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All high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

Cape Girardeau Central players stood near the field at Tiger Stadium on Friday night as they savored a 38-point homecoming win with friends and family. Minutes earlier, the final buzzer had sounded, signaling the end of a two-game losing streak thanks to a 44-6 shellacking of visiting University City...

For the first time in school history, the Cape Central boys swimming team defeated the Lafayette (Wildwood) 115-68 in a dual on Thursday in the suburban St. Louis area, setting nine new state cuts in the victory. Two-time reigning Semoball Boys Swimmer of the Year Brogan Davis set two state cuts in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley to lead the Tigers. Sam Hahs had his state cut in the 100 breaststroke, and Daniel Seabaugh had his in the 500 freestyle...

After a dominant 55-7 win over Farmington last week, the Jackson football team is back in the state media rankings at No. 9 and is 4-1 heading into a matchup against undefeated Poplar Bluff at 7 p.m. today, a game that could decide the SEMO North Conference title...

All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

With nearly a week between games, Notre Dame softball's bats took awhile to get going Tuesday. The Bulldogs scored a run in the first inning, but Cape Girardeau Central starter Caleigh Huffman didn't allow a hit until the fourth when Notre Dame tacked on another run. In the fifth, the bats, perhaps rusty after five days without games, came alive...

Chaffee scored two runs in the seventh inning to break a tie and defeat host Neelyville 7-5 high school softball action Monday. Carlie Milz, who had a double and drove in two runs, recorded the win in relief for the Red Devils (7-4). Milz allowed three hits over two innings, striking out one and walking one...

All the local high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

Mules stop Central on 2-point attempt to preserve 36-34 SEMO North Conference win.

With the discussion of national anthem protests at a fever pitch across the nation, the question was whether the act would pop up here in Southeast Missouri. But on Friday night national anthems around the area went off with no such protests. Sparked by the decision of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to not stand for the anthem, other athletes have followed his lead or offered symbols of solidarity, with the trend even spreading into the high school ranks across the country. ...

The Scott City football team is now 4-0 and off to its best start since 2004 after a 29-28 come-from-behind victory over Charleston last week and will take on rival Chaffee at 7 p.m. today in Scott City. The Red Devils will look to end the Rams' unblemished run and avenge last year's 28-14 defeat...

Before the Dig for Life Challenge this past weekend, Cape Girardeau Central volleyball held a team meeting. The Tigers were 0-5 heading into the local tournament, and coach Jessica Sostillio felt her players were putting too much pressure on themselves...

Lexi Welter recorded a double-double with 23 digs and 13 kills, as the Notre Dame volleyball team bounced back from a loss in the first set to take the next two sets in a 3-0 (22-25, 25-21, 25-15) road victory over Advance on Monday. Allison Jansen added 13 kills and Sam Brennan had 11 kills for Notre Dame (12-3-3). Maddie McClintock dished out 37 assists and Marianna Below notched 20 digs for the Bulldogs...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Liam Gray scored a pair of first-half goals and set up the game winner with 10 1/2 minutes left in regulation as Jackson won 4-3 at Poplar Bluff on Tuesday night. Josh Scholl scored on a breakaway set up by Gray after the Mules overcame a 3-0 halftime deficit...

All the local high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

Four big plays. They made all the difference in aligning the Sikeston football team with another crucial win in the SEMO North Conference rivalry against Cape Central. Senior running back Justus Faulkner accounted for three of those plays, finishing with 14 carries for 200 yards and three touchdowns in the Bulldogs' 26-23 victory over the Tigers on Friday at Tiger Stadium...

Sophomore Chloe Bergman served three aces as the Perryville volleyball team defeated host De Soto in straight sets (25-12, 25-17) on Thursday in conference action. Fellow sophomore Sydney Spears dished out seven assists for Perryville (6-4-2, 2-0 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division). Sophomore Camryn Baer notched six digs for the Pirates...

The Cape Central football team enters its rivalry meeting against Sikeston as the two-time defending SEMO Conference North champion, however, the Bulldogs have handed the Tigers their lone conference loss over the past two years, prevailing 23-18 in Week 5 of last season...

