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Bryce Phelps singled home the winning run as the Kelly baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to post a 4-3 walk-off victory over East Prairie on Friday in Benton, Missouri. The Hawks trailed 3-0 before starting their comeback with a single run in the sixth...

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...

Cape Girardeau Central junior Josh Pullen made history Saturday, becoming the first Cape Central wrestler to place at state in eight years. He was also one of five area wrestlers to earn all-state honors. Pullen bounced back from a tough semifinal loss the night before to defeat Fort Zumwalt South's Alex Drmac 14-8 in a consolation semifinal. That set up a Class 3 third-place match with Jesse Cassatt of Carl Junction...

Cape Central junior Josh Pullen advanced the furthest in the winner's bracket out of all area wrestler, winning his quarterfinal bout Friday before falling in the semifinals. Pullen beat Lebanon's Landen Smith in the quarterfinal before losing in a tiebreaker to Brian Boyd of Smithville...

In a few days, basketball postseason begins for teams across Missouri, but for an hour Wednesday afternoon, the focus was back on fall sports. In a live one-hour radio show on SEMO ESPN, 55 student-athletes were announced as fall sports finalists for the 2019 Semoball Awards...

Meet the 24 swimmers and divers from the Southeast Missourian coverage area who will compete at the Class 1 or Class 2 state championships this Thursday through Saturday

Blake Bollinger scored 23 points to push Meadow Heights past Zalma 63-53 despite a strong fourth quarter comeback effort. Bollinger was outdueled by Mayson Casey, who hit six 3-pointers on his way to 24 points in the loss. Zalma outscored Meadow Heights 27-20 in the final quarter but was unable to pull within 10 before the final buzzer...

Leah Cauble made sure her Senior Night would not be ruined. The Oran senior star once again led her team with a game-high 36 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals as the Class 2 Eagles picked up a big 75-54 victory over Class 5 Poplar Bluff on Tuesday at Oran High School...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team trailed the state-ranked Saxony Lutheran Crusaders by just one point after one quarter of play but slowly lost ground the rest of the way Thursday night. Saxony Lutheran outscored Kennett by single digits in every quarter on its way to a 50-34 road victory...

SIKESTON – With arguably the biggest game of the year so far coming up on Friday, the Sikeston Bulldogs wanted to make sure there was no let-down on Tuesday against Saxony Lutheran. The Bulldogs dispatched the over-matched Crusaders after a 33-point first quarter blitz and rolled to a 91-51 victory at the Sikeston Field House to improve to 19-0 on the season...

Freshman Lexi Rubel scored a game-high 16 points as the Notre Dame girls basketball team fell just short in its 40-36 conference loss to Dexter on Monday at the Bearcat Event Center. Megan Heisserer and Julia Williams combined for 12 points with six apiece for the Bulldogs (14-7, 4-2 SEMO Conference), who mounted a comeback after trailing by 12 points at halftime...

Kiley Bess and Emma Brune put on a free-throw shooting clinic Monday night in a SEMO Conference game at Poplar Bluff. Brune sank 14 of 15 foul shots and scored a single-game school record 34 points for Saxony Lutheran. Bess was 10 of 12 at the line and finished with 31 points as the Poplar Bluff junior reached a scoring milestone. She sank six straight foul shots in the final 1:38 and came away with a two key rebounds to help the Mules pull away for a 66-62 win at the Senior High Gym...

Alexis Allstun recorded 19 points as an evenly-distributed scoring pattern helped the Jackson girls basketball team fend off a 3-point crazy Poplar Bluff team in its 57-45 conference win on Thursday at Jackson High School. Kalli Mayfield contributed 12 points for the Indians (15-3, 4-0 SEMO Conference), who were behind four points at the break. Mik Liley netted 10 points as Jackson outscored the Mules by 16 points in the second half to erase the deficit and obtain the victory...

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Chaylea Mosby restored order for the Dexter girls basketball team in the fourth quarter of a tense battle between SEMO Conference rivals. Saxony Lutheran, which trailed by as many as 17 in the first half, twice got within two points in the fourth period, but Mosby and the Bearcats ultimately did enough to hand the Crusaders a 63-59 loss Monday night at Saxony Lutheran High School...

