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The Portageville football team fell behind early in its recent 30-16 loss at Scott City, which forced the Bulldogs to take to the air offensively, which they did with some success.

It’s going to be a tough row to hoe for the Cape Central girl’s tennis team in today’s SEMO Conference Tennis Tournament at Sikeston High School.

Cape Central swept its tennis match on Thursday, beating Caruthersville 9-0. Four Cape Tigers shut their opponents out in singles competition, and two doubles teams shut out their opponents. Results Singles No. 1 — Jalee Spain won 8-0 No. 2 — Mackenzie Ramdial won 8-3...

Cape Central tennis coach Kevin Francis saw his team dominate the opposition on Tuesday, beating Charleston in all matches but one, 8-1. Taking single match wins were Emily Ford, Cammy Soto, Jalee Spain, Mackenzie Ramdial, and Sydnee Williams while the doubles teams of Ford and Soto, Spain and Ramdial and Rileigh Stevens and Zoe Mayfield were all victorious...

MALDEN — Malden quarterback Rylan Bell left the season-opener against Kennett in the second quarter with a rib injury and threw three interceptions with no touchdowns against Kelly in Week 2. Friday went better. Bell was 16 for 31 passing for 300 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions to lead Malden to a 49-14 win over Charleston in the Green Wave's home opener...

The Jackson girls tennis team lost its second straight matchTuesday, falling to Farmington 5-4. Marissa Buehler was able to win her singles match over Farmington’s Helen Griffin 8-6. Buehler also won her doubles match with teammate Mia Foote, beating the Knights’ duo of Kate Busenbark and Allie Gowen.

Despite falling 40-0 in its season opener, St. Vincent coach Tim Schumer is just excited for his team to have another opportunity to step on the field. The Indians may have their hands full, however, as they travel to Scott City to night to take on the 1-0 Rams...

CHARLESTON - Less than 24 hours after securing a "good win,” according to veteran Kennett girl’s tennis coach Janet Hilburn, against MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 rival Notre Dame, the Indians improved to 3-0 on Wednesday with a 9-0 win over Charleston. The Indians only dropped one game in the nine matches and were paced by top singles player senior Annele Harris, who blanked Zion Jones 8-0.

The Dexter girls tennis team opened the season 2-0 for the seventh time in eight years with a 7-2 victory over Charleston on Tuesday at Charleston. Julianna Rivera, Maci Comfort, Makenzie Mahy, Emma Dorton and Natalie Bolin won in singles, and Rivera-Comfort and Bolin-Grace Marvel were victorious in doubles...

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Religious icon Mother Theresa made that statement some time ago, and it is profound in its application to all things in life, without question. However, she didn’t witness the magnificence of Jackson High School football a year ago, as the Indians played near-perfect football through five months and won the MSHSAA Class 5 state championship in dominating fashion. So, you’ll have to forgive gridiron fans from Perryville to Poplar Bluff if they just want to savor 2020 a tad longer.

Christmas remains four months away and only a handful of people throughout Southeast Missouri probably celebrate their birthdays today. However, for football fans – and as it turns out, coaches and players, as well – today is a euphoric day of the year. The 2021 high school football season officially opens this evening and like every season, the next three months promise to be a rollercoaster of emotions for every person that follows the game.

There is no denying the chaotic state that the world remains in for a second consecutive football season, but Southeast Missourians can take solace in this: Football season is here, and we’re going to embrace it.

Prior to the MSHSAA Class 4 Boy’s Soccer state championship game last November in Springfield, Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly wasn’t exactly feeling great.

The Semoball Cup is presented to the school with the most successful season based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams (WIN) plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams (POST) and individuals (IND). The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Here are the standings with previous rankings from 2020:...