Scott City

HAYTI, Mo. -- The defending Class 1 state champion Hayti Indians weren't ready to give up their conference supremacy just yet. Adreian Stevenson raced down the right sideline 26 yards for the game-winning touchdown with 29.1 seconds remaining, and the Indians beat previously undefeated Scott City 46-41...

There will be many eyes in Southeast Missouri on this game; the Rams, off to their first 6-0 start since 2004, have had their eyes on it for quite some time.

Cape Girardeau Central's Emily Ford and Megan Maxton paired up to win the doubles competition at the Class 2 District 1 Individuals Tournament on Thursday in girls tennis at Cape Girardeau Central High School. The duo downed two of their fellow teammates, Anita Kellum and Maria Seidu-Sofo, 6-1 each set to win the doubles championship...

Scott City, unbeaten through six games, can claim the SEMO Conference West title for the first time in 15 years tonight if it can win at one-loss Hayti. Not coincidentally, the Rams (6-0, 2-0) are off to their best start since 2004. There is one little problem...

The Notre Dame boys swimming team came way with four state qualifiers that was good enough to land the Bulldogs in second place at the 26th Annual Roger Eastman Invitational on Saturday at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Mo. Joseph Barber and Nicholas Hux were a part of three of those state cuts for the Bulldogs, including their first-place 200 medley relay team (1:44.90) and second-place 200 freestyle relay (1:34.26). ...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Jimmy May continued his impressive season for the Scott City football team on Friday night against Portageville. The Bulldogs struggled to contain the senior, as he only needed one half to put together an impressive stat line, in the Rams 62-16 win...

The masses have fervently called for a revised Semoball.com Football Power Rankings and the analytics department has delivered it.

SIKESTON — A 10-error game cost the Sikeston softball team from a win on Thursday afternoon against Kelly. The Bulldogs committed 10 errors in the game, as the Hawks went on to win 8-1. All of Kelly’s runs were unearned. Four different Kelly players earned multiple hits in the game...

Sikeston at Charleston Records: Sikeston 1-4; Charleston 3-2 Series History: Sikeston leads 94-35-4 Last Meeting: 2018, Charleston won 20-7 Last Week: Sikeston lost to Cape Central 33-0; Charleston defeated Kelly 24-10 Notes: Failing to reach the end zone in each of the last two weeks, the Sikeston football team is looking to find paydirt in a Week 6 matchup against rival Charleston, at John H. ...

Host Cape Central (17-2) blanked Sikeston 9-0 on Wednesday in girls tennis. Sikeston (0-11) won just two games on the day. Central's only two losses this season have been to Notre Dame. District tournament play begins for Central and Sikeston on Monday...

Senior Kyla Beel hammered 24 kills and tallied 14 digs as the Leopold volleyball team rallied after dropping the first set to rebound and eke out a 21-25, 25-22, 25-23 victory over Dexter on Tuesday at Leopold High School. Sophomore Paige Davis contributed 25 assists and...

When the final seconds ticked off the clock to the Scott City 2018 football season, the internal clock kicked in for then-junior Landon O'Brien. A 56-28 loss to Valle Catholic in the Class 1 District 1 semifinals was the end of the line in an 8-3 season for last year's seniors and served notice to a large group of juniors...

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- At one point of Monday's match with Scott City, veteran Leopold volleyball coach Sandy Davis had seen enough of her team not playing to its ability and called a timeout. It was a rare opportunity for a teaching moment. Davis had just 60 seconds to get her point across, which is what a volleyball coach has to do because of the harried nature of a regular-season schedule in this sport...

Scott City rolled to its first 5-0 start since 2016 with a 55-0 rout of Chaffee in the annual rivalry game Friday night in Chaffee, Missouri.

New Madrid Central football held the top spot in the area power rankings this week. The rankings combine a team's MSHSAA point total, use bonus points for wins against other Semoball-area teams, road wins, and a team's Massey Rating.

