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SIKESTON — District assignments for boys’ and girls’ basketball and wrestling were released on Friday. Sikeston will be a part of Class 4, District 1, with Cape Central, Notre Dame, Dexter, Perryville, and Ste. Genevieve. Class 3, District 1 consists of Charleston, New Madrid County Central, East Prairie, Caruthersville, Doniphan, Malden, Kennett, and Twin Rivers. ...

Poplar Bluff moved up to the largest class in wrestling and will face the same opponents in basketball while hosting the district this winter. Poplar Bluff Athletic Director Kent Keith announced in a statement that the school’s bid to host the MSHSAA Class 5 District 1 boys and girls basketball tournament had been accepted...

Notre Dame senior Blake Morris did not achieve his goal of first place but did finish in the Top 10 at Saturday’s MSHSAA Class 3 Boys Cross Country State Finals at the Gans Creek Recreational Area in Columbia, Mo.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Van Buren girls cross country team placed in the top four for the first time in program history at the MSHSAA Cross Country championships on Saturday at the new 5,000-meter Gans Creek course. Poplar Bluff junior Jaden Deaton earned all-state honors with a late comeback for 22nd place to become the fifth Mules runner to place in the top 25 at state and first since 2005...

A new era of cross country in Missouri starts Saturday when the MSHSAA state championships is held for the first time at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia. It’s the first time since 1975 the race will not be held in Jefferson City’s Oak Hills Golf Course in Hough Park where Poplar Bluff’s John Meyers won the 4A title in 1986...

BLOOMFIELD — As the fourth seed, the Bloomfield volleyball team was one of only two in the seven-team district with a losing record. The Wildcats finished the MSHSAA Class 1 District 2 without dropping a set and claiming the title for a sixth straight year following a 25-23, 25-13 win over Campbell...

Class 2, District 1 at Malden The district championship is set at the Class 2, District 1 volleyball tournament following quarterfinal at semifinal action Monday. No. 2 seeded Twin Rivers will take on No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville in the title game Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Malden...

Volleyball squads throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin postseason play Monday. Holcomb, South Pemiscot, Southland, North Pemiscot, Hayti, Delta C-7, and Cooter are in Class 1, District 1 at Holcomb. Defending champion Holcomb has received the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye...

On a windy afternoon at Cape County Park North, Timothy Sloan and Kennedy Thies took top honors Tuesday at the 12th annual Heartland Conference (small schools) Cross Country Invitational at Cape County Park North. Sloan, 17, of Woodland, crossed the finish line first for the boys in 18 minutes, 22 seconds, more than a minute slower than his personal best of 17:12 -- recorded a week ago at a meet in Bloomfield, Missouri...

Kyla Beel made sure to leave her mark for the Leopold volleyball team in its final home game of the season on Monday against Bloomfield. The senior standout, who along with six of her other teammates were honored for Senior Night, amassed 23 kills and eight digs...

Parker Rhew was a hit this past week on and off the baseball diamond, as he easily won the Semoball.com Male Athlete of the Week honor.

Cape Girardeau Central's Emily Ford and Megan Maxton paired up to win the doubles competition at the Class 2 District 1 Individuals Tournament on Thursday in girls tennis at Cape Girardeau Central High School. The duo downed two of their fellow teammates, Anita Kellum and Maria Seidu-Sofo, 6-1 each set to win the doubles championship...

The championship is set at the Bernie baseball tournament following a dramatic finish in the second semifinal Tuesday night. No. 3 seeded Campbell tallied three runs in the seventh inning to force extra innings, and scored two more runs in the eighth frame to upset No. 2 seeded Bell City 7-5...

The Jackson cross country team won both gender divisions by a long mile at the Cape Girardeau Central Invitational on Saturday at Central High School.

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to move ahead 5-2 but was unable to withstand the six-run surge that followed by the Bloomfield Wildcats. Bloomfield scored six unanswered runs in the final three innings as it rallied past host Senath-Hornersville 8-5 Thursday...

Mackenzie Stoner slammed eight kills as the Jackson volleyball team denied host Notre Dame its 10th win of the season and picked up a big conference victory in straight sets (25-10, 25-19) on Thursday in Cape Girardeau. Hannah Shinn and Olivia Ward chipped in seven kills apiece for the Indians. ...

Cooter 2, Holcomb 0 COOTER, Mo. - The Cooter Wildcats baseball team wrapped up the Tri-County Conference regular season championship by beating the visiting Holcomb Hornets 2-0 Thursday afternoon. Lane McLevain pitched an 83-pitch complete game shutout for Cooter.He allowed two hits, struck out two, and walked two...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Megan Witt and Emma Drury came up big in a clutch situation on Tuesday night against Cape Central. After Sarah Keller led off the sixth inning with a single, and Jordi James and Naudia Lazcano were promptly hit by pitches, Witt gave Sikeston the 6-5 lead on a sacrifice fly...

Sixty area volleyball teams took part in the Dig For Life Challenge Volleyball Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and Show Me Center Friday and Saturday.

Ella Overstreet carded a 3-over-par 75 to place second individually as the Jackson girls golf team finished nine strokes ahead of the host Falcons to capture the championship of the Rockwood Summit Invitational Tournament on Thursday at the Crescent Farms Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis area...

After falling behind by 12 points in the opening game, the Poplar Bluff volleyball team answered the alarm. The Mules couldn’t complete the comeback in the opening game but managed to win the match with key late-game runs to fend off Bloomfield 18-25, 25-22, 25-19 at the Senior High Gym...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...