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Ten months after the high school sports calendar began, we now know all 148 of our on-field nominees for the 2017 Semoball Awards. On Friday, the spring sport finalists for baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls track and field, golf and boys tennis for the event -- to be held Saturday, July 8, at the Bedell Performance Center at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus -- were announced as part of a live selection show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

Boys and girls basketball district tournament schedules for Class 1 District 1, Class 1 District 2, Class 2 District 2, Class 3 District 1, Class 3 District 2...

ESSEX, Mo. -- The Risco Tigers are owners of the longest winning streak in the Semoball coverage area. They're 19-2 and recently knocked off a state-ranked counterpart in Advance for one of its signature wins of the season. They may not have shown it the best on Friday night, but the Tigers displayed a hint of what has brought them to this point...

CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Led by Nathan Burnett's 19 points, the Risco Tigers won the Campbell Invitational Tournament and stayed undefeated by upsetting top-seeded Bernie 63-44 Friday night at Campbell High School. The second-seeded Tigers had three players in double figures and led the Mules by eight at halftime before taking a 45-32 into the fourth quarter...

Their seasons haven't even tipped off, but two local teams already have been crowned district champions due to realignment. Scott County Central dropped down to Class 1 after a brief two-year stint at Class 2 and will field the lone girls team among the eight schools in District 1...

The games went according to plan Monday in the opening round of the Class 2 District 2 Tournament at Puxico, with the top-seeded teams prevailing in their respective matchups. Fourth-seeded host Puxico opened the tournament with a 25-19, 25-16 victory over fifth-seeded Scott City, finishing the Rams' season with a record of 7-26-1. ...

The 2016 Tri-County Conference baseball awards have been released. Holcomb’s Dillon Mize has been selected as the Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Cooter’s David Mathis has been selected as the Tri-County Conference Coach of the Year. Mathis coached Cooter to the Tri-County Conference tournament title earlier this month...

Schedules are set for district volleyball tournaments in the Missouri Bootheel. Gideon will host Class 1, District 1. Top-seeded Gideon receives a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Cooter plays No. 5 seeded Southland Oct. 17 at 4 p.m., No. 2 seeded North Pemiscot plays No. 7 seeded Delta C-7 Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. and No. 3 seeded Clarkton plays No. 6 seeded Holcomb Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. Semifinals are Oc. 17 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. with the championship to follow Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m...

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...

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...