St. Vincent

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. -- St. Vincent gladly accepted another challenge Wednesday in its continued defense of the Class 1 girls soccer state title it won almost exactly a year ago. That's how it's been all season for coach Caitlin Pistorio's team, after all...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

The Jackson boys golf team finished one stroke ahead of Chaminade to claim a Class 4 sectional title Monday at Westwood Hills Country Club in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, qualifying for the state tournament in a week's time. Jaden Hightower was the top Indians' finisher, shooting a 2-over-par 73 to finish two strokes back of medalist Carson Postal of Kirkwood tied for fourth place...

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. ...

Breven Yarbro belted a home run, a double and finished with four RBIs as Chaffee held off Cooter for a 7-4 victory at Capaha Field in baseball action Friday. Yarbro went 2-for-4 to lead the nine-hit attack for Chaffee (17-1). Gabe Henson, Landon Tenkhoff and Austin Copeland also had two hits for the Red Devils, who struck for three runs in the first inning and led throughout. A.J. Owens added a double in the win...

The Leopold baseball team managed just two hits, but that was enough to scrape by Oak Ridge for a 2-1 victory Wednesday in Leopold, Missouri. The Wildcats scored twice in the second inning and held on in a close battle at home. Ryan Lewis led Leopold (4-9) to victory on the mound, allowing one unearned run on three hits in seven innings, striking out seven batters and walking two...

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). ...

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...

A week ago, Collin Sheridan was frustrated and yelling at his Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team, something he doesn't enjoy doing as a coach. But the message seemed to resonate. Saturday, the Tigers won their second straight meet, defending their home track and placing first at the Cape Central Invitational. On the boys side, Sikeston won a meet for the second time in a week, as Tyzeek Hill won the 100- and 200-meter races, and David Rowland was first in discus...

Claire Ramsey hit a double and drove in three runs as the Oran softball team started strong to pick up a big 8-4 win over traditional powerhouse Kennett on Tuesday. Alyssa Spane went the distance in the circle to come away with the win for the host Eagles, who improved to 8-1 with the victory. Spane recorded four strikeouts and two walks...

A bold effort from the second-seeded Advance baseball team was stifled when Gavin Brown's walk-off single drove in the winning run and top-seeded Bernie claimed the SCAA Conference Tournament championship with a 6-5 win. Wyatt Barnett didn't allow a hit in a scoreless inning to clinch the win for the Mules (7-4) after Brown went six innings...

Jackie Verseman had always wanted to play volleyball at a Division I School, never really considering competing at that level in another sport, until a fateful e-mail a couple months back. That's when the throws coach for Austin Peay track and field, Jason Walker, reached out to Verseman's throws coach at St. ...

The Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team had three of its members come away with first-place finishes to lead the Tigers to the team championship of the Sikeston Bulldog Invitational. Morgan Kluge posted a first-place time of 2 minutes, 34.35 seconds in the 800-meter run for the Tigers, who landed 11.5 points ahead of the hosts in the team standings. Brooke Witvoet won the javelin and Yienvi Johnson clinched first in the shot put to help propel Central to the title...

Blake Bollinger blasted a home run and batted in four runs as Meadow Heights delivered Herculaneum its first loss of the season, 8-1, in an opening-round quarterfinal of the Saxony Lutheran Showdown. Lane Baremore went the distance on the mound to get the win for Meadow Heights (5-5). He gave up one unearned run and recorded nine strikeouts and three walks...

Kole Simms blasted a two-run home run and host Oran pulled out a 5-3 victory over Advance on Thursday afternoon in Oran, Missouri.. Layne Johnson pitched six innings to get the win for the Eagles (6-3). He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and recorded 11 strikeouts and two walks...

The Cape Girardeau Central boys tennis team edged SEMO Conference foe Dexter 5-4 on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The Tigers picked up three victories in the singles and two in the doubles to come away with the win over the Bearcats...

