Cape Central

Justice Thoma 11th high jump Aaron Harris 14th shot put Neikirk 1600 10th 4:26.36 ND girls 4x8 9th Morrill, Jansen, Haley Smith, Timpe BOYS Top 10 team scores — 1. Carthage 62; 2. Carl Junction 57; 3. Grandview 55; 4. West PLains 34; 5. Webb City 33; 6. Rockwood Summit 32; 7. Hillsboro 31.5; 8. Willard 31; 9. Platte County 30; 10. Ladue 29...

It was a banner day for Cape Girardeau Central's Yienvi Johnson. In her final act as a high school athlete, the Tigers senior launched the shot put for a personal-record 41 feet, 5 inches, which was good enough to capture a silver medal at the Class 4 Track and Field State Championships on Friday in Jefferson City, Missouri...

Jackson Rinehart and Katie Schumer are following in the footsteps of those who came before them. So when the Jackson track and field team begins competition today at the two-day Class 5 state championship meet as one of five area teams competing at the Class 3, 4 and 5 state meets in Jefferson City, Missouri, the pole vaulting duo will look to carry on the tradition of success the Indians have had in the event...

Cape Girardeau Central girls soccer fell just short of a repeat quarterfinal appearance Wednesday. The Tigers' season ended with a 4-1 loss to Hillsboro in a Class 3 sectional in Hillsboro, Missouri. They finish the year with a 7-13-1 record. The Hawks (18-10) avenged last year's sectional loss to Central and advance to face Rockwood Summit (16-2-3) in a state quarterfinal at 11 a.m. Saturday in Fenton, Missouri...

Spurred by wins in four events and eight state qualifiers, the Notre Dame girls track and field squad won its first-ever sectional championship at the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet Saturday at Rockwood Summit High School. The Bulldogs finished with 80 points, three points ahead of runner-up Webster Groves.

Last year, Cape Girardeau Central girls soccer did something it hadn't accomplished in over a decade: win a district title. So heading into this season, the Tigers were focused on defending their crown. They persevered through an up-and-down season, which saw them enter the postseason with more than twice as many losses as wins. They were rewarded for that perseverance...

Bryce Hahs belted a triple and drove in two runs as the fourth-seeded Oak Ridge baseball team dealt a crushing upset to top-seeded Valley (Caledonia) in its 8-5 semifinal victory Tuesday in the Class 1 District 3 Tournament in Annapolis, Missouri. Jordan Barker went the distance on the mound to pick up the win for the BlueJays (7-16). He allowed five earned runs and recorded 14 strikeouts and one walk...

The Notre Dame girls track and field team won its second consecutive district title, claiming the Class 4 District 1 meet Saturday in Hillsboro, Missouri. The Bulldogs posted a team score of 118, besting runner-up De Soto by 30 points. Sikeston finished third...

In many ways, the end was a microcosm of Cape Girardeau Central baseball's season. There were ups, there were downs, and then there just wasn't enough to finish things off. The third-seeded Tigers twice let a lead get away as they fell to sixth-seeded Northwest 7-4 in a Class 5 District 1 quarterfinal Friday night at Cape Girardeau Central High School, ending Central's year...

On a sunny Saturday afternoon in late April, Cooper Crosnoe stood on the mound and watched a familiar face stroll up to the plate. He locked eyes with the hitter, and the two couldn't help but smile. The batter, Jackson High School's Justice Crosnoe, had grown up playing baseball with Cooper. The bond goes deeper than that, though. The two are cousins, part of a bloodline that is synonymous with baseball in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area...

Bryce Morgan and Jonathon Tyler combined to shut out the Meadow Heights baseball team as visiting Kelly soared to a 2-0 win in the regular-season finale on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Morgan went six innings to get the win, striking out four and scattering three hits and one walk. Tyler pitched the seventh to get the save...

The third-seeded Cape Girardeau Central boys tennis team only dropped two matches in its 5-2 semifinal upset victory over second-seeded Poplar Bluff to hand the host Mules their first loss of the season on Tuesday in the Class 2 District 1 Tournament...

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...

The St. Vincent boys track and field team placed first in five events en route to claiming the district championship at the Class 2 District 1 meet at Cape Girardeau Central High School on Saturday. Trevor Lukefahr posted two first-place times of 22.43 seconds and 50.74 seconds in the 200 and 400 dashes, respectively, to help lead St. ...

The Jackson track and field team had a few multi-event winners and put up solid showings, but it wasn't enough to dethrone rival Poplar Bluff. The Mules swept the SEMO North Conference boys and girls team titles Friday at Cape Girardeau Central High School for the second consecutive year, edging the Indians by five points in the girls competition...

