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Districts for winter sports were released on Friday morning, with New Madrid County Central dropping to Class 3 for the 2022-23 season. NMCC finished third in Class 4 last season and return juniors Jadis Jones and AJ Ruff while junior BJ Williamson also returns after missing last season...

ARNOLD, Mo. — The Jackson boys cross country team placed four runners in the top 10 and claimed the Class 5 District 1 championship by 38 points on Saturday at Arnold Park. The Indians topped St. Louis University High 35-73 to take home the team title...

DEXTER, Mo. — More than 250 athletes competed at varsity, junior varsity and middle school level during the Dexter High School Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 22. Jackson won the boys’ varsity meet with a team score of 31, while Willow Springs Carson Smith was the top finisher with a time of 17 minutes and 4.7 seconds. Jackson’s Kyle Craigmiles, Jack Hancock, Alex Niedbalski and Puxico’s Jet Hancock rounded out the top five...

Oak Ridge defeated Marquand-Zion 25-12, 25-11, 25-10 on Tuesday at Marquand-Zion High School to win the Mississippi Valley Conference regular season championship for the first time since 2016. Sophomore Reagan Howe led the Blue Jays' offense with six kills, while senior Zoe Berry and junior Alivia Schilling had nine assists each. The defense was anchored by Allison Seabaugh who led the way with 17 digs...

Jackson (19-3-3) traveled to Farmington (15-5-1) on Monday, taking a 3-0, 25-14, 25-14, 25-21 win. Sophomore Katy St. John led the Indians with 13 kills in the game, while juniors Ella Domian and Nadia Wasilewski finished with 10 and nine, respectively. Junior Christa Vandeven’s five blocks led Jackson on defense...

Perryville senior Tegan Bishop continued her strong season with a dominant victory at the Oak Ridge Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday in Oak Ridge. Bishop finished the 2,400-meter run in 10:22.35, more than 40-seconds faster than the second-place finisher...

Jackson’s cross country will feature experienced runners on the boys team and uncertainty for the girls team in 2022. The boys return nearly all of their runners from 2021 who will lead them in their state championship-hopeful season. The girls are returning two of their varsity runners from 2021 in London Popp and Annika Barks and will look to newcomers to contribute...

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.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Kendall Holweg’s final state meet ended up having a little more frantic pace than she expected. The Delta senior ended up winning three state championships and was a runner-up in another during the Class 1 MSHSAA State Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Jefferson City High School's Licklider Track...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Kendall Holweg won three events and finished half of an inch from claiming another Saturday at MSHSAA Class 1 track and field championships at Adkins Stadium. The Delta senior scored 38 points, finishing third in the team standings behind Drexel’s 46 and Valle Catholic’s 41...

Leopold senior Caleb Schaab was named the 2022 Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year, while two other Wildcats earned All-Conference honors. Schaab, along with fellow All-Conference selections Mason Deck and Connor Lincoln, helped Leopold win its first-ever district championship and advance to the Class 1 quarterfinals...

One night removed after playing one of their worst games of the season, Meadow Heights got right back on the winning track Friday as the Panthers handed St. Paul Lutheran (Farmington) its 17th loss of the season, beating the Giants, 80-52. Meadow Heights started the game putting up 21 points in the first quarter, taking a 21-8 lead...

The hottest team in Southeast Missouri stayed hot Thursday night as Caruthersville took down Scott City on the road 60-45 to earn its 11th victory in a row. The Tigers jumped out to a 14-8 lead in the first half and led 27-15 at halftime. The second half was all Caruthersville as well, outscoring the host Rams 32-30...

Sophomore Blayne Harris scored a team-high 19 points in Jackson's 71-66 road win over Miller Career Academy on Wednesday night. Harris was joined in double figures by junior Clayton Ernst who scored 18 points and Elliot Cowell who added 13. The Indians were able to recover from a 21-8 first-quarter deficit, scoring 20 points or more in the remaining three quarters and tightening up on defense...

PATTON – As the third-place plaque was handed to the Marquand-Zion boy’s basketball team following its 83-68 win over Zalma in the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Meadow Heights High School, a Tiger girl let out a loud, high-pitched shriek of joy.

Meadow Heights remained undefeated and senior Tristan Mayfield scored his 1,000th career point in a lopsided 86-37 victory over Bismarck on Friday night at Bismarck High School.

Last Friday, Marquand-Zion's basketball team accomplished a feat it hadn't since January 2018. The Tigers won a game. During the final day of the Valley Tournament last week, Marquand (1-6) took down Viburnum 57-47 in the seventh-place game for its first win after 82 straight losses...