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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...

Notre Dame boys volleyball went on the road and picked up a convincing sweep, 25-16 and 25-13, of Metro-East Lutheran on Thursday night in Edwardsville, Illinois. Alex Dow and A.J. Stroup each had four kills to lead the Bulldogs in the victory. Alex Burger recorded 12 assists and eight digs for Notre Dame. John Scherer contributed seven digs for the Bulldogs, who will wrap up their regular season during tonight's senior night match at home with Webster Groves...

Bryce Morgan and Jonathon Tyler combined to shut out the Meadow Heights baseball team as visiting Kelly soared to a 2-0 win in the regular-season finale on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Morgan went six innings to get the win, striking out four and scattering three hits and one walk. Tyler pitched the seventh to get the save...

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...

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). ...

Advance softball scored four runs in the seventh inning to pull off a 4-1 comeback road win over Meadow Heights on Wednesday in Patton, Missouri. Alexus Hubbert had an RBI double in that inning and went 2-for-3. Alli Johnson got the complete-game win for Advance (5-10), giving up four hits, two walks and an earned run while notching five strikeouts. She also had two hits...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

VAN BUREN, Mo. — Beset by early foul troubles, a thin Scott County Central girls basketball team struggled to rebound Saturday, giving up second, third and fourth-chance opportunities on multiple possessions. Bradleyville took advantage, pulling away in the second quarter and coasting to an 87-55 victory in the Class 1 quarterfinal at Van Buren High School to advance to the state final four for the first time in school history...