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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...

Meet the 12 members...

Meet the six selections...

Meet the six selections...

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...

On Thursday, the St. Vincent girls soccer team won a second consecutive state championship, making it four straight years in which a local team has won the Class 1 title -- two by Saxony Lutheran followed by two by the Indians. Meanwhile, in Class 2, 2017 champion Notre Dame played for the top prize again, but suffered late heartbreak in the title game...

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...

Get to know the 12 state qualifiers in boys golf from the Southeast Missourian coverage area.

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...