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The pre-meet seeding led everyone to believe that Jackson would prevail in the SEMO Conference Wrestling Tournament and history indicated that, as well.

Jackson diver Hadley Wyatt dominated the competition this weekend at the 21-team City of Roses Invitational at the Central Municipal Pool and earned the lone first-place finish among area athletes.

It was a family affair for Jackson wrestlers named Wiseman and Horman in the first round of the 18-team SEMO Conference wrestling tournament Friday. In the 113-pound weight class, Riley Wiseman won both of his opening matches by fall - (0:52) over Shayne Vandegriff of Potosi, by (3:39) over Austin Hassell of Park Hills Central and (4:58) over Joe Hirst of Windsor...

The Webster Groves Statesman did not have a double-digit scorer, but eked out a 41-34 home victory over the Jackson Indians.

Six Semoball boys basketball teams and two Semoball girls basketball teams are ranked in the latest state rankings provided by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (14-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, is ranked No. 8 in the Class 1 boys poll...

SEMO CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Seeds for the upcoming SEMO Conference wrestling tournament at Jackson High School with a wrestlers record, grade and school. Not all wrestlers are seeded and total number of wrestlers varies for each weight class. Pool matches start Friday with a double-elimination tournament continuing Saturday:...

In the Tom Hanks film, “A League of Their Own” (1992), Tom Hanks, a washed-up major leaguer coaching a woman’s team during World War II, confronts a weeping ballplayer. “Are you crying?” Hanks asks. “There’s no crying in baseball!” Maybe not, Mr. Hanks, but in real life, there sure is cheating in the most leisurely of all professional sports...

It took an hour for Reiley Calvert’s family to drive from Risco, Mo. to Monday’s Cardinal Caravan. “I’m here to see the players and get my baseball signed,” said Reiley, 12. “I think (the Redbirds) are going to make it to the World Series,” young Reiley added...

Cape Girardeau Central’s Tigers (12-3), behind a stifling defense, defeated Fort Zumwalt South Saturday at St. Louis University High School. Down by four entering the final eight minutes of action, Coach Drew Church’s team scored 18 in the fourth quarter to eke out a three-point win...

The Notre Dame girl’s basketball team hasn’t lost a game in over a month and the Bulldogs showed Cor Jesu Academy why Friday – eventually – as it prevailed comfortably 61-42.

NEW MADRID, Mo – For the second time in four days, New Madrid County Central hosted a state-ranked SEMO Conference rival. A rough start in both games left the Eagles in a big hole at halftime, but against Cape Central Friday night, a resurgent NMCC squad battled back within a possession entering the fourth quarter...

Cape Central senior soccer player Kaya Newkirk recently signed to play soccer at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois.

Jackson Indian grapplers pitched a virtual shutout in an invitational tournament at Windsor (Jefferson County) Wednesday. The Tribe defeated three opponents by impressive margins. TEAM SCORES Jackson 66, Windsor 12 Jackson 75, Sikeston 6 Jackson 62, St. Genevieve 3...

DeSmet Jesuit High School’s campus is in Creve Coeur, Missouri in St. Louis County. Creve Coeur, translated from the French, means “heartbreak.”

BENTON — Cape Central earned a dominating 54-30 win at Thomas W. Kelly Monday. The Tigers (9-4, 2-0 Class 4, District 1) were paced by 6-foot sophomore Ella Vogel, who came off the bench to score 16 points, with all but four coming in the second half.

The recent construction of a $400,000 indoor baseball facility at Capaha Park will certainly impact the current Southeast Missouri State baseball players in a positive manner. However, it has already benefitted the Redhawks from a recruiting standpoint.

Cape Girardeau Central took seventh-place in the recent 21-team 20th Annual Central Rebels Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Farmington Central, while Notre Dame finished ninth with 84 ½ points.

The Notre Dame boys basketball dominated host Springfield Catholic from the outset Friday in the second round of the Houlihan's Invitational in Springfield, Missouri, and eventually won 67-58. The Bulldogs (11-4) took a 17-9 lead in the opening quarter, stretched it to 32-20 at the break, and never were threatened in the second half...

The Notre Dame girls basketball team used a strong second quarter to overcome a slow start in a 52-45 home victory over Central (Park Hills) on Thursday. The Bulldogs outscored the Rebels 19-9 in the second period to ovecome a six-point deficit ant take a four-point lead into halftime. Five players scored in the period for Notre Dame, which led 26-22 at the break...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Kiley Bess scored nine of Poplar Bluff’s 14 third-quarter points as the Mules ran away to a win in their SEMO Conference opener Thursday night. The Mules allowed just two points in the third and Bess finished with a game-high 20 points in a 41-29 win at Cape Central...

Poplar Bluff captured first in 7-of-11 events to defeat the Cape Central 113 to 57 in girl’s swim action Tuesday at Poplar Bluff.

St. Vincent used a 16-7 second quarter advantage to eventually knock off Valle Catholic 58-40 in boy's basketball action in Ste. Genevieve. The Indians (9-2) continued their positive momentum into the second half and outscored the Warriors 29-21. Three St. Vincent players were in double figures led by Shawn Koishor and Colby Hager with 14, while Garrett Dobbelare notched 11...

The Jackson wrestling program recently won the 52nd annual Kinloch Classic Wrestling Tournament at Parkview High School in Springfield for the second consecutive season.

