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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...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Confidence and momentum can be elusive for young teams, and on Monday night the St. Vincent and Woodland volleyball teams were searching for both. It was the Indians who found just enough to hold off a Cardinals for a sweep, dropping host Woodland 25-23 and 25-21 for just their second road victory of the season...

For the first time in school history, the Cape Central boys swimming team defeated the Lafayette (Wildwood) 115-68 in a dual on Thursday in the suburban St. Louis area, setting nine new state cuts in the victory. Two-time reigning Semoball Boys Swimmer of the Year Brogan Davis set two state cuts in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley to lead the Tigers. Sam Hahs had his state cut in the 100 breaststroke, and Daniel Seabaugh had his in the 500 freestyle...

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...

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

Madeline Hendrix hit a double and drove in two runs, as the Chaffee softball team was able to hold off a seventh-inning rally by Sikeston to secure a 7-4 win Thursday in Sikeston, Missouri. Kylie Wilhite was the winning pitcher for Chaffee (6-4). She threw a complete game and gave up two earned runs, struck out six and walked one...

Lexi Welter recorded a double-double with 23 digs and 13 kills, as the Notre Dame volleyball team bounced back from a loss in the first set to take the next two sets in a 3-0 (22-25, 25-21, 25-15) road victory over Advance on Monday. Allison Jansen added 13 kills and Sam Brennan had 11 kills for Notre Dame (12-3-3). Maddie McClintock dished out 37 assists and Marianna Below notched 20 digs for the Bulldogs...

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...

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

Sophomore Chloe Bergman served three aces as the Perryville volleyball team defeated host De Soto in straight sets (25-12, 25-17) on Thursday in conference action. Fellow sophomore Sydney Spears dished out seven assists for Perryville (6-4-2, 2-0 JCAA Conference-Large Schools Division). Sophomore Camryn Baer notched six digs for the Pirates...

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

Hannah Hunt recorded 12 kills and five digs to lead the Indians to a 25-20, 25-17 win over Hillsboro in volleyball action Thursday night. Olivia Wendel tallied nine kills and two aces for Jackson (3-1). Malary Burger notched 12 assists and six digs while Lainey Broussard had 10 assists, seven digs and six aces for the Indians. Hannah Wilson had 22 digs and Nicole Lawson had eight digs to pace the Indians defensively...

Notre Dame's Sarah Bell carded a 1-under-par 70 to as the Bulldogs edged Marquette by one stroke to win the Rockwood Summit Invitational at The Falls Golf Club in O'Fallon, Mo. Bell finished one stroke ahead of Cor Jesu Academy's Kate Kuess to earn the medalist honors. Bulldogs teammate Allison Bray came in third place individually with a score of 73...

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...

Alyssa Moore doubled to get the only extra-base hit of the game, as the Kelly softball team notched its second win of the season on Thursday, a 4-0 win over host East Carter County. Alyssa Tidwell went the distance to clinch the win for the Hawks, who improved to 2-0. She recorded two strikeouts and walked two batters...

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...

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

Head Coach: Erin Hoffman Last year's record: 18-10-2 Conference: Stoddard County Activities Association Postseason result: Lost to Bernie in district championship n No further information was provided Head Coach: Beth Williams Assistant Coach: Melissa Eftink...

Woodland Cardinal Track and Field standout, Cole Schlief, is headed to William Woods University on a Track and Field scholarship. Schlief is the son of Dan Schlief and Margaret Schlief, both of Marble Hill. Schlief had a fantastic senior season for Woodland highlighted by earning All-District honors in four events, helping to lead the Cardinals to a team district title, and earning a second place finish at the State track meet in the long jump with a personal best jump of 21 feet 9 inches. ...

The SEMO Conference announced its official changes on Wednesday, all of which go into effect in the upcoming 2016-17 school year. Kelly will join the conference in football, creating four divisions. The Hawks will join Charleston, East Prairie and Malden in the East Division. ...

Another year, another enchanting evening at Southeast Missouri's premier sports awards show. The top student-athletes from 57 high schools across the region came together for the Third Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on Saturday at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus, as Malden's Nick Thompson and Dexter's Makayla Waldner took home the top individual honors...