Poplar Bluff

Class and district assignments have been released for boys and girls basketball in the Missouri Bootheel for the 2018-19 season. Clarkton, Delta, Delta C-7, Gideon, North Pemiscot, Richland, Risco, Scott County Central, and Southland will compete in Class 1, District 1. See teams in all Class 1 districts here: Class 1 Districts...

The schedule has been released for the SEMO Conference varsity girls basketball tournament. The eight-team event takes place Nov. 26, Nov. 27 and Nov. 29. No. 1 seeded Dexter plays No. 8 seeded Kennett Nov. 26 at 4 p.m., No. 4 seeded Saxony Lutheran plays No. 5 seeded Notre Dame Nov. 26 at 5:30 p.m., No. 2 seeded Jackson plays No. 7 seeded Cape Central No. 26 at 7 p.m., and No. 3 seeded Poplar Bluff plays No. 6 seeded Sikeston No. 26 at 8:30 p.m...

It didn't take long for the Jackson football team to shake off a week's worth of rust. The Indians, coming off a bye last week, took the lead less than three minutes in and were up 21 points by the end of the first quarter. The fast start resulted in another blowout home win as the top-seeded Indians cruised past No. 4 Poplar Bluff 49-0 in a Class 5 District 1 semifinal at The Pit...

Zachary Moore scored late in the second half as the Cape Central boys soccer team beat North County 2-1 on Tuesday in Sikeston, Missouri, to advance to the Class 3 District 1 championship. With the district semifinal win, the second-seeded Tigers (11-11) avenged an Oct. 24 loss to the third-seeded Raiders and advanced to a district final for the first time since 2012. They will fae No. 1 Farmington in the final at 6 p.m. Thursday...

Throughout this season, the Jackson volleyball team has leaned on an aggressive service game to put the pressure on the opposition. That approach propelled the Indians to 26 wins and a second consecutive district championship game, but it wasn't enough to lead them past the reigning district champions...

The schedule is set for the SEMO Conference volleyball tournament. The 10-team event takes place Oct. 16 and Oct. 18 at Cape SportsPlex. Pool play is Oct. 16 and bracket play is Oct. 18. Cape Central, Notre Dame, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, and Jackson will compete in the SEMO North Pool. Scott City, Oran, NMCC, Kennett, and Charleston will compete in the SEMO South Pool...

Poplar Bluff's Brylee Misner blasted two home runs and had three RBIs as the Mules ended Cape Girardeau Central's softball season Wednesday in the Class 4 District 1 Tournament with a 13-3 victory in the quarterfinals at Jackson City Park. The Mules used four three-run innings in enacting the 10-run rule in the sixth inning...

Nicholas Hux posted a first-place time of 5 minutes, 14.46 seconds in the 500 freestyle as the Notre Dame boys swimming team finished 18 points of Monett to win the championship of the 25th Annual Roger Eastman (Fort Zumwalt North) Invitational on Saturday at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Missouri...

It was deja vu for the Jackson football team Friday night. The Indians recovered an opening onside kick and promptly scored. That sequence mirrored the beginning of the previous week's rout of Farmington. This time, there was an added twist. Jackson did it twice...

What a difference a year makes. Last year around this time the Jackson football team sought to end Poplar Bluff's perfect start to the season. The Indians were unsuccessful, falling 29-28 and losing possession of the SEMO Conference North crown. This season, the conference title is back in the Indians' hands and they are the ones with the undefeated record heading into the conference and district rivalry game at 7 p.m. today at The Pit...

Wil Essner and Jake Sauerbrunn each sank two goals to lead the Jackson boys soccer team to a 7-0 victory over North County on Monday at Jackson Junior High School. Ryan Kinder and Noah Sparks netted one goal apiece for the Indians, who improved to 12-1-2 with the win. Chalon Domian had the other goal and also had an assist for the hosts and Chayton Bass added one assist...

