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Cape Girardeau Central junior Josh Pullen made history Saturday, becoming the first Cape Central wrestler to place at state in eight years. He was also one of five area wrestlers to earn all-state honors. Pullen bounced back from a tough semifinal loss the night before to defeat Fort Zumwalt South's Alex Drmac 14-8 in a consolation semifinal. That set up a Class 3 third-place match with Jesse Cassatt of Carl Junction...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kate Grubbs won her first match of the Class 1 state tournament on Thursday at Mizzou Arena, in Columbia, Mo. Grubbs won 12-3 in her first match of the day but fell by pinfall in her quarterfinal matchup. She will compete again, today, in the second round of wrestle backs...

The Jackson wrestling team got off to a great start at the Class 4 state championship, with four of the team's five state qualifiers winning their first-round bouts in Columbia, Missouri. Riley Wiseman was the first victor, beating David H. Hickman's Ethan Barr 6-1 in the 106-pound match. Alec Bailey (120) earned an 8-2 decision over Ozark's Clayton Moison and Garner Horman (145) picked up a 10-5 win over Nixa's Kolyn Eli for the Indians...

The second quarter of the Jackson-Lindbergh duel proved to be the difference maker as the Indians boys basketball outscored the Flyers 12-4 in the second period of the 49-41 victory on Wednesday, claiming third place in the Lindbergh Flyers Invitational...

In a few days, basketball postseason begins for teams across Missouri, but for an hour Wednesday afternoon, the focus was back on fall sports. In a live one-hour radio show on SEMO ESPN, 55 student-athletes were announced as fall sports finalists for the 2019 Semoball Awards...

SIKESTON — Garry Wilkerson made his presence known early on Tuesday night, against Scott City. The senior finished with 32 points, shooting 13 of 22 (59 percent) from the floor and grabbing seven rebounds. Wilkerson’s performance lifted the Braves to an 89-61 win at Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium to win their second game out of the last five...

Blake Bollinger scored 23 points to push Meadow Heights past Zalma 63-53 despite a strong fourth quarter comeback effort. Bollinger was outdueled by Mayson Casey, who hit six 3-pointers on his way to 24 points in the loss. Zalma outscored Meadow Heights 27-20 in the final quarter but was unable to pull within 10 before the final buzzer...

List of college signees in the Southeast Missourian coverage area that were submitted to the newspaper

Ashley Wilthong hit four 3-pointers in a 14-point performance as the Scott City girls basketball team edged Meadow Heights for a 54-49 home win Wednesday. Kacie Daigger added 12 points for the Rams (10-12) and Jersey Black stuffed the stat sheet with 13 rebounds, eight blocks and six points...

SIKESTON — It has been over one month since Oran last tasted defeat. Chemistry is sky-high, which has led to 12 straight wins for the Eagles. That trend continued on Friday night, as the Eagles soared to a 91-71 win over Scott County Central in the championship game of the Scott County-Mississippi County Conference Tournament...

Meet the 16 members of the 2018 All-Southeast Missourian Football team

Alexis Allstun recorded 19 points as an evenly-distributed scoring pattern helped the Jackson girls basketball team fend off a 3-point crazy Poplar Bluff team in its 57-45 conference win on Thursday at Jackson High School. Kalli Mayfield contributed 12 points for the Indians (15-3, 4-0 SEMO Conference), who were behind four points at the break. Mik Liley netted 10 points as Jackson outscored the Mules by 16 points in the second half to erase the deficit and obtain the victory...

The Notre Dame boys basketball team outpaced and outscored the Kennett Indians in all four quarters en route to a 73-49 home conference victory Wednesday. The Bulldogs (9-10, 3-3 SEMO Conference) had four double-digit scorers, led by Thomas Crippen with 16 points in the contest. Joining him was Justice Thoma (15), Carter Dame (12) and Kam Dohogne (11)...

SIKESTON — 10 Sikeston wrestlers were recognized for Senior Night, on Wednesday, at the Sikeston Field House. Going out with a bang, the Bulldogs overpowered Kennett 73-6. Seven victories came by way of pinfall, as the Bulldogs flexed their muscles the entire night...

SIKESTON — Keshawn Sanders’ 23 points sparked Scott County Central to a 71-65 win over Delta on Saturday. Landon Glueck also finished right behind Sanders, with 21 points, as the two combined for 62 percent of the team’s points. After leading for the better part of the first half, Delta made a comeback in the third quarter, as the Bobcats outscored the Braves 21-15 to tie the game heading into the fourth quarter...

Megan Heisserer netted 11 points but the Notre Dame girls basketball team was unable to withstand a strong challenge from Cor Jesu Academy in its 58-45 loss to the Chargers on Tuesday in the suburban St. Louis area. Emily Kellum chipped in 10 points for the Bulldogs (12-5), who trailed by 11 points at halftime...

Leah Cauble turned in yet another dominating performance, dropping 41 points to lead top-seeded Oran into the championship game of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament with a 74-20 victory over Chaffee on Wednesday at Oran High School. Cauble hauled in seven rebounds and came away with three steals in the lopsided victory. She went 13 of 18 from the field and 12 of 13 from the charity stripe...

Jersey Black notched a double-double, leading the sixth-seeded Scott City girls basketball team to a 65-62 win over third-seeded Kelly in the quarterfinals of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Monday in Oran, Missouri. Black had 22 points and 17 rebounds for the Rams (6-8), who held off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt from the Hawks and will face No. 2 Scott County Central at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a semifinal...

ORAN, Mo. — Starting the game off as slow, was not what the Kelly girls basketball team envisioned on Monday night in its 65-62 loss to Scott City, in the quarterfinals of the Scott County-Mississippi County Tournament. The Lady Hawks trailed by nine points after the first quarter, and 15 at halftime, to put themselves into a hole...