The Notre Dame tennis team prevailed in a meeting of unbeatens, rolling past Potosi 9-0 at the Brother David Anthony Migliorino Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Jim May and Charlie Vickery have a striking polarity in their similarities. Both share a Southeast Missouri drawl, but Vickery has a higher pitch and quicker pace to his speech than May’s deep delivery.

Scott City senior quarterback Spencer Stratman was voted semoball.com Football Player of the Week after leading the unbeaten Rams to a 35-7 win over Charleston on Friday.

ORAN, Mo. — Building off momentum was a struggle for the Oran volleyball team on Tuesday, against Scott City. After a hard-fought first set win, 25-22, the Eagles could not rebound in either of the final two, losing the second 25-20 and the third 25-19...

CHARLESTON, Mo – In just over a minute, Scott City was able to seize momentum and play spoiler to Charleston’s Homecoming Friday night. Back-to-back touchdowns right before halftime broke open what had been a tie game and the Rams never looked back on their way to a 35-7 win that kept them undefeated on the season...

Semoball’s analytical wizard (Brian Rosener, sports editor for the Daily American Republic) has crunched the numbers and formed a prep football ranking system of area teams throughout the Semoball-coverage area.

Jackson at Sikeston Records: Jackson 3-0; Sikeston 1-2 Series History: Sikeston leads 56-41-6 Last Meeting: 2018, Jackson won 56-14 Last Week: Jackson defeated Cape Central 35-0; Sikeston lost to Poplar Bluff 61-18. Notes: Dominance is one way to look at the Jackson football program, especially this season. ...

New Madrid County Central's Austin Davis was voted the semoball.com Football Athlete of the Week for Week 3 of the high school season. Davis collected 883 votes out of 2,190 cast in the online balloting after hauling in five passes for 111 yards and scoring three times in the Eagles' 43-15 win over Dexter...

Several area communities have fielded teams to compete this fall in the Heartland Youth Football League. Here are some results from the recent action.HYFL Week 1 Results WEEK 1 Dexter - 12 Perryville Gold - 6 Jackson Warriors - 44 Perryville Green - 0...

Sixty area volleyball teams took part in the Dig For Life Challenge Volleyball Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and Show Me Center Friday and Saturday.

SCOTT CITY, Mo – For two quarters East Prairie’s game plan against undefeated Scott City worked to perfection. Using a ground-and-pound approach the Eagle’s run game ate up the clock while building a two-point lead going into halftime. Second-half adjustments swung the game quickly, however, and the Rams scored 29-unanswered points in the third quarter alone for a 50-21 win that left East Prairie still searching for their first win of the season...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Third-year Perryville football coach Blane Boss may feel like kicking a wall at times, as his Pirate squad is being besieged by injuries for the second straight season. However, he isn’t admitting any frustration publicly.

Ella Overstreet carded a 3-over-par 75 to place second individually as the Jackson girls golf team finished nine strokes ahead of the host Falcons to capture the championship of the Rockwood Summit Invitational Tournament on Thursday at the Crescent Farms Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis area...

SIKESTON AT POPLAR BLUFF Records: Sikeston 1-1; Poplar Bluff 1-1 Series History: Sikeston leads 56-36-4 Last Meeting: 2018, Sikeston won 34-0 Last Week: Sikeston lost to McCluer North 36-0; Poplar Bluff defeated Riverview Gardens 48-8. Notes: Offense was a struggle for the Sikeston football team last week, as the Bulldogs got shut out by McCluer North in the second-straight meeting. ...

The Jackson boys soccer team recovered from a halftime deficit with three goals by Chalon Domian as the Indians nipped visiting Northwest (Cedar Hill) 3-2 in overtime Wednesday. The Indians trailed 1-0 at halftime before Domian went to work, scoring two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half. Northwest pulled even about eight minutes after the second tally, and the game eventually went to overtime, where Domian scored with about two minutes left in the first extra period...

