Greenville

Notre Dame track coach Bill Davis started fielding the phone calls at 6 a.m. Saturday. “As the calls started, ‘Hey, are we still on?’ and I’m saying, ‘Yes, we are,’” Davis said, “and I’m looking out the window and it’s pouring.” But there was a Notre Dame Invitational track and field meet to put on and, after almost 12 hours of pouring rain overnight, when the competition did get started Saturday morning — with an infield nearly soggy enough to add steeplechase to the program — the focus turned to the athletes.. ...

Ben Jansen hit a double and batted in three runs to lead Notre Dame baseball to an 11-6 victory over Lutheran (St. Charles County) in a quarterfinal of the Borgia/Union Tournament on Saturday. Reid James was the winning pitcher and also doubled and had three RBIs for Notre Dame. He threw six innings and gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits. He recorded nine strikeouts and two walks...

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...

Senior Krista Rhodes scored 20 points as the Woodland girls basketball team wrapped up their regular season on a high note with a thrilling 61-50 victory over Greenville in double overtime on Monday at Greenville High School. Destinee Cowell contributed 16 points for the Cardinals, who flew out to a 30-22 lead at halftime before the second-half stalemate. ...

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...