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The brackets are set for the Bootheel Conference volleyball tournaments. The tournaments take place Oct. 15-17 at South Pemiscot High School. Varsity quarterfinals are on Oct. 15. No. 1 seeded Campbell has received a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Caruthersville plays No. ...

There will be many eyes in Southeast Missouri on this game; the Rams, off to their first 6-0 start since 2004, have had their eyes on it for quite some time.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Winners of its last four matches, the Sikeston volleyball team traveled to Portageville on Tuesday night, hoping to make five-straight victories. Sikeston got just that, as they swept Portageville 25-19, 25-16. Emily McHaffie led the team with eight kills and tied for the team-lead with 11 digs. Khrystionna Swann also had 11 digs...

The masses have fervently called for a revised Semoball.com Football Power Rankings and the analytics department has delivered it.

SIKESTON — A 10-error game cost the Sikeston softball team from a win on Thursday afternoon against Kelly. The Bulldogs committed 10 errors in the game, as the Hawks went on to win 8-1. All of Kelly’s runs were unearned. Four different Kelly players earned multiple hits in the game...

New Madrid Central football held the top spot in the area power rankings this week. The rankings combine a team's MSHSAA point total, use bonus points for wins against other Semoball-area teams, road wins, and a team's Massey Rating.

Cape Central at Sikeston Records: Cape Central 2-2; Sikeston 1-3 Series History: Sikeston leads 54-46-7 Last Meeting: 2018, Sikeston won 21-0 Last Week: Cape Central lost to Farmington 23-6; Sikeston lost to Jackson 53-0. Notes: After 12 seasons roaming the sidelines for the Red and Black, former Sikeston head coach Kent Gibbs returns, on the visiting side, Friday night. ...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. - A lopsided second quarter proved to be the difference in Friday night’s football showdown between the undefeated Kennett Indians and Caruthersville Tigers. After trading touchdowns with Caruthersville in the opening quarter, Kennett won the second quarter 21-0 to build a 27-6 lead by halftime. Caruthersville got as close as 33-22 with 1:19 left in the third quarter but never scored after allowing Kennett to escape with a 41-22 road victory...

In a game delayed more than 90 minutes by lightning, Cape Girardeau Central dropped a SEMO Conference contest on its home field Friday night to Farmington, 23-6. Except for the final Farmington series as time expired and a few special teams plays, senior Cameron Cox played the whole game for Central...

Semoball’s analytical wizard (Brian Rosener, sports editor for the Daily American Republic) has crunched the numbers and formed a prep football ranking system of area teams throughout the Semoball-coverage area.

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. ...

Kennett 9, Caruthersville 0 KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett varsity girls tennis team beat visiting Caruthersville 9-0 Wednesday afternoon. Kennett improved to 5-2 with the victory. Caruthersville dropped to 1-6 with the loss. Caruthersville hosts Cape Central Thursday...

LAST MEETING: Kennett won 35-12 LAST WEEK: Kennett beat Ste. Genevieve 33-0; Caruthersville beat state-ranked Valle Catholic 38-35 HEAD TO HEAD STREAKS: Kennett has won the last two meetings. ABOUT KENNETT: Kennett, which is ranked No. 8 in the latest Class 3 state poll, beat Fredericktown 49-0 in Week 1, beat Gosnell (Ark.) 44-8 in Week 2, and beat Ste. ...

Lexi Rubel and Natalie Timpe nailed seven kills apiece as the Notre Dame volleyball quickly rebounded after dropping the first set to come away with a 23-25, 25-19, 25-18 win over Ste. Genevieve on Tuesday in Cape Girardeau. Rylee McClintock...

Aiden Blessing hit a double and drove in two runs as the St. Vincent softball team clinched its first win of the fall season in its 12-2 victory over Saxony Lutheran in six innings on Monday in its home opener in Perryville, Mo. Grace Heberlie...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Gideon Bulldogs finished a win shy of taking home the top prize in the Black Division of the Dig for Life Challenge Saturday in Cape Girardeau. Gideon, which entered the tournament supporting a perfect 5-0 record, collected six wins, two ties, and suffered one loss at the two-day Dig for Life Challenge...

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.

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. — Devin Russell proved to be unstoppable for Caruthersville on Friday night. The Tigers pulled off a 38-35 upset over Valle Catholic, thanks in part to Russell’s four total touchdowns. Russell put the Tigers on the board, after Valle Catholic went up 13-0, after a 74-yard run. He then showed off his all-around game, as he connected with Dundi Hamilton for a 13-yard score to give the Tigers a 16-13 lead with 9:39 left in the first half...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Third-year Perryville football coach Blane Boss may feel like kicking a wall at times, as his Pirate squad is being besieged by injuries for the second straight season. However, he isn’t admitting any frustration publicly.

