Volleyball

SIKESTON — Jacob Lovel was the lone goal scorer for the Sikeston boys soccer team on Tuesday against Carterville, Ill. Lovel scored on a pass from Josh McClendon, but the Bulldogs fell 7-1. Sikeston (0-20) hosts Perryville on Thursday, in the final regular season match of the season...

PIEDMONT — Two games with different styles each ended up with the same outcome. Each game featured a come-from-behind win for the Clearwater Tigers, who overcame deficits late in both games to beat Twin Rivers 26-24, 25-21 Tuesday night. For Twin Rivers, it was twin disappointment, as their big hitters at the net made big plays in both games, but not enough to stop the Tigers’ late surges...

SIKESTON — It was an emotional night on Tuesday at the Sikeston Field House, as the Bulldogs volleyball team faced Kennett for Senior Night. Alivia Cobb, Taydrianna Barnett, and Emily McHaffie played their final match at the Field House and got honored before it with presents and flowers from their teammates...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians volleyball program sent its seniors out on a high note Monday night. Kennett collected a straight-set 25-19, 25-19 victory against visiting Twin Rivers in the final home game of the season. The Indians led by single digits most of the first set before rallying from a 12-8 deficit to take the second set by the same margin as the first...

SIKESTON — A strong finish compiled with a lackluster start has been a constant for the Sikeston volleyball team this season. In seven of their wins this season, Sikeston is outscoring its opponents by nearly five points at the start of a match opposed to three points more when they close a match out...

The Advance volleyball team avenged its only loss thus far before it sustained its second defeat of the season in a 25-21, 18-25, 21-25 loss to Lindbergh in the championship game of the Second Annual Jackson Tournament on Saturday at Jackson High School.

The brackets are set for the Bootheel Conference volleyball tournaments. The tournaments take place Oct. 15-17 at South Pemiscot High School. Varsity quarterfinals are on Oct. 15. No. 1 seeded Campbell has received a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Caruthersville plays No. ...

The brackets are set for the Tri-County Conference volleyball tournaments. The tournaments take place Oct. 15-18 at Gideon High School. Varsity quarterfinals are on Oct. 15. No. 1 seeded Gideon plays No. 8 seeded Cooter Oct. 15 at 4 p.m., No. 4 seeded North Pemiscot plays No. ...

Gracie Cook finished with nine kills, two service aces and two digs as the Meadow Heights volleyball team capped their third-straight sweep of the week and increased their winning streak to six games in the 25-22, 25-19 victory over host Oran on Friday...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity volleyball team rallied from a 24-22 deficit to force an extra set but finished a couple of points shy of securing a three-set win Thursday night against the Cape Central Tigers. Visiting Cape Central won the decisive set by two points to edge Kennett 17-25, 24-26, 25-23 in a three-set thriller...

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...

Cape Girardeau Central's Emily Ford and Megan Maxton paired up to win the doubles competition at the Class 2 District 1 Individuals Tournament on Thursday in girls tennis at Cape Girardeau Central High School. The duo downed two of their fellow teammates, Anita Kellum and Maria Seidu-Sofo, 6-1 each set to win the doubles championship...

VOLLEYBALL: Campbell 2, Holcomb 0 The Campbell varsity volleyball team extending its winning streak to five games when it beat visiting Holcomb 25-22, 25-17 Thursday night. Campbell improves to 19-3-2 . Holcomb drops to 13-10-2. Campbell hosts North Pemiscot Friday...

GREENVILLE — It took Doniphan a little bit to find its momentum, and then it didn’t let it go. The Donettes struggled in the first set against a Greenville Bears squad that was clicking in pink-out night, but Doniphan turned things around enough to edge Greenville 15-25, 25-22, 25-20 on Thursday...

The Notre Dame girls tennis team shut out the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders 5-0 to advance to the finals of the Class 1 District 2 team tournament Tuesday. The Bulldogs got the early lead and never looked back, thanks to three doubles wins. The frst two doubles matches both ended 8-1 as Claire Bruenderman and Anna Grace Stroup defeated Maddox Murphy and Sydney Turner at the No. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Midway into the second set Monday night the Campbell Camels' chances of finishing Bootheel Conference regular-season play perfect looked to be in serious jeopardy. The visiting Malden Green Wave jumped out to an 11-9 lead in the second set after winning the first set 25-16...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Winners of its last four matches, the Sikeston volleyball team traveled to Portageville on Tuesday night, hoping to make five-straight victories. Sikeston got just that, as they swept Portageville 25-19, 25-16. Emily McHaffie led the team with eight kills and tied for the team-lead with 11 digs. Khrystionna Swann also had 11 digs...

