Southeast Redhawks

After a brutal start to Ohio Valley Conference play and a dismal record to begin the season, it felt like just about everybody had written off SEMO softball at Missouri on Wednesday. Everybody, except for Paytience Holman. The senior pitcher threw a scoreless seven innings in Columbia, Missouri, to ensure Southeast (13-20, 7-5 OVC) knocked off the No. 11 Missouri Tigers (29-8, 4-5 SEC) in a thrilling 1-0 victory on the road...

After finishing the early non-conference schedule with a less-than-desirable record, Southeast baseball (12-13, 3-0) made a loud statement over the weekend in its conference-opening series. The Redhawks went on the road to Charleston, Illinois, for a series at Eastern Illinois (5-16, 0-3) and smothered the Panthers in their house, scoring a whopping 56 runs in the series...

In a high-stakes season finale for both Redhawk basketball teams, Southeast Missouri State grabbed a split on Saturday night – but not in the way it may have hoped. With a tournament berth on the line, Southeast women’s basketball couldn’t come up with the plays late to knock off Southern Indiana with its season on the line...

Against two tough Morehead State squads, Southeast got a big split on Thursday, going on the road and grabbing a big win in the Bluegrass State. The Redhawk women inched closer to securing their spot in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament while the men officially dropped out of the race with a tough loss...

Entering Taylor Stadium four games below even on the season, expectations seemed to be tempered for Southeast’s Tuesday matchup at Missouri – until they weren’t. With the Tigers supposedly running a scheduled “bullpen day,” the Redhawks took stark advantage and jumped out to an early lead...

After spending a year in Cape Girardeau, the one thing that has pleasantly surprised me about this place is how many athletes currently competing at Southeast Missouri State who have aspirations for a career in journalism. Chandler Davis plays on the SEMO women’s basketball team and recently covered the football team as a reporter for the student newspaper, the Southeast Arrow. ...

Jackson native among 2023 SEMO Hall of Fame class Southeast Missouri State announced its 2023 Hall of Fame Class on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Among the six-member class is Jackson native Blake Smith, who currently runs the Cape Girardeau based athletic training center, Prep Athletics...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to camp and fish with an “elite tent camper,” who also serves as the head football coach at Southeast Missouri State (Tom Matukewicz)?

For 40 years, Cindy Gannon has played a massive role within the sports landscape of Cape Girardeau. However, after doing some soul searching, the longtime coach and administrator, initially with Southeast Missouri State, and most recently the Cape Catfish, is stepping aside to “get to know me again.”

Former Poplar Bluff Mule Kayson King decided to take it up a notch this year for his mom’s birthday. King said she was planning a calm, quiet day in but he decided to throw a wrench in those plans and get her a present in the process. King, a freshman center for on the Southeast Missouri State football team, earned the right to travel to the Redhawks’ first game last week as they took on the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas...

At any given Cape Catfish game, you can find the architect of success for the franchise standing atop the hill glancing over a baseball diamond that he has carried in his heart since he was a boy.

There rarely is a shortage of negativity in the daily news cycles, and intercollegiate athletics is never immune to such.

It has been a banner year for Southeast Missouri State athletics. In the face of a changing Ohio Valley Conference, the Redhawks emerged as OVC Commissioner’s Cup champions for the second time in the last three seasons. The Redhawks totaled 102 points defeating Tennessee Tech (90.5) by a +11.5 margin to win the cup. It's an award that values all the sports' championships, even the ones that don't get mainstream attention...

For the second time in three years, Southeast Missouri State has won the OVC Commissioner's Cup. The Redhawks won eight Ohio Valley Conference championships during the 2022-23 school year. The football team took a share of the championship after defeating rival Murray State 52-22. The Redhawks won the coin flip that determined whether SEMO or UT Martin would receive the automatic berth to the NCAA FCS Playoffs...

The Southeast Missouri State University football team added another Mule to its roster for the upcoming season. Poplar Bluff’s Chris Matlock signed a letter of commitment Tuesday for an opportunity at the next level with the SEMO Redhawks.

The Southeast Missouri State soccer program added another local talent on Friday with Notre Dame’s Kristin Anderson signing her letter of intent to play college soccer at SEMO. Anderson said playing at the next level is something she’s always dreamed of...

During the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball game against Morehead State on Saturday, the 2022 Athletics Hall of Fame Class was honored at the center of the court during halftime in front of the largest crowd of the season. 2,890 fans came to the Show Me Center to see the Redhawks fight for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference, which made it the ideal time to bring out the alumni and latest Hall of Fame class...

The Lindenwood (2-18) women won their first conference game in their short history in the Ohio Valley Conference on Saturday, defeating Tennessee-Martin (9-13) 84-75. “This win feels amazing," Lindenwood coach Katie Falco said. "We have continued to believe that our time would come! We have responded so gracefully to the endless adversity we have faced.”...

The renovation of Houck Field at Southeast Missouri State isn’t going to be complete for the 2022 football season, as some had hoped when this project got underway almost a year ago.

