Saxony Lutheran

The Saxony Lutheran Crusaders defeated Jefferson (Festus) Friday, 5-1, at home to start the season 9-0, their best start in the history of the program. Saxony Lutheran head coach Paul Sander went with senior Eli Brown on the mound, and Brown did not disappoint...

Don’t look now but Saxony Lutheran is starting the baseball season on a hot streak. The Crusaders dominated Delta 13-2 in six innings on Thursday at Capaha Field to start the season at 8-0. Tanner King went 2 for 2 at the plate Thursday, including a triple that scored three runs, and also walked. He has driven in a run for the Crusaders in seven of their last eight games...

The Oran offense exploded for a season-high 16 runs on Wednesday as the Eagles drilled 15 hits to shutout Scott City, 16-0. Sophomore Kolton Payne led the show, going 3 for 4 at the plate, including a double that drove in a run in the first inning. Payne also scored two runs...

The Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association released its first state rankings for the 2021 season earlier this week. Oran and Kennett are favored to win state titles in their respective classes. Oran is ranked No. 1 in Class 1 and Kennett is ranked No. 1 in Class 4...

Nathan Lockhart was one of four Bloomfield golfers to post rounds in the 40s in a three-team match at Crowley's Ridge Golf Course on Tuesday in Bloomfield. Lockhart shot an 8-over 43, and Clearwater’s Nate Norris won medalist honors with 42. Bloomfield shot 181 and Clearwater totaled 208. Senath-Hornersville only sent two golfers to the match, not enough to qualify for a team score...

Chaffee head baseball coach Brian Horrell got 6 1/3 innings from senior starting pitcher Alec Brown, who only gave up two earned runs, striking out 12 batters and scattering five hits, shutting down East Prairie Monday, 6-2. Brown was very solid in his start, throwing 70 of his 106 pitches for strikes...

Following a year of missing out on gathering with friends and family due to the COVID pandemic, everyone, including sports fans, is anxious to spend time with those closest to us once again.

The Oran offense pounded out 10 runs on 12 hits Thursday, including shortstop Ty Johnson going 3 for 3 at the plate, as the Eagles shut out Delta, 10-0, to win their fifth game in six attempts. Johnson also drove in two RBIs in the contest. Two other Eagles (Kaden Hargrove and Nicolas Massey) drove in two RBIs as well to tie Johnson for the game lead in runs driven in...

The Notre Dame boy's tennis team defeated Farmington Monday afternoon, 5-4. Individual and Doubles results include:

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Alex Wiseman lost his ball on the second hole Monday but was able to escape with a bogey. “That really got me some momentum,” said Poplar Bluff junior, who ended up with three lost balls, five birdies and individual medalist honors at the Notre Dame Invitational...

If you see Saxony Lutheran senior Eli Brown manning first base, you’ll most likely see him doing the spits to extend himself further to make the catch before the runner reaches the base in time. It has been the benefit of having his hips surgically repaired when he was a sophomore...

Third place hitting Andrew Enderle went 5 for 5 against Bernie Monday, driving in seven RBIs, hitting three home runs, to lead Scott City past the Mules, 19-10. Enderle homered in the first inning, singled in the third, singled in the fourth, homered again early in the sixth inning, and finally wrapping up his day with another home run of the grand slam variety, later in the same inning...

POPLAR BLUFF — Caleb LeGrand and his fellow honorees on the All-SEMO Conference basketball team never got their lettermen jacket patches after last season. The Notre Dame senior took home the patch and a very large trophy Wednesday night from the Poplar Bluff Letter Club Basketball Banquet...

Senior Ryan Collier produced a match-best 1-over 37, and the Dexter boys golf team swept the competition in a triple dual match Wednesday at Hidden Trails County Club. Dexter finished with 165, Bloomfield was second with 206, Caruthersville was third with 228 and Malden was fourth with 250...

Saxony Lutheran earned their second win of the season Wednesday, defeating Meadow Heights, 7-3.