Mackenzie Thomas got her first competitive win this week as a Cape Girardeau Central girl wrestler. She pinned a taller and heavier opponent from Fox High School. Thomas is one of six female Tigers who took part in a meet in the Jungle at Central Monday...

To hear Cape Girardeau Central coach Drew Church tell it, he was very interested to see how his Tigers would play in Monday’s third-place game after they encountered their first loss of the season in the semifinals two days earlier.

In several ways, the Notre Dame boy’s basketball squad defied logic in its victory over Cape Girardeau Central Saturday in the semifinals of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. Of the 22 games that had been played through three days of the event, not a single lower-seeded team had prevailed until the Bulldogs demolished the Tigers 70-54.

Advance took a nine-point lead into the final quarter of its consolation bracket championship game with Kelly Monday in the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center. However, it almost wasn’t enough, as the Hornets had to overcome some late turnovers and missed shots to hold on and beat the Hawks 60-55...

At the Christian County Invitational wrestling tournament in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the following Cape Central(CC) students were recognized. Championship - 220 lbs. Josh Pullen (CC) was defeated 14-3. Consolation - 138 lbs. Dawson Bevens (CC) won by fall, 1.22...

Just one day ago, veteran Cape Girardeau Central boy’s basketball coach Drew Church made a definitive statement regarding his then-unbeaten Tigers.

Danny Farmer knew his Blue Jays would eventually face a test in the 2019 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament – and Saturday night, they finally did. Charleston (8-1) defeated an energetic Jackson Indians squad, 61-48, by far the #1 seed’s closest game of the tourney...

Advance boy’s basketball coach Dennis “Bubba” Wheetley has appeared to be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to the postgame assessment of his team.

Notre Dame stunned many of the 4,801 fans at the Show Me Center Saturday for the semifinals of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament when it pummeled the two-time defending champion, Cape Girardeau Central, 70-54.

Kelly jumped on Meadow Heights right from the opening tip to start the third day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center. The Hawks (8-4) outscored the Panthers 14-3 in the opening quarter and cruised to a 52-37 win in the consolation semifinal...

If you are curious about the maturity of the Cape Girardeau Central boy’s basketball squad, all you had to do was witness the opening quarter of its game Friday against Oak Ridge.

The second round of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament got underway Friday with four games in the consolation bracket and four in the championship bracket.

Cape Girardeau Central boy’s basketball coach Drew Church has been at this thing long enough (14 years) to know how to manage his team through the various stages of a season and this week he has asked varying things from his athletes.

Over the next five days (no games on Sunday) there will be 26 high school basketball games played at the Show Me Center as part of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.

The opening day of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament consists of eight games.

Jackson’s varsity Indians finished first in the two-day Tiger Classic held at Cape Girardeau Central and saw five of their wrestlers win their respective weight classes. Jackson had 361 overall points to outlast second-place Christian County (Ky) by 45.5. Cape Central finished fifth with 167, Jackson’s junior varsity took eighth with 111.5 and Notre Dame finished last with 41...

For three-plus months this fall, Cape Girardeau Central senior athlete Dorian Triplett manhandled the opposition with his strength along the Tiger football defensive line.

For three of the four quarters that Jackson battled Notre Dame earlier this month in the SEMO Conference Girl’s Basketball Tournament, the Bulldogs only outscored the Indians 35-31.

Cape Central defeated Woodland 64-45 Saturday to capture 5th place in the Holiday Classic girls basketball tournament at the Show Me Center. Oran and Saxony Lutheran will tip off for 3rd place bragging rights, while Jackson and Notre Dame play for the championship...

Scott City improved to 5-2 in a tune-up before next week’s Southeast Missourian Christmas boys basketball tournament in defeating host Greenville, 65-33. The Rams held the Bears scoreless in the first quarter with three of coach Mark Dannenmueller’s squad reaching double figures on the night...

The shortest player on the floor for Cape Girardeau Central, and one of the youngest, stood tall Thursday in consolation basketball at the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic, as Central (4-2) defeated St. Paul Lutheran Farmington, 61-28, on Thursday...

Poplar Bluff's Gavin Hays and Olivia Kirkman were voted the boys and girls Semoball Players of Week, respectively, in balloting that concluded Wednesday night. Hays, who had 116 votes, won the 220-pound weight division at Parkway South's Patriot Classic. He collected four wins in that tournament and has started the wrestling season 6-0...

The Oran girl’s basketball coaching staff earned its paychecks during halftime of the Eagles’ game with Cape Girardeau Central Wednesday in the opening round of the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic at the Show Me Center. After the Tigers closed the first half on a 23-12 run to take a 25-21 lead at the intermission, veteran Eagle coach Ethan Evans spoke at length during the break about one topic in particular...

New Madrid County Central's Ansel Underwood inflicted enough damage before fouling out, scoring nine of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, in a 61-58 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday at Notre Dame Regional High School. Underwood hit a pair of 3-pointers and all three of his free-throw attempts in providing half of his team's points in the final quarter as the Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 18-14 to overcome a one-point deficit...

SIKESTON, Mo. — The Cape Girardeau Central boy’s basketball squad doesn’t play another game until Friday when the Tigers host Farmington (7:30 p.m.) to open their SEMO Conference schedule. That is too bad because it means the Tiger Nation will have to wait a few more days to see the next step in the development of freshman center Cam Williams.

The 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament will get underway Dec. 26 at the Show Me Center and consist of 34 games being played over the course of four days (no games will be played Dec. 29).