Meadow Heights

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...

Meet the 12 selections ...

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...

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...

Will Ferrell tossed a one-hit shutout as second-seeded Notre Dame baseball cruised past No. 3 Kennett in a Class 4 District 1 Tournament semifinal Monday in Sikeston, Missouri. Ferrell notched 12 strikeouts with no walks for the Bulldogs (16-12), who took an early lead with three runs in the first two innings...

Saxony Lutheran baseball held Jefferson (Festus) scoreless through six innings en route to 6-1 quarterfinal upset in the Class 3 District 3 Tournament in Festus, Missouri. Mason Lewis had a double and scored two runs to lead the fifth-seeded Crusaders past the fourth-seeded Blue Jays...

Bryce Morgan and Jonathon Tyler combined to shut out the Meadow Heights baseball team as visiting Kelly soared to a 2-0 win in the regular-season finale on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Morgan went six innings to get the win, striking out four and scattering three hits and one walk. Tyler pitched the seventh to get the save...

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...

The Leopold baseball team managed just two hits, but that was enough to scrape by Oak Ridge for a 2-1 victory Wednesday in Leopold, Missouri. The Wildcats scored twice in the second inning and held on in a close battle at home. Ryan Lewis led Leopold (4-9) to victory on the mound, allowing one unearned run on three hits in seven innings, striking out seven batters and walking two...

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...

Advance softball scored four runs in the seventh inning to pull off a 4-1 comeback road win over Meadow Heights on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Alexus Hubbert had an RBI double in that inning and went 2-for-3. Alli Johnson got the complete-game win for Advance (5-10), giving up four hits, two walks and an earned run while notching five strikeouts. She also had two hits...