Softball

Mik Liley bagged two goals to lead the Jackson girls soccer to a 3-0 home win over St. Vincent on Tuesday. Natalie Miller got the other goal for the Indians (12-3), and Grace Pehle provided two assists. Taylor Nelson also had a helper. Emily Hermann made two saves in goal to get the shutout...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — The Sikeston baseball team continued its winning ways on Saturday, as the Bulldogs defeated Doniphan High School 7-6 in the second day of the Neelyville Tournament. Junior Nate Self was active on both the mound and the plate. At the plate, Self went 2-for-3 — which continued his nine-game hit streak — with one RBI and two runs scored...

CALDWELL, Mo. - The Southland Rebels high school softball team improved to 7-2 with a 7-3 home victory against the Senath-Hornersville Lions Friday. Jenna Gibson threw all seven innings in the circle for Southland. She allowed three hits, struck out 14 and walked one...

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. - The Kennett Indians high school softball team won the bronze bracket at the Old Settlement Tournament Saturday at Ste. Genevieve. Kennett beat Valle Catholic 12-3 in a bronze bracket semifinal and Bismarck 9-0 in the bronze bracket title game...

The Jackson boys golf team continued its impressive season by adding more hardware to its case as the Indians edged Marquette by one stroke to capture the championship of the Mehlville Invitational Tournament at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Missouri, on Saturday...

The schedule has been released for the highly anticipated Bootheel Conference softball tournament. Weather permitting the eight-team event will take place Monday and Tuesday at Senath-Hornersville High School. Quarterfinals take place Monday. No. 1 seeded Malden plays No. ...

Claire Ramsey hit a double and drove in three runs as the Oran softball team started strong to pick up a big 8-4 win over traditional powerhouse Kennett on Tuesday. Alyssa Spane went the distance in the circle to come away with the win for the host Eagles, who improved to 8-1 with the victory. Spane recorded four strikeouts and two walks...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets softball team locked up the No. 1 seeded in next week’s Tri-County Conference Tournament with an 18-3 victory three-run victory against Southland Thursday afternoon. Holcomb finishes Tri-County Conference regular-season play with a perfect 5-0 with the win...

BENTON, Mo. — The Kelly baseball team overcame a four-error game, as the Hawks defeated Gideon High School at home on Thursday. Grant Menz had a solid evening at the plate as well but struggled on the mound. Menz gave up nine hits on four earned runs, to go along with seven strikeouts...

Oran 8, Kennett 4 ORAN, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity softball team fell behind 6-0 after two innings of play and never recovered as it suffered an 8-4 road loss at Oran Thursday. The top four hitters in the Oran batting order - Sydney Kern, Kaylee Payne, Leah Cauble and Claire Ramsey - each collected a pair of hits. Cauble had two RBIs and Ramsey tallied three RBIs. Jesse Long and Samantha Welter both collected a hit and one RBI for Oran...

A bold effort from the second-seeded Advance baseball team was stifled when Gavin Brown's walk-off single drove in the winning run and top-seeded Bernie claimed the SCAA Conference Tournament championship with a 6-5 win. Wyatt Barnett didn't allow a hit in a scoreless inning to clinch the win for the Mules (7-4) after Brown went six innings...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The Charleston baseball team dropped a home game to Caruthersville High School on Wednesday night. The Blue Jays could not cool-down the Tiger bats, as Caruthersville pounded out 13 hits. Bryce Strawn led the way for the Tigers, hitting two home runs...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules high school softball program is developing a pattern as the season progresses. Remain patient when falling behind early and finish with a flurry That trend continued Wednesday afternoon as top-seeded Bernie squared off against the No. 3 seeded Puxico Indians in the championship of the SCAA Tournament...

The Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team had three of its members come away with first-place finishes to lead the Tigers to the team championship of the Sikeston Bulldog Invitational. Morgan Kluge posted a first-place time of 2 minutes, 34.35 seconds in the 800-meter run for the Tigers, who landed 11.5 points ahead of the hosts in the team standings. Brooke Witvoet won the javelin and Yienvi Johnson clinched first in the shot put to help propel Central to the title...

DEERING, Mo. - The Southland high school softball team improved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in Tri-County Conference play with a 6-2 road win at Delta C-7 Tuesday. Jenna Gibson collected a home run and double for Southland. Megan Kibbe added a 2 RBI double for Southland...

