catches for 97 yards, including a TD as time ran out in the first quarter...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Jackson's offense found its pace early, the defense got them right back on the field and the host Mules were down 35 points before picking up a first down Friday night. The Indians nearly averaged a point per snap in a 68-19 win at Poplar Bluff...

MALDEN - Charleston's first four drives amounted to 15 plays, 38 total yards and two turnovers. The Blue Jays found their form as the game went on, scored on their final drive of the game and beat Malden 28-20 on Friday in Malden. "We had to go to our playmakers," Charleston coach Justin Hutchings said. "They did a great job on that last drive."...

MALDEN, Mo. — Behind strong defense and effective serving, the Sikeston volleyball team defeated Malden in straight-sets, 25-10, 25-19. The Bulldogs served 12 aces, blocked seven shots, and had 30 digs in the match. Emma-Claire Self and Emily McHaffie each had three aces. Khrystionna Swann, Taydrianna Barnett, and Alivia Cobb each had two...

There will be many eyes in Southeast Missouri on this game; the Rams, off to their first 6-0 start since 2004, have had their eyes on it for quite some time.

Scott City, unbeaten through six games, can claim the SEMO Conference West title for the first time in 15 years tonight if it can win at one-loss Hayti. Not coincidentally, the Rams (6-0, 2-0) are off to their best start since 2004. There is one little problem...

The formula for success for the Jackson football program in its eight seasons being led by Brent Eckley is pretty simple. Have an explosive offense.

Farmington at Sikeston Records: Farmington 5-1; Sikeston 2-4 Series History: Sikeston leads 23-18-1 Last Meeting: 2018, Farmington won 24-6 Last Week: Farmington lost to Jackson 35-14; Sikeston beat Charleston 27-12. Notes: An injury-riddled season has hurt Gage Rolwing’s senior campaign for Sikeston. ...

Following a mistake-filled three weeks on the road, the Poplar Bluff football team faces state-ranked Jackson for homecoming Friday night at Mules Stadium. The Indians (6-0) come in looking to finish off an unbeaten conference title after escaping Farmington last week with a 35-14 win with a big fourth quarter...

LAST MEETING: Charleston beat Malden 58-38 LAST WEEK: Hayti beat Malden 56-14; Sikeston beat Charleston 27-12 HEAD TO HEAD STREAK: Charleston leads series 23-17-1 ABOUT CHARLESTON: Charleston beat Portageville 48-8 in Week 1, Hayti beat Charleston 36-7 in Week 2, Charleston beat Doniphan 20-0 in Week 3, Scott City beat Charleston 35-7 in Week 4, Charleston beat Kelly 24-10 in Week 5, and Sikeston beat Charleston 27-12 in Week 6. ...

It's six games into the 2019 high school football season, and there has been one recurring theme to the Cape Girardeau Central football season: More. Coming off a 1-9 season that led to a coaching change, the Tigers have already surpassed many of the high-water marks from last season...

Gage Rolwing of Sikeston was voted the Semoball Football Player of the Week in fan balloting that concluded Tuesday night. Rolwing, who had 995 votes, rushed for 130 yards and three TDs and also passed for 79 yards and a score in Sikeston's 27-12 victory over Charleston...

On Friday night, the state-ranked Hayti Indians (4-1) traveled to Malden to take on the Green Wave (1-4) in The Swamp. This pairing has turned into a secondary rivalry in the past few years but this year’s matchup had district implications on the line since Malden dropped to Class 1...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett coaching staff issued a challenge to senior running back Marsayv’aun Harrell before the start of a key conference affair against the visiting New Madrid County Central Eagles. “We challenged him and asked him if he or Jackson was the best back in the conference,” Wyatt said. “He’s a player and he responded with some great runs tonight. He just has great vision and balance and he’s not afraid to put his pads down. All of that led to a big night for him.”...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- East Prairie used the ground game early and often to blow out Chaffee 53-2 on Friday night. The victory was the second straight for the Eagles (2-4), and East Prairie coach Chad Jamerson believes the intangibles in his kids and the chemistry they have together is what is really turning their season around...

