Volleyball

CAPE GIRARDEAU — The SEMO South is 0-for-forever in getting a team into the semifinals of the conference volleyball tournament. Kennett earned the top seed out of the South pool Tuesday by sweeping all nine sets against Scott City, Oran and Charleston...

The Cape Central volleyball team split four games in the opening day of the SEMO Conference Volleyball Tournament held at the Cape SportsPlex Tuesday. The first match pitted them against Notre Dame with the Bulldogs coming out on top, winning in straight sets 25-17 and 25-20...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Three Standard-Democrat area teams played in the pool play round of the 2020 SEMO Conference Volleyball Tournament Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex on Tuesday. Sikeston, Oran, and Charleston were the participants. Sikeston played four matches, while Oran and Charleston played three. New Madrid County Central could not play due to a player becoming exposed to COVID-19...

HAYTI - The Hayti Indians varsity volleyball squad had won at least one set in four of its 10 games but had yet to enjoy a victory entering Tuesday’s final regular-season contest against the Senath-Hornersville Lions. “We’ve had close matches all season,” Hayti coach Caitlin Woods. “Our girls have worked really hard. They’ve always had the athletic ability. They just have to believe in themselves.”...

POPLAR BLUFF — A short five-point run in the third game Monday night ended up being too much to overcome for the Poplar Bluff volleyball team. After splitting the first two games, the Mules pulled even with Cape Central in the third before the Tigers put together a small run with a kill, two blocks and an ace. Another run midway through the fourth game, this time a 7-1 swing, finished off Poplar Bluff as the Tigers won 16-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-18...

The Jackson volleyball team defeated Perryville Monday in straight sets, 25-8, 25-23, 25-16, improving their recording to an impressive 22-4 on the season. Junior hitter Mia Trankler let the Indians in kills recording 16 while Hannah Shinn added nine kills, Olivia Ward pitched in eight, and Freshman Nadia Wasilewski recorded seven kills...

CLARKTON - The No. 1 seeded Gideon volleyball team beat No. 2 seeded Holcomb in the third day of the 2020 Tri-County Conference Tournament Friday to clench its 11th consecutive varsity title. Gideon continued their streak with a win 25-18, 25-15, 25-11 at Clarkton High School, bringing their season record to 26-1-1...

Oak Ridge found the going rather easy Friday as Paige Glueck led the Blue Jays with a team high 12 kills to victory over Greenville 25-17, 28-26, 25-16. Glueck also had six assists, 16 digs, and 15 service points. Zoe Berry added four kills, 15 assists, to go with eight digs and 12 service points...

CAMPBELL - The success continued for the Campbell Camels in big way Thursday night at the Bootheel Conference Tournament at Campbell High School. No. 1 seeded Campbell never trailed in either set as it beat the No. 2 seeded Malden Green Wave 25-14, 25-12 for its third straight Bootheel Conference Tournament title at the varsity level...

There were no shortage of intense moments on the athletic fields and courts throughout Southeast Missouri last week, as area athletes prepare for the looming postseason competition.

Cape Central finally got the proverbial “monkey off their back” Thursday as they beat Notre Dame for the first time in over a decade, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-25, 17-15, in a five set thriller! Nine different Tigers got into the stat line, as Ella Vogel finished with 25 kills, seven blocks, and 11 digs...

CAMPBELL - The Campbell Camels and Malden Green Wave are set to collide for a fourth straight season in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity volleyball tournament after both squads collected semifinal wins Wednesday night...

Paige Glueck led Oak Ridge over a win-less Marquand team Tuesday in straight sets, 25-9, 25-16, 25-17. Glueck tied the lead in kills with teammate Erin Urhahn, both recording seven while Zoe Berry added five and Mylee Schilling finished with four. Berry also recorded 11 assists...

KENNETT - The Kennett Indians varsity volleyball squad closed out the regular season on a high note Tuesday night. Kennett recorded 19 ace serves as it beat Sikeston in straight-set fashion 25-14, 25-13, 25-4. “Our serving was strong tonight,” Kennett coach Gentry Vancil said. “Melena set the tone early with nine strong serves in a row. That really helped our confidence and led to us being more aggressive the rest of the way.”...

Advance was the lone MSHSAA Class 1 team competing in the Jackson Volleyball Tournament Saturday, yet the Hornets showed their prowess in narrowly finishing second to champion Helias Catholic.