The schedule has been released for the Old Settlement Softball Tournament. The 12-team tournament will take place Friday and Saturday at four locations near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Ste. Genevieve, Oran and Arcadia Valley will compete in Pool 1 at Leon’s Field at Ste. Genevieve High School Friday. Ste. Genevieve takes on Oran at 4 p.m., Oran takes on Arcadia Valley at 5:30 p.m. and Ste. Genevieve takes on Arcadia Valley at 7 p.m. Friday in Pool 1...

Blake Bollinger blasted a home run and batted in four runs as Meadow Heights delivered Herculaneum its first loss of the season, 8-1, in an opening-round quarterfinal of the Saxony Lutheran Showdown. Lane Baremore went the distance on the mound to get the win for Meadow Heights (5-5). He gave up one unearned run and recorded nine strikeouts and three walks...

The success continued for the Southland Rebels softball team earlier this month. Southland edged rival North Pemiscot 11-0. Jenna Gibson pitched a perfect game and went 3 for 3 at the plate against North Pemiscot. She allowed one hit and struck out 12. Gibson collected a 2 RBI double and hit a solo home run...

Kole Simms blasted a two-run home run and host Oran pulled out a 5-3 victory over Advance on Thursday afternoon in Oran, Missouri.. Layne Johnson pitched six innings to get the win for the Eagles (6-3). He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and recorded 11 strikeouts and two walks...

BELL CITY, Mo. – The Richland baseball team fell behind early and never recovered during their 8-2 loss to Bell City on Thursday on the road. Clayton Harriel had two of the Rebels’ five hits and also added an RBI. Jeffrey Allen chipped in a double for Richland, who fell to 2-5...

The Cape Girardeau Central boys tennis team edged SEMO Conference foe Dexter 5-4 on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Tigers picked up three victories in the singles and two in the doubles to come away with the win over the Bearcats...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity baseball team saved the best for last against the Caruthersville Tigers Tuesday afternoon. Parker Rhew collected a two-out RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to propel Senath-Hornersville past Caruthersville 6-5...

The Jackson boys reeled off a team victory while the girls finished in second in the team standings as the Indians put together a standout performance Tuesday at the Tiger Town (Festus) Invitational in Hillsboro, Missouri. The boys posted a 104.50 to edge Hillsboro's second-place 95, while the ladies finished with 84 points, behind Jefferson's winning 88...

The Kennett Indians varsity softball team added a pair of victories to its resume before the weekend. Kennett beat visiting Caruthersville 11-1 in five innings Thursday before winning at New Madrid County Central 16-0 in seven innings Friday. Parr went the distance in the circle in both affairs. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The New Madrid County Central softball team fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 16-0 home loss to Kennett on Friday afternoon. Kennett scored a run in the first which would prove to be enough as Lady Indians pitcher Hailee Potts held the Lady Eagles scoreless over seven innings, allowing six hits and no walks while striking out 14...

FARMINGTON, Mo. – Sikeston's Luke Selvig finished just one stroke behind the co-leaders during the Farmington Invitational at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Mo., Wednesday. Selvig carded a four-over-par 76, which was one shot shy of Jackson duo Case Englehart and Tanner Walton who shared medalist honors and led the Indians to the team title with a total of 308...

Jackson's Case Englehart and Tanner Walton each carded a three-over-par 75 to share the medalist honors and help lead the Indians to the championship of the Farmington Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club. Jaden Hightower finished three strokes behind his teammates with a 78 and Carsen Silliman shot an 80 as the four Indians all claimed individual spots in the top 10 for Jackson, which placed 43 strokes ahead of Kennett in second place...

The schedule has been released for the seventh annual Swing Pink Softball Tournament. The 24-team tournament will take place Saturday at multiple fields at East City Park in Dexter. The teams are divided into three eight-team brackets. Every team is guaranteed three games...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity softball team fell behind 5-1 but responded with eight unanswered runs as it rallied past the Senath-Hornersville Lions 9-5 Monday afternoon. Senath-Hornersville jumped out to a 3-0 lead when it tallied three runs in the top of the first inning. Senath-Hornersville’s Aubry Jones and Rebecca Tom collected consecutive RBI hits and another run scored on an outfield error in the frame...

KENNETT, Mo. - Scott City’s Skylar Rhymer made the most of her first start of the young season Monday night. Rhymer collected three hits, including a 2 RBI single, against traditional softball talent Kennett. “She hadn’t batted this season,” Scott City coach Lance Amick said. ...

Ben Jansen hit a double and batted in three runs to lead Notre Dame baseball to an 11-6 victory over Lutheran (St. Charles County) in a quarterfinal of the Borgia/Union Tournament on Saturday. Reid James was the winning pitcher and also doubled and had three RBIs for Notre Dame. He threw six innings and gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits. He recorded nine strikeouts and two walks...

