Van Buren

The Semoball Cup ended up being a battle of the Bulldogs that needed overtime to decide. Megan Heisserer's golden goal to lift Notre Dame to the Class 2 soccer title also happened to clinch the Cup. In the closest finish in the early history of the award, Notre Dame edged Van Buren by 4.79 points in the standings that determine which area school had the most athletically successful school year...

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 Scott City softball team had a 2-0 lead after six innings and a chance for a major confidence boost with the postseason right around the corner. Then things fell apart. Leading defending Class 1 fall softball state champion Van Buren by two runs with just three outs to go, the Rams gave up five hits and five runs in the top of the seventh to fall to the visiting Bulldogs 5-2 on Tuesday at Scott City High School...

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. -- Needing a push in the second and third quarters, the fourth-seeded Malden Green Wave got past No. 13 Van Buren 61-39 during the first round of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Malden (5-3) trailed by three early in the second quarter until they outscored the Bulldogs 16-2 to end the first half up 27-16...

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 ...

ELLSINORE, Mo. -- As high school basketball rivalries in Southeast Missouri go, it doesn't get much more heated than the one between East Carter and Van Buren. But for a few brief moments Friday night, the coaches and players of both teams set aside a cross-county rivalry and united in the name of something much more important than sports...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- In a season full of history, there was one more moment the Van Buren softball team will never forget. One by one players ran through a tunnel of their most loyal fans, which led to an even bigger celebration with their closest friends and family outside of the Killian Softball Complex on Saturday...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Van Buren softball coach Jack Childress was unsure how his team would respond after giving up two runs in the second inning of its MSHSAA Class 1 state semifinal on Friday. His uncertainties were erased when the Lady Dawgs chipped away at the deficit over the next two innings and absolutely erased it when they put Morgan Shockley, one of their fastest runners, on third with one out in the top of the seventh inning...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- One of the attributes Chaffee coach Brian Horrell appreciates in his team most was on display in the Class 1 District 1 championship Thursday. The Red Devils' no-quit demeanor was evident as they battled back from a deficit and even took a brief lead. But they couldn't hold it...

The second-seeded Notre Dame girls tennis team downed third-seeded Dexter 5-1 and advanced to the Class 1 District 1 Tournament championship Tuesday. Notre Dame (11-3), which only dropped one doubles match to the Bearcats, will face top-seeded Kennett (9-1) for the title today. The Indians have defeated the Bulldogs twice in regular-season play...

All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

A game-tying triple and a go-ahead two-run homer sparked a six-run fifth inning as the Poplar Bluff softball team beat visiting Chaffee 7-3 on Monday. Calli Gerber followed a pair of one-out walks with a line-drive triple before freshman Brylee Misner followed two pitches later with a home run to lift the Mules (9-2)...