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Sixty area volleyball teams took part in the Dig For Life Challenge Volleyball Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and Show Me Center Friday and Saturday.

East Carter County’s Makenna Moore tossed a complete game and gave up just one earned run on four hits as the host Redbirds flew to their fourth win of the season in the 2-1 victory over Jackson on Tuesday in softball action in Ellsinore, Mo. Moore struck out...

PUXICO — It took the Royals an inning to settle into their season opener, and then they cruised. Twin Rivers struck out twice in the first inning, but just three more times the rest of the game as they beat Puxico 15-0 in four innings Thursday. The bottom five spots in the lineup scored 10 of Twin Rivers’ 15 runs. ...

When the Poplar Bluff volleyball team couldn’t quite shake a pesky Puxico squad Tuesday night, senior Haley Slaughter served up the answer. The senior recorded three aces and held serve for eight straight points to close out the first game and had four straight aces to break a tie in the second game as the Mules opened the season with a 25-17, 25-20 home win...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.