Zalma, a town of 93, brought a handful of high school runners to compete among 16 teams in the Notre Dame Frozen Invitational on Saturday at Notre Dame High School. Despite being outnumbered by every single school in the competition, the Bulldogs didn’t let that dwarf their confidence.

SIKESTON — Two Sikeston Lady Bulldogs’ earned a spot on the Class 5, District 1 All-District team. Juniors Karris Allen and Amyari Blissett both received the honor. Allen finished her junior year averaging a double-double, with 20 points and 10 rebounds, to go along with four assists, four steals, and two blocks per contest. She shot 44 percent from the field, 29 percent from three, and 56 percent at the free-throw line...

Last year, the Notre Dame girls basketball team was in position to make a run towards the state championship until the COVID-19 pandemic put the postseason to a grinding halt. This year, the Bulldogs seemed primed to take care of unfinished business after kicking off the postseason with a 63-17 win over Saxony Lutheran on Monday in the semifinal round of the Class 5 District 1 tournament at Notre Dame High School...

For the sixth consecutive year, a SEMO team led by head coach Rekha Patterson is headed back to the Ohio Valley Conference annual tourney. For the second straight season, Southeast (15-10, 13-7 OVC) will go as the no. 3 seed and will face no. 6 Murray State (15-10, 12-8) in a 3:30 p.m. opening round game Thursday in Evansville, Indiana...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo – To put Charleston’s decade-plus of district dominance into perspective, the last time the Bluejays didn’t come home with a championship, several players on their current squad weren’t old enough to enroll in kindergarten. Even in this year of uncertainty, Charleston showed in no uncertain terms Thursday night that they’re still the team to beat...

Something clearly happened to Saxony Lutheran when the calendar turned to the month of February. The last time Crusaders lost a game it was at home to Scott City on Jan. 28. Since then, they have been on a winning streak and extended it to five after upsetting the Rams on Tuesday 43-41, to avenge their last loss and advance to the Class 3 District 2 championship game...

Kennett trailed for much of the game Monday, as the Indians hosted a 9-13 Saxony Lutheran squad, looking desperately for a road victory. But a 20 to eight, fourth quarter-point margin helped the home team sustain the comeback, defeating the Crusaders, 46-45...

ST. PETERS — The Cape Central girl’s swim team didn’t have an individual champion at Saturday’s MSHSAA Class 1 Swimming and Diving State Finals at the St. Peters Rec-Plex.

SCOTT CITY — Six years ago, Scott City High School boy’s basketball coach Mark Dannenmueller reacted to a postseason loss to Charleston by strengthening the Rams’ schedule the following season to an insane degree.

High School boys and girls basketball district tournaments are finally upon us. Fans, players, and coaches have had to endure a strange, but sometimes fun, basketball season, which was filled with many postponements and/or cancellations due to Covid-19, as well as the weather. However, we can say that the 2020-2021 season has been one of the more entertaining ones in recent years.

The Cape Central girl’s 200 medley relay squad of Ava Duncan, Bella Dennis, Lauren Lamar, and Grace Sanders stunned everyone at last year’s MSHSAA Class 1 State Swim Finals.

When Saxony Lutheran senior Lane Koenig dribbles the ball down the court, his cousin cheers him on. Literally. “You’ll see me going crazy on the sidelines when it’s one of them doing something,” Joel said. Senior Joel Koenig is the first and only male cheerleader at Saxony Lutheran and has been there to cheer on his cousin and also his older brother, Ethan, the previous season...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1-3 boys and girls district basketball tournaments. Postseason play begins Feb. 20 for schools in Class 1-3. Higher seeds are slated to host quarterfinals and semifinals. Some districts will also have the highest remaining seed host their district championship. Other districts have elected to designate a neutral host site for their district final...

Cape Central had several outstanding individual performances at the SEMO Conference Swim Meet on Tuesday at the Central Municipal Pool, all of which lifted the Tigers above the field, as they won the six-team meet with 613.5 points over runner-up Poplar Bluff 431.