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — Dylan Thornbrough and Heath Poindexter netted the only two goals for the Sikeston boys soccer team in Thursday night’s loss to Fredericktown. The Bulldogs fell into an early hole, down 3-0, before making the game interesting. Sikeston (0-8) is getting outscored 40-6 this season...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — It was a tough night on the diamond for the Sikeston softball team Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs fell to Perryville 9-4, with all of the runs coming in the fourth inning. Jordi James started the Bulldogs rally with a single. Naudia Lazcano then followed that up with a base hit of her own, and Megan Witt reached on an error by the second baseman to load the bases for Emma Drury...

New Madrid County Central sophomore quarterback Matt Riley was voted the semoball.com Football Player of the Week for Week 2 of the high school season. Riley accumulated 592 votes after completing 14 of 22 passes for 295 yards and three TDs in the Eagles' 46-6 win over East Prairie on Friday...

MALDEN, Mo. — The Green Wave had no answer for Devin Russell. The Caruthersville quarterback put together an all-round performance as the Tigers beat Malden 54-6 in Malden on Friday. Russell finished with 305 passing yards and 58 rushing yards and six total touchdowns...

There are several intriguing football match-ups in Week Two, as several teams ramp up the toughness in their schedules tonight. Here is a look at “What 2 Watch 4” throughout the Semoball-coverage area.

Taryn Overstreet shot a 2-under-par 34 to lead Jackson to a 22-stroke win over Notre Dame in a season-opening dual meet Wednesday at Crown Pointe in Farmington, Missouri. The Indians finished with a 167 total to the Bulldogs' 189. Overstreet, a senior, had two birdies over the front nine in setting a school record for nine holes...

LAST MEETING: Gosnell beat Kennett 24-8 LAST WEEK: Kennett beat Fredericktown 49-0; Nettleton (Ark.) beat Gosnell 69-32 HEAD TO HEAD STREAKS: 2018 was the first time Kennett and Gosnell had scheduled each other since 2011 when Gosnell won 55-19. ABOUT GOSNELL: Gosnell has transitioned from a double wing to spread offense under new head coach Lewis Earnest. ...

Kennett High School kicker Camden Pritchett was voted the semoball.com Football Athlete of the Week for Week 1 of the high school season. Pritchett collected 620 out of 2,469 votes cast online after connecting on 7 of 7 extra-point attempts in the Indians' 49-0 victory over Fredericktown in the season opener...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston softball team opened up its season on Tuesday afternoon, against Naylor at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. Leading 5-0 after three innings of play it looked like the Bulldogs were bound for a victory. The Eagles, though, had other plans, scoring seven unanswered runs to defeat the Bulldogs 7-5 and spoil the home-opener...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — Caruthersville scored 38 first-half points and rolled to a 50-12 win over Miller Career Academy in their season-opener Friday night. Tiger quarterback Devin Russell rushed for two scores and connected with Dundi Hamilton for a 10-yard score to take a 20-0 lead in the first quarter...

Following three weeks of fall camp, high school football players throughout Southeast Missouri finally get to compete with the scoreboard turned on tonight.

In a photo finish, Caruthersville's senior receiver/defensive back Jermaine Alexander edged out Hayti senior linebacker Adreian Stephenson for the 2019 Fan Choice Preseason Football Player of the Year in online voting on semoball.com. A total of 4,005 votes were cast in the online vote, and Alexander emerged five votes ahead of Stephenson...

The 2019-2020 football season for the Caruthersville Tigers will see many of the same faces. There is no change in the lineup of opponents. Last year the team (9-3) consisted of mostly freshmen and sophomore players, most of these players are returning. The coaches are the same with the exception of Ethan Marshall who replaced Peter Lloyd as an assistant...

With the high school football jamborees in the book, it’s now time that we turn our attention to the regular season. Every year as a sports staff, we sit around before the season and choose which games we are going to cover.  That got me to thinking. If I could cover any game each week, featuring one of our coverage area teams, what would it be? So I decided to look closer and see that there are some interesting matchups this season as it progresses...

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...

SIKESTON — For the first time this season, the Sikeston football team took the field against another team. Dexter, Caruthersville, and Fredericktown all made the trip down to Sikeston Public Schools Stadium for the Sikeston Jamboree. Sikeston and Dexter took the field first, with the Bulldogs scoring a pair of touchdowns...

High school football fans will have the opportunity to get their first look at football teams in the Missouri Bootheel later this week. Kennett, Hayti, and New Madrid County Central will compete in a four-team jamboree at East Prairie Friday at 6 p.m...

Coach Christine Luedecke is very excited for the upcoming season, “We have Keara Johnson returning for her senior year,” she said. “She plans to play college volleyball next year. Adi Young returns as one of our setters and we are adding Laticia Hamilton to the mix as our second setter. ...

Varsity football schedules are set for schools in the Missouri Bootheel less than six weeks before the start of the 2019 season. Kennett, Malden, Hayti, and Caruthersville have no changes to their schedules. All four programs will play the same schools in the same order as last season...