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The state of Missouri, as of now, is planning to start prep football on time this fall. Official practices may begin August 10 and the first competitive games are still on for August 28. Show Me State high schools may soon be approached with transfer requests from players in other states whose return to play has either been delayed or canceled...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mission accomplished. After nearly two months of baseball games, Missouri crowned a state champion on Monday evening at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, as the Charleston Fighting Squirrels staved off the defending state champion Southeast Tropics 3-2, to win the Senior Babe Ruth State Championship Tournament...

Good Sports is a column featured weekly in the Southeast Missourian and on semoball.com. It is primarily designed to showcase people who have impacted the sporting life of Southeast Missouri, so that readers may get to know them more fully. Responses have been edited for clarity and brevity...

Advance all-stater Jack Below possesses a lot of qualities Three Rivers College men’s basketball coach Brian Bess likes. Bess will get the opportunity to mold him into a college player because Below will walk-on to the TRC squad next season. “I like that he can score. ...

Ohio Valley Commissioner Beth DeBauche recently stated that the league could be addressing whether or not to play football following its Board of Presidents convening this past Wednesday.

ORAN, Mo. — Oran High School is hosting a senior softball game, at Oran City Park, on Saturday at 11 a.m. Fifteen players will participate in the event, with four coming from the Standard-Democrat area. Charleston’s Ashanti Jones and Skylar Marshall and Oran’s Kaylee Payne and Samantha Welter are all playing...

Perryville High School football coach Blane Boss had a tough decision to make in the Pirates’ 2019 training camp when it came to the quarterback position.

Preparation for the 2020 high school football season continued Wednesday night at the practice field near Metz Cherry Stadium in Kennett.

Scott City’s Jimmy May is still headed to Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri this fall – but he’ll have to wait a bit before he plays in a competitive football game again. On Monday, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced it will postpone football for all its member schools until spring 2021 “due to ongoing concerns of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,” according to a release...

Poplar Bluff Realty leadoff hitter Molly Murphy stepped up to the plate with the score tied and one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. She was 0 for 2 in the Poplar Bluff Park Department Sub-Junior Tournament championship Thursday at McLane Park. Both balls hit hard but scooped up by the infield for throws to first base...

Ohio Valley Commissioner Beth DeBauche recently stated that the league could be addressing whether or not to play football following its Board of Presidents convening this past Wednesday.

Poplar Bluff Realty leadoff hitter Molly Murphy stepped up to the plate with the score tied and one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. She was 0 for 2 in the Poplar Bluff Park Department Sub-Junior Tournament championship Thursday at McLane Park. Both balls hit hard but scooped up by the infield for throws to first base...

During this time of social distancing, the SuperFan series of articles focuses on fans who are geographically distant from the teams they support, who are fiercely loyal to a team outside the state of Missouri. Responses are edited for clarity and brevity...

Scott City’s Jimmy May is still headed to Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri this fall – but he’ll have to wait a bit before he plays in a competitive football game again. On Monday, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced it will postpone football for all its member schools until spring 2021 “due to ongoing concerns of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,” according to a release...

The state of Missouri, as of now, is planning to start prep football on time this fall. Official practices may begin August 10 and the first competitive games are still on for August 28. Show Me State high schools may soon be approached with transfer requests from players in other states whose return to play has either been delayed or canceled...

The coronavirus forced baseball’s 17th postponement in 10 days on Saturday, prompting at least two more players to opt out and casting doubt the league can complete a truncated 2020 season.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Baseball isn’t quite finished for the Charleston Fighting Squirrels this season. The team will play in the 2020 Southern Invitational Series, starting Friday, at Hank Aaron Stadium, in Mobile, Ala. There are 15 games scheduled with a tournament, based on records, to follow on Tuesday...