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ADVANCE, Mo. -- Before the district championship game even started, senior right-hander Breven Yarbro felt confident. He knew he was going to have a good outing. A four-run lead boosted the pitcher's confidence even more. Behind Yarbro's second no-hitter of the season and an early offensive surge, top-seeded Chaffee baseball defeated No. 2 Advance 11-0 in five innings Tuesday at Advance City Park to claim the Class 2 District 3 championship...

The Jackson boys track and field claimed the Class 5 District 1 championship Monday in Hillsboro, Missouri. Running events were completed Saturday (check Monday's newspaper for a full listing of local state qualifiers in those events), and field events were suspended until Monday...

Gus Garner pitched 6 1/3 innings and smacked a home run with two RBIs as the Advance baseball team trounced Oak Ridge 16-0 on Saturday at Kelly High School in Benton, Missouri. Garner allowed no runs on three hits and recorded 11 strikeouts and one walk as the Hornets tacked up seven runs in the final inning en route to victory...

Get to know the 12 selections to the All-Southeast Missourian girls basketball team. Players in the Southeast Missourian coverage area are eligible for these honors. The players selected are in the running for the Semoball Awards.

Bryce Morgan pitched a complete game one-hitter with 10 strikeouts to push Kelly's baseball team past Oran 4-0 on Tuesday. Drew Dirnberger was the only player to register multiple hits in the game, going 2-for-3 with a double and a single. Dawson Menz was the only Eagle to get a hit in the game...

The Jackson boys golf team won the Class 4 District 1 championship for the second consecutive season as Case Englehart earned medalist honors with a two-under-par 70 on Monday at Crown Pointe Golf Course in Farmington, Missouri. The Indians' top four golfers all finished in the top six as Jaden Hightower and Carsen Silliman were part a three-way tie for second with a two-over-par 74. Tanner Walton tied for sixth with a four-over-par 76...

ADVANCE, Mo. — The Charleston baseball team rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Advance Hornets 5-4 Monday night at Westfield Park in Advance. The Blue Jays (3-13) scored one run in the sixth and three in the top of the seventh. Stephen Willis picked up the win, allowing one run — none earned — on one hit with two strikeouts and no walks in 1 1/3 innings...

The Jackson track and field team swept the north division titles at Saturday's SEMO Regional Conference Meet at Notre Dame Regional High School. The Indians bested the host Bulldogs by 14 in the North Division to clinch the girls title while the boys finished 38 points ahead of Poplar Bluff for the championship.

Wyatt Parker went 2-for-3 as the Class 2 state-ranked Chaffee baseball team remained hot and rolled to its eighth-straight win of the season in its 5-0 victory over Saxony Lutheran on Friday at Frisco Park in Chaffee. Breven Yarbro was the winning pitcher and also went 2-for-4 at bat for the Red Devils (16-3). He threw three innings and gave up no runs on two hits with five strikeouts and three walks...

Notre Dame secured a share of the SEMO Conference regular-season championship with an 8-6 win over host Sikeston on Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished in a tie atop the standings with co-champion Jackson. Sikeston's Noah Hicks hit for the cycle, but his bat was not enough to overcome Notre Dame...