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The Jackson boys track and field claimed the Class 5 District 1 championship Monday in Hillsboro, Missouri. Running events were completed Saturday (check Monday's newspaper for a full listing of local state qualifiers in those events), and field events were suspended until Monday...

Notre Dame secured a share of the SEMO Conference regular-season championship with an 8-6 win over host Sikeston on Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished in a tie atop the standings with co-champion Jackson. Sikeston's Noah Hicks hit for the cycle, but his bat was not enough to overcome Notre Dame...

The Advance baseball team broke a tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 6-4 win over Bernie to claim the Stoddard County Activities Association championship on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Layton Keith got the win in relief for the Hornets (11-3), giving up one run in 3 1/3 innings while Noah Sauceda had a team-high three hits...

KENNETT, Mo. — Sikeston finished in second place in both girls and boys’ team events at the Kennett Invitational on Tuesday. The girls lost to Caruthersville, 133-98, while the boys fell to Kennett 176-106. In the high jump for the girls, TK Freeman finished second, while Tyenia Stevens finished third — both with jumps of 4-10...

Sophomore Austin Gast had another big day for the Bulldogs, blasting a home run, a double and driving in five runs as the Notre Dame baseball team trounced visiting Fredericktown 20-10 in six innings to send the Black Cats home with their first loss of the season in Thursday's slugfest...

Propelled by Jacob Shoemaker's 30 points, the top-seeded Oran boys basketball team defeated fourth-seeded Chaffee 83-53 in the semifinals of the Class 2 District 3 Tournament on Wednesday in Chaffee, Missouri. Oran took a 31-8 advantage into the second quarter, where Chaffee responded by outscoring the Eagles 22-18 to cut the deficit to 49-30 by halftime. The third period was all Oran once again as the Eagles outpaced the Red Devils 19-10...