Brian Rosener is the keeper of the Semoball Cup which is presented to the school with the most successful season. It is based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams and individuals. The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Rosener has been the sports editor for the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff, Mo. since December 2001. He was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended Lindbergh High School and Webster University. He is married to Jennifer, a Poplar Bluff native, has a son Jack and a dog named Satchel who stands in for his @semoballBrian photo.

Carr Trophy

Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at 10:06 PM

Reed

Kendrickus Reed picked up the Carr Trophy tonight, becoming the third Caruthersville running back in four years to earn the award given to the "best high school football player in Southeast Missouri."

Reed rushed for 2,537 yards and scored 144 points for the 7-5 Tigers.

Adam Cecil won the award in 2004, filling in for an injured Reed that season, while Jimmy Jackson, now at Mizzou, won the award in 2003.

Other award winners at the 61st annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet included:

Outstanding Lineman Awards:

* North: Ben Wood, Jackson

* Central: Alex Watkins, Dexter

* South: Tony Jones, East Prairie and Ryan McGee, Malden

Conference Scoring Awards:

* North: Asa Wyatt, Poplar Bluff, 81 points

* Central: Reed, Caruthersville, 144 points

* South: Trey Porter, Malden, 98 points

Conference Coach of the Year:

* North: Brian Robbins, Poplar Bluff

* Central: Arlen Pixley, New Madrid

* South: Gary Blaylock, Malden and Charlie Vickery, Chaffee

School Sportsmanship Award presented by the SEMO Officials Association: Chaffee

Conference Champs:

* North: Poplar Bluff, 2-1 (won head-to-head with Jackson, also 2-1)

* Central: New Madrid, 4-0

* South: Malden, 5-0

The banquet at Poplar Bluff High School also honored the All-Conference teams which were led by Jackson in the North with 12 spots, Dexter (11) and New Madrid (10) in the Central and Malden (9) in the South.

We'll have a full report in Thursday's DAR.

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Congratulations to Kendrickus Reed, but give a thumbs down to the Southeast Missourian for not even mentioning him in their paper during the season. I heard he was great running back, but never heard about him during the season. He runs for 2500 yards and the Southeast Missourian doesn't even print anything about him. I know Caruthersville isn't in our reading area, but if you have a talent like that in Southeast Missouri, I would want the entire State of Missouri to read about him, not just the bootheel!

Why did Charlie Vickery receive the Co-Conference Coach of the Year award? You win 3 games and you get coach of the year? Chaffee would be above .500 if they would just pull a Bell City/Scott Central and investigate how many Scott City players actually live in their school district.

Thanks to Southeast Missourian to allow this to placed in their blog. If you want they will have a full report in Thursday DAR! Goes to show that if a local athlete or team doesn't sweep the awards that the rest of the area goes un-noticed.

-- Posted by NoDisclosure on Thu, Nov 30, 2006, at 1:53 PM

Brian Rosener's response:
The All-SEMO team and the coach of the year awards are voted on by the coaches themselves.
I can't speak for how anybody voted but I could see how both coaches got votes. Both turned their programs in a better direction. How many games in a row did Chaffee lose coming into the season? And Malden went from 3-6-1 to 8-2 and unbeaten in SEMO play.
Tanner Kent's blog as the full report online now.

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