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The Notre Dame girls track and field team won five events to win the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet on Saturday at West Plains High School in West Plains, Missouri. Riley Burger accounted for three of those first-place finishes for the Bulldogs. The Notre Dame junior swept the jumping events (high jump, long jump and triple jump) to help propel the Bulldogs to the sectional championship. ...

The reigning Class 1 baseball state champions are still alive. Oran beat Bell City 3-2 on a Dawson Menz walk-off single in the Class 1 District 2 championship Tuesday at Bell City High School. The Eagles (10-9), who lost five starters from last year's championship team, had coughed up a two-run lead in the top of the seventh before Menz produced that two-out single to right field. Kole Simms scored the game-winning run after reaching on a one-out walk and advancing to third on a bunt and balk...

The Notre Dame girls track and field team won its third consecutive district title Saturday at the Class 4 District 1 meet in Park Hills, Missouri. Riley Burger led the way with three individual gold medals and was part of the first-place 800 relay. Burger won the long jump, triple jump and high jump...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Luke Nichols pitched a three-hit shutout, leading the Bell City baseball team to a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday at Charleston. Nichols struck out 12 and walked two in seven innings. Stephen Willis was charged with the loss, allowing one unearned run on one hit with five strikeouts and two walks in two innings...

DEXTER, Mo. — Carson Aycock and the East Prairie baseball team spoiled the Dexter Bearcats’ senior day Monday at East Park. Aycock pitched a no-hitter, striking out 12 and walking one in seven innings. Senior Caleb Hoggard was charged with the loss, allowing two runs on three hits with no strikeouts or walks in one inning. Hoggard was one of seven pitchers used by the Bearcats...

The Delta boys track and field team captured the program's first Class 1 District 1 championship thanks to two first-place finishes Saturday at Cape Girardeau Central High School. The Bobcats scored 86 total points, 16 more than second-place Community High School...

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 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.

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...

The Jackson boys golf team cruised to victory at the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at Foxhaven golf course in Sikeston, Missouri. The Indians finished with a team score of 301, 26 strokes better than second place Dexter's 327 and had three golfers finish in the top five at the tournament as Carsen Silliman took home the individual championship with an even par 71. Case Englehart tied for 2nd with a three-over 74, and Seth Waters finished 5th with a six-over 77...

The Advance baseball team broke a tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 6-4 win over Bernie to claim the Stoddard County Activities Association championship on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Layton Keith got the win in relief for the Hornets (11-3), giving up one run in 3 1/3 innings while Noah Sauceda had a team-high three hits...

SIKESTON — 16 teams made up the second annual Sikeston Invitational, and Bulldog Relays on Tuesday, at Sikeston High School. The Bulldogs finished third in 19 boys’ events, while the girls’ finished fourth, as a team, in their events. Keon Graham edged Hayti’s Tylor Wooden in the 300-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 41.24 seconds. Wooden finished in 42.84 seconds...

Gabe Hurley hit a double and drove in two runs as the Notre Dame baseball team scored a run in all but one inning and blanked crosstown conference rival Cape Girardeau Central 9-0 on Thursday. Brayden Eftink went six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Bulldogs (9-4, 3-1 SEMO Conference). He gave up no runs on three hits, retired 10 batters and walked two...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — East Prairie, Kelly, and the Charleston track and field teams all had successful evenings at the Chaffee Invitational, on Thursday, at Chaffee High School. Kelly finished in second place after 18 boys events. The Hawks finished with 100 total points, while Kennett took home top honors — with 181...

The Perryville Pirates came out victorous over the Scott City Rams 6-3 in eight innings in high school baseball Wednesday in Scott City. Perryville pushed one run across in the first, fourth, and fifth innings and led 3-1 at the end of five. Scott City got a run apiece in the sixth and seventh innings to push the game into extra innings...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — New Madrid County Central held on to a 2-1 lead through four innings of play. The late innings, though, came to back to bite the Eagles as Scott city scored 11 unanswered runs to run away with a 12-3 win over NMCC. John Michael Stanley and Caden Howell each had impressive days for the Eagles. Stanley went 2-for-3, while Howell went 2-for-4...

ANNA, Ill. — Kelsie Anderson, Chelsie Moore, and Karris Allen all scored goals for the Sikeston girls soccer team on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs defeated Anna-Jonesboro on the road, 3-0, earning their second shutout of the season and limiting Anna-Jonesboro to one shot...

The Jackson boys tennis team won a dual match for the first time in school history, winning five singles and one doubles match to defeat Poplar Bluff on Tuesday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This is the second year Jackson (1-1, 1-1 SEMO Conference) has had a boys tennis team. Poplar Bluff dropped to 1-2, 0-2 in conference...

Coach: Rhonda Nichols Conference: N/A District: Class 1 District 1 Last year's postseason results: N/A Returning key contributors: N/A Key newcomers: N/A Coach: Collin Sheridan Conference: N/A District: Class 4 District 1 Last year's postseason results: N/A...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — It was a successful Eva G. Hinshaw Invitational for the Sikeston boys and girls track and field teams on Thursday. Both teams finished in the top three in total team points, while five individuals won their respective events. Sikeston finished second to McCracken County (139 points) in 18 girls’ events, with 110.50 points...

Coach: Chris Asmus Conference: Stoddard County Athletic Association District: Class 2 District 3 Last year's record: 17-9 Returning starters: Senior Austin Bailey (1B), senior Noah Sauceda (SS), junior Hunter Curtis (P, 3B), sophomore Ridley Bailey (C), sophomore Gus Garner (P/3B)...

BENTON, Mo. — Bryce Morgan shut down the New Madrid County Central baseball team on Thursday. Morgan threw six innings, of two-hit, zero earned run ball, while striking out 10, as the Hawks beat the Eagles 8-1. Peyton Eftink and Grant Menz each doubled for Kelly. Menz added three RBI, while Eftink had two...

The Leopold baseball team came alive in the sixth inning and held Bell City at bay to come away with a 3-1 road victory on Monday in both teams' season debut. Ryan Lewis went the distance on the mound to get the win for the Wildcats (1-0). The one run he allowed was earned, and he had eight strikeouts and three walks...