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Oran’s Claire Ramsey will continue her softball career, as she signed with the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, on Thursday, at Oran High School.

The Advance baseball team broke a tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 6-4 win over Bernie to claim the Stoddard County Activities Association championship on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Layton Keith got the win in relief for the Hornets (11-3), giving up one run in 3 1/3 innings while Noah Sauceda had a team-high three hits...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The duo of Kile Adams and Connor Barham pitched a combined two-hitter on Wednesday, as the Portageville baseball team defeated Campbell 11-2. Adams went four innings and gave up two hits and two runs — one earned — with one strikeout and one walk...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Nate and Nolan Self each had impressive outings for the Sikeston baseball team on Tuesday, at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Mo. Nate went 2-for-4 with four RBI, on a triple and a double. Nolan went 2-for-3, with four RBI as well. Nolan also hit a triple and a home run to go with it, in Sikeston’s 18-5 five-inning win over Charleston...

MALDEN, Mo. — The Rams edged the Eagles on a walk-off in the bottom of the seventh inning in the first game of the silver bracket at the Malden Invitational Tournament. Joe Panagos threw the last seven pitches to be credited with the win for Scott City, which got a double from Jimmy May and Spencer Stratman...

Gabe Hurley hit a double and drove in two runs as the Notre Dame baseball team scored a run in all but one inning and blanked crosstown conference rival Cape Girardeau Central 9-0 on Thursday. Brayden Eftink went six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Bulldogs (9-4, 3-1 SEMO Conference). He gave up no runs on three hits, retired 10 batters and walked two...

DELTA, Mo. — Grant Coomer and Devon Medley each doubled to pace the Bobcats in their five-inning loss at home to the Blue Jays. Tristan Johnson lasted one inning on the mound and was charged with the loss for Delta (1-9). He allowed four unearned runs on no hits and walked three batters...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — East Prairie, Kelly, and the Charleston track and field teams all had successful evenings at the Chaffee Invitational, on Thursday, at Chaffee High School. Kelly finished in second place after 18 boys events. The Hawks finished with 100 total points, while Kennett took home top honors — with 181...

Nate Hulshof and Chase Logel both shot a 9-over-par 81 to earn co-medalist honors and lead Notre Dame boys golf to the team title at the Ste. Genevieve Dragon Invitational in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. DJ Lynch also finished in the top 10 for the Bulldogs, carding an 85...

The Perryville Pirates came out victorous over the Scott City Rams 6-3 in eight innings in high school baseball Wednesday in Scott City. Perryville pushed one run across in the first, fourth, and fifth innings and led 3-1 at the end of five. Scott City got a run apiece in the sixth and seventh innings to push the game into extra innings...

KENNETT, Mo. — Sikeston finished in second place in both girls and boys’ team events at the Kennett Invitational on Tuesday. The girls lost to Caruthersville, 133-98, while the boys fell to Kennett 176-106. In the high jump for the girls, TK Freeman finished second, while Tyenia Stevens finished third — both with jumps of 4-10...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — New Madrid County Central held on to a 2-1 lead through four innings of play. The late innings, though, came to back to bite the Eagles as Scott city scored 11 unanswered runs to run away with a 12-3 win over NMCC. John Michael Stanley and Caden Howell each had impressive days for the Eagles. Stanley went 2-for-3, while Howell went 2-for-4...

The Notre Dame girls track and field team won first place in five events to claim the team championship of the 45th annual All Catholic Invitational on Saturday at Chaminade College Preparatory High School in the suburban St. Louis area. Riley Burger accounted for three of those victories for the Bulldogs, who finished 15 points ahead of Cor Jesu Academy in the final team standings at the meet that featured 25 private school teams among both gender divisions. ...

ANNA, Ill. — Kelsie Anderson, Chelsie Moore, and Karris Allen all scored goals for the Sikeston girls soccer team on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs defeated Anna-Jonesboro on the road, 3-0, earning their second shutout of the season and limiting Anna-Jonesboro to one shot...

The Jackson boys tennis team won a dual match for the first time in school history, winning five singles and one doubles match to defeat Poplar Bluff on Tuesday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This is the second year Jackson (1-1, 1-1 SEMO Conference) has had a boys tennis team. Poplar Bluff dropped to 1-2, 0-2 in conference...

BENTON, Mo. — Bryce Phelps hit a walk-off double as the Kelly baseball team edged Woodland 3-2 on Monday in Benton, Missouri. The Cardinals (4-3) tied the game in the top of the seventh when Rafe Johnson hit a solo home run, but the Hawks responded in the bottom of the frame...

Coach: Rhonda Nichols Conference: N/A District: Class 1 District 1 Last year's postseason results: N/A Returning key contributors: N/A Key newcomers: N/A Coach: Collin Sheridan Conference: N/A District: Class 4 District 1 Last year's postseason results: N/A...

