Oran

SIKESTON — Every summer, coaching changes tend to occur. In the area, there will be multiple new faces on the sidelines for their respective programs. At Sikeston, Terry Flannigan returns to the Bulldogs football team, after his previous stint at Chaffee. He replaces Kent Gibbs who, after 12 years with Sikeston, heads to Cape Central...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Leah Cauble added placed another trophy on her mantle on Saturday night. The all-time leading scorer in Missouri history won the Girls Basketball Athlete of the Year award at the Semoball Awards. Cauble led the Oran Lady Eagles to the Class 2 Quarterfinals, where they lost to Thayer 58-28. For her senior season, she averaged 37 points per game, 7.5 rebounds, and shot 62 percent from the floor...

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

ORAN, Mo. — A decorated career on the basketball court for Oran’s Leah Cauble ended on a personal high note for the senior. Cauble earned another spot on the Class 2 All-State team — the fourth time in her career she accomplished that — and was also Class 2 Player of the Year...

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Jersey number: 14 Positions played during high school season: Pitcher and first base After-graduation plans: Going to East Central College to study early childhood education and to play softball Favorite team tradition: Saying "Do it to 'em, get 'em, Lady Hawks" before every game...

Another successful spring sports season has concluded, and awards have been doled out to student-athletes in the Southeast Missourian's coverage area. Notre Dame girls soccer won its second Class 2 state championship in three seasons, and other teams, such as Saxony Lutheran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer, also advanced to the final four...

Returning to the sidelines, former Sikeston boys’ basketball head coach Fred Johnson will lead the Kelly boys’ program in 2018-2019. At the helm of the Bulldogs, Johnson finished with a 118-82 record. He won three district championships during that time, along with a pair of quarterfinal appearances and a fourth-place finish at the state tournament...

The all-region softball team has been released. Kennett freshman Kyra Jaco, Oran junior Kaylee Payne, Campbell senior Elizabeth Steward, Puxico senior Bailey Burns, Holcomb sophomore Bailey Cupples, and Malden sophomore Hailey Rojas were selected first-team all-region infielders...

SIKESTON — Chaffee and Kelly headlined the Scott County, Mississippi County Conference baseball first team, was announced on Wednesday. Four Red Devils and four Hawks made up the list. Landon Tenkhoff — who was also the Player of the Year — Breven Yarbro, Brennan Fowler, and Kade Sullivan made up the first time for Chaffee...

COOTER, Mo — A postseason rivalry decades old was once against centerstage Monday afternoon when Cooter hosted Oran in the Class 1 sectionals. Flipping the script on last postseason, the Wildcats rode a strong start from ace Dawson Treat and several miscues from the Eagles’ defense to a 10-0 mercy-rule win that propels Cooter to the quarterfinals while knocking off the defending state champions...