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Woodland defeated Puxico at home Friday night in straight sets, winning 25-11, 25-18, and 25-9 to cap off a busy week of play, going 3-1 in the week and 6-4-2 overall on the season. Addie Johnson had 11 kills for the Cardinals as well as six digs. Emma Brown produced 10 kills of her own to go along with nine digs and four aces...

It was a good week for Notre Dame athletes both on AND off the field, as a pair of Bulldogs earned success in their athletic quests, as well as proved to be popular with Southeast Missouri fans.

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

With only four games left on the fall schedule, the Oran Eagles looked to stay hot against Bernie. Senior Ty Johnson led the way for Oran as the offense hit just enough to get by the visiting Mules Monday afternoon, by the final of 5-1. Johnson, who hits in the third in head coach Joe Bicking’s lineup, paced the Eagles in the hit column, recording three hits in four at-bats. He also scored two of the five runs for Oran...

The Woodland baseball team lost a very close game to Bloomfield Friday at home by the score of 5-4 to drop their record to 1-2 on the shortened season. The Wildcats jumped out to an early lead, plating two runs in their half of the first inning. The Cardinals answered, scoring one run in the third inning and then three more in the fourth inning, capped off by a 1 out, RBI single by Seth Abernathy...

Twin Rivers softball player Abbey Hester and Notre Dame swimmer Nick Landewe were strong in their competitive sports last week and popular off them, as the two earned the latest Semoball.com Athletes of the Week honors.

Malden 8, Doniphan 7 The Malden baseball squad rallied from a 7-5 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Doniphan 8-7 in Game 1 of a doubleheader Saturday. The trouble started for Doniphan in the final frame when Ethan Campbell collected a base hit. Cooper Thomas followed by drawing a walk. RBI hits by Dylan Bader and Griffin Riley tied things up at seven-all...

Bell City’s Easton Newell and Bryson Maddox combined to pitch a five-inning no-hitter Thursday in the Mules’ 14-0 victory over Gideon. Newell secured the win, striking out seven and walking five in four innings of a game played at Gideon. Maddox retired the side in the fifth on only five pitches...

The Malden Green Wave baseball team opened its inaugural fall season with a 16-2 five-inning home victory against Gideon Wednesday. Malden built a 6-1 lead by the end of the third inning. The Green Wave scored 10 runs on five hits and eight walks in the bottom of the fourth inning to pad its lead to 16-1...

Oran would have no problem scoring and scoring often in an early season defeat of Bloomfield, throttling the Wildcats 14-2 at a game played at Capaha Park. Senior starting pitcher Carter Heuring would also bat leadoff for the Eagles, getting on base 5 times to set the aforementioned tempo. He would cross home plate two times...

Cooter baseball coach David Mathis called his latest squad "the youngest Cooter team ever," following its latest outing. However, he also said the team, which starts seven players who are either sophomores or freshman "the funniest bunch to coach."

CAMPBELL, Mo. — It wasn’t the start of the season that the Portageville volleyball team wanted on Monday night at Campbell. The Bulldogs lost in straight-sets to the Lady Camels. Portageville (0-1) lost the first set 25-3, the second 25-14, and the third 25-12...

ORAN, Mo. — Only seven girls make up the Oran volleyball team this season. Even with the minimal turnout, fourth-year head coach, Amy Wibbenmeyer, expects a strong season out of her team. In one area more than any other, though, it’s serve-receive where she hopes to have the most success...

Cody Bova, the newly-named head boys’ basketball coach at Oak Ridge High School, is following in the wake of a successful predecessor – and he knows it. Bova succeeds the retired Chris Trimmer as skipper of the Bluejays this fall. Trimmer, 60, left the coaching ranks due to ongoing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic after amassing a 53-30 record in three seasons at the rural Class 1 school in northwestern Cape Girardeau County...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...

ORAN, Mo. — Friday, Oran senior boys basketball player Tyson Goodale signed his National Letter of Intent to Webster University in Webster Groves, Mo. Goodale finished his senior season with the Eagles by helping Oran advance to the Class 2 Show-Me Showdown. He averaged 20 points per game on 66 percent shooting, 77 percent from 3, 79 percent from the free-throw line, and gobbled 6.4 rebounds per contest...