It took two extra periods for the Advance boys basketball team to come alive, but it did so in the nick of the time as the third-seeded Hornets downed fourth-seeded Richland (Essex) 86-75 in double overtime to clinch the third-place plaque in thrilling fashion at the Stoddard County Activities Association Conference Tournament on Friday at Bloomfield High School...

The Advance boys basketball team pulled away late in the fourth quarter to secure a tightly contested 66-59 victory over host Bloomfield on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the SCAA Conference Tournament. Third-seeded Advance (8-9) had a balanced attack plan, as four Hornets scored in double digits...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — All Portageville had to do to capture the conference championship, was defeat Hayti on Tuesday night, at Hayti High School. Easier said than done. The Bulldogs, though, came in and did just that, defeating the Indians 68-59. Steven Guo led Portageville (14-4) with 26 points. He went 11 of 12 at the free-throw line...

Paul Duncan drained 23 points as the Woodland boys basketball team picked up a 76-68 conference victory over Bloomfield in a game that saw 70 attempts at the free-throw line on Friday in Marble Hill, Missouri. Karson Skinner pitched in 16 points for the Cardinals (8-7, 2-2 SCAA Conference), who held an eight-point lead at halftime. Jamon Frymire finished with 13 points before fouling out...

Emma Brune netted 17 points in a 55-39 conference win over host Cape Central as she eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for her career midway through the second quarter on Thursday. Saxony Lutheran came out firing in the first half, outscoring Cape Central 27-11...

JACKSON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team moved back above the .500 mark with a 69-48 road victory against the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders Tuesday night. Kennett (9-8) led 18-11 after one quarter, 29-19 at halftime and 54-35 at the end of the third quarter...

Literally from start to finish, the races were neck and neck. From the first race to the final finish, Tuesday’s meet between Poplar Bluff, Notre Dame and Saxony Lutheran was consistently marked by close finishes, and in one instance, a tie. Poplar Bluff still managed to come away with a win with 139 points despite missing three key swimmers...

METROPOLIS, ILL. — Brian Visor’s putback with 3 seconds left in overtime lifted the Charleston boys basketball team to a victory in the first round of the City of Metropolis Superman Classic on Monday night. Visor finished with only one bucket in the game, with none more significant than the one he had, as the fifth-seeded Bluejays beat the No. 4 seed Massac County 73-71...

Zach LeGrand hit on all six of his 3-point attempts as the Oak Ridge boys basketball team rolled to a 97-49 road victory over Zalma on Thursday. Legrand finished with 30 points and finished one rebound short of a double-double with nine. Teammate David Layton did turn the trick with another big night, netting a game-high 39 points while collecting 10 assists, seven steals and six rebounds...

The Jackson boys wrestling team won all three of its duals at home Wednesday to improve to 9-0 on the season. The Indians blew past Windsor and Ste. Genevieve, winning 78-3 and 61-9, respectively. They also defeated Sikeston 51-17. Throughout the day, Jackson won by pin 20 times...

The Jackson wrestling team won the Kinloch Classic on Saturday at Parkview High School in Springfield, Missouri. The Indians had 11 top-six finishes, and Garner Horman was the champion at the 145-pound weight class. Jackson finished 25 points ahead of second-place finisher Raymore Pecuilar...

Emma Brune scored 27 points as the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team opened the Dragon Fire Tournament with a 74-38 win over Craigmont (Tenn.) in Collierville, Tennessee. Bri Jenkins and Cass Wunderlich added 13 points apiece for the Crusaders. SAXONY LUTHERAN (74) – Olivia Spanley 12, Bri Jenkins 13, Macey Smith 2, Cass Wunderlich 13, Sydney Turner 2, Alice Hogendobler 3, Emma Brune 27. FG 28, FT 14-21, F 14. (3-pointers: Hogendobler, Brune. Fouled out: None.)...