Cape Central was dominant once again in the overall combined results, scoring a team score of 613.5 to earn first place over Poplar Bluff(431), Jackson(282), Notre Dame(266), Farmington(128.5), and Saxony Lutheran(124). Cape Central's Bella Dennis captured first place in two individual events (200 IM and 100 Breaststroke) and was part of two, first place team events (200 Medley relay and 200 Freestyle relay) while Emilie Dickson of won one individual event(100 Butterfly) and was part of two, first place team events(200 Freestyle Relay and 400 freestyle relay) as well as taking third place in the 100 Freestyle.. ...

Teenagers are under enough pressure in life. Social pressure, academic pressure, peer pressure, and such. Jackson senior Luke Mirly isn’t immune to any of that.

Woodland dominated its girl’s basketball game Thursday with Scott Cunty Central from the opening tip, as it outscored the Bravettes 23-0 in the first quarter, eventually winning 70-12. The Cardinals (11-8) led 39-7 at halftime and 63-12 entering the final period.

In a typical swimming and diving season, perhaps Cape Central, Notre Dame, and Saxony Lutheran would have gone after each other on Wednesday with a touch more fervor. However, the 2020-21 girl’s swim season has been anything but typical due to having to navigate a global pandemic.

The best way to end a basketball game is to have the shot that ties the game in the final minute be immediately followed by the shot that beats the buzzer to win the game. That was the case on Tuesday, as Wilson Lodge put up a contested shot close to the hoop while swarmed by three defenders to give Saxony Lutheran a 45-43 win over Perryville...

The Cape Central girls swim team won a tri-meet event Wednesday over Notre Dame and Saxony Lutheran. Cape Central won nine events, resulting in a team score of 162, Notre Dame finishing in second place with a score of 98, and Saxony Lutheran finishing third with a team score of 31...

Southeast Missouri State 5th-year senior LaTrese Saine had her best game as a college player Thursday, finishing with 27 points and 15 rebounds, as SEMO easily dispatched SIU-Edwardsville, 77-62.

Camden Conner poured in 13 of his game-high 27 points in the third quarter, leading Scott City to a 62-47 win over Saxony Lutheran Thursday. Conner added 10 more in the fourth quarter, and four points in the opening frame. He didn't score in the second period...

To say Notre Dame's guard Hayden Jansen was feeling it Friday night is putting it lightly. To say Jansen was near unconscious is more fitting. Jansen not only broke his personal record but he shattered the school record for most three-point field goals in a game as he nailed nine of them en route to an 83-31 decimation of Saxony Lutheran...

--- SNOW GLOBE INVITATIONAL Cape Central 525; Poplar Bluff 392; Jackson 281; West Plains 256; Notre Dame 196; Farmington 160; Cape Central JV 106; Saxony Lutheran 35. 200-MEDLEY RELAY: Cape Central (A.Duncan, B.Dennis, E.Dickson, L.Lamar) 1:54.13*; 2. Poplar Bluff 2:01.25; 3. Jackson 2:04.06; 4. Notre Dame 2:18.46; 5. West Plains 2:19.79; 6. Farmington 2:27.46; 7. Cape Central JV 2:38.56...

Jackson volleyball coach Dave Mirly wasted no time – none – in allowing Hannah Shinn to get a taste of varsity volleyball action.

PERRYVILLE — There’s a perception in sports that the chemistry between a quarterback and wide receiver in football very well may translate to the basketball court, as well. In the case of St. Vincent basketball, the quarterback and his wide receiver are the top two scorers for that team also.

Audrey Rahlmann, Julia Smothers, Kacey Gregory and Olivia Kirkman teamed up for Poplar Bluff’s fastest 400-yard freestyle relay time of the season Tuesday, capping a meet win that featured eight wins by the Mules. Kirkman won two individual events and helped the medley relay win while Gregory, Smothers and Simone Anders also won at the Black River Coliseum Aquatic Center...