Meadow Heights

The Advance Hornets volleyball team lost its first match against a Class 1 school since 2017, dropping a 25-20, 25-19, 25-14 decision to Gideon on Monday night at Gideon. Valle Catholic beat the Hornets — who have won the past three Class 1 state championships — in two sets in the sectional round of the Class 1 state tournament in 2017...

This weekend's Dig for Life Tournament didn’t start out the way Woodland volleyball coach Melissa Rinacke had hoped, as the Cardinals took one on the chin early in tournament competition on Friday against Columbia’s Rock Bridge, losing both sets. Woodland rebounded nicely, forged ahead, and brought home a second-place trophy on Saturday, losing to Class 5 school Northwest out of Cedar Hill, Mo., at the Show Me Center, 22-25, 18-25...

The Advance Hornets recorded their fourth sweep in four tries this season with a 25-18, 25-13, 25-21 victory over Arcadia Valley on Thursday at Ironton. No individual statistics were reported. The Hornets (4-0) will host Bell City in an SCAA match at 6 p.m. Monday at Advance High School...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Woodland volleyball coach Melissa Rinacke has a good thing going in Marble Hill, Mo. For the third time in as many years, the Cardinals can call themselves champions of their own tournament, as Woodland beat a tough Saxony Lutheran team in four sets in Friday's championship game (16-25), 25-18, 25-14, 25-21...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. — The Woodland Cardinals and Saxony Lutheran Crusaders both won semifinal matchups on Thursday in the Woodland Invitational Tournament to advance to Friday night’s championship. The Cardinals defeated Oak Ridge 25-21, 25-13 to improve to 2-0 on the young season...

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...

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Meadow Heights fifth year volleyball head coach Bailey Kennedy is expecting big things from her team in 2021, following a class one, district four title in 2020. Despite losing one of the best players in the area in 2020 (Gracie Cook), the cupboards are still full, as Cook was the lone senior on a 17 win team...

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:...