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Jackson's Tanner Walton capped off a solid two days at the Class 4 Boys Golf State Championship, earning an all-state finish and helping his team place in the top four. Walton carded a three-over-par 75 on Tuesday at Swope Park Golf Course in Kansas City, Missouri, and finished in a tied for ninth place with a combined score of 149...

Jackson junior Tanner Walton sits in a tie for ninth place after the first day of the Class 4 Boys Golf State Championship meet Monday in Kansas City, Missouri. Walton carded a 74 to lead the Indians, who are in fourth place in the eight-team competition with a team score of 308. Rock Bridge is in first with a 292...

The top-seeded Notre Dame boys tennis team only dropped one match in the singles in its 5-1 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded North County to advance to today's Class 1 District 1 Team Tournament championship. The Bulldogs will host second-seeded Dexter at 4 p.m. today for the district title. The Bearcats downed third-seeded Sikeston in their semifinal to proceed to the championship match...

The Jackson boys golf team finished one stroke ahead of Chaminade to claim a Class 4 sectional title Monday at Westwood Hills Country Club in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, qualifying for the state tournament in a week's time. Jaden Hightower was the top Indians' finisher, shooting a 2-over-par 73 to finish two strokes back of medalist Carson Postal of Kirkwood tied for fourth place...

Rylee Venable had a home run and four RBIs to lead the top-seeded Scott City softball team to a 13-3 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Advance in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Oran. Kaileigh Dirden was the winning pitcher and also doubled and drove in three runs for Scott City (16-3). She threw a complete game and allowed three earned runs with eight strikeouts and no walks...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Claire Ramsey hit a double and drove in three runs as the Oran softball team started strong to pick up a big 8-4 win over traditional powerhouse Kennett on Tuesday. Alyssa Spane went the distance in the circle to come away with the win for the host Eagles, who improved to 8-1 with the victory. Spane recorded four strikeouts and two walks...

A bold effort from the second-seeded Advance baseball team was stifled when Gavin Brown's walk-off single drove in the winning run and top-seeded Bernie claimed the SCAA Conference Tournament championship with a 6-5 win. Wyatt Barnett didn't allow a hit in a scoreless inning to clinch the win for the Mules (7-4) after Brown went six innings...

Blake Bollinger blasted a home run and batted in four runs as Meadow Heights delivered Herculaneum its first loss of the season, 8-1, in an opening-round quarterfinal of the Saxony Lutheran Showdown. Lane Baremore went the distance on the mound to get the win for Meadow Heights (5-5). He gave up one unearned run and recorded nine strikeouts and three walks...

The Jackson boys reeled off a team victory while the girls finished in second in the team standings as the Indians put together a standout performance Tuesday at the Tiger Town (Festus) Invitational in Hillsboro, Missouri. The boys posted a 104.50 to edge Hillsboro's second-place 95, while the ladies finished with 84 points, behind Jefferson's winning 88...

Jackson boys golf practices can get pretty competitive. That's what happens when you have two returning Class 5 state qualifiers and add two solid players to the mix. Each player is vying for the top score in practice, Indians coach Zack Walton said, and usually nipping at one another's heels. The team's depth was on display Monday as Walton's top four golfers all finished in the top 10 at the Notre Dame Invitational at Bent Creek Golf Course, en route to a dominant team win...