On what was the stickiest, most humid day of the season yet, the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team made things even more uncomfortable for Cape Girardeau Central, scoring a trio of early goals and rolling to a 5-0 victory Friday at Shawnee Park in Cape Girardeau...

The Leopold baseball team managed just two hits, but that was enough to scrape by Oak Ridge for a 2-1 victory Wednesday in Leopold, Missouri. The Wildcats scored twice in the second inning and held on in a close battle at home. Ryan Lewis led Leopold (4-9) to victory on the mound, allowing one unearned run on three hits in seven innings, striking out seven batters and walking two...

Derek Kirn belted a two-run home run as the Perryville baseball team clinched the regular-season conference championship with a 7-3 victory over Windsor on the road in Imperial, Missouri, on Tuesday. Trent Unterreiner was the winning pitcher and had a double and two RBIs for the Pirates (12-7, 4-0 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division). He gave up three earned runs on seven hits and recorded seven strikeouts and two walks...

Cape Central and Dexter took steps in the right direction Tuesday after difficult turns in the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament. After being shut out in the final two games and finishing fourth in the conference tournament, the Tigers bounced back with a 12-7 victory over the Bearcats at East City Park in Dexter...

The winter sports season is one of the most passionate in Southeast Missouri, and this winter there were plenty of performances deserving of that passion. On Tuesday, 40 more individuals were announced as winter sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards...

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...

Reid James got on base two of his four times at the plate as the fifth-seeded Notre Dame baseball team rebounded from a tough opening-round loss a day earlier to pick up a 5-2 win over eighth-seeded New Madrid County Central in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Tournament at Cape Girardeau Central High School on Saturday...

Jackson baseball coach Bryan Austin expected hits to be hard to come by, with the wind whipping and swirling Saturday afternoon. So his team played excellent defense, got another shining performance from its ace pitcher and took advantage of Cape Girardeau Central’s mistakes, as the Indians needed only five hits and five innings to roll off a 10-0 win at Notre Dame Regional High School to move into Monday’s SEMO Conference Tournament championship game...

Jersey number: 24 Height: 5-foot-9 Position: PG AAU/Travel Team: Missouri Storm Favorite team tradition: New Year's lock-in at school Favorite memory from this season: Beating Scott County Central in the Christmas Tournament Favorite spot on the floor to shoot from: Free-throw line...

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...

Krista Rhodes Jersey number: 11 Height: 5-foot-10 Position: Forward/Guard Plans after graduation: Playing volleyball at John A. Logan Favorite team tradition: Praying with team before every game Favorite memory from this season: Watching Coach Stein celebrate on the sideline after Hannah Scott got the and-1 to beat Puxico...

KENNETT, Mo. — Though the Kennett Indians baseball team beat the Cape Central Tigers less than a week ago to claim the No. 3 seed in the SEMO Conference Tournament, Kennett was unable to duplicate its success Friday afternoon. No. 3 seeded Kennett fell to No. 6 seeded Cape Central 7-4 in a quarterfinal of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament at Indian Park...

Kaylee Payne belted a triple as a good fifth inning helped lift Oran softball to a 6-3 victory over Portageville in its final regular-season home game on Thursday. Alyssa Spane went 5 1/3 innings in the circle to obtain the win for the Eagles (12-2). ...

Advance softball scored four runs in the seventh inning to pull off a 4-1 comeback road win over Meadow Heights on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Alexus Hubbert had an RBI double in that inning and went 2-for-3. Alli Johnson got the complete-game win for Advance (5-10), giving up four hits, two walks and an earned run while notching five strikeouts. She also had two hits...

Mik Liley bagged two goals to lead the Jackson girls soccer to a 3-0 home win over St. Vincent on Tuesday. Natalie Miller got the other goal for the Indians (12-3), and Grace Pehle provided two assists. Taylor Nelson also had a helper. Emily Hermann made two saves in goal to get the shutout...

Cape Girardeau Central girls soccer coach Jared Dobbs calls Mattie Huff a dynamic player. She showcased that explosiveness Tuesday. Huff was at the center of both Central's goals, assisting on the first tally then sealing the win with a late goal, and the host Tigers defeated Poplar Bluff 2-0 in a SEMO Conference matchup...

The Jackson boys golf team continued its impressive season by adding more hardware to its case as the Indians edged Marquette by one stroke to capture the championship of the Mehlville Invitational Tournament at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Missouri, on Saturday...

