Saxony Lutheran

MALDEN, Mo. -- It took a few extra innings, but the Saxony Lutheran baseball team finally found a way to eliminate defending state champion Malden from the Class 3 state playoffs Monday. Saxony Lutheran scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings. Four innings later, Saxony Lutheran cleanup hitter Austin Fritsche produced a two-out RBI hit to secure an 9-8 walk-off sectional victory over the Green Wave...

MALDEN, Mo. -- It took a few extra innings, but the Saxony Lutheran baseball team finally found a way to eliminate defending state champion Malden from the Class 3 state playoffs Monday. Saxony Lutheran scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings. Four innings later, Saxony Lutheran cleanup hitter Austin Fritsche produced a two-out RBI hit to secure a 9-8 walk-off sectional victory over the Green Wave...

The Notre Dame girls track and field team won five events to win the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet on Saturday at West Plains High School in West Plains, Missouri. Riley Burger accounted for three of those first-place finishes for the Bulldogs. The Notre Dame junior swept the jumping events (high jump, long jump and triple jump) to help propel the Bulldogs to the sectional championship. ...

BENTON, Mo. -- A game of inches. That's how Saxony Lutheran and St. Vincent will remember the final of the Class 1 District 1 soccer tournament. In a matchup that went back and forth with two of the top programs in Class 1, 80 minutes weren't enough to decide a winner...

PIEDMONT, Mo. --Saxony Lutheran and Scott City battled for six innings but, ultimately, the Crusaders got the final say as they defeated the Rams 10-8 to win the Class 3 District 2 baseball hampionship at Clearwater High School. Saxony Lutheran Mason Lewis lined a double to left in the bottom of the sixth inning that scored Tanner King and Austin Fritsche to break an 8-all...

The reigning Class 1 baseball state champions are still alive. Oran beat Bell City 3-2 on a Dawson Menz walk-off single in the Class 1 District 2 championship Tuesday at Bell City High School. The Eagles (10-9), who lost five starters from last year's championship team, had coughed up a two-run lead in the top of the seventh before Menz produced that two-out single to right field. Kole Simms scored the game-winning run after reaching on a one-out walk and advancing to third on a bunt and balk...

The Jackson boys golf team played the waiting game Tuesday afternoon. With all five golfers done with their rounds, the Indians did some scoreboard watching at the Silo Ridge Country Club in Bolivar, Missouri. With all the scores in, they noticed they were in first place, but they didn't want to celebrate a Class 4 state championship until the scores were official...

The Jackson boys golf didn't play to the best of their abilities Monday, but the Indians find themselves just three strokes off the lead in the Class 4 state championship at Silo Ridge Country Club in Bolivar, Missouri. After one day of play at the two-day state tournament, Jackson is second with a team score of 307 and within striking distance of leader Lafayette. Case Englehart led the way with a 2-over-par 74 and is in a tie for 10th...

Olivia Voelker grew up playing golf, hitting balls with a plastic club on the fairways of Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course at the tender age of 4. So she always planned to golf in high school, and as she grew older, she prepared by playing more and more 18-hole competitions. Voelker knew it wouldn't be easy, so she made sure she was ready for the challenge...

Get to know the 14 boys golf state qualifiers from the Southeast Missourian's coverage area.

Eli Brown did not allow a single hit and fanned five batters in the shortened five-inning game as he led Saxony Lutheran in a rout of Malden on Wednesday. Malden's Dylan Bader reached first on a dropped third strike and ran into a double play as Brown faced the minimum number of batters...

The field is beginning to take shape. The second group of Semoball Awards finalists, the winter sports selections, were revealed Wednesday in an hour-long radio show on SEMO ESPN. That group of 30 student-athletes will join the fall sports finalists, announced earlier this year, at the 2019 Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on July 13 at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave baseball team became the latest victim of the red-hot Saxony Lutheran Crusaders Wednesday evening. Saxony Lutheran, which has won 16 of its last 17 games after a 2-2 start to its spring, jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the top of the first inning and never looked back as it beat Malden 11-0 in five innings...

Get to know the 12 selections to the All-Southeast Missourian girls basketball team. Players in the Southeast Missourian coverage area are eligible for these honors. The players selected are in the running for the Semoball Awards.

