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The Cape Girardeau Central girls tennis team finished one point ahead of Kennett to dethrone the defending tournament champion Indians and win the SEMO Conference Tournament on Friday at Notre Dame Regional High School. Jordan Maxton won the singles championship for the Tigers in an 8-4 victory over Kennett's Emma Phillips. Kennett's Sydni McAtee and Darcy Campbell defeated Jackson's Sarah Fetterhoff and Chloe Pipkin 8-0 for the doubles championship...

Sierra Burch blasted a home run, a double and drove in three runs to lead the Jackson softball team to a 6-4 victory over rival Notre Dame on Thursday at Jackson City Park. Notre Dame scored three of its runs in the top of the seventh before Karli Johnson shut the door for a complete-game win in the circle. She allowed four earned runs and recorded five strikeouts and three walks...

Hannah Shinn put down nine kills as Jackson volleyball clinched the regular-season conference championship of the SEMO Conference North Division with the 25-13, 25-21 win over Sikeston. Mackenzie Stoner slammed eight kills for Jackson (9-1, 4-0 SEMO North Conference) while Emily Scott added five kills and two aces. Lainey Broussard tallied 20 assists, two kills and two aces for the Indians...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

Macy Morehead recorded 17 digs and nine kills as the Saxony Lutheran volleyball team escaped with a straight-set sweep of Sikeston (25-12, 25-23) on Thursday in Sikeston, Missouri. Olivia Spanley also had nine kills for the Crusaders (4-4), who got 21 assists from Olivia Voelker. Makayla Mueller notched 12 digs and served four aces for Saxony...

Cape Girardeau Central senior Jared Neikirk was the first runner to cross the finish line with a first-place time of 10 minutes, 36.94 seconds to help lead the Tigers to second place at the Fleet Feet Cross Country Kickoff Classic at the Arnold City Park on Thursday...

The Cape Girardeau Central girls tennis team quickly rebounded after dropping its first game of the season a day earlier to eke out a historic win over crosstown conference rival Notre Dame in a 5-4 decision on Tuesday at Central High School. It was the Tigers' first win ever against the Bulldogs. ...

Preview capsules for area volleyball teams

The Scott City volleyball team picked up a season-opening win by fighting through a tight first set before sweeping Fredericktown 26-24 and 25-16. Courtney Enderle nailed eight kills to lead the Rams (1-0), while Chloie Raines provided 17 assists and three aces for the hosts. Chloe Clayton also served three aces for the Scott City and Carlie Estes notched 11 digs...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...