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If you really want to know the origins of Joe Baldwin passing judgment on pitchers’ accuracy throughout Southeast Missouri, you’d have to go all the way back to the dusty dirt fields of the Marston Little League in the early 1960s.

Three players from Portageville's state runner-up baseball team received first-team All-State honors in Class 2. Junior catcher Trey Benthal, sophomore infielder Mason Adams and senior outfielder Alex Winsor each garnered first-team honors for their performances in 2022. The Bulldogs placed five players across first, second and honorable mention teams...

Perryville senior and Mineral Area College commit Anna Gremaud was named the Class 2 Defensive Player of the Year by the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association. Gremaud and Perryville sophomore goalkeeper Brooklyn Moll were the lone players in the Semoball coverage area to receive first-team All-State honors. The Pirates had three players receive postseason honors from the MSCA, including junior forward Kyla Schnurbusch who was named to the All-State second team...

When the Cape Catfish sign a local player to a “temporary contract,” it is supposed to be just that – temporary.

A memo to high school baseball players throughout Missouri: particularly in Southeast Missouri, you are being watched. And not just for your services to be utilized by the next level years from now, but sooner than you realize. The Cape Catfish open their third season of play at Capaha Field on Friday, as they host Springfield at 6:35 p.m., and they’ll have many familiar faces on the field.

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — The Chaffee Red Devils upset top-seeded Kelly on Monday, but the Hawks didn't go down without a fight. Kelly got within one run of Chaffee's 6-1 lead before the Red Devils were able to put the Hawks away for a 6-5 victory and a berth in the Class 3 District 2 championship game...

Class 1 District 2 Semifinals @ Advance Delta (5-15) - Batting: Lanson Cox (2-5, 2 Runs), Coleton Deckard (2-3, Run), Levi Jansen (1-3, RBI), Ryan Glenzy (2-4). Pitching: LP - Cox (5 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 6 BB, 3 K). Advance (11-11) - Batting: Hayden Laird (3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBIs, Run), Coleton Silman (1-2, 3 RBIs), Hunter Tidwell (2-3, RBI, 2 Runs), Jaxon Limbaugh (1-4, 2B, 2 RBIs, Run). Pitching: WP - Jack Bailey (6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 8 K)...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Notre Dame won six events, including a pair by Gregory Dennis, as the Bulldogs won the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 boys title Saturday. Dexter also won six events but finished second by 8.5 points. Cape Central’s Kamarion Norfleet won a pair of individual events and finished second in another while Sikeston’s Carlos Posey won twice and Dontrez Williams was also the first across the finish line for the Bulldogs at the MSHSAA Class 4 District 1 meet...

BENTON, Mo. — Oran has added some impressive hardware to the trophy case during Joe Bickings' eight-year tenure as coach, but one title had eluded the team until now, a Scott-Mississippi Conference Championship. The Eagles (5-3, 6-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference) won 1-0 against the Hawks (14-10, 5-2 Scott Mississippi) at Kelly High School on Wednesday, May 11...

Chaffee (10-11) - Batting: Carson Spies (Hit), Conner Berry (Hit). Pitching: LP - Kade Atkins (2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K). Saxony Lutheran (11-5) - Batting: Jacob Johnson (2-2, HR, 2 RBIs, 3 Runs), Aaron Eubanks (3-3, 2B, RBI, Run). Pitching: WP - Drew Hahs (5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K)...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. —The Woodland Cardinals captured the SEMO Conference-East Division Track and Field Championship at Cape Central High School on Friday, April 29. The victory came after claiming gold in nine events and finishing with 141 points. Woodland was followed by Malden, Charleston, Kelly and East Prairie...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Malden Green Wave girls track team ran, jumped and threw its way to a SEMO Conference-East Division Championship at Cape Central High School on Friday, April 29. Malden finished with a team score of 132 and was led by Angela Dobbins, who had four of the team’s seven individual wins...

Portageville 23, Kelly 6, F/6 The Bulldogs (19-3, 3-2 Bootheel Conference) hammered the Hawks (13-8, 5-1, Scott-Mississippi Conference) with 16 runs in the top of the sixth inning during a 23-6 victory in a matchup between a couple of the top teams in the area at Kelly High School...

Baseball Ellington - Batting: 2B - Tucker Dement. Multiple hits: Tyler Hackworth (3-4, RBI, Run), Evan Weaver (2-4, Run), Dement (2-5, Run), Jakob Farmer (2 RBIs). Pitching: WP - Dement (4.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 5 K). Meadow Heights - Batting: Multiple hits - Koby Cook (2-4, RBI), Chase Conrad (2 RBIs)...

MHSBCA Rankings (April 19) Records as of April 18 Class 1 Others receiving votes: Norwood (6-5), Weaubleau (7-3), Community (5-1), Advance (8-4) Class 2 Others receiving votes: Holcomb (9-2), Lone Jack (11-3) Class 3 Others receiving votes: West County (7-1)...

Delta’s most recent college signee Lanson Cox pitched a complete game on the hill for the Bobcats, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out seven, to lead Delta to a 7-1 victory over Charleston at Capaha Field Thursday afternoon. Cox also delivered at the plate for Delta, driving in a run on a triple in the top of the third inning that scored Mason Dozier...

BENTON, Mo. — It has been a complete team effort that’s fueled Kelly’s recent success. The Hawks (9-3, 3-1 Scott-Mississippi Conference) increased their current winning streak to eight games with a five-inning 10-0 win over the Bell City Cubs (2-5, 2-3 Stoddard County Athletic Association) on Tuesday, April 12, at Kelly High School...

FRUITLAND, Mo. — Saxony Lutheran had Kelly on its heels after a four-run fourth inning on Friday afternoon. Then Kelly's bats caught fire. Bryce Phelps hit a one-run triple to cut the Crusaders' lead to 4-2 before Gavin Jansen stepped up to the plate and blasted a two-run shot to tie the game...

BENTON, Mo. — Several local athletes shined as more than 20 teams attended the 2022 Johnny Merrick Track and Field Invitational at Kelly High School on Thursday, April 7. Dexter claimed gold in both of boys’ and girls’ division with eight individual winners. The Bearcats finished with 141.5 points and won the boy’s division by a comfortable margin...

Dexter's Gabby Brown and Saxony Lutheran's Anna Thomason took home three gold medals apiece at Friday's Old Settlement Invitational at Ste. Genevieve High School. Brown took first place in each of the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs, while Thomason won the 100-meter hurdles, high jump and triple jump...