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A week ago, Collin Sheridan was frustrated and yelling at his Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team, something he doesn't enjoy doing as a coach. But the message seemed to resonate. Saturday, the Tigers won their second straight meet, defending their home track and placing first at the Cape Central Invitational. On the boys side, Sikeston won a meet for the second time in a week, as Tyzeek Hill won the 100- and 200-meter races, and David Rowland was first in discus...

The Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team had three of its members come away with first-place finishes to lead the Tigers to the team championship of the Sikeston Bulldog Invitational. Morgan Kluge posted a first-place time of 2 minutes, 34.35 seconds in the 800-meter run for the Tigers, who landed 11.5 points ahead of the hosts in the team standings. Brooke Witvoet won the javelin and Yienvi Johnson clinched first in the shot put to help propel Central to the title...

Blake Bollinger blasted a home run and batted in four runs as Meadow Heights delivered Herculaneum its first loss of the season, 8-1, in an opening-round quarterfinal of the Saxony Lutheran Showdown. Lane Baremore went the distance on the mound to get the win for Meadow Heights (5-5). He gave up one unearned run and recorded nine strikeouts and three walks...

The Cape Girardeau Central boys tennis team edged SEMO Conference foe Dexter 5-4 on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Tigers picked up three victories in the singles and two in the doubles to come away with the win over the Bearcats...

Jackson's Case Englehart and Tanner Walton each carded a three-over-par 75 to share the medalist honors and help lead the Indians to the championship of the Farmington Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club. Jaden Hightower finished three strokes behind his teammates with a 78 and Carsen Silliman shot an 80 as the four Indians all claimed individual spots in the top 10 for Jackson, which placed 43 strokes ahead of Kennett in second place...

Lexi Boyer touched base all of her four times at bat, including a double and one RBI, as Woodland held on to fly away with a narrow, 8-7 conference victory over Advance on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Mackenzie Altenthal tossed a complete game to obtain the win for the Cardinals (2-0, 1-0 SCAA Conference). She allowed five earned runs and recorded five strikeouts and nine walks...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — There were plenty of sequels at the 60th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Basketball Banquet on Wednesday night. Sikeston's Fred Thatch and Dexter's Chaylea Mosby repeated as the most outstanding players of the SEMO Conference while the team champions defended their titles...

Nathan Ruark takes great pride in the photograph. His mom? Not so fond of the image of her son walking off the basketball court with blood streaming down his face, just the tip of the iceberg of what he was about to deal with. But Nathan, he wants a poster of it...

A lot has changed for Delfincko Bogan since he graduated from Charleston High School in 2015, but one thing remains a constant. He’s still putting on a show. On Saturday, the former Bluejay made his return to the Show Me Center but this time donned a UT Martin jersey, pouring in 17 points in the Skyhawks’ 72-66 victory over Southeast Missouri State...

Carson Miles scored a game-high 25 points as the Advance boys basketball team scored just under half of its total points in the final quarter to get some revenge with a 68-63 comeback victory over Oran on Tuesday at Advance High School. Armani Vermillion added 18 points for the Hornets (19-6), who trailed by nine points going into the last quarter. Michael Hood added 15 points as Advance scored 33 points in the fourth quarter to erase its deficit and come out on top...

The seedings have been released for the Class 3, District 1 boys and girls basketball tournaments. The tournaments take place Feb. 17, Feb. 19, Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 at New Madrid County Central High School. Portageville has received the No. 1 seed in the girls bracket and Charleston has received the No. 1 seed in the boys bracket...

Another year, another group of superb performances by area student-athletes, the most outstanding of which are being recognized. On Wednesday, 55 individuals were announced as fall sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards. The selections were presented during a live radio show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team proved it could hang with the state-ranked Charleston Bluejays but finished a 3-pointer shy of walking away with a double overtime victory Tuesday night. Charleston, which is ranked No. 7 in the latest Class 3 state poll, rallied from a 77-75 deficit in the final minute to collect an 81-79 double overtime win at Malden...

Trent Liley scored a game-high 30 points, 24 of which came from behind the arc, as the Meadow Heights boys basketball team rolled to an 89-70 victory over Zalma to clinch the championship of the Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) Tournament on Thursday on its home court in Patton, Missouri...

Alec Bogenpohl and Landon Tenkhoff each scored 22 points as the Chaffee boys basketball team picked up a 72-59 conference victory over defending Class 2 state champion Oran on Tuesday in Oran, Missouri. Damion Applewhite added 10 points for Chaffee (12-6, 4-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference), which clung to a one-point advantage at halftime before the third-quarter standstill. The Red Devils outscored the Eagles by 12 points in the final period to come away with the victory...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team was unable to protect the ball well enough to remain within striking distance of the state-ranked Charleston Bluejays Friday night. Kennett turned the ball over in 10 of 18 offensive possessions in the first quarter. Charleston took full advantage of its extra opportunies as it built a 25-4 lead by the start of the second period...