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Trevor Lukefahr ended his high school track and field career on a high note, winning a gold medal. The St. Vincent senior claimed a state championship Saturday, winning the 400-meter race at the Class 2 State Championships in Jefferson City, Missouri...

In the fall, Saxony Lutheran's Caleb Cornelius got a taste of gold. On Friday, he served himself another helping. Cornelius followed up a cross country state title with a state championship on the track, winning the 3,200-meter run at the Class 2 State Championships in Jefferson City, Missouri...

BENTON, Mo. -- The champion out of Class 1 District 1 has won the girls soccer state championship in each of the last three years. St. Vincent hopes that number becomes four. The defending state champion Indians got a decisive goal with 1.4 seconds left on the first-half clock and held on to defeat rival Saxony Lutheran 2-1 for the district championship Wednesday at Kelly High School...

Bryce Hahs belted a triple and drove in two runs as the fourth-seeded Oak Ridge baseball team dealt a crushing upset to top-seeded Valley (Caledonia) in its 8-5 semifinal victory Tuesday in the Class 1 District 3 Tournament in Annapolis, Missouri. Jordan Barker went the distance on the mound to pick up the win for the BlueJays (7-16). He allowed five earned runs and recorded 14 strikeouts and one walk...

Jackson's Tanner Walton capped off a solid two days at the Class 4 Boys Golf State Championship, earning an all-state finish and helping his team place in the top four. Walton carded a three-over-par 75 on Tuesday at Swope Park Golf Course in Kansas City, Missouri, and finished in a tied for ninth place with a combined score of 149...

Jackson junior Tanner Walton sits in a tie for ninth place after the first day of the Class 4 Boys Golf State Championship meet Monday in Kansas City, Missouri. Walton carded a 74 to lead the Indians, who are in fourth place in the eight-team competition with a team score of 308. Rock Bridge is in first with a 292...

Will Ferrell tossed a one-hit shutout as second-seeded Notre Dame baseball cruised past No. 3 Kennett in a Class 4 District 1 Tournament semifinal Monday in Sikeston, Missouri. Ferrell notched 12 strikeouts with no walks for the Bulldogs (16-12), who took an early lead with three runs in the first two innings...

Saxony Lutheran baseball held Jefferson (Festus) scoreless through six innings en route to 6-1 quarterfinal upset in the Class 3 District 3 Tournament in Festus, Missouri. Mason Lewis had a double and scored two runs to lead the fifth-seeded Crusaders past the fourth-seeded Blue Jays...

The Notre Dame girls track and field team won its second consecutive district title, claiming the Class 4 District 1 meet Saturday in Hillsboro, Missouri. The Bulldogs posted a team score of 118, besting runner-up De Soto by 30 points. Sikeston finished third...

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Over the last 14 years, Jackson boys golf has had numerous Indians compete at the state championships, but always as individuals. That's going to change Monday when the Class 4 State Championship gets underway. For the first time since 2003, Jackson is sending a full team to the state meet. To get here, the Indians had to navigate one of the toughest sectionals in the state. They did it with aplomb, claiming the Class 4 Sectional 1 title...

Notre Dame boys volleyball went on the road and picked up a convincing sweep, 25-16 and 25-13, of Metro-East Lutheran on Thursday night in Edwardsville, Illinois. Alex Dow and A.J. Stroup each had four kills to lead the Bulldogs in the victory. Alex Burger recorded 12 assists and eight digs for Notre Dame. John Scherer contributed seven digs for the Bulldogs, who will wrap up their regular season during tonight's senior night match at home with Webster Groves...

Bryce Morgan and Jonathon Tyler combined to shut out the Meadow Heights baseball team as visiting Kelly soared to a 2-0 win in the regular-season finale on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Morgan went six innings to get the win, striking out four and scattering three hits and one walk. Tyler pitched the seventh to get the save...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- What a difference a year makes. Perryville girls soccer finished last season with a 4-15 record, capped by a blowout loss to Notre Dame in the district tournament. Almost a year to the date of that contest, the Pirates wrapped up the regular-season slate Tuesday with their 14th win, a 3-2 comeback victory over Saxony Lutheran at The Bank of Missouri Soccer Complex, ending the Crusaders' nine-match unbeaten run...

The top-seeded Notre Dame boys tennis team only dropped one match in the singles in its 5-1 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded North County to advance to today's Class 1 District 1 Team Tournament championship. The Bulldogs will host second-seeded Dexter at 4 p.m. today for the district title. The Bearcats downed third-seeded Sikeston in their semifinal to proceed to the championship match...

Saxony Lutheran's Luke Daniel sat at the clubhouse at Kimbeland Country Club and waited. And watched. And wondered. On a day in which Daniel and fellow Crusader Olivia Voelker felt the pressure at the Class 2 Sectional 1 golf tournament -- thanks to a growing belief the Crusaders had a chance to qualify for the state tournament as a team, a familiarity with the course that boosted expectations and bigger roles as leaders of their team this year -- there were plenty of nerves...