Blake Morris didn't get the time he wanted. He did, however, get the victory. For the second consecutive year, the Notre Dame junior won the boys varsity cross country race at the Notre Dame Invitational, leading the host Bulldogs to a second-place team finish Saturday...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Shemyron Townsend fumbled on two of his seven touches in the first half. The Poplar Bluff coaching staff stuck with their big-play threat and Townsend rewarded them with 175 rushing yards on 15 carries as the Poplar Bluff football taem beat Cape Central 19-6 on Friday at Mules Stadium. Walking off the field, Townsend held his game ball close...

Chalon Domian netted two goals as the Jackson boys soccer team picked up a key conference victory in its 3-0 win over Farmington on Thursday at Jackson Junior High School. Colton Seyer scored the other goal for the Indians, who improved to 11-1-2 and 4-0 in the SEMO Conference. Logan Geare provided one assist for Jackson, which snapped the Knights' five-game winning streak with the victory...

There's no rest for the weary. Jackson football, coming off its first victory over a ranked opponent all season, dives back into the meat of its SEMO Conference North schedule with a home game against Farmington at 7 p.m. today. Last week, the undefeated Indians rode an explosive offense to a 60-33 win over Battle, which entered the matchup ranked No. 7 in the Class 5 media poll. Thanks to the win, Jackson vaulted up three spots to No. 7 in this week's rankings...

The Cape Girardeau Central girls tennis team finished one point ahead of Kennett to dethrone the defending tournament champion Indians and win the SEMO Conference Tournament on Friday at Notre Dame Regional High School. Jordan Maxton won the singles championship for the Tigers in an 8-4 victory over Kennett's Emma Phillips. Kennett's Sydni McAtee and Darcy Campbell defeated Jackson's Sarah Fetterhoff and Chloe Pipkin 8-0 for the doubles championship...

Hannah Shinn put down nine kills as Jackson volleyball clinched the regular-season conference championship of the SEMO Conference North Division with the 25-13, 25-21 win over Sikeston. Mackenzie Stoner slammed eight kills for Jackson (9-1, 4-0 SEMO North Conference) while Emily Scott added five kills and two aces. Lainey Broussard tallied 20 assists, two kills and two aces for the Indians...

The Advance volleyball team kept its undefeated season alive and picked up a key district win on Thursday night with a 25-18, 25-14 sweep of Leopold at Advance High School. Both teams will be competing in Class 1 District 3 Tournament and Thursday's result could tilt the potential district seedings in the Hornets' favor...

The Notre Dame softball team was struggling to make contact at the plate. So the Bulldogs turned to a small-ball approach that helped key their run to the Class 3 state championship game last fall. Notre Dame bunted four times in the fourth inning, breaking up a no-hitter and scoring the game's first two runs without the ball leaving the infield. ...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

For years, whenever a student-athlete went out of town, Tom Hoover told them, "Remember who you are and where you came from." After a lifetime of dedication to Poplar Bluff, Hoover died Thursday at Black River Medical Center after a lengthy battle with cancer...

Macy Morehead recorded 17 digs and nine kills as the Saxony Lutheran volleyball team escaped with a straight-set sweep of Sikeston (25-12, 25-23) on Thursday in Sikeston, Missouri. Olivia Spanley also had nine kills for the Crusaders (4-4), who got 21 assists from Olivia Voelker. Makayla Mueller notched 12 digs and served four aces for Saxony...

For a Jackson volleyball team relying on a more balanced attack and some contributions from underclassmen, self-belief is a big-time factor. On Tuesday night, the squad got both the balance and -- even if it took a little while to grow into -- the self-belief it needed...

Cape Girardeau Central senior Jared Neikirk was the first runner to cross the finish line with a first-place time of 10 minutes, 36.94 seconds to help lead the Tigers to second place at the Fleet Feet Cross Country Kickoff Classic at the Arnold City Park on Thursday...

Twenty-six teams kicked off the cross country season Saturday at the Jackson Invitational at Jackson City Park. The host program had a strong day, led by its senior girls. With each grade getting its own race, Kennedy Bauer topped the senior showdown with a time of 15 minutes, 30 seconds, just 18 seconds ahead of teammate Kaylee Wilson in second. Faith Littleton crossed the line fifth in that race to lead the Indians to a team victory in the race...