Perryville

A year ago, the Jackson football team claimed its first SEMO Conference North championship since 2013 with a 41-27 win over Poplar Bluff. The Indians have a chance to make it two in a row at 7 p.m. today when they travel to face the Mules. Both teams enter 2-0 in conference. Thanks to a head-to-head tiebreaker, the Indians can clinch the crown with a conference game remaining if they pull out the road victory against Poplar Bluff...

Kelly Ivy threw a complete-game shutout, allowing just one hit in guiding the Kelly softball team to a 9-0 win over Perryville on Wednesday in Benton, Missouri. Ivy walked one batter and didn't record a strikeout. She helped herself at the plate with an RBI...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Perryville boys soccer team has been looking for a way to build some consistency and win a one-goal game. Monday afternoon, it solved both those riddles. An early goal set the tone and a late goal turned out to be critical, as the Pirates mostly controlled a game that looked a lot closer on the scoreboard than it was most of the day, dropping visiting St. Francis Borgia 3-2 at Perry Park Center to snap a two-game losing streak...

Anna Besand blasted a triple and drove in three runs to lead the Perryville softball team to a 15-5 victory over Saxony Lutheran on Friday that lasted five innings in Perryville, Missouri.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A 22-point victory still didn't sit well with Perryville coach Blane Boss. The Pirates produced 588 yards on the ground and its highest point total of the season, but a second-half surge from St. Vincent kept things closer than Boss had anticipated. In the end, Perryville did what it needed to do against its cross-town foe and held on for a 48-26 victory at St. Vincent High School...

The Advance volleyball team captured its fifth win in a row, defeating Saxony Lutheran 25-23, 24-26, 25-18 on Thursday at Saxony Lutheran High School. Allie Sprink recorded a double-double to lead the way for the Crusaders, finishing with 15 assists and 15 digs to go along with seven kills. Lexie Barnes also had a double-double for Saxony (12-6), recording 13 kills, 10 assists and eight digs, while Laurel Mueller chipped in 17 digs and five kills...

Terry Flannigan has seen both sides of the Chaffee-Scott City rivalry. The first-year Chaffee football coach was the head man at Scott City for two separate stints, in the 1990s and 2000s. Now Flannigan leads the Red Devils into a matchup against the visiting Rams at 7 p.m. today...

The Notre Dame volleyball team overcame a 20-17 deficit in both games to eke out a 25-23, 25-23 conference victory over Poplar Bluff on Tuesday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Alexa Clark's serve clipped the net and fell in to break a 23-all tie in the first game, while her serve helped the Bulldogs rally in the second game...

Lainey Broussard dished out a whopping 42 assists and had four digs as the Jackson volleyball team had to dig deep but eventually found a way to pull out a three-set squeaker over Park Hills Central -- 25-18, 25-27, 25-23 -- on Monday in Park Hills, Missouri...

Garrett Dobbelare made a winning debut, throwing four touchdown passes as St. Vincent football picked up its first win of the season with a 32-6 victory over host Herculaneum on Friday in Herculaneum, Missouri. Dobbelare missed the first the first three games of the season with mono...

Last year, Cape Central football entered a Week 4 matchup against Sikeston fresh off a close win over Farmington. Last week, the Tigers once again squeaked by Farmington and improved to 3-0, but this time they hope the Week 4 result plays out differently...

An improved offensive performance powered the Perryville football team as it exceeded last year's win total three games into this season. The Pirates rushed for 279 yards and defeated visiting Fredericktown 28-7 in Perryville, Missouri, on Friday in the MAFC White Division Conference opener for both teams. In the first two games, Perryville scored 21 points...

It's early in the season, there are still kinks to work out and, for some teams staying busy at early-season tournaments, there are already bumps and bruises for which to be accounted. But on Thursday night, Dexter walked in the door at the Notre Dame Volleyball Fest and announced it's gunning to defend its tournament title from a year ago...

Coming off a 26-point loss, Jackson football got back to the basics in practice this week. The Indians focused on the basic tenants of football, such as blocking and tackling, as they prepared for their home and SEMO Conference North opener against Sikeston at 7 p.m. Friday...

Thanks to two second-place finishes, St. Vincent cross country won both the boys and girls team titles in the largest-ever St. Vincent Invitational at Perry Park Center in Perryville, Missouri, on Wednesday. On the boys side, Joseph Baer came in second with a time of 18 minutes, 5 seconds, as the Indians finished 13 points ahead of second-place Steeleville (Ill.). Corin Carroll was second in the girls race, and St. Vincent edged Valle Catholic and Poplar Bluff by five points...

