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The second-seeded Notre Dame girls tennis team downed third-seeded Dexter 5-1 and advanced to the Class 1 District 1 Tournament championship Tuesday. Notre Dame (11-3), which only dropped one doubles match to the Bearcats, will face top-seeded Kennett (9-1) for the title today. The Indians have defeated the Bulldogs twice in regular-season play...

Allison Bray carded a 2-under-par 69 to earn the medalist honors as the Notre Dame girls' golf team was crowned the champions of the Class 1 District 1 Tournament on Friday at Wolf Hollow Golf Club in Labadie, Missouri. Bray placed eight strokes ahead of teammate Sarah Bell, who finished runner-up with a 77, as the Bulldogs finished 16 strokes ahead of John Burroughs. ...

For the first time in school history, the Cape Central boys swimming team defeated the Lafayette (Wildwood) 115-68 in a dual on Thursday in the suburban St. Louis area, setting nine new state cuts in the victory. Two-time reigning Semoball Boys Swimmer of the Year Brogan Davis set two state cuts in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley to lead the Tigers. Sam Hahs had his state cut in the 100 breaststroke, and Daniel Seabaugh had his in the 500 freestyle...

The Notre Dame girls golf team concluded its regular season undefeated Wednesday with a playoff victory in an eight-team, match-play event at Crowne Point Golf Course in Farmington, Missouri. The Bulldogs accumulated 4 1/2 points to tie with Lafayette, prompting a playoff on No. 18, where Notre Dame's Nos. 1 and 2 players, Sarah Bell and Allison Bray, defeated Lafayette's two top players, Paige Sanfelippo and Anika Pulumati, with a bogey...

All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

Chaffee scored two runs in the seventh inning to break a tie and defeat host Neelyville 7-5 high school softball action Monday. Carlie Milz, who had a double and drove in two runs, recorded the win in relief for the Red Devils (7-4). Milz allowed three hits over two innings, striking out one and walking one...

After falling short in an matchup earlier this season, the Leopold volleyball team got some revenge on Bell City Friday night, dropping the Cubs in straight sets, 26-24 and 25-19. Freshman Kyla Beel accumulated 11 kills, three assists, two aces, two blocks and two digs for the host Wildcats...

Lexi Welter recorded a double-double with 23 digs and 13 kills, as the Notre Dame volleyball team bounced back from a loss in the first set to take the next two sets in a 3-0 (22-25, 25-21, 25-15) road victory over Advance on Monday. Allison Jansen added 13 kills and Sam Brennan had 11 kills for Notre Dame (12-3-3). Maddie McClintock dished out 37 assists and Marianna Below notched 20 digs for the Bulldogs...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Liam Gray scored a pair of first-half goals and set up the game winner with 10 1/2 minutes left in regulation as Jackson won 4-3 at Poplar Bluff on Tuesday night. Josh Scholl scored on a breakaway set up by Gray after the Mules overcame a 3-0 halftime deficit...

All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

Hannah Hunt recorded 12 kills and five digs to lead the Indians to a 25-20, 25-17 win over Hillsboro in volleyball action Thursday night. Olivia Wendel tallied nine kills and two aces for Jackson (3-1). Malary Burger notched 12 assists and six digs while Lainey Broussard had 10 assists, seven digs and six aces for the Indians. Hannah Wilson had 22 digs and Nicole Lawson had eight digs to pace the Indians defensively...

Notre Dame's Sarah Bell carded a 1-under-par 70 to as the Bulldogs edged Marquette by one stroke to win the Rockwood Summit Invitational at The Falls Golf Club in O'Fallon, Mo. Bell finished one stroke ahead of Cor Jesu Academy's Kate Kuess to earn the medalist honors. Bulldogs teammate Allison Bray came in third place individually with a score of 73...

The top-seeded Advance volleyball team posted a thrilling three-set victory over third-seeded Saxony Lutheran to win the Woodland Invitational Tournament, posting a 26-24 victory in the final set to claim the title Friday night in Marble Hill, Missouri...

Alyssa Moore doubled to get the only extra-base hit of the game, as the Kelly softball team notched its second win of the season on Thursday, a 4-0 win over host East Carter County. Alyssa Tidwell went the distance to clinch the win for the Hawks, who improved to 2-0. She recorded two strikeouts and walked two batters...

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

Blake Bauwens scored a pair of goals to lead the Notre Dame boys soccer team to a 2-1 win over Anna-Jonesboro, Illinois, on Wednesday at Notre Dame Regional High School. Garrett Hesselrode and Jacob Barber each added an assist for the Bulldogs, who improved to 2-0 on the season...

Jackie Verseman hammered nine kills and served four aces to lead St. Vincent to a three-set victory at home over Jackson, 26-24, 18-25 and 25-18. Both teams were making their season debuts. Kara Kassel added six kills for St. Vincent (1-0). Katie Schnurbusch notched 13 digs while Molly Myers and Megyn Huber put up four blocks apiece for the host Indians...

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

The Oak Ridge volleyball team split all three of its pool play games in the opening night of the Woodland Invitational Tournament on Monday in Marble Hill, Mo. The Bluejays tied Meadow Heights (11-19, 19-8), Bell City (18-20, 19-15) and Zalma (19-15, 14-19) to finish 3-3 in their pool. Cumulatively, Brittany Showmaker recorded eight kills and three blocks for Oak Ridge (0-0-3). Taylor Bolin added seven kills, while Molly Thompson notched 12 digs and three aces for the Bluejays...

Head Coach: Erin Hoffman Last year's record: 18-10-2 Conference: Stoddard County Activities Association Postseason result: Lost to Bernie in district championship n No further information was provided Head Coach: Beth Williams Assistant Coach: Melissa Eftink...

Another year, another enchanting evening at Southeast Missouri's premier sports awards show. The top student-athletes from 57 high schools across the region came together for the Third Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on Saturday at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus, as Malden's Nick Thompson and Dexter's Makayla Waldner took home the top individual honors...

The numbers are impressive, but they don't define Cole Nichols. A multi-sport athlete at Bell City, Nichols is more concerned with being represented by his baseball team's accomplishments, and those don't pale in comparison. The Cubs have gone 49-6 during the last two spring seasons, wrapping up their most recent campaign by becoming the first Class 1 school to win back-to-back state championships since the state diverged to more than two classes in 1980, and it was Nichols who turned in the performance of his life in a 7-2 win over New Covenant Academy in the championship game.. ...