The Jackson boys reeled off a team victory while the girls finished in second in the team standings as the Indians put together a standout performance Tuesday at the Tiger Town (Festus) Invitational in Hillsboro, Missouri. The boys posted a 104.50 to edge Hillsboro's second-place 95, while the ladies finished with 84 points, behind Jefferson's winning 88...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- For four years, St. Vincent's Evan Clifton had begged his coaches for a start on the mound. When they gave him an opportunity Thursday, he didn't disappoint. In his first career high school start, Clifton tossed seven innings of one-run ball, scattering four hits and striking out two to earn the complete-game victory as the Indians baseball team edged Advance 2-1 in a quarterfinal of the Oak Ridge Invitational at Oak Ridge High School...

Jackson's Case Englehart and Tanner Walton each carded a three-over-par 75 to share the medalist honors and help lead the Indians to the championship of the Farmington Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club. Jaden Hightower finished three strokes behind his teammates with a 78 and Carsen Silliman shot an 80 as the four Indians all claimed individual spots in the top 10 for Jackson, which placed 43 strokes ahead of Kennett in second place...

Ben Jansen hit a double and batted in three runs to lead Notre Dame baseball to an 11-6 victory over Lutheran (St. Charles County) in a quarterfinal of the Borgia/Union Tournament on Saturday. Reid James was the winning pitcher and also doubled and had three RBIs for Notre Dame. He threw six innings and gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits. He recorded nine strikeouts and two walks...

There was little drama. The Jackson girls soccer team controlled possession from the outset, got goals from five different players and eased past Saxony Lutheran 6-0 to claim the championship of the Noon Optimist Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Cape Girardeau Central High School...

The season has barely begun, but there were plenty of lessons on hand during the Noon Optimist Girls Soccer Tournament semifinals Friday evening at Cape Girardeau Central High School. Jackson showed it has some talented pieces while St. Vincent learned a title defense is not easy as the former rolled past the latter 4-0 and into the tournament championship Saturday afternoon...

Saxony Lutheran girls basketball senior Addison Beussink was tabbed as a Class 3 all-state selection by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association on Wednesday, headlining a group of local honorees. On the girls side, Oran's Leah Cauble earned all-state honors in Class 2, in addition to being named the Scott-Mississippi Conference Player of the Year...

Lexi Boyer touched base all of her four times at bat, including a double and one RBI, as Woodland held on to fly away with a narrow, 8-7 conference victory over Advance on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Mackenzie Altenthal tossed a complete game to obtain the win for the Cardinals (2-0, 1-0 SCAA Conference). She allowed five earned runs and recorded five strikeouts and nine walks...

The St. Vincent girls soccer team opened up its title-defense campaign with a 3-0 road win over Cape Girardeau Central on Monday. Faith Brewer opened the scoring in just the fourth minute, finishing off a pass from Corin Carroll for a 1-0 lead, and the Indians were in control from there...

Coach: Scott Sanders Conference: SEMO Conference Class & District: Class 3 District 1 Team's strengths: Senior leadership, team camaraderie and work ethic Team's goals: To be competitive in every match; for our seniors to leave a legacy for our underclassmen to follow...

Coach: Brian Horrell Conference: Scott-Mississippi Class & District: Class 2 District 3 Last season's record: 14-10 2017 postseason result: Lost district semifinal to Bismarck Seniors graduated: Two Team's strengths: We have nine juniors and seniors that have started basically three or four years. We have eight or nine pitchers that provide a variety of strengths, whether it be good off-speed, velocity or strike throwers...

BOYS Coach: Tyson Moyers Conference: SEMO Conference Class & District: Class 2 District 1 Seniors graduated: Three Team's strengths: High-character kids who come ready to work each and every day Team's goals: Every year we strive to improve throughout the year, compete in every meet, place as many in conference as possible and move through the state series with as many athletes as we can...

Coach: Jared Dobbs Conference: SEMO Conference Class & District: Class 3 District 1 Last season's record: 12-11-1 2017 postseason result: Won districts, lost in state quarterfinals Seniors graduated: Seven Team's strengths: Balanced group of veteran players and underclassmen. A positive attitude and willingness to improve every day...