Lexie Barnes posted a double-double with 10 assists and 10 digs to go along with seven kills, as the Saxony Lutheran volleyball team defeated St. Vincent 25-18, 20-25, 25-18 on Tuesday in Perryville, Missouri. Allie Sprink recorded 13 assists and seven kills for Saxony Lutheran (6-1). Macy Morehead finished with 16 digs and five kills, and Laurel Mueller added five kills and nine digs. Ashley Fritsche notched 12 digs to pace the Crusaders defensively...

Olivia Hukel served four aces and dished out five assists, as the Cape Girardeau Central volleyball team defeated Puxico 25-10, 25-19 for its first win of the season Tuesday in Puxico, Missouri. Karly Thomas notched 19 digs and hammered four kills for Central (1-2)...

It was a wild final night at the Woodland Invitational volleyball tournament, as the final four matches all went three sets, capped off by the third-seeded host Cardinals pulling off their second upset of the night with a 25-21, 26-28, 25-20 victory over top-seeded Saxony Lutheran for the championship...

It was like stalking prey. Cape Girardeau Central's Jared Neikirk positioned himself, held his spot and pounced when he saw the opening. At the end, Neikirk got a quality win early in the cross country season as he passed and pulled away from a pair of Jackson runners -- reigning Semoball Awards Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year Ean Buffington and Gage Kinder -- to win the boys senior race at the 23rd Annual Jackson Invitational on Saturday at Jackson City Park...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perryville football coach Blane Boss found himself in an awkward situation following Friday night's game against St. Pius X. On one hand, he couldn't have been more pleased with the performance from his defense, which produced four takeaways and completely shut down the visitors' running game. However, on the other hand, the Pirates' offense left plenty to be desired...

Bridgette Swinford blasted a grand slam to lead the Chaffee softball team to its first win of the season, a 17-6 decision against Jefferson on Thursday in Festus, Missouri. Kylie Wilhite was the winning pitcher and also doubled for Chaffee (1-2). She allowed four earned runs and recorded seven strikeouts and one walk...

The Scott City and St. Vincent football teams share the same colors -- yellow and blue, which adorn their primary jerseys -- but when it comes to offenses, the similarities end. The Rams of Scott City rely on a ground attack bolstered by a smash-mouth style of play, running the ball 48 times for 308 yards in their season opener last week. The Indians, on the other hand, put their quarterback in the shotgun, spread a defense out and try to pick it apart through the air...

One thing good teams do is take advantage of openings, and on Thursday evening, Perryville just left the door cracked open a little too long a little too often. Despite falling into a 3-0 deficit early in the game, Jackson took advantage of Pirate mistakes and rallied for a 13-3 win in six innings at Jackson City Park...

Allison Bray carded a 3-over-par 75 to earn co-medalist honors, as the Notre Dame girls golf team started its season on a high note and clinched the championship of the 13-team Midwest Shootout Classic on Tuesday at Far Oaks Golf Course in Caseyville, Illinois...

The Chaffee football team began its season with an explosive win, traveling to Crystal City and walking away with a 48-0 victory under its belt on Friday. The decisive result was spearheaded by junior quarterback Landon Tenkhoff, who ran for 142 yards and four touchdowns on 13 carries. He also completed 2 of 3 passes for 41 yards and a touchdown, all of which went to Dalton Wilson...

There's a new boss leading Perryville football this season -- Blane Boss. The first-year coach was an all-state running back at Windsor in the early 2000s and an offensive coordinator at his alma mater for the past three seasons before Perryville hired him in March, following Mike Wojtczuk's resignation in January. He takes over a team coming off a 2-8 season...

Eric Roth didn't even know what a decathlon was when his coaches told him he would be competing in the event. But he took to it like a natural. Since that day over a year ago, Roth has secured two top-10 decathlon finishes in two different junior Olympics competitions, including a second-place finish at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympics in the 15- and 16-year-old age group...

From across Southeast Missouri, people descended upon Cape Girardeau on Saturday night for the region's premier sports awards show. More than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fourth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, as awards were handed out in 25 sports categories...

Twelve high school student-athletes earn recognition for their accomplishments on the baseball field this spring

Jersey number: 23 Positions played during high school season: Shortstop, pitcher Summer team: Top Gun Academy Twitter handle: @kpayne04 Favorite warmup song: "Turn My Swag On" by Soulja Boy Favorite bat to use: Rawlings Favorite place to play: University of Tennessee...

State events and finishes: Triple jump (15th) Favorite warmup song: "DNA" by Kendrick Lamar Favorite shoes to wear while competing: Nike TJ Elite Favorite rival to face off against: Phayzun Fobbs (Sikeston) Favorite place to compete: Kirkwood Favorite track and field athlete: Christian Taylor...