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PERRYVILLE, Mo. — It was a tough night on the diamond for the Sikeston softball team Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs fell to Perryville 9-4, with all of the runs coming in the fourth inning. Jordi James started the Bulldogs rally with a single. Naudia Lazcano then followed that up with a base hit of her own, and Megan Witt reached on an error by the second baseman to load the bases for Emma Drury...

Molly Conrad hammered seven kills as the fourth-seeded Meadow Heights Panthers rallied and bounced back after dropping the first set to stave off an upset from a determined fifth-seeded Oak Ridge Blue Jays squad and prevailed (14-25, 25-13, 25-13) in the quarterfinals of the Woodland Invitational Tournament...

History was made on Thursday for the inaugural Saxony Lutheran girls tennis program. But it was made on another school's turf. The Crusaders posted an 8-1 victory over Charleston on Thursday at Cape Girardeau Central High School as Saxony does not yet have a tennis court on its campus in Fruitland. The Crusaders are fielding both a varsity and junior varsity tennis team for the first time in the school's history...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston softball team opened up its season on Tuesday afternoon, against Naylor at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. Leading 5-0 after three innings of play it looked like the Bulldogs were bound for a victory. The Eagles, though, had other plans, scoring seven unanswered runs to defeat the Bulldogs 7-5 and spoil the home-opener...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...