BENTON, Mo. — Sophomore Jordi James scored the first two goals of her varsity career on Wednesday, as the Sikeston girls soccer team upended Kelly 3-2. Emily Boyd also scored on a penalty kick goal, while Audrey Vogel and Jade Davis finished with assists...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — It was a successful Eva G. Hinshaw Invitational for the Sikeston boys and girls track and field teams on Thursday. Both teams finished in the top three in total team points, while five individuals won their respective events. Sikeston finished second to McCracken County (139 points) in 18 girls’ events, with 110.50 points...

Sophomore Austin Gast had another big day for the Bulldogs, blasting a home run, a double and driving in five runs as the Notre Dame baseball team trounced visiting Fredericktown 20-10 in six innings to send the Black Cats home with their first loss of the season in Thursday's slugfest...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — A scoreless game until the fourth inning, the Sikeston baseball team battled with Francis-Howell at Francis-Howell High School, in St. Charles, Mo., on Monday. A pair of runs crossed the plate for the Vikings, though, in the frame, and an additional four came across in the following inning, as Francis-Howell defeated the Bulldogs 6-0 in the first day of the 23rd Annual St. Louis Midwest Classic...

Coach: AJ Horn Conference: N/A District: Class 1 District 4 Last year's record: 6-11 Returning starters: N/A Starters lost: N/A Stat leaders: N/A Key returners/newcomers: N/A Coach: Jami Pobst Conference: Scott-Mississippi District: Class 1 District 4...

The Chaffee baseball team gave it all it had in its second game of the day against Portageville but watched as a wild pitch delivered the walk-off win for the Bulldogs in a 4-3 decision in eight innings Tuesday in Portageville, Missouri. Andrew Brown was on the mound when the Bulldogs scored and took the loss for the Red Devils...

Coach: Chris Asmus Conference: Stoddard County Athletic Association District: Class 2 District 3 Last year's record: 17-9 Returning starters: Senior Austin Bailey (1B), senior Noah Sauceda (SS), junior Hunter Curtis (P, 3B), sophomore Ridley Bailey (C), sophomore Gus Garner (P/3B)...

Oran girls basketball senior Leah Cauble added one more achievement to the long list of accolades she has racked up in a stellar four-year career: Class 2 Player of the Year. Cauble broke the state career scoring mark this past season and is the two-time reigning Southeast Missourian Player of the Year. She's also one of several area players to earn all-state honors in boys and girls basketball, as the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association released the teams Wednesday...

SIKESTON — Several local basketball players earned a spot on the All-State team, which got announced on Wednesday. Sikeston senior Trey Jenkins earned a spot on the Class 4 list. Jenkins had a significant hand in the Bulldogs 25-1 record this season...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — After a tough home loss to Sikeston one day ago, the New Madrid County Central baseball team returned home to face Caruthersville on Tuesday. The result was different in this one, as the Eagles beat the Tigers 12-1 in five innings...

Tanner Walton carded a one-under-par 34 to earn medalist honors as the Jackson boys golf team opened its season with a win over Notre Dame and Cape Girardeau Central on Tuesday at Kimbeland Country Club. Case Engelhart followed up with an even-par 35 for Jackson, which finished 32 strokes ahead of the Bulldogs for the victory...

The Leopold baseball team came alive in the sixth inning and held Bell City at bay to come away with a 3-1 road victory on Monday in both teams' season debut. Ryan Lewis went the distance on the mound to get the win for the Wildcats (1-0). The one run he allowed was earned, and he had eight strikeouts and three walks...

MEADOW HEIGHTS, Mo. — Kade Lindgren touched base three of his four times at bat as the Panthers rallied in the final inning but could not overcome a seven-run deficit to fall to the undefeated Eagles on the road. Trae Davis pitched 3 1/3 innings to be marked with the loss for Meadow Heights (0-4). He gave up nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits, walked three batters and struck out one...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — With the scored knotted up at 50 and 3:30 left to play, the Oran boys basketball team was locked in a battle with Greenwood in the Show-Me Showdown Class 2 state championship game on Saturday afternoon at the JQH Arena.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Joe Shoemaker rarely shows emotions, talking quickly and without pause and often focusing on Xs-and-Os. But minutes after a heartbreaking state championship defeat, the Oran boys basketball coach, sitting on a dais and looking out at a gaggle of reporters, visibly choked up when talking about his team...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A nine-point lead had dwindled to one, and the Oran boys basketball team was going through its worst offensive drought of the day. A lead change seemed inevitable midway through the third quarter, but Oran Joe Shoemaker didn't burn a timeout. He trusted his players...

