Perryville

The Perryville boys soccer team has been on a roll as of late, winning seven games in a row after suffering its lone defeat against Notre Dame on Aug. 31. Tuesday was no different, as the Pirates shellacked the Seckman Jaguars, 6-1, as part of the opening round of the Hillsboro Tournament...

The Jackson Indians look to increase their winning streak to 19 games on Friday night when they host Sikeston in a SEMO North Conference tilt. The Indians (4-0) are coming off a 48-0 win over rival Cape Central where eight different running backs carried the ball for a total of 311 yards and five touchdowns...

Four schools in the Southeast Missourian coverage area are ranked top 10 in the first Missouri Soccer Coaches Association state power rankings poll of 2021. Jackson, Notre Dame, Perryville and Saxony Lutheran all cracked the top 10. Notre Dame (9-1) and Perryville (5-1) are the highest-ranked teams in the area, both coming in at No. 3 in their respective classes...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — It was a defensive purist’s dream. Scoring drives came at a premium when Perryville clipped Fredericktown 21-14 on Friday night in a taut Class 3 contest at Pirates Stadium. Credit quarterback Aiden McGarvey’s resolve and a Perryville defense that gave him plenty of opportunities...

Behind goals from Sam Cairns, Timothy Kirby and Jonathan Brandtner, the Cape Central boys soccer team blanked Poplar Bluff 3-0 on Thursday. The Tigers outshot the Mules, 8-0, as the trio slipped goals past the Mules' goalkeeper. Cape Central starting goalkeeper Tad Couch went relatively unscathed, as the Tigers defense didn't allow a shot on goal during the entire match...

Behind a stout game from senior forward Stratton Kaempfe's three goals, the Perryville Pirates left little to doubt in the dismantling of Festus on Tuesday, beating the Tigers, 8-0. Bryce Brewer and Dayton Strattman pitched in two goals in the win while Kaden Laurentius added one goal...

Passing Cameron Marchi, Jackson — 18-27, 286 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT Christian Schaaf, St. Vincent — 7-18, 145 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Gavin Venable, Scott City — 6-15, 123 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Eli Glueck, Chaffee — 6-8, 35 yards, 1 INT Mark Panagos, Scott City — 1-1, 15 yards...

The Chaffee football team has started its season 1-1 for the third straight year under third-year coach Will Daffron, but the Arkansas native has far more confidence in his team this year than the previous two. Despite taking a 48-8 beating from Charleston last Friday, Daffron believes his team has what it takes to take down the 2-0 Kelly Hawks on Friday night at Mark Whitaker Memorial Field in Chaffee, Mo...

The Advance Hornets recorded their fourth sweep in four tries this season with a 25-18, 25-13, 25-21 victory over Arcadia Valley on Thursday at Ironton. No individual statistics were reported. The Hornets (4-0) will host Bell City in an SCAA match at 6 p.m. Monday at Advance High School...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — The Perryville softball team began Tuesday’s game against Sikeston with three starters out with injury and starting pitcher Alyson Stortz resting before the Pirates’ conference games later this week. The Bulldogs showed no mercy. Sikeston took advantage of Perryville’s short-handedness, defeating the Pirates 17-3 in six innings...

Passing Cameron Marchi, Jackson — 14-18, 270 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT Devin Keller, Scott City — 13-29, 243 yards, 2 TD Christian Schaaf, St. Vincent — 8-19, 143 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT Rilaynd Graham, Perryville — 7-10, 91 yards, 1 TD Eli Glueck, Chaffee — 1-4, 5 yards...

PERRYVILLE. Mo. -- The Perryville Pirates' coaching staff had one mission coming out of the locker room at halftime on Friday. Run the ball exclusively, mainly behind senior running back Deven Lukefahr. A late fourth-quarter rally by Windsor was thwarted in the final seconds and Perryville hung on to win 28-20 on Friday night...

Despite falling 40-0 in its season opener, St. Vincent coach Tim Schumer is just excited for his team to have another opportunity to step on the field. The Indians may have their hands full, however, as they travel to Scott City to night to take on the 1-0 Rams...

The Perryville boys soccer team got its season going by winning all three games at the Greg Kline Invitational soccer tournament In Carbondale, Illinois over the weekend. The Pirates beat Anna-Jonesboro 8-1 on Friday, and defeated Carbondale and Belleville East on Saturday 4-0 and 10-0, respectively...

After completing one of the most storied seasons in MSHSAA history, the Jackson High School football program graduated a TON of talent and leadership. “You don’t take turns,” veteran Indian coach Brent Eckley said. “The best team wins. It’s not whosever turn it is.”

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.

PERRYVILLE – Brent Roth hasn’t drifted far from his roots.

PERRYVILLE - Only once in the past decade-plus, has the Perryville football program enjoyed a winning season (2017).

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” Religious icon Mother Theresa made that statement some time ago, and it is profound in its application to all things in life, without question. However, she didn’t witness the magnificence of Jackson High School football a year ago, as the Indians played near-perfect football through five months and won the MSHSAA Class 5 state championship in dominating fashion. So, you’ll have to forgive gridiron fans from Perryville to Poplar Bluff if they just want to savor 2020 a tad longer.

Christmas remains four months away and only a handful of people throughout Southeast Missouri probably celebrate their birthdays today. However, for football fans – and as it turns out, coaches and players, as well – today is a euphoric day of the year. The 2021 high school football season officially opens this evening and like every season, the next three months promise to be a rollercoaster of emotions for every person that follows the game.

There is no denying the chaotic state that the world remains in for a second consecutive football season, but Southeast Missourians can take solace in this: Football season is here, and we’re going to embrace it.

The Perryville Pirates have found a new Week 1 football opponent after St. Clair announced its team would have to quarantine for two weeks due to COVID-19. The Red Bud (Ill.) Musketeers will travel to Perryville on Friday night to take on the Pirates in a 7 p.m. tilt...

The Cape Central football team will have its first taste of in-game action this week. The Tigers — who went 3-6 during a 2020 season that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic — will travel to Hayti, Mo., on Friday to take part in the Indians’ 6 p.m. jamboree, along with New Madrid County Central and Kennett...

Most high school soccer players could only hope to score 45 goals in an entire four-year career. Perryville’s Leah Buerck did it in one season. “It took a lot of pressure off the coaching staff,” Pirates coach Jerry Fulton said. “When you can get that early goal or get that early lead, it’s huge. For instance, I don’t know how this happened, but in the first 30 minutes, we were down three goals to North County the first time we played them. We beat them six to three and Leah had five goals...

Prior to the MSHSAA Class 4 Boy’s Soccer state championship game last November in Springfield, Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly wasn’t exactly feeling great.

The Semoball Cup is presented to the school with the most successful season based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams (WIN) plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams (POST) and individuals (IND). The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Here are the standings with previous rankings from 2020:...