East Carter County

The Advance volleyball team added two more wins to its flawless record and improved to 7-0 on the season with victories over Valle Catholic and host Jackson at the inaugural Spike Fest Challenge at Jackson High School on Saturday. The Hornets swept the Warriors in straight sets (25-23, 25-22) in their first game of the day, dropping the Warriors' record to 2-4. ...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Nathan Patterson recorded a triple, a double and scored two runs as Cape Central baseball opened its season Saturday with a 5-3 win at home over East Prairie. Drake Mills hurled six innings to grab the win for the Tigers (1-0). He surrendered two earned runs on three hits with three strikeouts and four walks...

Clarkton 74, East Carter County 70 CLARKTON, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team rallied from a six-point deficit in the final quarter to beat visiting East Carter County 74-70 Monday night. East Carter County led 23-15 after one quarter, 36-28 at halftime and 53-47 at the end of the third quarter before Clarkton put up 27 points in the final eight minutes of play...

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...

BROSELEY -- The Greenville defense dominated the first half and, with the exception of a few possessions, the entire game. The Bears allowed Campbell to score six points in the first half and won 44-34 in the consolation quarterfinals at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic on Monday...

BROSELEY, Mo. -- The top two seeds in the Lady Royals Christmas Classic used their first-round matchup to fine-tune their fundamentals Saturday. Top-seeded Dexter welcomed back all-stater Chaylea Mosby in a 104-21 rout of No. 16 East Carter, and second-seeded Neelyville worked on all aspects of its game in a 76-21 win over No. 15 Campbell...

Dexter is the top seed once again in the Lady Royals Christmas Classic. The Bearcats have won the tournament four of the past five years and eight of the past 12. They received 10 first-place votes as they look to continue their run on top. After coming off a third-place finish at state, the Bearcats brought back most of their firepower from last year's team. ...

Faith Grant scored 16 points and added four assists, but it wasn't enough as the Scott City girls basketball team fell in its opener to East Carter, 54-49, at Scott City High School. Miranda Heisserer chipped in with a double-double, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Katie Smith scored 11 points, and Taylor Kluesner added four points and 10 rebounds. Emma Wilhelm also had four assists and two points for the Rams (0-1)...

Brittany Showmaker nailed five kills to lead the third-seeded Oak Ridge volleyball team to an easy victory over sixth-seeded St. Paul Lutheran (Farmington) -- 25-13 and 25-6 -- in Tuesday's opening round of the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Crystal City High School in Crystal City, Missouri...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- The Neelyville Tigers have quietly been rebuilding for a few years now. Fielding many quality but youthful teams over the past three seasons, the Tigers have come up short in the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament, even losing as the sixth-seed in the 2014 final...

Alex Lovell had her day at the plate. With the bases loaded and the score tied at 8-all in the top of the seventh inning, the Notre Dame softball senior blasted a grand slam to drive in four runs and the Bulldogs held Kelly scoreless in the final inning to come away with a 12-8 victory over the Hawks on the road in Benton, Missouri...