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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). ...

Mackenzie Stoner slammed eight kills as the Jackson volleyball team denied host Notre Dame its 10th win of the season and picked up a big conference victory in straight sets (25-10, 25-19) on Thursday in Cape Girardeau. Hannah Shinn and Olivia Ward chipped in seven kills apiece for the Indians. ...

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.

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...

ELLINGTON — Ellington cross country didn’t graduate anybody from last year’s team, and returns multiple runners who could make the state meet. The team’s top runner is the defending Big Springs Conference and MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 champion in sophomore Grace Lloyd, who went on to finish 14th at state with a time of 22 minutes, 22.95 seconds. Lloyd is also playing varsity volleyball...

ELLINGTON — With the season opener a couple weeks away, the Ellington Whippets baseball team has started their run as defending state champions. “There’s a lot of pride in town about it. But this group has got a lot to prove still. We lost a lot of seniors, but we also brought back a lot of experience and a lot of talented young kids. ...

ELLINGTON — The Lady Whippets’ growth is not to be underestimated. Ellington played four freshmen on last year’s varsity volleyball team. Through the first month of the season the young roster, which had one senior, was 7-11. Then the Whippets went 6-2 in October to finish the season 13-13, the program’s best season in a decade and nearly doubling their win totals from the prior year...