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SIKESTON — The Sikeston Twilight Relays showcased fierce competition on Thursday, April 4. On the boys’ side, Sikeston emerged victorious with a dominant 127.50 team score. Malden’s girls’ team delivered their own impressive performance, securing first place with 111.0 points...

MALDEN, Mo. - Athletes from more than a dozen Southeast Missouri high schools converged here Tuesday to compete in the Malden Invitational Track and Field Meet. Kennett High School sophomore Austin Gattis competed in the Discus Throw event and took home gold...

Braydan Homan scored 30 points to lead Marquand-Zion over Zalma to claim third place in the MVC Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 1, at Meadow Heights High School in Patton, Mo. The Tigers have now won five of the last six matchups against their rival Bulldogs...

Braydan Homan scored 30 points to lead Marquand-Zion over Zalma to claim third place in the MVC Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 1, at Meadow Heights High School in Patton, Mo.

Meadow Heights will take on Leopold on Thursday, Feb. 1, at Meadow Heights High School in Patton, Mo., with the MVC Tournament title likely on the line. With four teams participating in the tournament, a round-robin format was adapted so each team can still get three games in the schedule. Both Meadow Heights and Leopold won two straight games to set up the title bout...

Meadow Heights beat Zalma 88-32 in the MVC Tournament on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Meadow Heights High School in Patton, Mo.

Zalma freshman guard Christian Woods scored 13 points to lead the Bulldogs to a 53-52 road win over Eagle Ridge Christain on Monday, Dec. 11, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Woods scored nine points in the fourth quarter as the Bulldogs rallied from a six-point deficit to win their second game of the season. The game came down to two free throws from Woods, which he drained without feeling an ounce of pressure...

Zalma freshman guard Christian Woods scored 13 points and hit the last two free throws to lead the Bulldogs to a 53-52 win over Eagle Ridge Christain on Monday, Dec. 11, in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

SIKESTON — Scott County Central served up a masterclass in puzzle-solving, systematically dismantling Zalma, piece by piece, exposing every weakness and exploiting every opportunity. The Braves (2-2) left no doubt, exploding to a 38-1 lead after the first quarter en route to a dominant 75-25 victory over the Bulldogs (1-5) on Tuesday, Dec. 5...

The Perryville boys basketball team has only one player who was on the varsity team last year. On a team made up of only juniors and sophomores, junior Jake Cissell is not just the veteran leader of the team but also their top offensive player. “I think it's a lot different,” Cissell said. “Last year, I was the youngest on the team on varsity. Still, I was a second in scoring, so I feel like it's a big responsibility to take us to the next level.”...

The Perryville Pirates defeated Zalma 70-26 in the consolation round of the Woodland Invitational Tournament on Thursday, Nov. 30, in Marble Hill, Mo.

There was no better way to cap off the first round of the Woodland Invitational Tournament than with the host scoring over 100 points. The Woodland Cardinals reached the 100-point mark at the end of the their quarter as they cruised to a 115-17 win over the Zalma Bulldogs on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Marble Hill, Mo...

The Woodland Cardinals reached the 100-point mark at the end of the third quarter as they cruised to a 115-17 win over the Zalma Bulldogs on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Marble Hill, Mo.

For most of the smaller schools in the Southeast Missouri area, the Woodland Volleyball WIT represents the start of the 2023 season. The first round of the tournament will begin on Monday, August 28, at Woodland High School. Bell City will take on Zalma at 4 p.m., followed by Oak Ridge vs. Leopold at 5:30 p.m., Perryville vs. Greenville at 7 p.m., and Meadow Heights vs. Woodland at 8:30 p.m...

With two outs in the seventh inning of its baseball game with Neelyville on March 20, Bernie held a 10-8 lead, and veteran Mule coach Marcus Massey thought his team had a good opportunity to open the 2023 season with a win.

The St. Vincent girls' track and field team won the Class 1 District 1 championship on Saturday at Scott City High School. The top four finishers advance to the sectional round. St. Vincent sent three relays to sectionals and won the district title in the 4x200m with a time of 2:00.98. ...

Hayti edged Van Buren 116-94 to take the boys' Class 1 District 1 track championship on Saturday at Scott City High School. St. Vincent finished in fourth place with 75 points. The top four finishers advance to the sectional round. Hayti sent seven athletes to sectionals and dominated the relay races, taking three district titles and finishing third in the 4x800m. Seniors Elijah Burnett (100m) and Jordan Payne (200m) took home district titles for Hayti...

Athletes from all over Southeast Missouri competed in the SEMO Conference Championships on Saturday, April 29, at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — The Charleston boys’ and Van Buren girls’ track teams came away victorious at the Eva G. Henshaw Memorial at East Prairie High School on Thursday, April 20. Charleston won the boy's division with an overall team score of 103. The Bluejays claimed gold in four individual events, which was tied with Kennett for the most...

