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Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. 2018 Senath-Hornersville graduate Lathan Brooks, who has signed to play baseball at John. A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill., is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Brooks batted .459 with six home runs, 24 RBIs and 25 runs scored for the Lions. He also went 6-1 on the hill with a 1.70 ERA. Brooks struck out 83 in 37 innings of work...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden shortstop Lexi Campbell is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Campbell batted .530 with four home runs and 26 RBIs her senior season. She also went 3-0 in the circle with a 3.62 ERA in 19 1/3 innings pitched...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The No. 2-seeded Scott City Rams broke a 3-3 tie with five runs in the top of the third inning and never looked back, as it beat the No. 1-seeded Portageville Bulldogs 14-4 in the Class 3 District 1 baseball championship Monday at Benny Hillhouse Park...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The Portageville Bulldogs rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie things up at 3-3 by the end of the second inning but was unable to generate enough offense to keep pace with the Scott City Rams the rest of the way. The No. 2-seeded Scott City Rams broke a 3-3 tie with five runs in the top of the third inning and never looked back, as it beat the No. 1-seeded Portageville Bulldogs 14-4 in the Class 3 District 1 baseball championship Monday at Hillhouse Park in Charleston...

Saxony Lutheran baseball held Jefferson (Festus) scoreless through six innings en route to 6-1 quarterfinal upset in the Class 3 District 3 Tournament in Festus, Missouri. Mason Lewis had a double and scored two runs to lead the fifth-seeded Crusaders past the fourth-seeded Blue Jays...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians softball team trailed 4-1 after two innings of play but still found a way to secure a run-rule victory against the Portageville Bulldogs in a Class 1 sectional Monday at Indian Park. Kennett erased a 4-1 deficit by scoring 11 unanswered runs and hung on to beat Portageville 14-4 in five innings...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Kaylee Payne belted a triple as a good fifth inning helped lift Oran softball to a 6-3 victory over Portageville in its final regular-season home game on Thursday. Alyssa Spane went 5 1/3 innings in the circle to obtain the win for the Eagles (12-2). ...