Kennett 2, NMCC 1 The Kennett varsity volleyball team outlasted New Madrid County Central 25-20, 23-25, 25-17 Monday. Kennett improved to 11-6-2 with the victory. Kennett also managed to win the junior varsity contest in three sets against New Madrid County Central 25-19, 20-25, 25-23...

The Notre Dame boys swimming team came way with four state qualifiers that was good enough to land the Bulldogs in second place at the 26th Annual Roger Eastman Invitational on Saturday at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Mo. Joseph Barber and Nicholas Hux were a part of three of those state cuts for the Bulldogs, including their first-place 200 medley relay team (1:44.90) and second-place 200 freestyle relay (1:34.26). ...

SIKESTON — A 10-error game cost the Sikeston softball team from a win on Thursday afternoon against Kelly. The Bulldogs committed 10 errors in the game, as the Hawks went on to win 8-1. All of Kelly’s runs were unearned. Four different Kelly players earned multiple hits in the game...

ORAN, Mo. — Emily McHaffie was all over the floor for the Sikeston volleyball team on Thursday evening, against Oran. The senior led the team in aces, kills, and digs, as the Bulldogs defeated the Eagles in straight-sets, 27-25, 25-18. McHaffie finished with four aces, six kills, and 18 digs...

Campbell 2, Senath-Hornersville 0 CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell varsity volleyball team collected a straight-set 25-9, 25-11 win against the visiting Senath-Hornersville Lions Thursday night. Campbell (17-3-2) improves to 5-0 in Bootheel Conference regular-season play with the win. Campbell hosts Gideon Friday and hosts Malden in its final conference game Monday...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets baseball team made things interesting late but ultimately finished a big hit shy of securing its first Tri-County Tournament championship since 2005 Wednesday afternoon. The No. 1 seeded Cooter Wildcats broke a 1-1 tie when it scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and hung on to beat No. 2 seeded Holcomb 4-3 in the Tri-County Conference title game Wednesday at Clarkton High School...

Host Cape Central (17-2) blanked Sikeston 9-0 on Wednesday in girls tennis. Sikeston (0-11) won just two games on the day. Central's only two losses this season have been to Notre Dame. District tournament play begins for Central and Sikeston on Monday...

SENATH, Mo. - Kennett Indians volleyball coach Taylor Miller called her squad in for a pre-game practice Tuesday afternoon coming off a 25-19, 26-24 loss to Bernie Monday night. “We played with high intensity against a really good Bernie team on Monday,” Miller said. “But we made too many unforced errors. We worked on cleaning that up Tuesday afternoon.”...

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)...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Domination is how you could describe the second and third sets from the Portageville volleyball team on Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs defeated New Madrid County Central (NMCC) in three sets, at Portageville High School, winning the second set 25-10 and the third 25-15. The Eagles took the first set 25-23...

Senior Kyla Beel hammered 24 kills and tallied 14 digs as the Leopold volleyball team rallied after dropping the first set to rebound and eke out a 21-25, 25-22, 25-23 victory over Dexter on Tuesday at Leopold High School. Sophomore Paige Davis contributed 25 assists and...

Poplar Bluff’s six seniors started together on Senior Night then pulled out a three-set victory Tuesday. Kiley Bess, Ady Kingree, Caitlynn Newton, Haley Slaughter, Khelie Spence and Emily Spencer were honored prior to the match and each had a hand in a 20-25, 25-16, 25-19 comeback victory over Lesterville at the Senior High Gym...

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...

The St. Vincent Indians managed to shake off a drubbing in the second set to win a close third set and pick up a 25-23, 8-25, 26-24 home victory over Ste. Genevieve in volleyball. St. Vincent (3-8-3) was led to the win by Hannah Riney and Grace Schremp. ...

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- At one point of Monday's match with Scott City, veteran Leopold volleyball coach Sandy Davis had seen enough of her team not playing to its ability and called a timeout. It was a rare opportunity for a teaching moment. Davis had just 60 seconds to get her point across, which is what a volleyball coach has to do because of the harried nature of a regular-season schedule in this sport...

Poplar Bluff’s struggles against the Farmington volleyball team continued Monday night. The Knights held off a comeback in the first game and built a comfortable lead in the second to beat the Mules 25-23, 25-21 at the Senior High Gym. Having won once in the previous 24 meetings coming into the match, first-year coach Aimie Simmers didn’t want to hear about Poplar Bluff’s past setbacks against the Knights...