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present. That might as well be the motto for the Advance volleyball team. With a varsity roster of seven seniors and one junior, Hornet coach Erin Hoffman is going all-in for a three-peat with her original team...

The longtime defending champion Gideon Bulldogs are once again favored to win the Tri-County Conference varsity volleyball tournament. Gideon, which has won the tournament each of the last 10 seasons, is the No. 1 seed at its conference tournament that begins Tuesday at Clarkton High School...

The Campbell Camels varsity volleyball squad is once again favored to repeat as champs at the Bootheel Conference Tournament. Campbell (15-5-2), which has won the event at the varsity level each of the last two seasons, has earned the No. 1 seed at next week’s conference tournament after finishing 6-0 in regular-season conference play...

While no individual statistics were given, Scott City dropped their record to 5-12-3 on the season with a loss to Jefferson Wednesday. The Rams lost in straight sets, 10-25 and 9-25. Scott City plays Woodland next. The Scott City junior varsity also went down in defeat, losing in three sets, 10-25, 25-17, 5-15...

There have been no shortage of stellar athletic performances throughout Southeast Missouri of late and that was evident last week, as Bernie baseball player John Nimmo and Meadow Heights volleyball player Kylee Denman excelled in their efforts. Both were recognized Wednesday as this week's Semoball.com Athletes of the Week by Semoball.com readers...

BROSELEY — The midway point ended up being a point of divergence between Bernie and Twin Rivers. In all three sets, Bernie led 10-9, then proved to be the stronger team late to win 25-23, 25-13, 25-13. “We started playing a little bit better, but we just didn’t come out with a lot of energy tonight,” Bernie coach Jason Long said. ...

The Notre Dame girls volleyball team lost to Class one #1 ranked Advance in straight sets Monday 10-25, 9-25, 14-25 to drop their record to 11-4-1 and on the season. Claire Jones recorded six assists while Sarah Brennan added five in the loss. Rylee McClintock and Lexi Rubel each had three kills...

In a rather lop-sided game at home, Meadow Heights won easily Monday night beating Marquand 25-10, 25-5, 25-4, giving the Panthers their ninth win of the season and third victory in a row. Meadow Heights was paced by Kylee Denman, who had 10 assists to go with six digs and 10 aces...

Army Air Corps Lt. Colonel Jimmy Doolittle led a daring bombing raid on Japan in April 1942 and the success of the dangerous World War II mission inspired Jackson’s fourth-year girls’ volleyball coach Dave Mirly. “I show my players a clip from (the movie) “Pearl Harbor” where Doolittle’s character says ‘there is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer’,” said Mirly, whose Indians (14-2) are chasing another district championship...

Meadow Heights won their eighth victory on the season Friday night as they swept Greenville in straight sets, 25-19, 25-15, and 25-18. Pacing the Panthers was Gracie Cook who recorded 13 kills, a block, and an ace. Molly Conrad had seven kills, two blocks, and two aces...

Junior middle hitter Ella Vogel pumped in a game high 17 kills and added three blocks and eight digs leading Cape Central passed Saxony Lutheran Wednesday night 25-22, 25-14, and 26-24, improving the Tigers season record to 11-8-2. Madison Phelps had eight kills and 10 digs in the victory for the Tigers...

High school athletes throughout the state are trying to hit their stride with the MSHSAA postseason nearing and that was exhibited by both Anna Eaton and Dylan Thornbrough last week.

ORAN, Mo. — Competing with only seven players this season, the Oran volleyball team doesn’t have the opportunity to mix-and-match against their opponents as other teams do, but are still finding ways to make the most of what they have. That was the case on Tuesday night against a Kennett (12-5-1) team that had dropped its previous two matches...

Cape Central had a very busy weekend and start to the new week as they earned a well deserved victory beating Fox Monday night in straight sets 25-19 and 25-14. Ava Nelson had five kills to go with nine digs. Ella Vogel recorded 13 kills, two blocks, and added 10 digs...

Notre Dame pulled out a victory Friday night by outscoring Bloomfield 18-25, 25-16, 25-21, and 25-16 to win in four sets. Claire Jones had 18 assists while Tori Rubel and Shelby Renner recorded 12 and 11 kills. Renner also had 20 digs and four aces while Kristin Anderson had 19 digs and three aces...

KENNETT - Bernie volleyball coach Jason Long elected to burn a timeout to try to calm his squad down after Kennett scored three straight points to build a 22-17 lead in the opening set Monday night. “The message when we were down 22-17 was to just relax and see what we could do because we knew it was going to be a hard deficient to overcome,” Long said. “We really played really clean from that point forward and found a way to comeback against a good Kennett team.”...

