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Notre Dame secured a share of the SEMO Conference regular-season championship with an 8-6 win over host Sikeston on Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished in a tie atop the standings with co-champion Jackson. Sikeston's Noah Hicks hit for the cycle, but his bat was not enough to overcome Notre Dame...

BENTON, Mo. -- The Kelly Hawks boys track and field team captured eight titles to win their home meet, the Johnny Merrick Invitational. The host team won with 164 points, nearly doubling second-place Scott City's 85.5 points and Charleston's 84.5. On the girls side, Saxony Lutheran was victorious with a total of 130 points, placing first in six events. Woodland finished second at 95.5 points while Malden had 67. Kelly girls finished in 6th with 45 points...

Gabe Hurley hit a double and drove in two runs as the Notre Dame baseball team scored a run in all but one inning and blanked crosstown conference rival Cape Girardeau Central 9-0 on Thursday. Brayden Eftink went six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Bulldogs (9-4, 3-1 SEMO Conference). He gave up no runs on three hits, retired 10 batters and walked two...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — East Prairie, Kelly, and the Charleston track and field teams all had successful evenings at the Chaffee Invitational, on Thursday, at Chaffee High School. Kelly finished in second place after 18 boys events. The Hawks finished with 100 total points, while Kennett took home top honors — with 181...

Nobody held a double-digit lead. For all but two minutes in the second half, nobody held a three-possession lead. For the first six minutes of the second half, nobody even held a two-possession lead. The No.4-No. 5 game of the Ozark Foothills Conference tournament lived up to its billing as fourth-seeded Greenville and fifth-seeded East Carter went back and forth from start to finish...

Down three as the clock passed the minute mark, the Royals got a stop, chased down the long rebound and called a timeout with 48 seconds left. Watson came off a screen and tried for a 3 from the top of the key, but missed and Bangert was fouled on the rebound...

DELTA DUNKLIN DEMOCRAT BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The consolation semifinals are set at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament following quarterfinal action Thursday. No. 8 seeded Portageville will take on No. 13 seeded Bloomfield in the first consolation semifinal Friday at 1 p.m. The second consolation semifinal between No. 10 seeded South Pemiscot and No. 14 seeded Malden follows Friday at about 2:30 p.m...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The top-seeded Hayti Indians surpassed the century mark before the start of the fourth quarter as it cruised past the No. 16 seeded Holcomb Hornets 115-40 in the first game at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Wednesday morning. Hayti (5-2) led 35-9 after the first quarter, 69-22 at halftime and 94-28 at the end of the third quarter...

Class and district assignments have been released for boys and girls basketball in the Missouri Bootheel for the 2018-19 season. Clarkton, Delta, Delta C-7, Gideon, North Pemiscot, Richland, Risco, Scott County Central, and Southland will compete in Class 1, District 1. See teams in all Class 1 districts here: Class 1 Districts...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

Cape Girardeau Central senior Jared Neikirk was the first runner to cross the finish line with a first-place time of 10 minutes, 36.94 seconds to help lead the Tigers to second place at the Fleet Feet Cross Country Kickoff Classic at the Arnold City Park on Thursday...

Notre Dame junior Blake Morris was the first runner to cross the finish line with local foe Saxony Lutheran senior Caleb Cornelius right behind him in second place in Saturday's First-to-the-Finish Kickoff Classic on the campus of Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...