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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...

State events and finishes: Triple jump (15th) Favorite warmup song: "DNA" by Kendrick Lamar Favorite shoes to wear while competing: Nike TJ Elite Favorite rival to face off against: Phayzun Fobbs (Sikeston) Favorite place to compete: Kirkwood Favorite track and field athlete: Christian Taylor...

Former Woodland girls cross country runner Cheyenne Wells is one of nine athletes the Southeast Missouri State men's and women's cross country teams added ahead of the 2017 campaign, the program announced Monday. Wells, who just graduated this spring, was a 2015 All-Southeast Missourian selection in cross country and a 2016 pick in track and field. She finished 29th at this past season's Class 2 Cross Country State Championships. She qualified for the state meet all four years of high school...

About six weeks before winning the state championship, Bruester Young threw a javelin for the first time. Except it was just a turbo javelin -- a plastic, safer version of the spear used at meets. Ahead of the district meet, Young and his Woodland teammates practiced with a real javelin three times. That was enough to get second in his first-ever javelin event...

This spring, three area high school teams won state championships. With the success came accolades. Numerous local student-athletes earned recognition, including all-state honors. On the baseball diamond, Bell City won its third straight Class 1 state championship. Along the way, five Cubs earned all-state distinctions...

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...

Woodland senior Bruester Young claimed a gold medal in the javelin at the MSHSAA Class 2 Track & Field State Championships held Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City, Missouri. Young not only claimed a state title, but also set a Class 2 state record with a throw of 173 feet, 11 inches on his first attempt. ...

Woodland senior Bruester Young claimed a gold medal in the javelin at the MSHSAA Class 2 Track & Field State Championships on Friday in Jefferson City, Missouri. Young not only claimed a state title, but also set a Class 2 state record with a throw of 173 feet, 11 inches...

The Woodland boys had a strong performance at the Class 2 Sectional 1 meet on Saturday at Hillsboro High School, qualifying seven individuals plus two relay teams for the Class 2 State Championship meet. Logan Thomsen grabbed a sectional title in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:40.05, and finished second in the 800 to also qualify for state in that event...

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. ...

Layne Johnson held the Bulldogs to six hits on the mound, as the Oran baseball team knocked off Sikeston 10-2 on Thursday in Sikeston, Missouri. Johnson threw 6 2/3 innings and allowed two earned runs, striking out seven batters and walking two. Drew Reischman secured the final out for the Eagles...

Notre Dame's Jonathan Bell carded a six-over-par 77 to tie for second individually, as the Bulldogs finished 16 strokes behind champion Poplar Bluff to receive second place Monday in the SEMO Conference Boys Golf Tournament at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston, Missouri...