Eight turnovers. The Poplar Bluff football team coughed up the ball on their first eight possessions and Cape Central took advantage as the Tigers scored all of their points off Mules miscues in a 36-0 homecoming win Friday night. "Those things sometimes happen and they're unexpected. There's really no way to explain it," Central coach Kent Gibbs said. "That ball bounces differently sometimes, and sometimes you don't know why things happen."...

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- There are no moral victories in any sport, and that includes football. So the fact his Perryville squad didn't roll over when they allowed host Ste. Genevieve to jump out quickly to a 14-0 lead made Pirate coach Blane Boss happy, but he was far from satisfied following the 42-27 win by the host Dragons...

By SCOTT BORKGREN Sports Writer MALDEN — Hayti fumbled the start of this one but got rolling as soon as the first quarter was over. The Indians fumbled the football away on each of the first three possessions and finally got some momentum going when TreCharles McCoy grabbed an interception that setup a long touchdown pass...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Jimmy May continued his impressive season for the Scott City football team on Friday night against Portageville. The Bulldogs struggled to contain the senior, as he only needed one half to put together an impressive stat line, in the Rams 62-16 win...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Sikeston Bulldogs put together their most complete game of the season on Friday in the 134th matchup with rival Charleston. The Bulldogs racked up season-highs in rushing yards and total yards as well as four turnovers forced in a 27-12 victory over the Bluejays at Marshall Field...

BENTON, Mo. – After a disappointing loss to Charleston last week the Kelly Hawks rebounded in a big way Friday night against visiting Doniphan. Evan Urhahn rushed for 195 yards and three scores while the Hawk defense forced three turnovers to down the Dons 42-6, moving two games over the .500 mark for the season...

The masses have fervently called for a revised Semoball.com Football Power Rankings and the analytics department has delivered it.

After holding an opponent to six points or fewer three times in four seasons, the Farmington defense has done so three times in the last four weeks.

"We've got to control the controllables and handle the rest," declares Chaffee coach Will Daffron. It's a philosophy the first-year coach is embracing as he leads the injury-ravaged Red Devils (1-4) to East Prairie (1-4) tonight to try to win a game. It won't be easy...

It’s midseason in high school football, a time to put away the preseason hype and see who is producing. One of the most impressive performers in the Standard Democrat coverage area, which consists of Sikeston, Charleston, East Prairie, Kelly, New Madrid County Central, and Portageville, is NMCC running back Quazavion Jackson...

Sikeston at Charleston Records: Sikeston 1-4; Charleston 3-2 Series History: Sikeston leads 94-35-4 Last Meeting: 2018, Charleston won 20-7 Last Week: Sikeston lost to Cape Central 33-0; Charleston defeated Kelly 24-10 Notes: Failing to reach the end zone in each of the last two weeks, the Sikeston football team is looking to find paydirt in a Week 6 matchup against rival Charleston, at John H. ...

When the Southeast Missouri State football squad runs onto the Houck Stadium turf Saturday at 6 p.m. to open the Ohio Valley Conference portion of its season, there will be pulsating music, fireworks, and thousands of Redhawk fans screaming in its support.

The records are similar, as are the results against common opponents, but Poplar Bluff and Cape Central come into a SEMO North Conference meeting Friday night from different places. While the Tigers (3-2) snapped a two-game losing streak with a 33-0 win at Sikeston last week, the Mules (3-2) were beat up at Farmington in a 49-20 loss...

LAST MEETING: Kennett beat NMCC 43-34 LAST WEEK: Hayti beat NMCC 34-30; Kennett beat North County 45-6 HEAD TO HEAD STREAK: NMCC leads series 24-10 About NMCC: NMCC beat Malden 65-18 in Week 1, NMCC beat East Prairie 46-6 in Week 2, NMCC beat Dexter 43-15 in Week 3, NMCC beat Doniphan 54-6 in Week 4, and Hayti beat NMCC 34-30 in Week 5. ...