ORAN, Mo. -- The Oran boys basketball team knows what it's like to win a state championship. So do the Eagles' opponent. The last two champions in Class 2 will face off in a state semifinal when Oran takes on reigning champion Van-Far at 11 a.m. today in Springfield, Missouri. The Eagles won the 2017 state title with then-sophomore Jacob Shoemaker scoring 33 points...

ORAN, Mo. -- Two games left. Period. No matter what happens, win or lose, Jacob and Joe Shoemaker know these are the last two games they'll compete in as a father-son, coach-player duo. For years, Joe Shoemaker has been Jacob's coach, starting in elementary school and continuing through Oran High School. Together, the two have experienced highs, such as winning the Eagles' first state title in boys basketball, and lows. Now, time is almost up on the duo...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A gifted scorer, Oran senior Leah Cauble, struggled to get into a groove against Thayer on Saturday afternoon, at the Libla Sports Complex at Three Rivers Community College, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Cauble didn’t record her first field goal until 5:48 of the second quarter, as the Lady Bobcats dictated the game from start to finish and took Oran’s top player out of the game...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Returning to the final four for the second time in the last three years; the Oran boys basketball team is riding a 21-game winning streak. On Saturday afternoon, the Eagles met up with a Portageville team that was coming off of a three-game stretch of games that were decided by five points or less...

It's a simple concept, one moms often tell their children before games. The Oran boys basketball team even writes it on the whiteboard before each game. Have fun. Wednesday, it took a quarter and a half for the Eagles to enjoy the moment. When they did, there was no stopping them...

Following a formula it has used all postseason, the Oran girls basketball team stormed out to an early lead and cruised to a big victory. The Eagles opened the Class 2 state sectional against Valle Catholic by scoring the first 13 points and led by 24 points after one quarter...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Oran girls basketball team dominated from the opening tip Friday, scoring the game's first 21 points and cruising to a sixth consecutive district title. On a night senior Leah Cauble became the career leading scorer in state history, the top-seeded Eagles defeated No. 3 St. Vincent 82-28 in the Class 2 District 3 championship game at Chaffee High School...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Tyson Goodale, a picture of serenity most nights, bounced up and down like he was riding a pogo stick. The gym was rocking, and the Oran boys basketball team was starting to pull away. A third consecutive district championship appeared within reach...

Propelled by Jacob Shoemaker's 30 points, the top-seeded Oran boys basketball team defeated fourth-seeded Chaffee 83-53 in the semifinals of the Class 2 District 3 Tournament on Wednesday in Chaffee, Missouri. Oran took a 31-8 advantage into the second quarter, where Chaffee responded by outscoring the Eagles 22-18 to cut the deficit to 49-30 by halftime. The third period was all Oran once again as the Eagles outpaced the Red Devils 19-10...

Junior Jack Below scored a game-high 29 points as a strong first half kept the Advance boys basketball team's season alive in its 74-56 upset victory over third-seeded St. Vincent in Monday's opening round of the Class 2 District 3 Tournament at Chaffee High School...

GIDEON, Mo. — Without Nathan Burnett in the lineup, Risco was still able to cruise to a 91-35 opening round win of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament, at Gideon High School. EJ Myers led the team with 20 points, while Garrett Young pitched in with 19...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kate Grubbs won her first match of the Class 1 state tournament on Thursday at Mizzou Arena, in Columbia, Mo. Grubbs won 12-3 in her first match of the day but fell by pinfall in her quarterfinal matchup. She will compete again, today, in the second round of wrestle backs...

The Jackson wrestling team got off to a great start at the Class 4 state championship, with four of the team's five state qualifiers winning their first-round bouts in Columbia, Missouri. Riley Wiseman was the first victor, beating David H. Hickman's Ethan Barr 6-1 in the 106-pound match. Alec Bailey (120) earned an 8-2 decision over Ozark's Clayton Moison and Garner Horman (145) picked up a 10-5 win over Nixa's Kolyn Eli for the Indians...

The second quarter of the Jackson-Lindbergh duel proved to be the difference maker as the Indians boys basketball outscored the Flyers 12-4 in the second period of the 49-41 victory on Wednesday, claiming third place in the Lindbergh Flyers Invitational...

MALDEN, Mo. — Leading by 15 points at halftime was all that East Prairie needed to breeze past Malden on Tuesday night. Mason Bryars scored 22 points, while Derez Tipler added 11. Tyler McCurter also reached double-digits in scoring, with 10 of his own, as East Prairie (14-10) defeated the Green Wave 79-43...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — It was another breezy night for the Oran girls basketball team on Monday. The Lady Eagles defeated St. Vincent 77-28, behind Leah Cauble’s 43 points. Cauble shot 17 of 28 from the floor, to add to her six rebounds, three steals, and three assists...