Oak Ridge

SIKESTON — District assignments for boys’ and girls’ basketball and wrestling were released on Friday. Sikeston will be a part of Class 4, District 1, with Cape Central, Notre Dame, Dexter, Perryville, and Ste. Genevieve. Class 3, District 1 consists of Charleston, New Madrid County Central, East Prairie, Caruthersville, Doniphan, Malden, Kennett, and Twin Rivers. ...

Oak Ridge cross country runner Tanner Schamburg and Dexter cross country runner Margo Nea were voted the male and female Semoball Athletes of the Week, respectively, in balloting that concluded Wednesday night. Schamburg collected 393 votes after capturing all-state honors at the Class 1 Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Columbia, Missouri. Schamburg finished 14th in a time of 17 minutes, 29.7 seconds in helping Oak Ridge to its first ever team title...

Notre Dame senior Blake Morris did not achieve his goal of first place but did finish in the Top 10 at Saturday’s MSHSAA Class 3 Boys Cross Country State Finals at the Gans Creek Recreational Area in Columbia, Mo.

Gracie Cook hammered 10 kills as the Meadow Heights volleyball team posted its 12th consecutive win of the season in its 25-16, 17-25, 25-10 victory over St. Paul Lutheran (Farmington) on Friday in both teams' regular-season finale...

Paige Glueck posted a double-double with 14 kills and 27 digs and also had nine assists as Oak Ridge got past Grandview (Hillsboro) 22-25, 26-24, 25-18 in high school volleyball action Thursday. It was both team's regular-season finale.

On a windy afternoon at Cape County Park North, Timothy Sloan and Kennedy Thies took top honors Tuesday at the 12th annual Heartland Conference (small schools) Cross Country Invitational at Cape County Park North. Sloan, 17, of Woodland, crossed the finish line first for the boys in 18 minutes, 22 seconds, more than a minute slower than his personal best of 17:12 -- recorded a week ago at a meet in Bloomfield, Missouri...

The Jackson boys and girls claimed the team titles at the SEMO North Conference Meet on Thursday at the Ozark Ridge Golf Course in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Notre Dame senior Blake Morris successfully defended his conference in the the boys race, winning in 15 minutes, 42.94 seconds and helping the Bulldogs to a second-place team finish...

Gracie Cook finished with nine kills, two service aces and two digs as the Meadow Heights volleyball team capped their third-straight sweep of the week and increased their winning streak to six games in the 25-22, 25-19 victory over host Oran on Friday...

The St. Vincent Indians managed to shake off a drubbing in the second set to win a close third set and pick up a 25-23, 8-25, 26-24 home victory over Ste. Genevieve in volleyball. St. Vincent (3-8-3) was led to the win by Hannah Riney and Grace Schremp. ...

The Notre Dame tennis team won the SEMO Conference Tournament on Friday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on the strength of its doubles play. Both Bulldogs doubles teams won semifinal matches and will play for the title at date to be determined. Claire Bruenderman and Anna Grace Stroup defeated Dexter's Kyla Propst and Julianna Rivera 6-0, 6-2 in one semifinal, while Claire Southard and Megan Gullette rallied to defeat Cape Girardeau Central's Anita Kellum and Maria Seidu-Sofo 0-6, 6-2, 6-4...

Addie Johnson posted a double-double with 20 kills and 11 digs as the Woodland volleyball team had to claw deep after dropping the first set to come back and down Meadow Heights in the 18-25, 25-17, 25-18 three-set thriller victory on the road Thursday in Patton, Missouri...

Woodland’s Timothy Sloan took the first-place boys’ medal in Tuesday’s Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet.

Jackson squeaked out a 28-26, 22-25, 25-21 volleyball road victory over Park Hills Central on Monday. It could hardly get much closer as only three total points separated the teams. Mia Trankler and Haley Quatmann were menaces at the net all night for the Indians, who improved to 7-1. Trankler finished with six kills and a team-leading eight blocks, while Quatmann ended up with five kills and five blocks. Olivia Ward led Jackson with eight kills, and Katelyn had a team-high 12 digs...

Lexi Rubel and Natalie Timpe nailed seven kills apiece as the Notre Dame volleyball quickly rebounded after dropping the first set to come away with a 23-25, 25-19, 25-18 win over Ste. Genevieve on Tuesday in Cape Girardeau. Rylee McClintock...

Aiden Blessing hit a double and drove in two runs as the St. Vincent softball team clinched its first win of the fall season in its 12-2 victory over Saxony Lutheran in six innings on Monday in its home opener in Perryville, Mo. Grace Heberlie...

There is little mystery why sophomore Paige Glueck plays volleyball.

The Notre Dame girls tennis team won the Cape Central Team Doubles Tournament on Saturday.

Sixty area volleyball teams took part in the Dig For Life Challenge Volleyball Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and Show Me Center Friday and Saturday.

The Jackson boys soccer team recovered from a halftime deficit with three goals by Chalon Domian as the Indians nipped visiting Northwest (Cedar Hill) 3-2 in overtime Wednesday. The Indians trailed 1-0 at halftime before Domian went to work, scoring two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half. Northwest pulled even about eight minutes after the second tally, and the game eventually went to overtime, where Domian scored with about two minutes left in the first extra period...

Molly Conrad hammered seven kills as the fourth-seeded Meadow Heights Panthers rallied and bounced back after dropping the first set to stave off an upset from a determined fifth-seeded Oak Ridge Blue Jays squad and prevailed (14-25, 25-13, 25-13) in the quarterfinals of the Woodland Invitational Tournament...

History was made on Thursday for the inaugural Saxony Lutheran girls tennis program. But it was made on another school's turf. The Crusaders posted an 8-1 victory over Charleston on Thursday at Cape Girardeau Central High School as Saxony does not yet have a tennis court on its campus in Fruitland. The Crusaders are fielding both a varsity and junior varsity tennis team for the first time in the school's history...

Jake Unterreiner recorded one goal and one assist as the Perryville boys soccer team kicked off its season with a vengeful 3-0 shutout of Waterloo, Ill., in Friday's opening round of the Eighth Annual Greg Kline Invitational Tournament in Carbondale, Illinois...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...

Coach: Logan Bollinger Experience: Third year coaching cross country at Central, third year overall. In the past: Two boys advanced to sectionals in 2018, including then sophomore Nathan Caldwell. He's back: Nathan Caldwell (junior). Coach speak: "We have a great crew of hardworking, dedicated runners, many of whom put in a solid schedule of summer miles," Bollinger said. "I am confident every runner will set new PR's this season."...

Coach: Logan Bollinger Experience: Third as coach at Cape Central, third year overall. Coach: Travis Calkins Experience: 13th year at Chaffee, 13th overall They're back: Madalyn Glueck (sophomore), Tori Stohmeyer (sophomore) Look for them: Madelynn Mosley (senior), Destiny Barbeau (senior), Morgan Stephens (senior), Mackenzie Jackson (junior), Isabelle Neves (sophomore), Madison Mosley (freshman), Rayney Held (fresman)...