Clarkton

The Clarkton Reindeer high school volleyball program has an abundance of youth entering the 2017 season. Over half of the 20 players on the Clarkton roster are freshmen. “We are really young,” Clarkton longtime coach Amy Cowart said. “We have two seniors and two juniors with experience and our other two upperclassmen are from the foreign exchange program so they are also new to the program.”...

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...

Ten months after the high school sports calendar began, we now know all 148 of our on-field nominees for the 2017 Semoball Awards. On Friday, the spring sport finalists for baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls track and field, golf and boys tennis for the event -- to be held Saturday, July 8, at the Bedell Performance Center at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus -- were announced as part of a live selection show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

Boys and girls basketball district tournament schedules for Class 1 District 1, Class 1 District 2, Class 2 District 2, Class 3 District 1, Class 3 District 2...

Their seasons haven't even tipped off, but two local teams already have been crowned district champions due to realignment. Scott County Central dropped down to Class 1 after a brief two-year stint at Class 2 and will field the lone girls team among the eight schools in District 1...

The 2016 Tri-County Conference baseball awards have been released. Holcomb’s Dillon Mize has been selected as the Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Cooter’s David Mathis has been selected as the Tri-County Conference Coach of the Year. Mathis coached Cooter to the Tri-County Conference tournament title earlier this month...

Schedules are set for district volleyball tournaments in the Missouri Bootheel. Gideon will host Class 1, District 1. Top-seeded Gideon receives a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Cooter plays No. 5 seeded Southland Oct. 17 at 4 p.m., No. 2 seeded North Pemiscot plays No. 7 seeded Delta C-7 Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. and No. 3 seeded Clarkton plays No. 6 seeded Holcomb Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. Semifinals are Oc. 17 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. with the championship to follow Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m...

Note: A photo gallery of the Clarkton-Southland volleyball game is available at this link: Volleyball Photos CARDWELL, Mo. - Clarkton Reindeer volleyball coach Amy Cowart put an increased emphasis on passing entering the 2016 season. The increased focus didn’t yield immediate success but finally led to dominant offense and the Reindeer’s first road victory of the season Thursday night...