Chaffee

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

Notre Dame’s bats came out red hot, scoring four runs in the first inning, six runs in the second, and one each in the third and fourth innings to win a lop-sided, 10-run rule contest at home Tuesday 12-0. Sophomore third-baseman Ainsley Burnett led the charge for the host Bulldogs...

Cape Central, trailing by a run going into the fourth inning, finally gained control, scoring three runs in the fourth and added two more runs an inning later, beating St. Dominic 6-2 Saturday morning. The Tigers led the game off with a single run in the top of the first, but after the Crusaders answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of inning three, suddenly found themselves on the losing end...

Jackson won all four team titles at the recent Arcadia Valley Cross Country Invitational. In the boys varsity 5k race, Jackson scored 23 points, while Notre Dame finished third with 100 points, and St.Vincent was eighth with 243 points. In the girls varsity 5k race, Jackson had 39 points, while Notre Dame finished third with 78 points...

BENTON, Mo – While this school year will be memorable for reasons most would like to forget, the Kelly Hawks used homecoming and senior night Friday night to etch this season in history on a positive note. Capitalizing on four Chaffee first-half turnovers, the Hawks 28-pint halftime lead before downing the Red Devils 48-6...

The third week of the high school football season has area teams at varying stages of their progression. Jackson, Chaffee, and Scott City are each competing for the third consecutive week, while Cape Central will play its second game, St. Vincent its first, and Perryville is off for a week while the Pirates are shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic...

SIKESTON AT FARMINGTON Records: Sikeston 2-0; Farmington 2-0 Series History: Sikeston leads 23-19-1 Last Meeting: 2019, Farmington won 42-0 Last Week: Sikeston beat Dexter 28-21; Farmington beat Potosi 10-6 Notes: Improving to 2-0 on the season last week, Sikeston aims to continue its great start with its second-straight road game at Farmington. ...

Chaffee scored nine runs in the bottom half of the first inning to set the tone early and would never falter as they won going away 12-0. The Devils ran three more across the plate in the fourth frame to push the final tally to 12. The Lady Devil offense was paced by leadoff hitter Abby Cowell. She recorded two hits in three at-bats, scoring twice and finished with three RBI...

Minus a hiccup in the third inning, Poplar Bluff’s Breann Thresher had a big day Tuesday. The junior struck out seven with no walks in the circle and drove in three runs with a perfect four-hit day at the plate while stealing a couple of bases. After giving up four runs, Thresher’s teammates had her back with some solid defense and by scoring a dozen unanswered as Poplar Bluff beat Chaffee 12-4 at Bobby Strenfel Field...

Scott City (1-1) faces the only team to blemish its 2019 regular season record Friday as it hosts unbeaten Hayti (2-0) at William Wllthong Field. The Rams were riding high at 6-0 last season when they traveled to Pemiscot County last October 11 and dropped a heartbreaker to the Indians in the final 29 seconds of the contest, 46-41...

CHAFFEE – It wasn’t the start Charleston Bluejays were hoping for. After seeing a game-opening drive stopped at Chaffee’s six-yard line, the Bluejays watched the Red Devils take over and march 95-yards to take an early six-point advantage. Charleston response was pitching a shutout the rest of the way while the offense scored eight unanswered touchdowns to roll to their first win of the season, 52-6...

How more impressive is it to only allow your opponents 2 overall hits and allowing one lone run in two games in one day? How about outscoring your two foes 28-1!

Sikeston at Dexter Records: Sikeston 1-0; Dexter 0-1 Series History: Sikeston leads 52-21 Last Meeting: 2017, Dexter won 12-0 Last Week: Sikeston defeated Caruthersville 17-6; Dexter lost to Scott City 18-15. Notes: For the first time in three seasons, the Sikeston football team plays Dexter. ...

Chaffee football is on a roll of late.

Poplar Bluff runner Jaden Deaton tore off over the 2.35-mile course through Jackson City Park Saturday to win the 12th-grade boy’s class at the annual Jackson Cross Country Invitational.

For the fifth consecutive year, Chaffee on Friday kicked off its gridiron season with a lopsided Senior Night win over Crystal City at Mark Whitaker Memorial Field in the Scott County town. In the latest installment of the matchup, the Red Devils scored each time they touched the ball in the opening 24 minutes, building up a 32-0 lead going into halftime, enroute to a 46-8 rout of the Hornets...

POPLAR BLUFF — The 2020 football has finally arrived and in Missouri (at least for now), Semoball.com-area programs are playing (for the most part).

Second-year Red Devils coach Will Daffron is taking nothing for granted as he approaches what promises to be a rain-drenched Friday home game against Crystal City. The Hornets were winless in 2019 and are 1-29 over the last three seasons. Chaffee has had the Hornets’ number in their annual Week 1 tilts since 2016. ...

Good Sports is a column featured weekly in the Southeast Missourian and on semoball.com. It is primarily designed to showcase people who have impacted the sporting life of Southeast Missouri, so that readers may get to know them more fully. Responses have been edited for clarity and brevity...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...

Good Sports is a column featured weekly in the Southeast Missourian and on semoball.com. It is primarily designed to showcase people who have impacted the sporting life of Southeast Missouri, so that readers may get to know them more fully. Responses have been edited for clarity and brevity...

Good Sports is a column featured weekly in the Southeast Missourian and on semoball.com. It is primarily designed to showcase people who have impacted the sporting life of Southeast Missouri, so that readers may get to know them more fully. Responses have been edited for clarity and brevity...

Five head football coaches from Cape Girardeau and Perry counties believe their teams will snap the ball for the first time in a competitive game on Friday, August 28. MSHSAA, the Missouri State High School Athletic Association, and the Missouri Football Coaches Association (MFCA) are in agreement that August 10 will be the first official practice for Show Me State teams...

During this time of social distancing, the SuperFan series of articles focuses on fans who are geographically distant from the teams they support, who are fiercely loyal to a team outside the state of Missouri. Responses are edited for clarity and brevity...

The Cape Girardeau Capahas, the oldest amateur team in the United States, proved over the weekend it can win on the road as well as at home.

Good Sports is a column featured weekly in the Southeast Missourian and on semoball.com. It is primarily designed to showcase people who have impacted the sporting life of Southeast Missouri, so that readers may get to know them more fully. Responses have been edited for clarity and brevity...