Poplar Bluff

The Jackson football team held Poplar Bluff scoreless in the final quarter and hung on to secure a 41-27 victory, clinching its first SEMO North Conference title since 2013 on Friday night at The Pit. Senior running back Bryndan Reid finished with 31 carries for 183 yards and two touchdowns, including a 15-yard run that salted the game away late in the fourth quarter. As a team, the Indians finished with 246 yards rushing...

The Jackson defense has a philosophy it adheres to every time it steps on the football field. E+R=O. The theory of relativity it is not, but against the most important test the Indians have faced thus far this season, Event + Response = Outcome was the battle cry; and in a game in which the offense had enough miscues to sink the ship, Jackson's defense found its mantra was exactly what it needed...

For the first time in school history, the Cape Central boys swimming team defeated the Lafayette (Wildwood) 115-68 in a dual on Thursday in the suburban St. Louis area, setting nine new state cuts in the victory. Two-time reigning Semoball Boys Swimmer of the Year Brogan Davis set two state cuts in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley to lead the Tigers. Sam Hahs had his state cut in the 100 breaststroke, and Daniel Seabaugh had his in the 500 freestyle...

All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

Chaffee scored two runs in the seventh inning to break a tie and defeat host Neelyville 7-5 high school softball action Monday. Carlie Milz, who had a double and drove in two runs, recorded the win in relief for the Red Devils (7-4). Milz allowed three hits over two innings, striking out one and walking one...

Mules stop Central on 2-point attempt to preserve 36-34 SEMO North Conference win.

The Scott City football team is now 4-0 and off to its best start since 2004 after a 29-28 come-from-behind victory over Charleston last week and will take on rival Chaffee at 7 p.m. today in Scott City. The Red Devils will look to end the Rams' unblemished run and avenge last year's 28-14 defeat...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Poplar Bluff served up a 12 aces to earn a SEMO Conference win Thursday night Six different players had an ace for the Mules as Kennett struggled with its serve-receive in a 25-12, 25-7 road loss. “They have a good top-spin servers,” Kennett coach Veronica Gardner said. “Our passing wasn’t there.”...

As a pitcher, Adrienne Stucker doesn't play every day for Poplar Bluff. After all, Mules coach Lisa Boyer can hand the ball to the team's other starter and give Stucker the day off. But Tuesday at Jackson City Park, Stucker was in the circle, which meant she was in the lineup batting ninth...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Liam Gray scored a pair of first-half goals and set up the game winner with 10 1/2 minutes left in regulation as Jackson won 4-3 at Poplar Bluff on Tuesday night. Josh Scholl scored on a breakaway set up by Gray after the Mules overcame a 3-0 halftime deficit...

Sophomore Chloe Bergman served three aces as the Perryville volleyball team defeated host De Soto in straight sets (25-12, 25-17) on Thursday in conference action. Fellow sophomore Sydney Spears dished out seven assists for Perryville (6-4-2, 2-0 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division). Sophomore Camryn Baer notched six digs for the Pirates...

All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

All the local high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

The Advance volleyball team continued its winning streak and notched its first conference win of the season in a sweep of visiting Woodland, 25-12 and 25-18. The Hornets improved to 8-0-1 overall and 1-0 in the SCAA Conference. The Cardinals dropped to 4-2-3 overall and 1-1 in the conference...

Hannah Hunt recorded 12 kills and five digs to lead the Indians to a 25-20, 25-17 win over Hillsboro in volleyball action Thursday night. Olivia Wendel tallied nine kills and two aces for Jackson (3-1). Malary Burger notched 12 assists and six digs while Lainey Broussard had 10 assists, seven digs and six aces for the Indians. Hannah Wilson had 22 digs and Nicole Lawson had eight digs to pace the Indians defensively...

The games don't matter, and that's why they matter so much. At least, that was the common refrain as the Notre Dame Soccer Fest opened Thursday at Notre Dame Regional High School. It would be more accurate to say the results on the scoreboard don't matter, because as Notre Dame, Jackson, Cape Girardeau Central, Perryville, Sikeston, Poplar Bluff, Marion (Ill.) and Carbondale (Ill.) took to the field in the opening round, it provided an important opportunity for teams to get quality experience against quality teams with three games in three days.. ...

Notre Dame's Sarah Bell carded a 1-under-par 70 to as the Bulldogs edged Marquette by one stroke to win the Rockwood Summit Invitational at The Falls Golf Club in O'Fallon, Mo. Bell finished one stroke ahead of Cor Jesu Academy's Kate Kuess to earn the medalist honors. Bulldogs teammate Allison Bray came in third place individually with a score of 73...

A game-tying triple and a go-ahead two-run homer sparked a six-run fifth inning as the Poplar Bluff softball team beat visiting Chaffee 7-3 on Monday. Calli Gerber followed a pair of one-out walks with a line-drive triple before freshman Brylee Misner followed two pitches later with a home run to lift the Mules (9-2)...

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- It took until overtime, but the Perryville boys soccer team finally took advantage of having two extra players on the field Tuesday night. Isaac Ellsworth headed in a game-tying goal with 6 minutes, 16 seconds left in regulation and Cole Gerstenberger scored just before the 4-minute mark of overtime to lift the Pirates past Poplar Bluff 2-1...

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The first game at the new Mules Stadium started late and ended early with a 48-8 win by Poplar Bluff. Kickoff was just over 40 minutes late as visiting Riverview Gardens of St. Louis couldn't get the team bus above 60 mph, making an already long trip longer. The Rams were given as much time as needed to warm up, but the wait didn't slow the Mules...

The SEMO Conference announced its official changes on Wednesday, all of which go into effect in the upcoming 2016-17 school year. Kelly will join the conference in football, creating four divisions. The Hawks will join Charleston, East Prairie and Malden in the East Division. ...

Another year, another enchanting evening at Southeast Missouri's premier sports awards show. The top student-athletes from 57 high schools across the region came together for the Third Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on Saturday at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus, as Malden's Nick Thompson and Dexter's Makayla Waldner took home the top individual honors...