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The Jackson boys golf team cruised to victory at the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at Foxhaven golf course in Sikeston, Missouri. The Indians finished with a team score of 301, 26 strokes better than second place Dexter's 327 and had three golfers finish in the top five at the tournament as Carsen Silliman took home the individual championship with an even par 71. Case Englehart tied for 2nd with a three-over 74, and Seth Waters finished 5th with a six-over 77...

SIKESTON — Marion, Ill., got off to a quick start in Monday’s matchup with Sikeston at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. The Lady Wildcats scored nine minutes into the game, and then again one minute later to grab a 2-0 lead early on. Senior Marissa Basi scored both of the goals for Marion, starting a rough night for the Lady Bulldogs — who fell 9-0...

Charleston’s Stephen Willis will continue his baseball career, as he signed with Fontbonne University, on Thursday, at the Clara Drinkwater-Newman Auditorium, in Charleston, Mo.

Charleston’s Ajay Sager will continue his baseball career, as he signed with St. Louis Community College, on Thursday, at the Clara Drinkwater-Newman Auditorium, in Charleston, Mo.

SIKESTON — 16 teams made up the second annual Sikeston Invitational, and Bulldog Relays on Tuesday, at Sikeston High School. The Bulldogs finished third in 19 boys’ events, while the girls’ finished fourth, as a team, in their events. Keon Graham edged Hayti’s Tylor Wooden in the 300-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 41.24 seconds. Wooden finished in 42.84 seconds...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Nate and Nolan Self each had impressive outings for the Sikeston baseball team on Tuesday, at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Mo. Nate went 2-for-4 with four RBI, on a triple and a double. Nolan went 2-for-3, with four RBI as well. Nolan also hit a triple and a home run to go with it, in Sikeston’s 18-5 five-inning win over Charleston...

Gabe Hurley hit a double and drove in two runs as the Notre Dame baseball team scored a run in all but one inning and blanked crosstown conference rival Cape Girardeau Central 9-0 on Thursday. Brayden Eftink went six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Bulldogs (9-4, 3-1 SEMO Conference). He gave up no runs on three hits, retired 10 batters and walked two...

DELTA, Mo. — Grant Coomer and Devon Medley each doubled to pace the Bobcats in their five-inning loss at home to the Blue Jays. Tristan Johnson lasted one inning on the mound and was charged with the loss for Delta (1-9). He allowed four unearned runs on no hits and walked three batters...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — East Prairie, Kelly, and the Charleston track and field teams all had successful evenings at the Chaffee Invitational, on Thursday, at Chaffee High School. Kelly finished in second place after 18 boys events. The Hawks finished with 100 total points, while Kennett took home top honors — with 181...

Nate Hulshof and Chase Logel both shot a 9-over-par 81 to earn co-medalist honors and lead Notre Dame boys golf to the team title at the Ste. Genevieve Dragon Invitational in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. DJ Lynch also finished in the top 10 for the Bulldogs, carding an 85...

KENNETT, Mo. — Sikeston finished in second place in both girls and boys’ team events at the Kennett Invitational on Tuesday. The girls lost to Caruthersville, 133-98, while the boys fell to Kennett 176-106. In the high jump for the girls, TK Freeman finished second, while Tyenia Stevens finished third — both with jumps of 4-10...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — New Madrid County Central held on to a 2-1 lead through four innings of play. The late innings, though, came to back to bite the Eagles as Scott city scored 11 unanswered runs to run away with a 12-3 win over NMCC. John Michael Stanley and Caden Howell each had impressive days for the Eagles. Stanley went 2-for-3, while Howell went 2-for-4...

CHARLESTON, Mo – For over the past decade the Charleston Bluejays and East Prairie Eagles have extended their Red-Blue Rivalry to the baseball field, with the winner of their annual regular season meeting taking home the Red-Blue trophy. Thanks to a complete-game one-hitter from senior Carson Aycock and a 12-hit effort from the offense, the Eagles once again took the trophy back to East Prairie with a 6-0 road-win over the Bluejays...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — It was a successful Eva G. Hinshaw Invitational for the Sikeston boys and girls track and field teams on Thursday. Both teams finished in the top three in total team points, while five individuals won their respective events. Sikeston finished second to McCracken County (139 points) in 18 girls’ events, with 110.50 points...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The frigid temperature didn’t stop Charleston and New Madrid County Central from putting on an exciting baseball game on Monday. Needing one run to tie and two runs to win, the Eagles got the latter, as the bottom of the eighth inning went precisely the way NMCC wanted it, in its 3-2 win over the Bluejays...