All the local high school events reported Wednesday to the Southeast Missourian.

All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

All the local high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- It was like the Cape Central football team could see the light at the end of the tunnel but never could quite find its way out. Not until the very last play of the game, when junior Aaron Harris muscled his way into the end zone on a two-point conversion in overtime to lift the Tigers to a 28-27 come-from-behind win over host Farmington in SEMO North Conference action...

The Advance volleyball team continued its winning streak and notched its first conference win of the season in a sweep of visiting Woodland, 25-12 and 25-18. The Hornets improved to 8-0-1 overall and 1-0 in the SCAA Conference. The Cardinals dropped to 4-2-3 overall and 1-1 in the conference...

Hannah Hunt recorded 12 kills and five digs to lead the Indians to a 25-20, 25-17 win over Hillsboro in volleyball action Thursday night. Olivia Wendel tallied nine kills and two aces for Jackson (3-1). Malary Burger notched 12 assists and six digs while Lainey Broussard had 10 assists, seven digs and six aces for the Indians. Hannah Wilson had 22 digs and Nicole Lawson had eight digs to pace the Indians defensively...

A look at the local games scheduled for Week 3 of the high school football season. Games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Last week: Jackson 49, Lindbergh 19; Sikeston 22, Kennett 12 Last year: Jackson 41, Sikeston 0 Outlook: The two SEMO Conference North rivals come into their annual game unbeaten for the first time since 2012, when each arrived with 5-0 records in a Week 6 meeting. ...

The games don't matter, and that's why they matter so much. At least, that was the common refrain as the Notre Dame Soccer Fest opened Thursday at Notre Dame Regional High School. It would be more accurate to say the results on the scoreboard don't matter, because as Notre Dame, Jackson, Cape Girardeau Central, Perryville, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, Marion (Ill.) and Carbondale (Ill.) took to the field in the opening round, it provided an important opportunity for teams to get quality experience against quality teams with three games in three days.. ...

Brandi Huber allowed two hits in five innings of work, leading the Perryville softball team to a 14-3, five-inning win over host Saxony Lutheran on Wednesday. Huber allowed three unearned runs in the first inning. She struck out seven batters and walked six while helping herself at the plate with two doubles in a 3-for-5 outing...

For every action there was an equal and opposite reaction, and so seven innings was not enough for the Jackson and Cape Girardeau Central softball teams on Wednesday. In a game in which little separated the two rivals, it was timely hitting -- and the home team's luxury of getting the last at-bat -- that finally vaulted the Indians past the Tigers, as Mackenzie Bartels smacked a bases-loaded hit to the left-field corner with one out in the bottom of the eighth, sending the hosts to a walk-off 2-1 win at Jackson City Park.. ...

Notre Dame's Sarah Bell carded a 1-under-par 70 to as the Bulldogs edged Marquette by one stroke to win the Rockwood Summit Invitational at The Falls Golf Club in O'Fallon, Mo. Bell finished one stroke ahead of Cor Jesu Academy's Kate Kuess to earn the medalist honors. Bulldogs teammate Allison Bray came in third place individually with a score of 73...

A game-tying triple and a go-ahead two-run homer sparked a six-run fifth inning as the Poplar Bluff softball team beat visiting Chaffee 7-3 on Monday. Calli Gerber followed a pair of one-out walks with a line-drive triple before freshman Brylee Misner followed two pitches later with a home run to lift the Mules (9-2)...

Cape Girardeau Central junior swimmer Brogan Davis has been recognized with All-America honors by the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association.

All the high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

Not even a 1-hour, 47-minute lightning delay was able to disrupt the Cape Central football team’s focus in Friday night’s home opener. In fact, it might’ve even helped the Tigers. Central returned from the stoppage and rattled off five first-half touchdowns, cruising past St. Charles West to the tune of 35-7 and giving new coach Arlen Pixley his first victory in orange and black...

