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MALDEN — Malden’s Kene Davis was nearly unstoppable. Well … technically he was stopped a few times. Davis took nearly every touch for a touchdown as Malden routed Chaffee 54-6 on the Green Wave’s homecoming night. On Malden’s first offensive play of the game, Davis sprinted through a monstrous hole off the side of the offensive line, bounced outside and outran the Chaffee defense for a 71-yard touchdown...

MALDEN — Malden quarterback Rylan Bell left the season-opener against Kennett in the second quarter with a rib injury and threw three interceptions with no touchdowns against Kelly in Week 2. Friday went better. Bell was 16 for 31 passing for 300 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions to lead Malden to a 49-14 win over Charleston in the Green Wave's home opener...

The Chaffee football team has started its season 1-1 for the third straight year under third-year coach Will Daffron, but the Arkansas native has far more confidence in his team this year than the previous two. Despite taking a 48-8 beating from Charleston last Friday, Daffron believes his team has what it takes to take down the 2-0 Kelly Hawks on Friday night at Mark Whitaker Memorial Field in Chaffee, Mo...

MALDEN — In a five-game thriller, Kennett never led by more than four points. The Indians played from behind most of the night but rallied when it mattered to win 25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 25-21, 15-12 and stay undefeated heading into the Dig For Life Tournament this weekend in Cape Girardeau...

Meadow Heights started the first round of the Woodland Tournament on Monday with a straight-set victory over Greenville, 25-22, 25-19, and 25-16. The Panthers were led offensively by Halli Bollinger who recorded a game-high 11 kills to go with eight digs...

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Religious icon Mother Theresa made that statement some time ago, and it is profound in its application to all things in life, without question. However, she didn’t witness the magnificence of Jackson High School football a year ago, as the Indians played near-perfect football through five months and won the MSHSAA Class 5 state championship in dominating fashion. So, you’ll have to forgive gridiron fans from Perryville to Poplar Bluff if they just want to savor 2020 a tad longer.

Christmas remains four months away and only a handful of people throughout Southeast Missouri probably celebrate their birthdays today. However, for football fans – and as it turns out, coaches and players, as well – today is a euphoric day of the year. The 2021 high school football season officially opens this evening and like every season, the next three months promise to be a rollercoaster of emotions for every person that follows the game.

KENNETT, Mo. - Kennett scored a trifecta in a little more than 3 minutes. The Indians scored a rushing touchdown, a defensive touchdown and a special teams touchdown one after the other and burst ahead to a 21-0 lead with 8 minutes and 46 seconds still on the clock in the first quarter...

There is no denying the chaotic state that the world remains in for a second consecutive football season, but Southeast Missourians can take solace in this: Football season is here, and we’re going to embrace it.

The “real feel” temperature reached 106 degrees on Wednesday in Kennett, but don’t try to tell the area athletes throughout the Bootheel that this isn’t football season.

MALDEN - The Sikeston High School football team traveled to “The Swamp” in Malden for an annual jamboree on Friday, as the Bulldogs tested their talents against Malden and Doniphan. The only thing better than the weather was the Bulldogs' defense.

The Cape Central football team will have its first taste of in-game action this week. The Tigers — who went 3-6 during a 2020 season that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic — will travel to Hayti, Mo., on Friday to take part in the Indians’ 6 p.m. jamboree, along with New Madrid County Central and Kennett...

2021 Malden graduate Alissa Olson knew she wanted to play collegiate golf at a young age. “I knew since I started high school I wanted to play college golf,” Olson said. “I just wasn’t sure where I wanted to go.” Olson finally selected a destination last week when she signed to play golf at William Woods College in Fulton, Missouri...

Prior to the MSHSAA Class 4 Boy’s Soccer state championship game last November in Springfield, Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly wasn’t exactly feeling great.

The Semoball Cup is presented to the school with the most successful season based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams (WIN) plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams (POST) and individuals (IND). The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Here are the standings with previous rankings from 2020:...