CHARLESTON, Mo – You can’t start the season much better than Scott City’s Neal Lowery. In his team’s first game of the year, the junior hurler came away with a no-hitter to help his team down host Charleston 3-1 on Thursday. “He had command of his curveball and break pitches,” Ram’s head coach Jim May said. “He was throwing his fastball for strikes. It’s something new for him. We lost our top pitchers last year, and we have some guys who haven’t had a ton of varsity experience...

SIKESTON — Several local basketball players earned a spot on the All-State team, which got announced on Wednesday. Sikeston senior Trey Jenkins earned a spot on the Class 4 list. Jenkins had a significant hand in the Bulldogs 25-1 record this season...

ST. LOUIS — After a successful high school basketball career at Sikeston, former Bulldog Fred Thatch Jr. is continuing to succeed at the next level, helping Saint Louis University to the NCAA Tournament in his first season. Thatch, a 6-3 true freshman guard, was an integral part of the Billikens squad that won the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament on Sunday and earned a 13 seed in the NCAA Tournament. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Poplar Bluff's Dominique Hardimon was presented with the John Gibbs Award as the most outstanding player in the SEMO Conference on Wednesday night at the 61st annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Basketball Banquet while Kiley Bess and Dexter's Chaylea Mosby shared the the Bob Gray Award...

Tanner Walton carded a one-under-par 34 to earn medalist honors as the Jackson boys golf team opened its season with a win over Notre Dame and Cape Girardeau Central on Tuesday at Kimbeland Country Club. Case Engelhart followed up with an even-par 35 for Jackson, which finished 32 strokes ahead of the Bulldogs for the victory...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity baseball team opened its season with a pair of wins Saturday at Charleston. Kennett beat host Charleston 3-0 in its first game Saturday. Payton Heinley, who finished 2 for 3, drove home Kennett’s first two runs in the top of the third inning. Reese Robinett plated the Indians’ other run in the top of the fifth inning to set the final score...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Cruising to a win over Neelyville, the East Prairie baseball team opened up the 2019 season with a 13-1 victory, at Hillhouse Park, in Charleston, Mo. Five Eagles recorded two hits or more. Derez Tipler, Jase Aycock, Lane Moody, and Trea Cade each had two, while Evan Howell led the team with four hits...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The trophy case at Charleston High School added one more to the collection on Friday. Bolting out to a 22-5 lead after the first quarter, Charleston (21-11) was clicking on all cylinders en route to a 71-58 win over St. Paul Lutheran, in the third-place game of the Class 3 Show-Me Showdown at the Hammons Student Center, in Springfield, Mo...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Going into Thursday’s matchup with Vashon, the Charleston boys basketball team knew they had to play a near perfect basketball to come away victorious. For one quarter, it looked like the Bluejays may spring off the upset. Vashon, though, had other plans, as they used a sluggish first quarter as fuel to a 70-47 win in the Show-Me Showdown Class 3 Semifinals, at the JQH Arena in Springfield, Mo...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Trips to the Show-Me Showdown is one thing that the Charleston boys basketball program aim for every season. Competing for a state championship is always in the discussion, and head coach Danny Farmer said that is the goal for his program each time practice first begins...

FARMINGTON, Mo – Last year the Charleston Bluejays came painfully close to claiming their 12th state championship in school history, falling to Hogan prep in the title game. This week they will get another chance at history after a dominant Class 3 playoff performance that saw Charleston win their last two games by a...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — It has been nearly one decade since the Charleston football program has had new leadership. Entering the 2019 season, the Bluejays will look to build off of a successful 10-2 season, which ended with a 20-12 loss to Caruthersville in the Class 2, District 1 championship game, under first-year man Justin Hutchings...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Charleston football program is set to begin next season under a new head coach. Former head coach Brett Blackman accepted the Director of Football Operations and Equipment position at Southeast Missouri State, after nine seasons at the helm for the Bluejays...

DEXTER, Mo – Dominant. That’s the best way to describe Charleston’s second-half performance as they left Mountain Grove in the dust following halftime of Wednesday’s Class 1 sectional matchup. After a competitive first two quarters, the Bluejays came out of the locker room firing on all cylinders, cruising to a 71-40 final that puts Charleston just a game away from a return trip to the final four...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Winning district championships has become the norm for the Charleston basketball team for the last decade. On Friday night, the Bluejays added another championship to their loaded trophy case, after defeating Caruthersville 63-47 in the Class 3, District 1 Tournament championship game, at Charleston High School. It was the program’s ninth-straight district crown...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Nothing was stopping the New Madrid County Central girls basketball team from reaching its second-straight district championship appearance on Wednesday night. Behind four players reaching double-figures in scoring and a third quarter that broke the lead wide-open, the Lady Eagles were able to defeat Charleston 64-38 to advance to the Class 3, District 1 Tournament championship game on Thursday night...