A week ago, Collin Sheridan was frustrated and yelling at his Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team, something he doesn't enjoy doing as a coach. But the message seemed to resonate. Saturday, the Tigers won their second straight meet, defending their home track and placing first at the Cape Central Invitational. On the boys side, Sikeston won a meet for the second time in a week, as Tyzeek Hill won the 100- and 200-meter races, and David Rowland was first in discus...

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...

The Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team had three of its members come away with first-place finishes to lead the Tigers to the team championship of the Sikeston Bulldog Invitational. Morgan Kluge posted a first-place time of 2 minutes, 34.35 seconds in the 800-meter run for the Tigers, who landed 11.5 points ahead of the hosts in the team standings. Brooke Witvoet won the javelin and Yienvi Johnson clinched first in the shot put to help propel Central to the title...

SIKESTON — Tuesday night marked the annual “Pink Out” game for the Sikeston girls soccer team and they celebrated with a 2-1 win over SEMO Conference foe Cape Central to improve to 5-6 on the season. Two goals within the first five minutes of the game proved to be enough for Sikeston to hang on for the win...

Jackson baseball went 2-0 on Saturday, beating Farmington and Northwest at Jackson Indian Stadium. The Indians (12-5) first defeated Farmington 11-0 in five innings, scoring at least two runs each time they came up to bat as Landon Hahn went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs. He was one of four Indians with multiple hits, as Justice Crosnoe went 2-for-2 with three runs scored...

Notre Dame track coach Bill Davis started fielding the phone calls at 6 a.m. Saturday. “As the calls started, ‘Hey, are we still on?’ and I’m saying, ‘Yes, we are,’” Davis said, “and I’m looking out the window and it’s pouring.” But there was a Notre Dame Invitational track and field meet to put on and, after almost 12 hours of pouring rain overnight, when the competition did get started Saturday morning — with an infield nearly soggy enough to add steeplechase to the program — the focus turned to the athletes.. ...

Cape Girardeau Central won't be etched into the record book as the first-ever winners of the SEMO Conference boys tennis tournament, but the Tigers did grab a nice consolation prize: second place. Central finished five points behind champions Poplar Bluff and eight points ahead of third-place Sikeston on Friday at Cape Girardeau Central High School, thanks to a couple of medalist finishes...

Kole Simms blasted a two-run home run and host Oran pulled out a 5-3 victory over Advance on Thursday afternoon in Oran, Missouri.. Layne Johnson pitched six innings to get the win for the Eagles (6-3). He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and recorded 11 strikeouts and two walks...

It's not often that Notre Dame has a baseball team that's concerned about things less than 10 games into the season, but after getting 10-run ruled in its first two SEMO Conference games -- an unheard of proposition for the Bulldogs in recent years -- the squad needed to get out of its funk...

The Cape Girardeau Central boys tennis team edged SEMO Conference foe Dexter 5-4 on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Tigers picked up three victories in the singles and two in the doubles to come away with the win over the Bearcats...

The game had been turned on its head, with a three-run lead turning into a four-run deficit, but the Jackson baseball team didn't panic. The Indians just kept scoring, taking the lead for good in the fifth inning and holding on for a 9-8 win over rival Cape Girardeau Central on Monday at Jackson Indian Stadium, improving to 4-0 in the SEMO Conference...

The Saxony Lutheran baseball team broke out the bats and rolled to an 18-2 victory over St. Vincent to capture its second consecutive Oak Ridge Invitational championship on Saturday at Oak Ridge High School. Austin Fritsche doubled and drove in four runs as the Crusaders used a solid second inning to dispose of the Indians in five innings...

Jackson's Case Englehart and Tanner Walton each carded a three-over-par 75 to share the medalist honors and help lead the Indians to the championship of the Farmington Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club. Jaden Hightower finished three strokes behind his teammates with a 78 and Carsen Silliman shot an 80 as the four Indians all claimed individual spots in the top 10 for Jackson, which placed 43 strokes ahead of Kennett in second place...

Tyler Martin drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-out single in the ninth, and the Jackson baseball team edged host Ste. Genevieve 5-3 in extra innings Wednesday. Martin's single scored Justice Crosnoe and Landon Hahn, who went 2-for-3, and Lance Kluesner didn't allow a run in the bottom of the frame to secure the win...

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...

Ben Jansen hit a double and batted in three runs to lead Notre Dame baseball to an 11-6 victory over Lutheran (St. Charles County) in a quarterfinal of the Borgia/Union Tournament on Saturday. Reid James was the winning pitcher and also doubled and had three RBIs for Notre Dame. He threw six innings and gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits. He recorded nine strikeouts and two walks...