There are small schools, and then there's Zalma. The Woodland boys' team and Kelly girls' team took first place in the Chaffee Red Devils Invitational on Wednesday in Chaffee, while Zalma brought just enough athletes to run a relay team. Winning track meets as a team is a numbers game. So while that is always virtually out of reach for the Bulldogs, they still find a way to make an impact in the meet with the small numbers they have...

The Woodland boys' team and Kelly girls' team took first place in the Chaffee Red Devils Invitational on Wednesday in Chaffee.

One trip around the bases was the difference between winning and losing in a 1-0 tight tilt on Tuesday between Scott City and Advance. C Venable got the bottom of the sixth inning started for the Rams with a ground ball to the hot corner and beating out the throw to first by Hornets third baseman Holdman. Mark Panagos advanced Venable to second base with a base hit of his own. Kobe Watson walked to load the bases, but what brought Venable home was a hit of a different variety...

Winter sports have come to an end in Southeast Missouri and for many of the schools in the area, successful seasons. New Madrid County Central won the Class 3 State Championship and the Notre Dame girls and Jackson boys each captured fourth in the state in Class 5 and 6, respectively...

ZALMA - The Class 1 District 2 number 1 seed Richland Rebels absorbed all blows and runs Delta offered Friday night at Zalma High School and held court as the top seed held on and advanced to a Class 1 sectional berth with a 71-66 victory. “I'm just really proud of their effort,” first-year Delta boys coach Toby Heeb said. ...

ELLSINORE — The East Carter Lady Redbirds got 29 points from Brooklyn Kearbey and took a resounding 68-46 victory over the Class 4 Kennett Lady Indians Monday night “Kennett is a more physical team than we’re used to and that’s something we need to get better at playing through,” said East Carter coach Angela Rodgers. “It was not one of our smoothest games, but I’m proud that we didn’t roll over.”...

Meadow Heights (14-10) took a 93-39 win against Marquand (5-13) on Saturday to finish 3-0 in the round-robin Mississippi Valley Conference tournament, winning the championship against second-place Marquand. Meadow Heights’ Will Green scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Panthers to victory, scoring on 10 field goals. ...

Scott City (1-2) used a balanced scoring effort and a strong second quarter to blow out Zalma (0-6) on Thursday night, 74-37. Senior Colin Blaylock led the Rams in points on Thursday, scoring a game-high 17 points. Zalma senior forward Eli Ford put up a team-leading 14 points in the loss for the Bulldogs...

BLOOMFIELD — Well, well, what about those girls from Bloomfield? The Lady Wildcats ended a two-year streak of winless basketball by taking down Charleston 47-36 at home Friday night. Bloomfield (1-0) broke away from a 10-all first quarter and methodically pulled away for the win...

Districts for winter sports were released on Friday morning, with New Madrid County Central dropping to Class 3 for the 2022-23 season. NMCC finished third in Class 4 last season and return juniors Jadis Jones and AJ Ruff while junior BJ Williamson also returns after missing last season...

ARNOLD, Mo. — The Jackson boys cross country team placed four runners in the top 10 and claimed the Class 5 District 1 championship by 38 points on Saturday at Arnold Park. The Indians topped St. Louis University High 35-73 to take home the team title...

DEXTER, Mo. — More than 250 athletes competed at varsity, junior varsity and middle school level during the Dexter High School Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 22. Jackson won the boys’ varsity meet with a team score of 31, while Willow Springs Carson Smith was the top finisher with a time of 17 minutes and 4.7 seconds. Jackson’s Kyle Craigmiles, Jack Hancock, Alex Niedbalski and Puxico’s Jet Hancock rounded out the top five...

Scenes from the 2022 Dexter Invitational Cross Country Meet

Zalma went on the road to take down Oran (0-10), 3-1 with 25-23, 25-20 and 25-23 wins in the first, second and fourth sets while Oran took the third at 25-23. Oran takes part in the SEMO Conference tournament beginning Wednesday, while Zalma plays at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3 at Risco...

Perryville senior Tegan Bishop continued her strong season with a dominant victory at the Oak Ridge Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday in Oak Ridge. Bishop finished the 2,400-meter run in 10:22.35, more than 40-seconds faster than the second-place finisher...

Jackson volleyball traveled to Cape Central on Tuesday and took a big win, beating the Tigers in three sets to improve to 6-0 for the season. Central (6-6) dropped its fifth-straight decision, losing three sets 25-14, 25-5, 25-13. The large gaps in sets came from a focused Jackson effort, as a number of Indians had big statistical nights...

MEMPHIS — The Jackson boys cross country had a strong outing at Saturday's City Auto Memphis Twilight Cross Country Classic, scoring 126 points to take third place in a 55-team field. Five of the Indians' seven runners scored fewer than 25 points, with senior Hunter Wendel scoring five with his seventh-place finish at 16:13.69...

The Woodland Invitational Volleyball Tournament is underway with the host and third-seeded Cardinals defeating the sixth-seeded Greenville in straight sets. Now 2-0, Woodland took momentum early with a 25-10 first set. The team followed with 25-23 and 25-18 wins in the next two sets to cruise to the second round of the invite. The loss knocked Greenville down to an even 1-1 on the season following a season-opening sweep over Zalma on Friday...

Jackson’s cross country will feature experienced runners on the boys team and uncertainty for the girls team in 2022. The boys return nearly all of their runners from 2021 who will lead them in their state championship-hopeful season. The girls are returning two of their varsity runners from 2021 in London Popp and Annika Barks and will look to newcomers to contribute...

If you really want to know the origins of Joe Baldwin passing judgment on pitchers’ accuracy throughout Southeast Missouri, you’d have to go all the way back to the dusty dirt fields of the Marston Little League in the early 1960s.

Various photos capture longtime MSHSAA sports official Joe Baldwin in action throughout his career.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Kendall Holweg won three events and finished half of an inch from claiming another Saturday at MSHSAA Class 1 track and field championships at Adkins Stadium. The Delta senior scored 38 points, finishing third in the team standings behind Drexel’s 46 and Valle Catholic’s 41...

Both the Scott City boys and girls track and field teams walked away with hardware on Friday night. The Rams' boys won their third consecutive SEMO West Conference championship, and the girls brought home their first-ever title at the SEMO Conference Track and Field Meet at Cape Central High School...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — The Charleston track teams ran away from the competition and swept the 11th annual Eva G. Hinshaw Memorial Invitational on Thursday, April 28, at East Prairie High School. Both the boys' and girls' teams hit their stride and claimed gold while building momentum heading into the SEMO Conference Meet...

BENTON, Mo. — Several local athletes shined as more than 20 teams attended the 2022 Johnny Merrick Track and Field Invitational at Kelly High School on Thursday, April 7. Dexter claimed gold in both of boys’ and girls’ division with eight individual winners. The Bearcats finished with 141.5 points and won the boy’s division by a comfortable margin...

Meadow Heights first baseman Chase Conrad had one of those games a high school baseball player dreams of on Friday as the senior recorded three hits, two of those leaving the yard, and drove in five runs to lead the Panthers past Oak Ridge 9-0 at Oak Ridge High School...

The Chaffee Red Devils opened their 2022 baseball season with a loss to perennial state power Valle Catholic at home, dropping the home opener to the Warriors 7-1 on Monday at Chaffee High School. After a scoreless first inning by both teams, Chaffee scored a run in the bottom of the second when Connor Berry’s sacrifice fly scored Levi McKinnie to make it a 1-0 lead for the Red Devils...

Leopold senior Caleb Schaab was named the 2022 Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year, while two other Wildcats earned All-Conference honors. Schaab, along with fellow All-Conference selections Mason Deck and Connor Lincoln, helped Leopold win its first-ever district championship and advance to the Class 1 quarterfinals...

ESSEX, Mo. — Delta picked up a 14-point win over Risco on Saturday to advance to the Class 1 District 2 semifinals. The Bobcats went to the free throw line 36 times, hitting 19 of their attempts, and had a pair of 20-point scorers to help them toward an 81-67 win at Richland High School...

The Leopold Wildcats wrapped up their regular season schedule in dominating fashion Tuesday evening with a 41-point win over Zalma. Besides the game being the final regular-season matchup between Leopold and Zalma, it also featured a rather unique and hopeful characteristic Tuesday night...

The hottest team in Southeast Missouri stayed hot Thursday night as Caruthersville took down Scott City on the road 60-45 to earn its 11th victory in a row. The Tigers jumped out to a 14-8 lead in the first half and led 27-15 at halftime. The second half was all Caruthersville as well, outscoring the host Rams 32-30...

The Bernie Mules continued their stellar season Tuesday against Hayti as sophomore Laterrence Robinson led all scorers with 25 points as the Mules blew out the Indians 88-59 at Bernie High School. Bernie would start the game slowly as Hayti grabbed a 14-12 lead after one-quarter of play...

Advance coach Bubba Wheetley had six players in double figures, led by senior Jaren Schrader’s 17 points Monday, to beat Zalma 91-34 at Advance High School. Joining Schrader was Colton Silman who scored 14, Hunter Tidwell added 13, Kip Holman finished with 12 points and Jack Bailey and Jaxon Limbaugh tallied 10 each...

PATTON – As the third-place plaque was handed to the Marquand-Zion boy’s basketball team following its 83-68 win over Zalma in the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Meadow Heights High School, a Tiger girl let out a loud, high-pitched shriek of joy.

PATTON - Marquand-Zion took third place in the Mississippi Valley Conference boy's basketball Tournament with an 83-68 win over Zalma on Tuesday at Meadow Heights High School. To purchase photos from this gallery for personal use, call 573-388-3620 and ask for Sharon or Renda.