Paul Duncan drained 23 points as the Woodland boys basketball team picked up a 76-68 conference victory over Bloomfield in a game that saw 70 attempts at the free-throw line on Friday in Marble Hill, Missouri. Karson Skinner pitched in 16 points for the Cardinals (8-7, 2-2 SCAA Conference), who held an eight-point lead at halftime. Jamon Frymire finished with 13 points before fouling out...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Alexis Phillips was a workhorse for New Madrid County Central on Thursday against Charleston. The senior finished with a team-high 14 points, while also securing 12 rebounds, in the Lady Eagles 56-42 win, at Charleston High School...

Emma Brune netted 17 points in a 55-39 conference win over host Cape Central as she eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for her career midway through the second quarter on Thursday. Saxony Lutheran came out firing in the first half, outscoring Cape Central 27-11...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Derez Tipler is back, and back in a big way. The East Prairie senior returned from his absence on Friday, but on Tuesday, he made a significant impact against a Scott City team that came into the game with a 10-4 record. Tipler scored 28 points, on 10-of-16 shooting, while grabbing five rebounds as well, in the Eagles 86-64 win...

METROPOLIS, ILL. — Brian Visor’s putback with 3 seconds left in overtime lifted the Charleston boys basketball team to a victory in the first round of the City of Metropolis Superman Classic on Monday night. Visor finished with only one bucket in the game, with none more significant than the one he had, as the fifth-seeded Bluejays beat the No. 4 seed Massac County 73-71...

DELTA, Mo. -- The Delta boys basketball team led at halftime, but coach Danny Thomas wasn't satisfied. He knew the Bobcats could play better. His message to the team was short and sweet. About three minutes after the Bobcats entered the locker room, they emerged with a renewed focus...

DEXTER, Mo. — The Dexter Bearcats shifted into overdrive in the second quarter. After a sluggish start, the Bearcats picked up the tempo in the second en route to an 80-47 victory over the Farmington Knights on Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center...

The Scott City and Kelly boys basketball teams usually need only to cover 14 miles to face each other, but both traveled more than 150 miles Wednesday to square off in the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Scott City, playing for the fourth straight year on the Memphis Grizzlies' home court, prevailed 61-50...

Edward Farr thought the shot was going in, but he still made sure to get in position to rebound the ball. So when Garry Wilkerson's 3-pointer didn't even graze the rim, Farr was there to corral the ball and put it through the hoop as time expired. Farr's last-second putback was the game-winning bucket as tenth-seeded Scott County Central defeated No. 8 Scott City 69-67 to win the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament consolation championship on Saturday afternoon at the Show Me Center...

Eric Berry and David Layton went shot-for-shot, but Delta’s supporting staff outperformed Oak Ridge’s as the Bobcats came away with the 80-61 win in a fifth-place semifinal Friday at the Show Me Center. . Berry finished with a game-high 33 points to lead No. 6 Delta down the stretch. He was one of three Bobcats in double digits...

The Woodland boys basketball team battled past a second-half comeback effort by Advance to come away with the 62-58 consolation quarterfinal win. Jack Below powered the comeback attempt for the 13th-seeded Hornets with 23 points. Seth Whittley followed with 10 points in the effort...

It was quite a successful fall sports season in the Southeast Missouri area. The Advance volleyball team won its first-ever state championship, and Jackson football finished the regular season undefeated for the first time in over a decade before falling in the quarterfinals to the eventual Class 5 state champions...

Emma Brune scored 19 points as the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team cruised to a home win over Chester (Ill.) on Thursday. Alice Hogendobler totaled 14 points, knocking down four 3-pointers, and Bri Jenkins added 13 points for Saxony Lutheran (6-1), which led 35-24 at halftime...

The Delta boys basketball team probably couldn't have asked for a better week than the one it just completed. The Bobcats, who began the week on Tuesday with a vengeful victory over Oak Ridge just four days after the BlueJays had beaten them for the championship of the Woodland Invitational Tournament, did something they haven't been able to do for more than a decade: they defeated Scott County Central in a thrilling 84-77 overtime victory Friday on their home court to notch their second consecutive conference win this week.. ...

The top-seeded Oran girls basketball team dominated third-seeded host Chaffee 83-21 to win the Lady Red Devils Invitational behind 40 points from Leah Cauble. Cauble shot 15-for-27 from the floor and 7-for-15 from behind the 3-point arc and also had six rebounds...

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Isaiah Thomas drained 23 points as the fourth-seeded Delta boys basketball team pulled a big 72-64 semifinal upset over top-seeded Perryville on Thursday to reach Friday's championship game of the Woodland Invitational Tournament in Marble Hill, Missouri...

The host Cardinals opened their season with an 82-61 victory over Zalma in the Woodland Invitational Tournament in boys basketball Tuesday in Marble Hill, Missouri. Connor Goodwn led the third-seeded Cardinals with 28 points, while Jamon Frymire added 13 and Kyle Balsman had 12...

Emma Brune and Briann Jenkins combined for 26 points with 13 apiece as the fourth-seeded Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team erased a six-point deficit and came alive in the final minutes to defeat fifth-seeded Notre Dame 53-47 and avoid an opening-round upset in the Third Annual SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at the Sikeston Field House in Sikeston, Missouri...

Freshman Kacie Daigger nearly as many point as the entire Advance girls basketball team to lead Scott City to a 68-35 season-opening victory on Saturday in Scott City. Daigger finished with 34 points, making eight three-pointers for the Rams (1-0), who led by 18s at the break and held the Hornets to single digits in the final three quarters...