CHARLESTON, Mo – For the 17th time in the last 18 year the top-seeded Charleston Bluejays find themselves competing in the district championship game. They’ll get the chance to secure their 15th title since 2001 on Friday after defeating fourth-seeded Kennett 65-50 Tuesday in the Class 3, District 1 semifinals...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Leading from start to finish the Charleston girls basketball team did not find it easy to close the door on Twin Rivers in the first round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament on Monday night. The Lady Bluejays led by nine points heading into halftime, and six points to start the fourth quarter, but Twin Rivers made them earn their 43-40 victory...

CHARLESTON, Mo – The Kennett varsity boys basketball team's season ended a win shy of reaching the district title game Tuesday night. The No. 1 seeded Charleston Bluejays beat the No. 4 seeded Kennett Indians 65-50 to book a spot in the district final for the 17th time in the last 18 years...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Postseason basketball got underway for Class 3, District 1 on Saturday afternoon, at Charleston High School. The host Bluejays opened up the first round slate, taking on No. 8 Malden (2-21) in a game that got decided after the first quarter ended...

SIKESTON — Leading by six points with 30 seconds to go, Charleston looked to be on its way to a gutsy win over a talented Poplar Bluff team on Thursday night at Charleston High School. In those 30 seconds, though, the tables turned on the Bluejays, as they fell to the Mules 92-91...

In a few days, basketball postseason begins for teams across Missouri, but for an hour Wednesday afternoon, the focus was back on fall sports. In a live one-hour radio show on SEMO ESPN, 55 student-athletes were announced as fall sports finalists for the 2019 Semoball Awards...

You might have felt the ground shake if you were in the area, but it was not an earthquake, it was the roar of the crowd after a huge slam in the final seconds of the first half by Cape Central senior forward Kinyon Hodges gave the Tigers a 17-point lead heading into the break...

CHARLESTON, Mo – With just a week to go before the postseason, the Charleston Bluejays stayed hot Friday night against the Portageville Bulldogs. After letting the Bulldogs close to within a point early in the third quarter, the Bluejays pulled away for their third straight win, 86-68...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1, District 1 basketball tournaments at Gideon High School; Class 2, District 1 basketball tournaments at Portageville High School; and Class 3, District 1 basketball tournaments at Charleston High School...

Ashley Wilthong hit four 3-pointers in a 14-point performance as the Scott City girls basketball team edged Meadow Heights for a 54-49 home win Wednesday. Kacie Daigger added 12 points for the Rams (10-12) and Jersey Black stuffed the stat sheet with 13 rebounds, eight blocks and six points...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Charleston Bluejays used pressure defense to grab an early lead against visiting Malden and won going away 85-38 Tuesday night. Charleston (14-8) jumped out to a 32-7 led to start the game as Bluejay full-court press caused numerous turnovers leading to easy baskets. Terridean Bogan hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 14 points in the frame while teammate Samuel Bledsoe added 10 points, including two 3-pointers...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Forcing 10 first-half turnovers; Charleston’s defense turned up the heat against Lift for Life Academy, at the Sixth-Man Shootout, on Saturday, at Charleston High School. The Bluejays used a 23-13 second quarter to open the gap, as they went into halftime, up 41-24...

Alexis Allstun recorded 19 points as an evenly-distributed scoring pattern helped the Jackson girls basketball team fend off a 3-point crazy Poplar Bluff team in its 57-45 conference win on Thursday at Jackson High School. Kalli Mayfield contributed 12 points for the Indians (15-3, 4-0 SEMO Conference), who were behind four points at the break. Mik Liley netted 10 points as Jackson outscored the Mules by 16 points in the second half to erase the deficit and obtain the victory...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Leah Cauble has been on a tear of late for the Oran Lady Eagles. The senior and Union-commit has averaged 44 points per contest over her last four games and didn’t stop against Charleston on Thursday night, at Charleston High School...

Jacob Shoemaker poured in 32 points as the top-seeded Oran boys basketball team held on to beat fourth-seeded East Prairie 82-75 in a Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament semifinal Tuesday at Scott County Central High School in Morley, Missouri. Tyson Goodale added 21 points for Oran (20-1), which extended its winning streak to 12 games. Todd Priggel chipped in 13 points...

CHARLESTON, Mo – For the better part of the past decade the Charleston Bluejays have had the luxury of a star player leading them on deep postseason runs almost annually. This year’s squad has a different feel, however, eschewing one marquee name in lieu of a deep, consistent lineup capable of riding a different hot-hand on any given night...

Megan Heisserer netted 11 points but the Notre Dame girls basketball team was unable to withstand a strong challenge from Cor Jesu Academy in its 58-45 loss to the Chargers on Tuesday in the suburban St. Louis area. Emily Kellum chipped in 10 points for the Bulldogs (12-5), who trailed by 11 points at halftime...