In wake of the Battle at Jackson football game played Friday, fallout continues and has nothing to do with the 12 points the Spartans mustered in losing 56-12 to the MSHSAA Class 5 second-ranked Indians.

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — Rebounding from a bad showing against Jackson on Monday, the Sikeston softball team returned to the diamond on Tuesday, when it took on Fredericktown on the road. The Bulldogs won 13-3, thanks to Emma Drury’s 2-for-3 and four RBI evening. Nayla Bonner finished with three RBIs, Julia Spurlock had two, and Hailey Cantrell also added one for Sikeston (4-5)...

Malden two-way athlete Shay Amoss was named this week's Semoball.com Football Player of the Week after playing well for the Green Wave in a 35-30 loss to East Prairie Friday. Amoss scored a pair of touchdowns and also picked off an Eagle pass. He received 439 of the 2,077 votes cast...

When the final seconds ticked off the clock to the Scott City 2018 football season, the internal clock kicked in for then-junior Landon O'Brien. A 56-28 loss to Valle Catholic in the Class 1 District 1 semifinals was the end of the line in an 8-3 season for last year's seniors and served notice to a large group of juniors...

CLARK TON, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Cooter Wildcats are set to take on the No. 2 seeded Holcomb Hornets in the championship of the Tri-County Conference baseball tournament after both teams collected semifinal wins Tuesday at Clarkton. Cooter (21-1) beat No. 4 seeded Gideon 16-0 in its semifinal and Holcomb (13-5) beat No. 3 seeded Risco 9-5 in its semifinal Tuesday...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians junior varsity football team finished a defensive stop shy of walking away with a tie against the visiting Jackson Indians Monday night. Jackson completed a 60-yard touchdown with six seconds remaining to break a 26-all tie and secure a 32-26 victory at Kennettt...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The Hayti Indians (3-1) met the undefeated New Madrid County Central Eagles (4-0) on Friday night in New Madrid. On paper, these teams were about as evenly matched as you can get. Coming into Friday night, the Eagles averaged 52 points per game on offense while Hayti averaged 43 points per game. Both defenses were giving up less than 13 points per game on defense. A battle was expected and a battle was what transpired...

Bryce Norman represents the latest generation of his family to play football for the Jackson Indians. His father and uncle were former standouts for the red and black and both later went on to success in the coaching ranks.

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Matt Riley’s last pass of the night was a game-decider. Stepping back to throw, Riley heaved the football to the end zone. New Madrid County Central’s receiver, though, was surrounded by a pair of Hayti Indians with all three players seeming to have control of the ball...

SIKESTON — The Cape Central Tigers utilized big plays to spoil Sikeston’s homecoming on Friday night. The Tigers posted five touchdowns of at least 22 yards while the Bulldogs’ offense continued its struggles, at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium, as Cape Central prevailed 33-0 to snap a four-game regular-season losing streak to Sikeston...

BENTON, Mo – A lockdown defense paired with a stout run game put the Charleston Bluejays back on the winning track against host Kelly Friday night. Kelly was held to just 56 totals yards while the Bluejays’ collected a pair of safeties, including a pivotal one late, to guide Charleston to a 24-10 win...

KENNETT, Mo. - Kennett coach Joel Wyatt has been waiting for a squad to test his defensive line’s ability to stop the run. “We’ve been waiting for somebody to get under center, play with a tight end, and run it at us,” Wyatt said. “We’ve needed to see that look.”...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- It's difficult to determine where to start in analyzing the impressive 40-21 football pounding St. Vincent laid on its rival, Perryville, Friday at St. Vincent.

The "battle" didn't last long. Jackson improved to 5-0 with a thorough dismantling of visiting Battle High (3-2) on Friday night, 56-12. At the end of the first 24 minutes of play, the rout was already underway. Jackson led 42-6 at halftime. Jackson triumphed for the fourth time in five meetings all-time against Battle. The Spartans have never won at The Pit...

Scott City rolled to its first 5-0 start since 2016 with a 55-0 rout of Chaffee in the annual rivalry game Friday night in Chaffee, Missouri.