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The Southeast Missouri track and field men's and women's programs won 18 events on Saturday at the Redhawks invite at the SEMO Rec Center.

The Southeast Missouri State women's gymnastics squad opened its 2022 season with a team score of 191.500 on Sunday at Kent State's tri-meet. Anna Kaziska won the balance beam event with a 9.875 in the final routine on beam.

There haven’t been a lot of times in which the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team has been the dominant force on the court this season. The Redhawks are not just winless (0-6) in the Ohio Valley Conference but are also 0-7 away from the Show Me Center.

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program is not only battling opposition on the court this season, but this week, it is also fighting a losing battle against COVID-19.

It’ll be an uneventful weekend at the Libla Family Sports Complex with the postponement of the Three Rivers basketball games Saturday. The Raiders were to host a pair of Region XVI games with the highlighted with a couple of Region XVI games for Three Rivers as the women’s team will take on Crowder at 2 p.m. and the men will do battle with MSU-West Plains at 7 p.m. Saturday after facing Motlow State on Wednesday night...

Southeast Missouri State dug itself a 13-point hole in the opening quarter of its Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball game against Tennessee Tech on Thursday at the Show Me Center and eventually fell 75-58.

POPLAR BLUFF – Three Rivers was able to give Motlow State their comeuppance Wednesday night to the tune of a 93-65 victory at the Libla Family Sports Complex. The Raiders previously lost to the Bucks 80-76 on the road back on Nov. 8. "You could see at times how dangerous they are when we played down there," Raiders coach Brian Bess said. ...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program is having a difficult time this season catching a break.

It might help for the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball squad to purchase some name tags, despite being halfway through this season. The Redhawks added six new players to the roster prior to this season starting and made it seven on Monday with the addition of North Alabama transfer Julia Sion.

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.

POPLAR BLUFF – On paper going into Saturday, Three Rivers was the underdog as they had a .500 record and winless against Region XVI while No. 14 Mineral Area was riding a 12-game winning streak. At the end of the night, the Cardinals' streak came to an end as the Raiders came out with an 83-57 win in front of the home crowd at the Libla Family Sports Complex...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad entered this season with five different options for post play.

The highest number of turnovers accumulated in a single game isn’t recorded in the media guide of the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball information. However, committing 31 miscues has to – at the very least – challenge whatever that high (or low, depending on your perspective) mark would be.

A year ago, there was so much to like about the direction of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program.

Throughout most of its Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball game at Belmont on Thursday, Southeast Missouri State matched the host Bruins in baskets made, as well as most of the critical statistical areas. However, Belmont dominated in two areas: offensive rebounding and free throws, the latter being an ongoing issue for the Redhawks throughout this struggling season, and the end result was an 85-65 rout by the OVC preseason favorite on their home court.

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.

The number of bright spots for the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball squad this season, thus far, have been limited, as the team has dropped 9 of its 13 games (including both Ohio Valley Conference contests). However, one shining aspect of the season has been the dramatic improvement by senior forward Deanay Watson.

POPLAR BLUFF - The Three Rivers womens basketball program rang in the new year with a couple of positive announcements as they have jumped to second in the nation in NJCAA Division I and starting guard Karlee Holland was named the Player of the Week for Region XVI...

The Southeast Missouri State track and field program added former Lindsey Wilson College assistant coach Theresa Scott to the same role with the Redhawks on Monday. Scott will coach the sprints, hurdles, and relay teams for the Redhawks. She has spent the past three seasons at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky, where she coached five All-Americans, 12 National Qualifiers, and 48 top-8 Mid-South Conference finishers...

Southeast Missouri State junior guard Eric Reed Jr. and freshman guard Phillip Russell were recognized by the Ohio Valley Conference on Monday, as Reed Jr. was named as the OVC Player of the Week and Russell was honored as the Freshman of the Week.

The glory for New England Patriots wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson on Sunday was in catching two touchdown passes in a 50-10 rout over Jacksonville, which clinched a spot for the team in the upcoming NFL Playoffs. However, the touchdowns weren’t the STORY for Wilkerson, just the GLORY.

Since the arrival of Eric Reed Jr. in Cape Girardeau prior to the 2020-21 season, the followers of the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program have come to learn that they don’t have to worry about the shooting of junior guard from Baton Rouge. However, after watching his offensive performances in December, there was reason for some concern.

With 4:51 remaining in the second quarter of its Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball game on Saturday with Austin Peay, Redhawk senior guard Taelour Pruittt buried a 3-pointer to pull her team to within 20-19.

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball squad (4-8, 0-1 Ohio Valley Conference) got 14 points from Deanay Watson, and another 12 from Roshala Scott, but it wasn't enough as it fell to Murray State 82-58 in Murray, Ky. on Thursday.

Murray State (11-2, 1-0) raced to a 106-81 win over Southeast Missouri State (5-9, 0-1) Thursday in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both men's basketball teams.

Prior to the recent National Signing Day for Southeast Missouri State football, veteran Redhawk coach Tom Matukewicz hoped for the best in terms of how his 2022 recruiting class would unfold, but he’s been in the business long enough to not get his hopes too high before the recruits signed their names.

POPLAR BLUFF - The Three Rivers mens basketball team was supposed to play their first contest of 2022 at Southern Arkansas University Tech on Saturday, but on Tuesday, the game was postponed due to COVID-19 related issues within the SAU Tech program according to Three Rivers coach and athletic director Brian Bess...

POPLAR BLUFF - The Three Rivers womens basketball team were scheduled to make a trip to Memphis to play in the Southwest Tennessee Shootout, but the tournament was called off on Sunday due to health concerns within the Southwest Tennessee program. On Monday, it was decided that Three Rivers will host a short, three team tournament this week...

It would be inaccurate to state that the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team lost its fourth straight game on Tuesday (and eighth in 11 games against NCAA Division I competition) because it is a bad team. The Redhawks (5-8) aren’t a bad team, they are a solid team, with solid players, who are playing poorly.

Just like analyzing an investment in Bitcoin, there are two ways you can form an opinion on the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad. In reference to the crypto asset, Bitcoin has essentially chopped sideways for 18 consecutive days. However, from a macro level, it is up 99.37 percent over the past year.

There is always an excitement for the possibilities that come with a new calendar year, and people will embrace the coming of 2022 with hope based on those possibilities. However, you can’t blame Southeast Missouri State senior running back Geno Hess if he is distraught over the closing of 2021, after all, the past 12 months have been incredible for him.

The story was the same on Saturday for the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball squad.