The top-seeded Advance volleyball team posted a thrilling three-set victory over third-seeded Saxony Lutheran to win the Woodland Invitational Tournament, posting a 26-24 victory in the final set to claim the title Friday night in Marble Hill, Missouri...

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Alyssa Moore doubled to get the only extra-base hit of the game, as the Kelly softball team notched its second win of the season on Thursday, a 4-0 win over host East Carter County. Alyssa Tidwell went the distance to clinch the win for the Hawks, who improved to 2-0. She recorded two strikeouts and walked two batters...

Gravitational pull is a powerful force of nature. Sun and Earth. Earth and moon. The Pit and Nathan Norman. Any draw between the latter two, the home football field of the Jackson Indians and one of its all-time great players in Norman, can no longer be denied...

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

Blake Bauwens scored a pair of goals to lead the Notre Dame boys soccer team to a 2-1 win over Anna-Jonesboro, Illinois, on Wednesday at Notre Dame Regional High School. Garrett Hesselrode and Jacob Barber each added an assist for the Bulldogs, who improved to 2-0 on the season...

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You can tell it's early in the season because the Bubble hasn't been erected yet at Central Municipal Pool and the times in the water will be shaved in the coming weeks and months, but on Tuesday the Cape Girardeau Central boys swimming team opened up the season with a solid performance, getting things off on the right foot by topping Jackson, Farmington and John Burroughs College Preparatory in a four-team meet at home...

Head Coach: Jared Dobbs Last year's record: 6-18 Postseason result: Lost to Farmington in district tournament n No further information was provided Head Coach: Zack Walton Last year's record: 14-3-2 Postseason result: Lost to Eureka in district tournament...

When you do stuff that hasn't been done before, people tend to notice. It's something the no-longer anonymous Cape Girardeau Central boys swimming team has discovered and will have to get used to. "We'd go to meets in Kansas City and people would ask where Cape Girardeau is," junior Brogan Davis said. ...

Head Coach: AJ Horn Returning athletes: Cade Long (Sr.), Katlyn Cook (So.), Nyah Wilson (8th) Key athletes lost: Creighton Miles, Gage Bein, Logan Becker, Dylan Welty What do you like best about your team?: The athletes involved show up every day to practice ready to work and get better. They seem focused and willing to put int he effort it takes to improve on their times. The team has a positive attitude and that is always fun to coach...

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The Oak Ridge volleyball team split all three of its pool play games in the opening night of the Woodland Invitational Tournament on Monday in Marble Hill, Mo. The Bluejays tied Meadow Heights (11-19, 19-8), Bell City (18-20, 19-15) and Zalma (19-15, 14-19) to finish 3-3 in their pool. Cumulatively, Brittany Showmaker recorded eight kills and three blocks for Oak Ridge (0-0-3). Taylor Bolin added seven kills, while Molly Thompson notched 12 digs and three aces for the Bluejays...

Head Coach: Linda Adams Assistant Coach: Katie Miinch and Shelia Haertling Last season's record: 6-5 Postseason result: Second place team districts, second place individual districts Mikelle Culbreth, fourth place doubles districts Madison Mumma/MaKenzie Mumma...

Head Coach: Dayna Powell Assistant Coach: Chad Sierman Returning swimmers: Levi Strickland (Sr.), Reagan Ragsdale (Sr.), Brogan Davis (Jr.), Sam Hahs (Jr.), Miles Frazier (Jr.), Dalton Drum (Jr.), Kelly McGhee (Jr.), Layton Hamby (Jr.), Matt Chandler (Jr.), Justin Tuschoff (Jr.), Hyrum Dickson (So.)...

Head Coach: Justin Lieser, 1st year Assistant Coach: Josh Meyer Last season's record: 6-19 Conference Affiliation: SEMO Conference Postseason result: Lost 10-4 to Poplar Bluff in districts Returning starters: Sydney Tollison (SS/CF), Allison Vaughn (C/P), Kylie Lane (CF/SS), Caleigh Huffman (P/1B/3B), Jordyn Castillo (IF), Maggie Boxdorfer (P/IF), Jaden Knight (OF/C)...