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Lainey Broussard dished out a whopping 42 assists and had four digs as the Jackson volleyball team had to dig deep but eventually found a way to pull out a three-set squeaker over Park Hills Central -- 25-18, 25-27, 25-23 -- on Monday in Park Hills, Missouri...

Pool A New Haven split Hillsboro 25-13, 21-25 Notre Dame def. NMCC 25-07, 25-08 New Haven def. NMCC 25-04, 25-12 Notre Dame def. Hillsboro 25-21, 25-18 Pool B Farmington def. St. Vincent 25-23, 25-22 Calvary Lutheran def. Gideon/Risco 25-15, 25-11 Farmington def. Gideon/Risco 25-15, 25-18...

Lexie Barnes posted a double-double with 10 assists and 10 digs to go along with seven kills, as the Saxony Lutheran volleyball team defeated St. Vincent 25-18, 20-25, 25-18 on Tuesday in Perryville, Missouri. Allie Sprink recorded 13 assists and seven kills for Saxony Lutheran (6-1). Macy Morehead finished with 16 digs and five kills, and Laurel Mueller added five kills and nine digs. Ashley Fritsche notched 12 digs to pace the Crusaders defensively...

SIKESTON — The historic Sikeston-Charleston football rivalry has lost some of its luster in recent years after a string of blowout victories and just sheer dominance by the Bulldogs over the Bluejays. There was even some discussion a few years back of ending the series, which is considered the longest ongoing rivalry west of the Mississippi River in terms of number of games played...

The Semoball Cup ended up being a battle of the Bulldogs that needed overtime to decide. Megan Heisserer's golden goal to lift Notre Dame to the Class 2 soccer title also happened to clinch the Cup. In the closest finish in the early history of the award, Notre Dame edged Van Buren by 4.79 points in the standings that determine which area school had the most athletically successful school year...

From across Southeast Missouri, people descended upon Cape Girardeau on Saturday night for the region's premier sports awards show. More than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fourth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, as awards were handed out in 25 sports categories...