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From across Southeast Missouri, people descended upon Cape Girardeau on Saturday night for the region's premier sports awards show. More than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fourth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, as awards were handed out in 25 sports categories...

Twelve high school student-athletes earn recognition for their accomplishments on the baseball field this spring

Jersey number: 23 Positions played during high school season: Shortstop, pitcher Summer team: Top Gun Academy Twitter handle: @kpayne04 Favorite warmup song: "Turn My Swag On" by Soulja Boy Favorite bat to use: Rawlings Favorite place to play: University of Tennessee...

This spring, three area high school teams won state championships. With the success came accolades. Numerous local student-athletes earned recognition, including all-state honors. On the baseball diamond, Bell City won its third straight Class 1 state championship. Along the way, five Cubs earned all-state distinctions...

Ten months after the high school sports calendar began, we now know all 148 of our on-field nominees for the 2017 Semoball Awards. On Friday, the spring sport finalists for baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls track and field, golf and boys tennis for the event -- to be held Saturday, July 8, at the Bedell Performance Center at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus -- were announced as part of a live selection show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

The Woodland boys had a strong performance at the Class 2 Sectional 1 meet on Saturday at Hillsboro High School, qualifying seven individuals plus two relay teams for the Class 2 State Championship meet. Logan Thomsen grabbed a sectional title in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:40.05, and finished second in the 800 to also qualify for state in that event...

KENNETT, Mo. -- Two innings earlier, Scott City softball had been down to its last out when one swing of the bat erased a three-run deficit and sent the game into extras. In the bottom of the ninth, the game again hung in the balance, but the situation was different. With no outs, Kennett had the potential game-winning run at third...

The top-seeded Notre Dame boys tennis team didn't drop a single match in its 5-0 sweep of fourth-seeded Arcadia Valley in a semifinal of the Class 1 District 1 team tournament on Tuesday at Notre Dame Regional High School. The victory set up a clash of familiar foes, as the Bulldogs (11-1) will go up against second-seeded and two-time defending district champion Dexter at 4 p.m. ...

Braden Cox had an all-around stellar day on the field, blasting a three-run home run and throwing all but the last three pitches on the mound, to lead the Scott City baseball team to a 9-2 victory over East Prairie on Monday and clinch the regular-season Scott-Mississippi Conference championship in Scott City, Missouri...

MALDEN, Mo. -- To reach a fourth straight sectional, the Scott City softball relied on its patience at the plate. It wasn't the usual approach for a team that loves to hit, but it worked. In Monday's sectional, the Rams got back to their roots as they pounded out 14 hits in an 11-5 win over Malden at the Malden Sports Complex...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Scott City softball had already overcame two deficits and led by four runs entering the final inning. A district championship wasn't going to come easy, though. Oran quickly whittled that advantage down to two and had the tying run on second base with no outs...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- With Scott City softball leading Oran 5-3 after two innings in the Class 1 District 4 tournament championship, play was suspended Wednesday afternoon due to wet field conditions at Advance City Park. Rain started coming down in the top of the second inning and continued off and on until the game was halted heading into the third frame...

Emma Brune scored a pair of goals to lead the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Cape Central in SEMO Conference action Wednesday at Central High School. Makayla Mueller and Laurel Mueller each had an assist for the Crusaders. Ashley Fritsche earned the shutout in the net for Saxony (7-11, 3-3 SEMO Conference)...

Jonathan Bell and D.J. Lynch each carded a 10-over-par 81 as the Notre Dame boys golf team won the Class 3 District 1 tournament championship for the second year in a row on Tuesday at the Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston, Mo. The Bulldogs all finished below 90 as the defending district champions edged Farmington by five strokes in the team standings to come away with the district championship. Nicholas Westrich shot a one-over-par 82 to earn the medalist honors for the Knights...

Notre Dame's Jonathan Bell carded a six-over-par 77 to tie for second individually, as the Bulldogs finished 16 strokes behind champion Poplar Bluff to receive second place Monday in the SEMO Conference Boys Golf Tournament at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston, Missouri...

The Scott City softball team had a 2-0 lead after six innings and a chance for a major confidence boost with the postseason right around the corner. Then things fell apart. Leading defending Class 1 fall softball state champion Van Buren by two runs with just three outs to go, the Rams gave up five hits and five runs in the top of the seventh to fall to the visiting Bulldogs 5-2 on Tuesday at Scott City High School...