A veteran Gideon Bulldogs volleyball squad is learning how to adapt to lineup changes quickly and utilize its depth to its advantage in 2020. “We lost one of our starting middle hitters during PE on Friday,” Gideon volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner said. ...

Woodland defeated Puxico at home Friday night in straight sets, winning 25-11, 25-18, and 25-9 to cap off a busy week of play, going 3-1 in the week and 6-4-2 overall on the season. Addie Johnson had 11 kills for the Cardinals as well as six digs. Emma Brown produced 10 kills of her own to go along with nine digs and four aces...

POPLAR BLUFF — Kennett nearly ran out of players as Poplar Bluff was rallying from a two-set deficit Thursday night. The Mules stormed back for a 19-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-8, 15-5 win as already short-handed Kennett lost senior hitter Anna Beth Vancil to an ankle injury early in the fourth game...

Jackson improved their record to 8-1 on the season with a straight set victory on the road against St. Vincent Wednesday by the scores of 25-12, 27-25, and 25-17. Mia Tranker set the pace early with several kills against the home team Indians. She would finish with nine kills and added six blocks to her resume...

It was a good week for Notre Dame athletes both on AND off the field, as a pair of Bulldogs earned success in their athletic quests, as well as proved to be popular with Southeast Missouri fans.

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

The Dexter volleyball team stretched its win streak to four matches with a 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 victory over Woodland on Monday night at Marble Hill. Chloe Thurmon paced Dexter with 13 kills. Bailey Chamberlain had nine, Dulcie Pullen eight and Mikayla Dodson seven. Pullen and Thurmon had two blocks apiece.

Woodland couldn’t overcome an early deficit and fell to Dexter Monday evening in three straight sets, losing 22-25, 17-25, and 16-25, dropping the Cardinals season record to 3-4-2. Woodland head coach Melissa Rinacke received outstanding effort despite the loss,...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity volleyball squad fell behind early but enjoyed a strong finish as it hammered its way past nearby rival Holcomb 25-23, 25-23, 25-18 Monday night. “We finished things out when we needed to tonight,” Kennett coach Gentry Vancil said. “Holcomb has a great team. I know they are down some players just like us. But tonight was a good road win against a school that sometimes there is a little bit of a rivalry with.”...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — No matter what threat South Pemiscot threw at New Madrid County Central on Monday, the Lady Eagles responded in their tough, three-set victory at New Madrid County Central High School. The Lady Eagles won the first set 26-24, and the last two 25-23 for their fifth-straight win of the season. During this streak, NMCC has dropped only one set...

Leopold traveled to Puxico Thursday evening and won in straight sets, 25-22, 25-10, and 25-9. Paige Davis recorded 11 kills, 10 assists, two aces, and four digs for the Wildcats. Addison Engelen had eight kills, four aces, and added seven digs. Carly Jansen added five kills and two digs...

It didn’t take long for the Jackson volleyball squad to figure out that Notre Dame came prepared to battle in Thursday’s night match at Jackson.

It was the hot hand of Addie Johnson that led the way for Woodland to win rather easily over a scrappy Zalma team Thursday night 25-8, 25-6, and 25-8. Johnson finished the game with 10 kills, eight digs, and three serve aces. Emma Brown recorded eight kills, nine digs, three aces, and three blocks in the well-balanced attack for the Cardinals...

Poplar Bluff celebrated its seniors in volleyball and soccer Thursday night. Emma Johnson, who suffered a knee injury prior to the start of the volleyball season, was able to join her teammates briefly on the court and the Mules responded with their first win of the season...

The Notre Dame volleyball squad is dealing with the stress of a global pandemic with smiles on the faces of the Bulldog players.

Jackson had little trouble taking down Cape Central in straight sets Tuesday, outscoring the Tigers 25-13, 25-14, and 25-13. Senior Katelyn Miller led the way for the Indians, recording 16 digs and four ace serves. Hannah Shinn supplied 16 kills. Freshman Nadia Wasilewski recorded seven kills while Olivia Ward and Mia Trankler scored four kills each...

Two points from winning their first match of the season, the Poplar Bluff volleyball team instead never got to match point Thursday night. West Plains survived a tense back-and-forth fourth game that featured 20 ties and needed 29 points in forcing a deciding fifth game before rallying again...