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A veteran Gideon Bulldogs volleyball squad is learning how to adapt to lineup changes quickly and utilize its depth to its advantage in 2020. “We lost one of our starting middle hitters during PE on Friday,” Gideon volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner said. ...

JACKSON AT SIKESTON Records: Jackson 4-0; Sikeston 2-2 Series History: Sikeston leads 56-42-6 Last Meeting: 2019, Jackson won 53-0 Last Week: Jackson defeated Cape Central 63-0; Sikeston lost to Poplar Bluff 30-9 Notes: There are not many flaws when it comes to Jackson. ...

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

The Dexter football team fell to New Madrid County Central 40-20 Friday but it wasn’t due to a lack of effort or production on the part of senior athlete Ryan Collier.

In one of the longer Southeast Missouri high school football games in recent memory, Hayti won a shootout with its SEMO South Conference rival and host Scott City Friday, 62-43, behind the outstanding play of 6-foot-2 Indians junior quarterback Trayvon Thomas...

PORTAGEVILLE - Last Friday the Hayti Indians loaded up and headed north for a football clash with the Portageville Bulldogs. The offensive game plan was simple, according to Hayti offensive coordinator KC Gilmer, “Our main focus was to offensively execute, and focus on the 'little things', QB reads, O-Line blocking, and wide receiver blocking.”...

Scott City (1-1) faces the only team to blemish its 2019 regular season record Friday as it hosts unbeaten Hayti (2-0) at William Wllthong Field. The Rams were riding high at 6-0 last season when they traveled to Pemiscot County last October 11 and dropped a heartbreaker to the Indians in the final 29 seconds of the contest, 46-41...

Sikeston at Dexter Records: Sikeston 1-0; Dexter 0-1 Series History: Sikeston leads 52-21 Last Meeting: 2017, Dexter won 12-0 Last Week: Sikeston defeated Caruthersville 17-6; Dexter lost to Scott City 18-15. Notes: For the first time in three seasons, the Sikeston football team plays Dexter. ...

Holcomb dominates Hayti to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

POPLAR BLUFF — The 2020 football has finally arrived and in Missouri (at least for now), Semoball.com-area programs are playing (for the most part).

Second-year Red Devils coach Will Daffron is taking nothing for granted as he approaches what promises to be a rain-drenched Friday home game against Crystal City. The Hornets were winless in 2019 and are 1-29 over the last three seasons. Chaffee has had the Hornets’ number in their annual Week 1 tilts since 2016. ...

The Hayti Indians followed up an undefeated 2018 season with a 12-2 finish last year, falling to Valle Catholic in the Class 1, District 1 championship to end another stellar 2019 campaign. Like all teams, the Indians have been forced to adjust to the Covid-19 pandemic...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...