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...

SIKESTON — Emily Pullen’s first season as the Sikeston head volleyball coach has been a struggle. Coming into Monday’s match against Charleston, the Bulldogs entered with a 2-11 record, with none of the wins coming at home, until Monday night. The Bulldogs defeated the Blue Jays in straight-sets, 27-25, 25-7 to earn their first victory at the Sikeston Field House...

The Cape Girardeau Central boys swimming team placed first in five events to claim third place at the CoMo Invitational on Saturday at the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Mo.

The Notre Dame tennis team won the SEMO Conference Tournament on Friday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on the strength of its doubles play. Both Bulldogs doubles teams won semifinal matches and will play for the title at date to be determined. Claire Bruenderman and Anna Grace Stroup defeated Dexter's Kyla Propst and Julianna Rivera 6-0, 6-2 in one semifinal, while Claire Southard and Megan Gullette rallied to defeat Cape Girardeau Central's Anita Kellum and Maria Seidu-Sofo 0-6, 6-2, 6-4...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians eighth grade football team knocked off the visiting Dexter Bearcats 38-14 Thursday. The game was tied at 14-all at halftime before Kennett won the second half 24-0. The Kennett eighth grade improves to 3-1 with the victory. Kennett also beat Malden 56-0 Sept. 5, lost to Jackson 54-16 on Sept. 12, and beat Caruthersville 22-18 Sept. 16...

Addie Johnson posted a double-double with 20 kills and 11 digs as the Woodland volleyball team had to claw deep after dropping the first set to come back and down Meadow Heights in the 18-25, 25-17, 25-18 three-set thriller victory on the road Thursday in Patton, Missouri...

The Notre Dame tennis team prevailed in a meeting of unbeatens, rolling past Potosi 9-0 at the Brother David Anthony Migliorino Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Woodland volleyball player Addie Johnson and Notre Dame swimmer Drew Barber were voted the Semoball Athletes of the Week in the online balloting concluded Wednesday night.

ORAN, Mo. — Building off momentum was a struggle for the Oran volleyball team on Tuesday, against Scott City. After a hard-fought first set win, 25-22, the Eagles could not rebound in either of the final two, losing the second 25-20 and the third 25-19...

KENNETT, Mo. - At the beginning of the season, the Kennett Indians varsity volleyball team struggled to recover when it fell behind opponents early in matches. “At the start of the season we were either a hot or cold team,” Kennett coach Taylor Miller said. “We would either come out and play or lay down and die. We are finally getting better at regrouping and continuing to fight until we get hot in a game.”...

In three close sets, the Mules weren’t able to hold onto the momentum in the final points. Notre Dame closed the first and third sets with strong runs to beat Poplar Bluff 25-20, 22-25, 25-19 on Tuesday at the Senior High Gym. “The girls finally read where they were hitting and where to set up our block properly. ...

Top volleyball teams from the Missouri Bootheel are set to collide this weekend at the Gideon Invitational. Four of the 15 teams in the varsity tournament are enjoying winning records following play Monday. Host Gideon, which won the Gideon Invitational in 2018, is off to a 13-1-2 start. Its only loss this season is to Southern Reynolds (Ellington) in the championship of Dig for Life Classic Sept. 14...

Jackson squeaked out a 28-26, 22-25, 25-21 volleyball road victory over Park Hills Central on Monday. It could hardly get much closer as only three total points separated the teams. Mia Trankler and Haley Quatmann were menaces at the net all night for the Indians, who improved to 7-1. Trankler finished with six kills and a team-leading eight blocks, while Quatmann ended up with five kills and five blocks. Olivia Ward led Jackson with eight kills, and Katelyn had a team-high 12 digs...

The Jackson cross country team won both gender divisions by a long mile at the Cape Girardeau Central Invitational on Saturday at Central High School.

The St. Vincent football team evened its season record with its second consecutive win Friday, posting a 35-0 road victory over Herculaneum.

Mackenzie Stoner slammed eight kills as the Jackson volleyball team denied host Notre Dame its 10th win of the season and picked up a big conference victory in straight sets (25-10, 25-19) on Thursday in Cape Girardeau. Hannah Shinn and Olivia Ward chipped in seven kills apiece for the Indians. ...

SIKESTON — Thursday night was the not the start that the Sikeston volleyball team envisioned. The Bulldogs looked flat in the first set, losing 25-12, before dropping a hard-fought second set to the Mules 25-21. “I think they finally had a fire,” said Sikeston head coach Emily Pullen on her team’s second set. ...