The St. Vincent boys track and field team placed first in five events en route to claiming the district championship at the Class 2 District 1 meet at Cape Girardeau Central High School on Saturday. Trevor Lukefahr posted two first-place times of 22.43 seconds and 50.74 seconds in the 200 and 400 dashes, respectively, to help lead St. ...

On what was the stickiest, most humid day of the season yet, the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team made things even more uncomfortable for Cape Girardeau Central, scoring a trio of early goals and rolling to a 5-0 victory Friday at Shawnee Park in Cape Girardeau...

Derek Kirn belted a two-run home run as the Perryville baseball team clinched the regular-season conference championship with a 7-3 victory over Windsor on the road in Imperial, Missouri, on Tuesday. Trent Unterreiner was the winning pitcher and had a double and two RBIs for the Pirates (12-7, 4-0 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division). He gave up three earned runs on seven hits and recorded seven strikeouts and two walks...

Rylee Venable had a home run and four RBIs to lead the top-seeded Scott City softball team to a 13-3 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Advance in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Oran. Kaileigh Dirden was the winning pitcher and also doubled and drove in three runs for Scott City (16-3). She threw a complete game and allowed three earned runs with eight strikeouts and no walks...

Reid James got on base two of his four times at the plate as the fifth-seeded Notre Dame baseball team rebounded from a tough opening-round loss a day earlier to pick up a 5-2 win over eighth-seeded New Madrid County Central in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Tournament at Cape Girardeau Central High School on Saturday...

Jersey number: 24 Height: 5-foot-9 Position: PG AAU/Travel Team: Missouri Storm Favorite team tradition: New Year's lock-in at school Favorite memory from this season: Beating Scott County Central in the Christmas Tournament Favorite spot on the floor to shoot from: Free-throw line...

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...

Krista Rhodes Jersey number: 11 Height: 5-foot-10 Position: Forward/Guard Plans after graduation: Playing volleyball at John A. Logan Favorite team tradition: Praying with team before every game Favorite memory from this season: Watching Coach Stein celebrate on the sideline after Hannah Scott got the and-1 to beat Puxico...

Kaylee Payne belted a triple as a good fifth inning helped lift Oran softball to a 6-3 victory over Portageville in its final regular-season home game on Thursday. Alyssa Spane went 5 1/3 innings in the circle to obtain the win for the Eagles (12-2). ...

Brennan Fowler stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and a chance to break the game open for Chaffee baseball. The freshman did just that, smacking the second pitch he saw over the center fielder's head for a three-RBI double that pushed the Red Devils' lead to six...

Advance softball scored four runs in the seventh inning to pull off a 4-1 comeback road win over Meadow Heights on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Alexus Hubbert had an RBI double in that inning and went 2-for-3. Alli Johnson got the complete-game win for Advance (5-10), giving up four hits, two walks and an earned run while notching five strikeouts. She also had two hits...

Mik Liley bagged two goals to lead the Jackson girls soccer to a 3-0 home win over St. Vincent on Tuesday. Natalie Miller got the other goal for the Indians (12-3), and Grace Pehle provided two assists. Taylor Nelson also had a helper. Emily Hermann made two saves in goal to get the shutout...

A week ago, Collin Sheridan was frustrated and yelling at his Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team, something he doesn't enjoy doing as a coach. But the message seemed to resonate. Saturday, the Tigers won their second straight meet, defending their home track and placing first at the Cape Central Invitational. On the boys side, Sikeston won a meet for the second time in a week, as Tyzeek Hill won the 100- and 200-meter races, and David Rowland was first in discus...

Claire Ramsey hit a double and drove in three runs as the Oran softball team started strong to pick up a big 8-4 win over traditional powerhouse Kennett on Tuesday. Alyssa Spane went the distance in the circle to come away with the win for the host Eagles, who improved to 8-1 with the victory. Spane recorded four strikeouts and two walks...

A bold effort from the second-seeded Advance baseball team was stifled when Gavin Brown's walk-off single drove in the winning run and top-seeded Bernie claimed the SCAA Conference Tournament championship with a 6-5 win. Wyatt Barnett didn't allow a hit in a scoreless inning to clinch the win for the Mules (7-4) after Brown went six innings...

At times this season, the Saxony Lutheran baseball team has been relying on its top four hitters to carry the offense. Tuesday, it was the other five batters' turn to produce. The Crusaders' five through nine-hole hitters produced eight of the team's 11 hits and Saxony broke open a tight game with four runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings and cruised to a 10-1 win over Class 1 state-ranked Oran at Saxony Lutheran High School. ...

Notre Dame track coach Bill Davis started fielding the phone calls at 6 a.m. Saturday. “As the calls started, ‘Hey, are we still on?’ and I’m saying, ‘Yes, we are,’” Davis said, “and I’m looking out the window and it’s pouring.” But there was a Notre Dame Invitational track and field meet to put on and, after almost 12 hours of pouring rain overnight, when the competition did get started Saturday morning — with an infield nearly soggy enough to add steeplechase to the program — the focus turned to the athletes.. ...

