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Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

Five baseball players from Pemiscot and Dunklin Counties have received recognition on the 2018 Missouri Baseball Coaches Association All-State Baseball Team. Malden junior Gavin Bristow was selected as a first-team all-state catcher in Class 3. Bristow batted .432 with three home runs and 26 RBIs...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

The Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association has released the 2018 Class 1 spring all-state softball team. Four players from the Missouri Bootheel have been selected all-state. Malden senior Lana Reed has been selected as a first-team all-state catcher. Reed hit .645 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs...

O’FALLON, Mo. - Malden senior slugger Dee Triplett never lost hope when the Strafford Indians scored four runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 6-4 lead in the Class 3 state championship Wednesday afternoon. “The way we have been hitting the ball I knew we would score again and get back in the game,” Triplett said. “We’ve just kept hitting and battling all season when we get behind.”...

O’FALLON, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave entered Tuesday’s Class 3 state semifinal looking to do big damage with its bats before the Holden Eagles could implement its small-ball attack. “We’ve been waiting for a big game offensively,” Malden sophomore Shay Amoss said. “We hadn’t put a complete game together offensively in the playoffs. Today we put the ball in play, good things happened and things fell our way.”...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. 2018 Senath-Hornersville graduate Lathan Brooks, who has signed to play baseball at John. A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill., is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Brooks batted .459 with six home runs, 24 RBIs and 25 runs scored for the Lions. He also went 6-1 on the hill with a 1.70 ERA. Brooks struck out 83 in 37 innings of work...

PARK HILLS, Mo. - Malden cleanup hitter Gavin Bristow knew it was his time to shine when he stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning of a tie game against the West County Bulldogs Wednesday evening. “The tensions were high,” Bristow said. “I knew I had to do it [now] or we were going to have trouble coming back because we were getting to the bottom of our lineup. I knew if anyone was going to start it off it had to be me because I was leading off the inning.”...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Scott City's shortstop and third baseman bowed their heads as the green jerseys poured out of the opposing dugout, unable or unwilling to watch the celebration. Instead, they focused their eyes on the ground. The Rams' season had just ended in excruciating fashion, a four-run lead heading into the seventh inning turning into a walk-off loss. So all the left side of the infield could do in the aftermath of a crazy finish was stare at the ground...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave baseball team has been no stranger to mounting comebacks in the 2018 state playoffs. Malden entered Monday afternoon’s Class 3 state sectional fresh off rallying from behind to beat Clearwater 7-6 in its district semifinal and Doniphan 9-5 in its district championship last week...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden shortstop Lexi Campbell is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Campbell batted .530 with four home runs and 26 RBIs her senior season. She also went 3-0 in the circle with a 3.62 ERA in 19 1/3 innings pitched...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave high school baseball team is developing a familiar post-game routine after championship games. 1. Wait for the first-place trophy 2. Lineup up in two rows 3. Hold up one finger 4. Look at the camera for a team photo...

The top-seeded Notre Dame boys tennis team only dropped one match in the singles in its 5-1 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded North County to advance to today's Class 1 District 1 Team Tournament championship. The Bulldogs will host second-seeded Dexter at 4 p.m. today for the district title. The Bearcats downed third-seeded Sikeston in their semifinal to proceed to the championship match...

PARK HILLS, Mo. – The Park Hills Central Rebels improved from a narrow 2-1 triumph on Apr. 8 against the Malden Green Wave to achieve a 16-0 victory in a Class 1 softball sectional on Monday. Park Hills senior Caitlyn Holmes notched her first home run against Malden to gain a 4-0 lead for Central in the third inning. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave high school baseball team has won a variety of ways this season. “We tell our guys good teams find a way to win,” Malden baseball coach Tim Harmon said. “We’ve done that this year with pitching, hitting and defense. We’ve won just about every way possible.”...

BERNIE — The Malden Green Wave overcame a pair of two-run deficits Wednesday to capture their fifth straight district softball championship. The second-seeded Bernie Mules built leads of 3-1 and 4-2 before the top-seeded Green Wave scored six unanswered runs to win the MSHSAA Class 1 District 3 championship 8-4 at Bernie High School...

KENNETT, Mo. - Kennett Indians softball coach Laurie Vaughan emphasized putting the ball in play and making defensive plays behind their pitcher before the start of Wednesday’s Class 1, District 2 championship against the Holcomb Hornets. The Indians appeared to take both messages to heart from start-to-finish. The Kennett offense never struck out and the Kennett defense did not commit an error behind its pitcher...

The winter sports season is one of the most passionate in Southeast Missouri, and this winter there were plenty of performances deserving of that passion. On Tuesday, 40 more individuals were announced as winter sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards...

Rylee Venable had a home run and four RBIs to lead the top-seeded Scott City softball team to a 13-3 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Advance in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Oran. Kaileigh Dirden was the winning pitcher and also doubled and drove in three runs for Scott City (16-3). She threw a complete game and allowed three earned runs with eight strikeouts and no walks...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

SENATH, Mo. - It took a late offensive spurt but the Kennett Indians softball team found a way to repeat as champions at the Bootheel Conference Tournament late Wednesday night at Senath. No. 2 seeded Kennett scored all six of its runs after the fifth inning as it rallied from a 2-0 deficit to upend the No. 1 seeded Malden Green Wave 6-2 in the title game of the Bootheel Conference Tournament...

SOFTBALL: Kennett wins BHC tournament, Holcomb and Southland reach Tri-County finals SENATH, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Kennett Indians took home the top prize at the Bootheel Conference softball tournament late Wednesday night at Senath. Kennett rallied from a 6-4 deficit to defeat No. 6 seeded Campbell 11-10 in its semifinal. Kennett then overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat No. 1 seeded Malden 6-2 in the championship...

MALDEN, Mo. - Malden track talents Aylexus Leshay and Jaycee Jones have decided to display their skills at the next level after visiting nearby colleges. Both seniors signed with four-year colleges in Missouri Friday. Leshay has elected to attend Southwest Baptist University in Springfield, Missouri...

The Jackson boys golf team continued its impressive season by adding more hardware to its case as the Indians edged Marquette by one stroke to capture the championship of the Mehlville Invitational Tournament at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Missouri, on Saturday...

A week ago, Collin Sheridan was frustrated and yelling at his Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team, something he doesn't enjoy doing as a coach. But the message seemed to resonate. Saturday, the Tigers won their second straight meet, defending their home track and placing first at the Cape Central Invitational. On the boys side, Sikeston won a meet for the second time in a week, as Tyzeek Hill won the 100- and 200-meter races, and David Rowland was first in discus...

The schedule has been released for the highly anticipated Bootheel Conference softball tournament. Weather permitting the eight-team event will take place Monday and Tuesday at Senath-Hornersville High School. Quarterfinals take place Monday. No. 1 seeded Malden plays No. ...