Former Cape Central standout Al Young signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent on Sunday. Young recorded 23 total tackles, 11 pass breakups, two interceptions and recovered two fumbles during his senior season at Jackson State. Prior to playing for the Tigers, Young spent five seasons with Southeast Missouri State where he made 71 total tackles, broke up 26 passes, made seven interceptions and recovered a fumble...

There is a heavy weight carried on your shoulders when your last name is Brune and you compete athletically at Southeast Missouri State.

Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke was one of 28 recent winners of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Cushman & Wakefield AD of the Year Award.

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team unloaded eight home runs in an 11-8, 12-5, doubleheader sweep of Bradley (3-6) Saturday at Capaha Field. The Redhawks (9-1) slugged three homers in game one and a season-high five in the second contest to blow by the Braves...

Life happens fast in the ever-changing world of intercollegiate athletics, and no one is learning that more so than the fans of Southeast Missouri State athletics.

Southeast Missouri State sophomore pitcher opened his 2022 season on a positive note, as he was named on Monday as the first Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week award winner.

The Ohio Valley Conference added its newest member, the University of Southern Indiana, on Wednesday. And for those that believe adding a transitioning NCAA Division II institution won’t be challenging for Southeast Missouri State, as well as the remainder of the league, particularly in terms of men’s basketball, they need to think again.

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis match against North Alabama scheduled for Saturday has been canceled due to inclement weather. The Redhawks and Lions were scheduled to meet Saturday at the McCracken County High School Tennis Indoor Facility in Paducah, Kentucky.

The good news for the remaining institutions in the Ohio Valley Conference is that the probability of winning an OVC title has increased dramatically over the past year with the exodus of Jacksonville State, Eastern Kentucky, Austin Peay, Belmont, and as of Friday, Murray State.

Regardless of the ignominious history that the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program has in playing against Belmont, the fact that the Redhawks are making their final trip to Nashville today at 7 p.m. to face the Ohio Valley Conference preseason favorite is not a good thing for SEMO in the big picture.

There is never a shortage of people to be impressed with – on or off of the athletic fields – at Southeast Missouri State.

The only thing proving to be constant in the world of intercollegiate athletics is change, particularly as it relates to conference membership.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Former Southland Conference power Stephen. F. Austin was too much for cold-shooting SEMO. The Ladyjacks had five players score in double figures Monday and forced the Redhawks to 22 turnovers, resulting in a 83-59 rout at William R. Johnson Coliseum...

Southeast Missouri State's women's soccer team dropped a 4-1 decision to UT-Martin on Sunday at Houck Field. Not all was negative for the Redhawks, as sophomore Natalie Jackson scored her first-career goal in the matchup. Maddie Paulson was credited with her first-career assist on the play, hitting Jackson with a pass after receiving a corner kick from Kate Daus in the 23rd minute...

As it turns out, about a lot of things in life, your parents were correct when they advised us all as youth that we are known by the company that we keep. That is applicable in social circles, education, business, and politics. And it is true in intercollegiate athletics, as well.

Southeast Missouri State kicker Kenny Doak was named the STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday. Doak, a graduate transfer from the University of Maine, hit all four of his field goals in SEMO's 47-14 win over Tennessee State on Saturday at Houck Field...

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.

This past Monday marked the fifth anniversary of Brady Barke being named as the leader of athletics at Southeast Missouri State on a permanent basis. “A lot has happened since then,” Barke laughed recently. Ain’t that the truth.

Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke has been involved in intercollegiate athletics since he was a teenager and is currently in his sixth year of leading the Redhawks’ athletic program. Yet nothing he ever dreamt of could’ve prepared him for the last eight months.

Brady Barke holds degrees from three different universities, so knowledge is sort of “his thing.” However, none of those diplomas earned by the fourth-year Southeast Missouri State Athletic Director came in the field of wizardry. But that is precisely what Barke is trying to exhibit as he navigates the problematic financial situation that his athletic department finds itself in.

The Jackson High School football program is now on its third opening week opponent with the season less than a week from getting underway. Having said that, is there anyone willing to bet a large sum of money that the Indians absolutely, unequivocally, will not be making another schedule change before Friday?

To no one's surprise, the Ohio Valley Conference announced Friday that it would be postponing the athletic contests scheduled for this fall. The league has directed its membership to "develop plans for conference competition and championships in the spring semester (of 2021)," according to a release...

Give the Ohio Valley Conference credit for this; no one will accuse the league of rushing into any decision to manage its sports competition this fall.

ORAN, Mo. — Becoming successful in athletics takes hard work and dedication, along with time and commitment. For multiple sports, it takes even more. Oran senior and three-sport athlete Kaylee Payne showed what all four characteristics lead to after a successful athletic year with the Lady Eagles, earning her the 2020 Standard-Democrat Girls Athlete of the Year...

The sport of men’s college basketball has been in the throes of a figurative virus for several years due to several issues, most notably the transfer epidemic. However, in the past month, the sport has been placed in the hospital because of threats from professional leagues, while on Wednesday, the NCAA sent the sport – and football, as well – to the intensive care unit.

When Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke was asked last month what it took to build a successful sport at his institution, he was very specific about the core of what was needed.

If anyone wants a study in frustration, they could do worse than following Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke around this spring.

The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks stayed close for most of the game, but eventually fell to the Belmont Bruins 45-57 Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.