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COLUMN: Prioritizing local recruitment pointless after Jadis Jones picks Lindenwood over SEMO (4/15/24)There was a column on Semoball not too long ago stressing the importance of corralling the area’s top talent to bring the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team back to conference contention. Redhawks head coach Brad Korn tried to recruit Cam Williams when he was a star senior at Cape Central last year. He chose to go the junior college route and now has Division I options in conferences rated much higher than the Ohio Valley Conference...
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3 takeaways from SEMO’s spring football game (4/21/24)Fans of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks got their first taste of football in 2024 on Saturday. The Rowdy Bowl Football Spring Game featured the Redhawks’ roster divided into two teams; Team Make My Cap (SEMO Black) coached by Cape Catfish president and director of baseball operations Glenn Campbell and Team Arnold Insurance (SEMO Red) coached by Marcus Harris...
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From Blue Jay to Bulldog: Luke Nichols thrives in LA Tech rotation (4/19/24)
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Missourian Diamond Roundup, Apr. 15: Oran baseball escapes Meadow Heights (4/16/24)Monday's warm weather brought a fun slate of baseball around the area, with one of the top area games coming in a showdown between small powers. Oran baseball's early scores were enough to hold off a late rally from Meadow Heights in a tight-knit battle on the Eagles' turf...
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Missourian Diamond Roundup, Apr. 16: Oran blasts Saxony in statement win (4/17/24)Lots of teams couldn't take the field on Tuesday with the rainy Southeast Missouri weather, but the few that did had some big games and crazy results to go with them. For Oran baseball, it was a perfect day to put local teams on notice as the Eagles went into Saxony Lutheran's house and took the reins...
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Kennett hires Twin Rivers' McBroom as new boys basketball coach, AD (4/18/24)The Kennett Indians have found their next boys basketball coach and athletic director. Kennett High School has hired longtime Twin Rivers coach and high school principal Seth McBroom to succeed veteran coach and AD Jim Vaughan, who is retiring after 18 years at KHS...
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Missourian Diamond Roundup, Apr. 19: Scott City squeaks by Meadow Heights (4/20/24)It was a fun Friday in Southeast Missouri as some power matchups resulted in some crazy results, including two of the top baseball teams in the area dueling. Scott City and Meadow Heights met on the Rams' home turf, and the hosts narrowly outdid the Panthers in a shutout effort to keep that big streak alive...
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Raiders tab alumnus, veteran coach Robert Kirby as next men's basketball coach (4/22/24)Three Rivers College tapped into one of the brightest moments in the college's history when it selected the next coach of the Raiders men's basketball team. TRC announced Monday it has hired Robert Kirby to be the fourth men's basketball coach in the program's history. He also is the first head men's basketball coach since 1970 who is not a member of the Bess family...
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Today's moment has been years in the making for mature, driven Lane Below (4/22/24)In 2009, most teenagers were obsessed with Miley Cyrus, beginning to get into Taylor Swift and Facebook (before the old farts ruined it), and spent hours honing their sports skills, not necessarily on the diamonds and courts across America, but in front of their TV screens playing Wii Sports. People who knew Lane Below could see even then, as a seventh grader at Advance Junior High, that he was different.
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Local baseball teams sweep weekend at Busch Stadium (4/22/24)Both the Jackson and Perryville baseball teams had the rare and special opportunity to play a game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Both the Pirates and Indians are enjoying winning seasons and scored wins against their Illinois counterparts at the home of the St. Louis Cardinals...
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COLUMN: Prioritizing local recruitment pointless after Jadis Jones picks Lindenwood over SEMO (4/15/24)10There was a column on Semoball not too long ago stressing the importance of corralling the area’s top talent to bring the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team back to conference contention. Redhawks head coach Brad Korn tried to recruit Cam Williams when he was a star senior at Cape Central last year. He chose to go the junior college route and now has Division I options in conferences rated much higher than the Ohio Valley Conference...
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3 takeaways from SEMO’s spring football game (4/21/24)3Fans of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks got their first taste of football in 2024 on Saturday. The Rowdy Bowl Football Spring Game featured the Redhawks’ roster divided into two teams; Team Make My Cap (SEMO Black) coached by Cape Catfish president and director of baseball operations Glenn Campbell and Team Arnold Insurance (SEMO Red) coached by Marcus Harris...
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Missourian Diamond Roundup, Apr. 19: Scott City squeaks by Meadow Heights (4/20/24)2It was a fun Friday in Southeast Missouri as some power matchups resulted in some crazy results, including two of the top baseball teams in the area dueling. Scott City and Meadow Heights met on the Rams' home turf, and the hosts narrowly outdid the Panthers in a shutout effort to keep that big streak alive...
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Today's moment has been years in the making for mature, driven Lane Below (4/22/24)2In 2009, most teenagers were obsessed with Miley Cyrus, beginning to get into Taylor Swift and Facebook (before the old farts ruined it), and spent hours honing their sports skills, not necessarily on the diamonds and courts across America, but in front of their TV screens playing Wii Sports. People who knew Lane Below could see even then, as a seventh grader at Advance Junior High, that he was different.
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Advance native, TRC alum Lane Below named head coach at Gulf Coast State (4/18/24)1PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Ten years ago, Lane Below was named the Southeast Missourian Player of the Year in boys basketball and helped the Advance Hornets make it to the Class 2 quarterfinals. Wednesday, Below got his first head coaching job in the college ranks when he was named the coach at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City...
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Portal, not so much NIL, having major impact on juco hoops (4/23/24)1There has been no shortage of stories published regarding the implementation of the new NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) philosophy within intercollegiate athletics over the past couple of seasons. However, recently-hired Gulf State Community College men’s basketball coach, and Advance native, Lane Below, said in his four years of coaching at the junior college level, the NIL isn’t a major issue.
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Kennett hires Twin Rivers' McBroom as new boys basketball coach, AD (4/18/24)1The Kennett Indians have found their next boys basketball coach and athletic director. Kennett High School has hired longtime Twin Rivers coach and high school principal Seth McBroom to succeed veteran coach and AD Jim Vaughan, who is retiring after 18 years at KHS...