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Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

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 Tri-County Conference high school softball awards have been released. Southland freshman Jenna Gibson has been selected as Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Gibson went 10-3 and struck out 142 in 68 innings of work in the circle. Gibson batted .630 with a .735 on-base percentage and 1.49 slugging percentage...

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...

CLARKTON, Mo. — Both Risco and Scott County Central (SCC) carried lofty expectations into the Class 1, District 1 championship Thursday night. For Risco, it was the promise of another dominant conference run with the hope of finally breaking through the district tournament. SCC, meanwhile, was virtually a lock to cruise on through to another strong run at state...

Megan Heisserer had 16 points and seven rebounds as the Notre Dame girls basketball team defeated host Poplar Bluff 57-47 on Thursday in its SEMO Conference and regular-season finale. Julia Williams added 16 points, and Lexi Welter had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Riley Burger chipped in eight points and seven rebounds for Notre Dame (12-13, 3-4 SEMO Conference)...

HOLCOMB, Mo. — One night after a 33-point victory in the Tri-County Conference semifinals, the top-seeded Risco varsity boys basketball team cruised to its second straight conference title with a 34-point win over No. 2 seeded Clarkton Friday. The Tigers finish undefeated in their 2017-18 conference campaign — a convincing performance from a team looking to end Scott County Central’s dominant run at the top of the district...

By DUSTIN WARD dward@dddnews.com HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Risco Tigers and Clarkton Reindeer are set to collide in the title game of the Tri-County Conference varsity boys basketball tournament for a second straight year following the completion of semifinal action Thursday night...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1, District 1 boys basketball tournament. The eight-team tournament is slated to take place Feb. 17, Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 at Clarkton High School. Risco has received the No. 1 seed. All quarterfinal games are slated for Feb. 17...

Another year, another group of superb performances by area student-athletes, the most outstanding of which are being recognized. On Wednesday, 55 individuals were announced as fall sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards. The selections were presented during a live radio show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

The stage is set for the highly anticipated Tri-County Conference boys basketball tournaments. The varsity boys tournament and junior varsity boys tournament are slated to take place Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at Holcomb High School. Risco was received the No. 1 seed in the varsity tournament and Cooter has received the No. 1 seed in the junior varsity tournament...

RISCO, Mo. - The Risco Tigers outscored the Southland Rebels 90-23 to secure their eighth straight win Thursday. The Tigers jumped out to a 27-9 lead after one quarter of play and led 59-16 at the halftime. Nathan Burnett paced Risco (12-6) with 23 points while Treston Meese and EJ Myers scored 17 and 16 respectively...

MALDEN, Mo. – The Malden Green Wave closed the fourth quarter on a 15-4 run as it rallied past the New Madrid County Central Eagles 52-46 Tuesday night. New Madrid County Central opened the fourth quarter on a 9-1 run to move ahead 42-37 before Malden followed with its own surge...

Malden 76, Campbell 55 CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity girls basketball team finished Bootheel Conference regular season play 7-0 as it secured a 76-55 road win at Campbell Monday night. Malden outscored Campbell by single digits in each of the first two quarters to build a 29-20 lead by halftime. The Green Wave paced its advantage to 58-33 by the start of the fourth quarter...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - Holcomb’s varsity boys basketball team came within three points on two separate occasions during their homecoming clash against Risco. Still, Risco’s wide range of scoring threats helped them stretch out and claim a 79-59 Tri-County Conference win Friday night...

CLARKTON, Mo. — Despite a strong first-half performance from top-seeded Risco, Portageville (2) earned key baskets to overpower the Tigers and claim the first place trophy at the 39th Annual Clarkton Christmas Invitational Tournament. Friday’s clash was capped by a game-high 31-point performance from Portageville senior Ian Torrey, who led the Bulldogs down the stretch by scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter alone. ...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Risco Tigers quest to defend its title at the Clarkton Christmas Tournament looked to be in initial jeopardy after one half of play in its quarterfinal against the No. 8 seeded Clarkton Reindeer Monday afternoon. Host Clarkton outscored Risco by five points in the first quarter and four points in the second period to build a 33-24 lead by halftime...

BERNIE, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Risco Tigers recorded 30 field goals, including 11 treys, as it shot its way past the No. 7 seeded Campbell Camels 75-45 in a quarterfinal of the Bernie Invitational Monday night. “It’s always good to come out and get your first win,” Risco coach Brandon Blankenship said. “I thought the effort was there tonight. We went through some lulls where we missed some shots and played a little bit out of control at times. But overall I’m happy with our effort.”...

Expectations remain high for the Risco Tigers boys basketball program entering the 2017-18 season despite graduating three of its five starters off of last season’s squad that finished 25-3. “We graduated three seniors last year, including our big guy Drew Fortner,” Blankenship said. ...