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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...

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 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. ...

Boys and girls basketball district tournament schedules for Class 1 District 1, Class 1 District 2, Class 2 District 2, Class 3 District 1, Class 3 District 2...

The New Madrid County Central Eagles lost its fifth game in a row Saturday during the 22nd Annual Tiger Shootout at Cape Central High School. The Eagles fell behind 23-19 at the half and trailed by one entering the fourth but couldn't get closer against Park Hills Central, eventually falling 45-42...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Three players scored in double figures to lead the Twin Rivers Royals one step closer to a Bloomfield Christmas Tournament consolation championship. Chance Wilkerson put up a game-high 19 points during the eighth-seeded Royals' 62-49 win over No. 13 Van Buren Wednesday...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Richland Rebels kept pace for a quarter but couldn't sustain against Twin Rivers during a consolation quarterfinal at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Tuesday. The last-seeded Rebels in the 16-team tournament lost 60-37 to No. 8 Twin Rivers eliminating Richland from tournament play after its second loss...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The East Prairie Eagles ended a streak of predictable first round finishes at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, according to seeds. The ninth-seeded Eagles pulled off a first round upset for the first time since the 2013 tournament by taking down No. 8 Twin Rivers 66-62 Monday...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, a wonderful holidays to all! It's that time of year, and with it comes an annual rite of passage — holiday basketball tournaments. We preview and break down two of the area's biggest holiday boys basketball tournaments, as the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament and Bloomfield Christmas Tournament get set to kick off ...

There's been plenty of recent history between the Saxony Lutheran and Twin Rivers girls basketball programs, having played five times in the last four years, including four straight Class 3 sectional clashes. This year, though, the schools are new district foes, and their rosters have undergone some serious renovation...

HILLSBORO -- Both Bloomfield and Twin Rivers fell in Saturday's Class 2 sectional at Hillsboro High School. Twin Rivers lost in three sets to Metro Academic and Classical High School 26-24, 11-25 and 26-24. St. Pius X took down Bloomfield in two sets, 25-5, 25-21...

Five local volleyball teams moved into the state sectional round after district tournament wins and will look to advance further on Saturday during sectional and quarterfinal matches. In Class 3, the Dexter Bearcats took down both Notre Dame and Perryville to win District 1 on Tuesday for its second title in three years. The Bearcats defeated Notre Dame in three sets, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-21 and then turned around to beat Perryville in two, 25-15, 25-18...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- For the second time in as many years, the Portageville volleyball team's district bid came to a halt in the semifinal round. The third-seeded Bulldogs fell in three sets to No. 2 Twin Rivers 13-25, 25-14 and 16-25 Tuesday during the Class 2, District 1 tournament at Portageville High School...

Schedules are set for district volleyball tournaments in the Missouri Bootheel. Gideon will host Class 1, District 1. Top-seeded Gideon receives a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Cooter plays No. 5 seeded Southland Oct. 17 at 4 p.m., No. 2 seeded North Pemiscot plays No. 7 seeded Delta C-7 Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. and No. 3 seeded Clarkton plays No. 6 seeded Holcomb Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. Semifinals are Oc. 17 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. with the championship to follow Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m...

The fourth-seeded Dexter volleyball team may have proven that Monday night's loss to top-seeded Advance was just a fluke, as the Bearcats dealt a vengeful 25-22, 25-15 victory to the Hornets in Thursday's semifinals of the Stoddard County Activities Association Conference tournament in Puxico, Missouri...

Chaffee scored two runs in the seventh inning to break a tie and defeat host Neelyville 7-5 high school softball action Monday. Carlie Milz, who had a double and drove in two runs, recorded the win in relief for the Red Devils (7-4). Milz allowed three hits over two innings, striking out one and walking one...

A nine-run second inning highlighted a dominant 16-1 win over the Royals, giving the Hawks their 10th win of the season.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Liam Gray scored a pair of first-half goals and set up the game winner with 10 1/2 minutes left in regulation as Jackson won 4-3 at Poplar Bluff on Tuesday night. Josh Scholl scored on a breakaway set up by Gray after the Mules overcame a 3-0 halftime deficit...

The top-seeded Advance volleyball team posted a thrilling three-set victory over third-seeded Saxony Lutheran to win the Woodland Invitational Tournament, posting a 26-24 victory in the final set to claim the title Friday night in Marble Hill, Missouri...

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

Jackie Verseman hammered nine kills and served four aces to lead St. Vincent to a three-set victory at home over Jackson, 26-24, 18-25 and 25-18. Both teams were making their season debuts. Kara Kassel added six kills for St. Vincent (1-0). Katie Schnurbusch notched 13 digs while Molly Myers and Megyn Huber put up four blocks apiece for the host Indians...