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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...

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...

Blake Bollinger blasted a home run and batted in four runs as Meadow Heights delivered Herculaneum its first loss of the season, 8-1, in an opening-round quarterfinal of the Saxony Lutheran Showdown. Lane Baremore went the distance on the mound to get the win for Meadow Heights (5-5). He gave up one unearned run and recorded nine strikeouts and three 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...

Jackson's Case Englehart and Tanner Walton each carded a three-over-par 75 to share the medalist honors and help lead the Indians to the championship of the Farmington Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club. Jaden Hightower finished three strokes behind his teammates with a 78 and Carsen Silliman shot an 80 as the four Indians all claimed individual spots in the top 10 for Jackson, which placed 43 strokes ahead of Kennett in second place...