Jackson track and field made history this weekend, sweeping the team titles in the inaugural SEMO Conference Regional meet. For the first time, 22 teams from all four divisions in the SEMO Conference competed at the same meet (five teams in the east, north and south divisions and seven teams in the west), and the Indians were the overall champions on the girls and boys side...

Bryce Morgan pitched a complete game one-hitter with 10 strikeouts to push Kelly's baseball team past Oran 4-0 on Tuesday. Drew Dirnberger was the only player to register multiple hits in the game, going 2-for-3 with a double and a single. Dawson Menz was the only Eagle to get a hit in the game...

The Jackson boys golf team won the Class 4 District 1 championship for the second consecutive season as Case Englehart earned medalist honors with a two-under-par 70 on Monday at Crown Pointe Golf Course in Farmington, Missouri. The Indians' top four golfers all finished in the top six as Jaden Hightower and Carsen Silliman were part a three-way tie for second with a two-over-par 74. Tanner Walton tied for sixth with a four-over-par 76...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians golf team put together a golden performance on its home ground Monday afternoon at Kennett Country Club. Kennett took home the top prize in Class 2, District 1 with a team score of 346. The first-place score the Indians posted was 48 strokes better than second-place finisher Saxony Lutheran who shot 394 on a windy day...

The Jackson track and field team swept the north division titles at Saturday's SEMO Regional Conference Meet at Notre Dame Regional High School. The Indians bested the host Bulldogs by 14 in the North Division to clinch the girls title while the boys finished 38 points ahead of Poplar Bluff for the championship.

Wyatt Parker went 2-for-3 as the Class 2 state-ranked Chaffee baseball team remained hot and rolled to its eighth-straight win of the season in its 5-0 victory over Saxony Lutheran on Friday at Frisco Park in Chaffee. Breven Yarbro was the winning pitcher and also went 2-for-4 at bat for the Red Devils (16-3). He threw three innings and gave up no runs on two hits with five strikeouts and three walks...

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...

BENTON, Mo. -- The Kelly Hawks boys track and field team captured eight titles to win their home meet, the Johnny Merrick Invitational. The host team won with 164 points, nearly doubling second-place Scott City's 85.5 points and Charleston's 84.5. On the girls side, Saxony Lutheran was victorious with a total of 130 points, placing first in six events. Woodland finished second at 95.5 points while Malden had 67. Kelly girls finished in 6th with 45 points...

The Jackson boys golf team cruised to victory at the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at Foxhaven golf course in Sikeston, Missouri. The Indians finished with a team score of 301, 26 strokes better than second place Dexter's 327 and had three golfers finish in the top five at the tournament as Carsen Silliman took home the individual championship with an even par 71. Case Englehart tied for 2nd with a three-over 74, and Seth Waters finished 5th with a six-over 77...

SIKESTON — Marion, Ill., got off to a quick start in Monday’s matchup with Sikeston at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. The Lady Wildcats scored nine minutes into the game, and then again one minute later to grab a 2-0 lead early on. Senior Marissa Basi scored both of the goals for Marion, starting a rough night for the Lady Bulldogs — who fell 9-0...

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...

SIKESTON — 16 teams made up the second annual Sikeston Invitational, and Bulldog Relays on Tuesday, at Sikeston High School. The Bulldogs finished third in 19 boys’ events, while the girls’ finished fourth, as a team, in their events. Keon Graham edged Hayti’s Tylor Wooden in the 300-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 41.24 seconds. Wooden finished in 42.84 seconds...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Nate and Nolan Self each had impressive outings for the Sikeston baseball team on Tuesday, at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Mo. Nate went 2-for-4 with four RBI, on a triple and a double. Nolan went 2-for-3, with four RBI as well. Nolan also hit a triple and a home run to go with it, in Sikeston’s 18-5 five-inning win over Charleston...

Gabe Hurley hit a double and drove in two runs as the Notre Dame baseball team scored a run in all but one inning and blanked crosstown conference rival Cape Girardeau Central 9-0 on Thursday. Brayden Eftink went six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Bulldogs (9-4, 3-1 SEMO Conference). He gave up no runs on three hits, retired 10 batters and walked two...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — East Prairie, Kelly, and the Charleston track and field teams all had successful evenings at the Chaffee Invitational, on Thursday, at Chaffee High School. Kelly finished in second place after 18 boys events. The Hawks finished with 100 total points, while Kennett took home top honors — with 181...