The Notre Dame volleyball dropped the first set at home to Sikeston, but bounced back for a three-set victory to stay unbeaten. The Bulldogs prevailed 14-25, 25-15, 25-14 to improve to 2-0. Notre Dame did not start off well but found its groove in the second set and never looked back. Rylee McClintock led the comeback with her all-around play, finishing with seven kills, 12 digs and two aces. Sarah Brennan was the facilitator all night for Notre Dame with 18 assists...

The Cape Girardeau Central and Notre Dame boys swimming teams made quite a splash at Saturday’s Cape Rock Invitational at the Central Municipal Pool.

Perryville won four games last season, but two weeks into the 2019 season, the Pirates are already halfway to matching that total. The Pirates (2-0) dominated St. James on both sides of the ball Friday to win 51-0. “I thought we played pretty well,” third-year coach Blane Boss said. “Defensively, we missed some tackles, but offensively, we ran the ball hard and had some good blocks.”...

Perryville won four games last season, but two weeks into the 2019 season, the Pirates are already halfway to matching that total. The Pirates (2-0) dominated St. James on both sides of the ball Friday to win 51-0. "I thought we played pretty well," third-year coach Blane Boss said. "Defensively, we missed some tackles, but offensively, we ran the ball hard and had some good blocks."...

There are several intriguing football match-ups in Week Two, as several teams ramp up the toughness in their schedules tonight. Here is a look at “What 2 Watch 4” throughout the Semoball-coverage area.

Scott City football coach Jim May believes his Rams can achieve back-to-back winning seasons. If he's right, it'll be the first time in his 11 years at the helm. The Rams go for their second win at 7 p.m. today as they host St. Vincent, a team they've dominated the last five seasons. St. Vincent was humbled on its own field last week by Valle Catholic's fastbreak offense, 36-7...

Kennett High School kicker Camden Pritchett was voted the semoball.com Football Athlete of the Week for Week 1 of the high school season. Pritchett collected 620 out of 2,469 votes cast online after connecting on 7 of 7 extra-point attempts in the Indians' 49-0 victory over Fredericktown in the season opener...

Scott City wasted little time in routing visiting Grandview in its season opener Friday night. Rams senior running back Jimmy May scored on an 11-yard run 66 seconds into the season to commence a 35-point first quarter and a 49-0 thumping of the Eagles...

Following three weeks of fall camp, high school football players throughout Southeast Missouri finally get to compete with the scoreboard turned on tonight.

From nearly every angle, the numbers are promising for Scott City. Coach Jim May boasts his biggest senior class in his 11 seasons at the school, with eight of the 16 seniors at least three-year starters on a team that went 8-3 in 2018, the most wins compiled during his tenure...

With the high school football jamborees in the book, it’s now time that we turn our attention to the regular season. Every year as a sports staff, we sit around before the season and choose which games we are going to cover.  That got me to thinking. If I could cover any game each week, featuring one of our coverage area teams, what would it be? So I decided to look closer and see that there are some interesting matchups this season as it progresses...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Second-year St. Vincent football coach Tim Schumer wasn’t doing backflips over the fact that his offense – particularly the passing game – looked very good in Friday’s jamboree with Chaffee, Scott City, and Kelly. He continually referenced after the game how he would have to “take it to the tape” to get a true evaluation.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Chaffee first-year football coach Will Daffron got his first taste of leading the Red Devils in more than a practice Friday and he was emphatic about one thing: He's enjoying himself. "I am having a ball," Daffron said. "I love this. I love this. We're ready for Crystal City next Friday."...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...

Coach: Logan Bollinger Experience: Third year coaching cross country at Central, third year overall. In the past: Two boys advanced to sectionals in 2018, including then sophomore Nathan Caldwell. He's back: Nathan Caldwell (junior). Coach speak: "We have a great crew of hardworking, dedicated runners, many of whom put in a solid schedule of summer miles," Bollinger said. "I am confident every runner will set new PR's this season."...

The Southeast Missourian has previewed the following high school girls volleyball teams for the 2019 season.