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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...

Twelve high school student-athletes earn recognition for their accomplishments on the baseball field this spring

Jersey number: 23 Positions played during high school season: Shortstop, pitcher Summer team: Top Gun Academy Twitter handle: @kpayne04 Favorite warmup song: "Turn My Swag On" by Soulja Boy Favorite bat to use: Rawlings Favorite place to play: University of Tennessee...

Jersey number: 2 Primary position: Center mid and forward After-graduation plans: Attending Arkansas State University in the fall and majoring in psychology to work toward a masters in behavioral therapy Twitter handle: @callihouse5 Favorite warmup song: "Lose Yourself" by Eminem...

This spring, three area high school teams won state championships. With the success came accolades. Numerous local student-athletes earned recognition, including all-state honors. On the baseball diamond, Bell City won its third straight Class 1 state championship. Along the way, five Cubs earned all-state distinctions...

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...

The Notre Dame girls track and field team finished second at the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet on Saturday, a week after capturing its first district title. The Bulldogs totaled 93 points, two behind first-place Webster Groves, and had seven individual qualifiers in eight events and one relay team advance to the state meet...

Sometimes all it takes to change a game is one moment; one shot. Sometimes that happens to be the first one. Emma Brune scored on the game's opening shot in the fifth minute, sending a cracking strike into the far top-right corner of the goal from about 20 yards out, and third-seeded Saxony Lutheran girls soccer rolled to a 4-0 win over second-seeded Kelly in a Class 1 District 1 semifinal on Wednesday night at Notre Dame Regional High School...

The Jackson boys claimed a Class 5 District 1 team title, posting 128 points to finish just ahead of Poplar Bluff (121) in the meet held at Park Hills Central High School on Saturday. "I was just really proud of how our kids competed," Indians coach Jimmy Stoverink said. "It was really a team effort. We had a really good effort with our jumpers, throwers, sprinters, distance runners. Good performance all the way around. Just a really good team effort."...

The top-seeded Notre Dame boys tennis team didn't drop a single match in its 5-0 sweep of fourth-seeded Arcadia Valley in a semifinal of the Class 1 District 1 team tournament on Tuesday at Notre Dame Regional High School. The victory set up a clash of familiar foes, as the Bulldogs (11-1) will go up against second-seeded and two-time defending district champion Dexter at 4 p.m. ...

Braden Cox had an all-around stellar day on the field, blasting a three-run home run and throwing all but the last three pitches on the mound, to lead the Scott City baseball team to a 9-2 victory over East Prairie on Monday and clinch the regular-season Scott-Mississippi Conference championship in Scott City, Missouri...

Emma Brune scored a pair of goals to lead the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Cape Central in SEMO Conference action Wednesday at Central High School. Makayla Mueller and Laurel Mueller each had an assist for the Crusaders. Ashley Fritsche earned the shutout in the net for Saxony (7-11, 3-3 SEMO Conference)...

Jonathan Bell and D.J. Lynch each carded a 10-over-par 81 as the Notre Dame boys golf team won the Class 3 District 1 tournament championship for the second year in a row on Tuesday at the Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston, Mo. The Bulldogs all finished below 90 as the defending district champions edged Farmington by five strokes in the team standings to come away with the district championship. Nicholas Westrich shot a one-over-par 82 to earn the medalist honors for the Knights...

Elijah Huey had the game-winning RBI single as seventh-seeded Cape Central baseball upset No. 2 Jackson 3-2 in eight innings Friday in the first round of the SEMO Conference Tournament at Whitey Herzog Stadium. Joe Baker went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Tigers (5-11) and got the save as he pitched a scoreless eighth. Drake Mills picked up the win as he gave up two runs (one earned), seven hits and two walks in seven innings. He also struck out two...