Nate Hulshof and Chase Logel both shot a 9-over-par 81 to earn co-medalist honors and lead Notre Dame boys golf to the team title at the Ste. Genevieve Dragon Invitational in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. DJ Lynch also finished in the top 10 for the Bulldogs, carding an 85...

The Notre Dame girls track and field team won first place in five events to claim the team championship of the 45th annual All Catholic Invitational on Saturday at Chaminade College Preparatory High School in the suburban St. Louis area. Riley Burger accounted for three of those victories for the Bulldogs, who finished 15 points ahead of Cor Jesu Academy in the final team standings at the meet that featured 25 private school teams among both gender divisions. ...

ANNA, Ill. — Kelsie Anderson, Chelsie Moore, and Karris Allen all scored goals for the Sikeston girls soccer team on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs defeated Anna-Jonesboro on the road, 3-0, earning their second shutout of the season and limiting Anna-Jonesboro to one shot...

The Jackson boys tennis team won a dual match for the first time in school history, winning five singles and one doubles match to defeat Poplar Bluff on Tuesday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This is the second year Jackson (1-1, 1-1 SEMO Conference) has had a boys tennis team. Poplar Bluff dropped to 1-2, 0-2 in conference...

Coach: Rhonda Nichols Conference: N/A District: Class 1 District 1 Last year's postseason results: N/A Returning key contributors: N/A Key newcomers: N/A Coach: Collin Sheridan Conference: N/A District: Class 4 District 1 Last year's postseason results: N/A...

The Chaffee baseball team gave it all it had in its second game of the day against Portageville but watched as a wild pitch delivered the walk-off win for the Bulldogs in a 4-3 decision in eight innings Tuesday in Portageville, Missouri. Andrew Brown was on the mound when the Bulldogs scored and took the loss for the Red Devils...

Coach: Chris Asmus Conference: Stoddard County Athletic Association District: Class 2 District 3 Last year's record: 17-9 Returning starters: Senior Austin Bailey (1B), senior Noah Sauceda (SS), junior Hunter Curtis (P, 3B), sophomore Ridley Bailey (C), sophomore Gus Garner (P/3B)...

BENTON, Mo. — Bryce Phelps led the Kelly baseball team to a 4-3 comeback win on Friday. Phelps got the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh, as the Hawks erased a four-run deficit in two innings of work. After pitching lights out through five, East Prairie’s Carson Aycock struggled to finish the game. He went 6 1/3 innings, giving up seven hits on four earned runs and eight strikeouts...

Oran girls basketball senior Leah Cauble added one more achievement to the long list of accolades she has racked up in a stellar four-year career: Class 2 Player of the Year. Cauble broke the state career scoring mark this past season and is the two-time reigning Southeast Missourian Player of the Year. She's also one of several area players to earn all-state honors in boys and girls basketball, as the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association released the teams Wednesday...

Tyler Martin homered and picked up the win on the mound as the Jackson baseball team beat host Sikeston 8-5 on Wednesday in a SEMO Conference matchup shortened to five innings due to rain. Martin hit a two-run homer in the third, part of a six-run inning for the Indians. He also lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up five runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Poplar Bluff's Dominique Hardimon was presented with the John Gibbs Award as the most outstanding player in the SEMO Conference on Wednesday night at the 61st annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Basketball Banquet while Kiley Bess and Dexter's Chaylea Mosby shared the the Bob Gray Award...

Tanner Walton carded a one-under-par 34 to earn medalist honors as the Jackson boys golf team opened its season with a win over Notre Dame and Cape Girardeau Central on Tuesday at Kimbeland Country Club. Case Engelhart followed up with an even-par 35 for Jackson, which finished 32 strokes ahead of the Bulldogs for the victory...

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- The Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team had the momentum heading into overtime after scoring the final five points in regulation, including a game-tying 3-pointer with under 30 seconds remaining. But when the extra period started, it was all Licking...

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- A big third quarter ended up being the difference maker for the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team as they pulled away to defeat St. James 54-40 in a Class 3 sectional matchup Wednesday at Jefferson College. The Crusaders unleashed a full-court press through much of the first half that gave St. James fits for the majority of the second quarter...

The Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team claimed its seventh consecutive district title Friday, beating third-seeded Arcadia Valley 48-33 in the Class 3 District 3 championship in Festus, Missouri. The top-seeded Crusaders (22-7) advance to the Class 3 sectionals where they will face St. James (13-15) at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri...