One year ago, the Perryville softball team was one inning away from winning the MSHSAA Class 3, District 1 championship before allowing Notre Dame to score four runs in its final at-bat to get past the Pirates 4-3.

Veteran Jackson boy’s soccer coach Zack Walton earned his salary this fall due to the fact he had to spend the last three months analyzing his team to the nth degree. That level of diligence on the Indian coaches’ part, coupled with some skilled athletes, resulted in another SEMO Conference championship.

It took a big rally for Jackson to earn a shot to defend their title in the championship game of the SEMO Conference Volleyball Tournament Thursday at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex.

There was no shortage of power on display in Thursday’s MSHSAA Class 5 Quarterfinal between Notre Dame and Marquette.

Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz has been coaching the sport for a quarter of a century but nothing he had ever done at his eight different stops has prepared him for what has transpired over the past eight months.

A year ago, the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball program played games in eight states outside of Missouri. That means a whole lot of time spent on a bus for the Redhawk players, and if they are inclined to learn about the world, sharing a row with junior guard Taelour Pruitt wouldn’t be a bad idea.

First year Southeast Missouri State head basketball coach Brad Korn spent his playing days at Southern Illinois at a time where the rivalry between the Redhawks and Salukis meant something. SEMO made its only NCAA Tournament run when Korn was a freshman and he rounded out his career with his Salukis reaching the big dance three straight years including a Sweet Sixteen finish in 2002...

Brad Korn finally gets to walk onto a basketball court today with the first team of his head-coaching career, and because of how the past seven months have transpired; it will be a surreal experience.