Lexi Boyer touched base all of her four times at bat, including a double and one RBI, as Woodland held on to fly away with a narrow, 8-7 conference victory over Advance on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Mackenzie Altenthal tossed a complete game to obtain the win for the Cardinals (2-0, 1-0 SCAA Conference). She allowed five earned runs and recorded five strikeouts and nine walks...

Kennett softball standout Madi Parr got a positive vibe when she went for a visit at Evangel University. “I really liked the fact it is a Christian college,” Parr said. “I thought the atmosphere would be really comforting. I also liked the coach when I went for a visit. It just seemed like a good fit for me.”...

FROM STAFF REPORTS KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett softball team experienced little difficulty collecting a win in its season opener Wednesday afternoon. Kennett pounded out 15 runs on 11 hits as it beat the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 15-0 in three innings...

Coach: Kristi Hays Conference: Mississippi Valley Class & District: Class 1 District 5 Last season's record: 6-6 2017 postseason result: Lost second round districts Seniors graduated: Four Team's strengths: We have good defense and the girls get along well. They play together as a team...

BENTON, Mo. — Wyatt LeDure doubled twice and scored six runs as the host Kelly Hawks demolished Delta in their season-opening shellacking. Grant Menz was the winning pitcher for Kelly (1-0). He threw a complete game and recorded 10 strikeouts and no walks...

The Malden Green Wave softball program enters the 2018 season looking to replace about half of its players from a 2017 squad that finished 21-3 and advanced to a state sectional. “We did graduate six seniors, which cut away half of our team because we only had 13 players last year,” Malden softball coach Angela Rodgers said. “But we have some incoming freshmen that are pretty solid to replace them and a couple other newcomers to the team.”...

The pieces appear in place for another big year for the Kennett Indians softball program despite graduating three starters off of last season’s squad that finished 21-5 and placed fourth in Missouri. “We graduated three really good players, but I’m super excited about what we have returning and the crop we have coming in as freshmen,” Kennett softball coach Laurie Vaughan said. ...

Dexter softball coach Starla Pulley likes her team’s depth and athleticism as the first pitch nears for the upcoming season. “We have a lot of the same girls coming back (from last year’s 7-13 team), but they’re a year older and a year stronger,” Pulley said. “We worked together all summer. That kind of builds a fire in them to want to come out and work hard and play hard. ...

Kennett senior Meagan Pickens was one of 10 high school softball players recognized at the Missouri High School Fast Pitch Coaches Association Awards Luncheon at Stoney Creek Inn in Columbia, Missouri, Feb 3. Pickens was awarded a scholarship by the Missouri High School Fast Pitch Coaches Association. The organization provides two $500 scholarships for each class...

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Even following a less-than-ideal final chapter, Cape Girardeau Central softball player Kylie Lane got her happy ending -- maybe more accurately described as a happy new beginning -- when she signed Wednesday to continue her career at SIU Edwardsville...

Eight players from the Kelly softball team made the 2017 SEMO Conference all-conference list following a trip to the Class 2 state tournament and a 23-8 record. Hannah Tidwell, Marissa Worth, Kelly Ivy, Alyssa Moore, Hailey Noon and Lily Jones all made first team all-conference. Kenzi Koepp and Hunter Bryant were honorable mention selections...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- For yet another year, it wasn't Notre Dame's time. A third straight trip to the softball state championships ended in a third straight disappointment, as the Bulldogs made too many mistakes, couldn't solve Monett's speed and fell, 4-1, in the Class 3 championship on Saturday at the Killian Sports Complex...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It can be hard to read the expression of Notre Dame softball pitcher Hailey Kutz, what with the stoic face and dark glasses. On Friday, on the biggest stage of her young career, Kutz’s pitches told you everything you’d need to know...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — As the Chaffee softball team found itself struggling to generate offense and trailing in the Class 1 state semifinal on Friday afternoon, coach Brian Horrell reminded his team that it had been through this before. Just over a week earlier, in their sectional win over Dora, the Red Devils had figured things out late and rallied...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It’s the kind of record that ages well, but doesn’t feel so good in the moment. The Kelly softball team fell in its Class 2 state semifinal as Bowling Green rallied in the final two innings for a 7-6 win, sending the Hawks to their state record 12th appearance in the third-place game on Friday at the Killian Softball Complex in Springfield, Missouri...