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The Jackson volleyball team defeated Perryville Monday in straight sets, 25-8, 25-23, 25-16, improving their recording to an impressive 22-4 on the season. Junior hitter Mia Trankler let the Indians in kills recording 16 while Hannah Shinn added nine kills, Olivia Ward pitched in eight, and Freshman Nadia Wasilewski recorded seven kills...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has partnered with HomeTown Ticketing to serve as the official digital ticketing partner for MSHSAA state championship events this fall. Digital tickets will also be an option for all other playoff contests, at the discretion of the host manager...

There have been no shortage of stellar athletic performances throughout Southeast Missouri of late and that was evident last week, as Bernie baseball player John Nimmo and Meadow Heights volleyball player Kylee Denman excelled in their efforts. Both were recognized Wednesday as this week's Semoball.com Athletes of the Week by Semoball.com readers...

BROSELEY — The midway point ended up being a point of divergence between Bernie and Twin Rivers. In all three sets, Bernie led 10-9, then proved to be the stronger team late to win 25-23, 25-13, 25-13. “We started playing a little bit better, but we just didn’t come out with a lot of energy tonight,” Bernie coach Jason Long said. ...

The Notre Dame girls volleyball team lost to Class one #1 ranked Advance in straight sets Monday 10-25, 9-25, 14-25 to drop their record to 11-4-1 and on the season. Claire Jones recorded six assists while Sarah Brennan added five in the loss. Rylee McClintock and Lexi Rubel each had three kills...

The semifinals are set at the Campbell Fall Baseball Classic after an exciting opening day Saturday. Four of the five games on Saturday were decided by three runs or less. No. 8 seeded Bernie beat No. 9 seeded Senath-Hornersville 8-5 in a play-in game Saturday morning. ...

High school athletes throughout the state are trying to hit their stride with the MSHSAA postseason nearing and that was exhibited by both Anna Eaton and Dylan Thornbrough last week.

The bracket is set for the 2020 Campbell Fall Baseball Classic. The nine-team tournament begins Saturday at Campbell High School and Malden High School. No. 8 seeded Bernie takes on No. 9 seeded Senath-Hornersville Saturday at 10 a.m. at Campbell in a play-in game. The winner plays No. 1 seeded Campbell Saturday at noon in a quarterfinal. The loser of the Bernie/Senath-Hornersville contest is eliminated from the tournament...

Cape Central had a very busy weekend and start to the new week as they earned a well deserved victory beating Fox Monday night in straight sets 25-19 and 25-14. Ava Nelson had five kills to go with nine digs. Ella Vogel recorded 13 kills, two blocks, and added 10 digs...

KENNETT - Bernie volleyball coach Jason Long elected to burn a timeout to try to calm his squad down after Kennett scored three straight points to build a 22-17 lead in the opening set Monday night. “The message when we were down 22-17 was to just relax and see what we could do because we knew it was going to be a hard deficient to overcome,” Long said. “We really played really clean from that point forward and found a way to comeback against a good Kennett team.”...

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

With only four games left on the fall schedule, the Oran Eagles looked to stay hot against Bernie. Senior Ty Johnson led the way for Oran as the offense hit just enough to get by the visiting Mules Monday afternoon, by the final of 5-1. Johnson, who hits in the third in head coach Joe Bicking’s lineup, paced the Eagles in the hit column, recording three hits in four at-bats. He also scored two of the five runs for Oran...

The Woodland baseball team lost a very close game to Bloomfield Friday at home by the score of 5-4 to drop their record to 1-2 on the shortened season. The Wildcats jumped out to an early lead, plating two runs in their half of the first inning. The Cardinals answered, scoring one run in the third inning and then three more in the fourth inning, capped off by a 1 out, RBI single by Seth Abernathy...

Cooter out-hit New Madrid County Central nine to six and improved their record to 7-1 on the season with a 8-4 win Thursday afternoon at home. Luke Barnes, the Wildcat’s lead-off hitter, led the charge offensively, racking up two hits (both doubles)...

Bell City’s Easton Newell and Bryson Maddox combined to pitch a five-inning no-hitter Thursday in the Mules’ 14-0 victory over Gideon. Newell secured the win, striking out seven and walking five in four innings of a game played at Gideon. Maddox retired the side in the fifth on only five pitches...

Cooter baseball coach David Mathis called his latest squad "the youngest Cooter team ever," following its latest outing. However, he also said the team, which starts seven players who are either sophomores or freshman "the funniest bunch to coach."

Perennial state volleyball power Bernie would easily get past Puxico in 3 straight sets, 25-8, 25-14, and 25-11 in volleyball action Tuesday night.

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There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...