Blake Bollinger blasted a home run and batted in four runs as Meadow Heights delivered Herculaneum its first loss of the season, 8-1, in an opening-round quarterfinal of the Saxony Lutheran Showdown. Lane Baremore went the distance on the mound to get the win for Meadow Heights (5-5). He gave up one unearned run and recorded nine strikeouts and three walks...

Kole Simms blasted a two-run home run and host Oran pulled out a 5-3 victory over Advance on Thursday afternoon in Oran, Missouri.. Layne Johnson pitched six innings to get the win for the Eagles (6-3). He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and recorded 11 strikeouts and two walks...

The Cape Girardeau Central boys tennis team edged SEMO Conference foe Dexter 5-4 on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Tigers picked up three victories in the singles and two in the doubles to come away with the win over the Bearcats...

The Jackson boys reeled off a team victory while the girls finished in second in the team standings as the Indians put together a standout performance Tuesday at the Tiger Town (Festus) Invitational in Hillsboro, Missouri. The boys posted a 104.50 to edge Hillsboro's second-place 95, while the ladies finished with 84 points, behind Jefferson's winning 88...

The Saxony Lutheran baseball team broke out the bats and rolled to an 18-2 victory over St. Vincent to capture its second consecutive Oak Ridge Invitational championship on Saturday at Oak Ridge High School. Austin Fritsche doubled and drove in four runs as the Crusaders used a solid second inning to dispose of the Indians in five innings...

Jackson's Case Englehart and Tanner Walton each carded a three-over-par 75 to share the medalist honors and help lead the Indians to the championship of the Farmington Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club. Jaden Hightower finished three strokes behind his teammates with a 78 and Carsen Silliman shot an 80 as the four Indians all claimed individual spots in the top 10 for Jackson, which placed 43 strokes ahead of Kennett in second place...

Tyler Martin drove in the go-ahead runs with a two-out single in the ninth, and the Jackson baseball team edged host Ste. Genevieve 5-3 in extra innings Wednesday. Martin's single scored Justice Crosnoe and Landon Hahn, who went 2-for-3, and Lance Kluesner didn't allow a run in the bottom of the frame to secure the win...

There was little drama. The Jackson girls soccer team controlled possession from the outset, got goals from five different players and eased past Saxony Lutheran 6-0 to claim the championship of the Noon Optimist Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Cape Girardeau Central High School...

The season has barely begun, but there were plenty of lessons on hand during the Noon Optimist Girls Soccer Tournament semifinals Friday evening at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Jackson showed it has some talented pieces while St. Vincent learned a title defense is not easy as the former rolled past the latter 4-0 and into the tournament championship Saturday afternoon...

Saxony Lutheran girls basketball senior Addison Beussink was tabbed as a Class 3 all-state selection by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association on Wednesday, headlining a group of local honorees. On the girls side, Oran's Leah Cauble earned all-state honors in Class 2, in addition to being named the Scott-Mississippi Conference Player of the Year...

Lexi Boyer touched base all of her four times at bat, including a double and one RBI, as Woodland held on to fly away with a narrow, 8-7 conference victory over Advance on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Mackenzie Altenthal tossed a complete game to obtain the win for the Cardinals (2-0, 1-0 SCAA Conference). She allowed five earned runs and recorded five strikeouts and nine walks...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — There were plenty of sequels at the 60th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Basketball Banquet on Wednesday night. Sikeston's Fred Thatch and Dexter's Chaylea Mosby repeated as the most outstanding players of the SEMO Conference while the team champions defended their titles...

Coach: Brian Horrell Conference: Scott-Mississippi Class & District: Class 2 District 3 Last season's record: 14-10 2017 postseason result: Lost district semifinal to Bismarck Seniors graduated: Two Team's strengths: We have nine juniors and seniors that have started basically three or four years. We have eight or nine pitchers that provide a variety of strengths, whether it be good off-speed, velocity or strike throwers...

Coach: Jared Dobbs Conference: SEMO Conference Class & District: Class 3 District 1 Last season's record: 12-11-1 2017 postseason result: Won districts, lost in state quarterfinals Seniors graduated: Seven Team's strengths: Balanced group of veteran players and underclassmen. A positive attitude and willingness to improve every day...

Nathan Ruark takes great pride in the photograph. His mom? Not so fond of the image of her son walking off the basketball court with blood streaming down his face, just the tip of the iceberg of what he was about to deal with. But Nathan, he wants a poster of it...

FARMINGTON, Mo. – Too much size, too much strength and too much speed ended the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team's season for a second straight year. Saxony Lutheran fell 59-43 to a Whitfield team that features a Division I player and a roster full of matchup problems on Saturday at the Farmington Civic Center in Farmington, Mo...

DEXTER, Mo. - The Saxony Lutheran Crusaders varsity girls basketball team didn’t put together the finish head coach Sam Sides was looking for but still managed to do more than enough to escape with its fifth straight sectional victory Wednesday night...