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Three Rivers dropped down to .500 on Monday with a pair of home losses against Mineral Area. The Raiders dropped game one 3-2 before ending up on the wrong end of a 14-9 game on the back end of the doubleheader. In game two, Three Rivers (22-22-1, 8-17-1 Region XVI) held a 7-2 lead in the ninth inning before that lead vanished and became a deficit. ...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team pounced on Saint Louis early and then held on for an 8-4 win on Monday at Capaha Field. Southeast scored seven runs in the first two innings and then didn't record a hit after the fourth inning. That early lead was enough, though, as Aaron Stretch tossed a scoreless final three innings to record the save...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team concluded its jam packed home stand by sweeping the Senior Day doubleheader against Eastern Illinois, 11-3 in five innings and 8-5 in Game 2. It capped a stretch of eight home games in eight days for the Redhawks (35-12, 12-4 Ohio Valley Conference), who went 5-3 in that run and are now tied with Eastern Kentucky for second in the conference. Southeast coach Mark Redburn was glad to send the seniors out on a good note...

Austin Blazevic belted a three-run home run to break a tie game as Southeast Missouri State baseball avoided a sweep by Tennessee Tech (17-20, 5-13 Ohio Valley Conference), winning the final game of the series 9-4 at Capaha Field on Saturday. Blazevic and Andrew Keck each went 2-for-4, with three RBIs and two RBIs, respectively, while Devon Wilson went 3-for-3. Logan Winder earned the win in relief for Southeast (17-23, 7-15 OVC) going 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and allowed four hits...

Southeast Missouri State baseball had a chance to climb up the conference standings when it faced last-place Tennessee Tech in a doubleheader. However, the Redhawks fell behind early and could not overcome the long ball as they dropped both games Friday at Capaha Field, 9-3 and 13-8...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team got an extra day off thanks to Mother Nature. Due to rain, the opener of the three-game series with Tennessee Tech will be played at 11 a.m. today at Capaha Park. The second game of the series will be played at 6 p.m. today as originally scheduled, and the final game is slated for 2 p.m. Saturday...

The old adage is life comes full circle, and in that vein, now is as good a time as any to announce I'm once again the interim sports editor of the Southeast Missourian. I officially started Thursday, and I'm excited to once again have a prominent role in planning what the sports department covers. ...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team picked up a 4-3 win over in-state foe Saint Louis on Wednesday at the Southeast Softball Complex as the Redhawks tied their win total from last season. Haley Thogmartin got the save as Southeast (33-12) held off a late SLU rally...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team suffered its fifth loss in the last six games as Arkansas State swept the season series with an 8-4 victory Tuesday in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Southeast (16-21) scored first, scratching a run across in the second thanks to a Hunter Southerland double, a Danny Wright single and a Andrew Keck RBI ground out...

The other shoe has dropped. For the second consecutive season, Southeast Missouri State men's basketball is losing its top scorer. And this time, he's likely not headed to the Big East Conference. In fact, Ledarrius Brewer has yet to announce where he'll play next season...

Southeast Missouri State had its first meaningful game of 2019 on Saturday. No, the season isn't here yet, but, the team held its annual spring game, an opportunity for head football coach Tom Matukewicz to see the progression of the Redhawks from the culmination of 15 practices. ...

In the words of Three Rivers coach Gene Bess, the Raiders got a good one. On Monday, Poplar Bluff senior Dominique Hardimon signed his Letter of Intent to play basketball for Three Rivers. An assortment of things factored into Hardimon’s decision to sign with the Raiders...

Three Rivers’ pitching staff was in the zone against Crowley’s Ridge JV on Monday. The Raiders climbed back over .500 with a doubleheader sweep in a pair of five-inning games, winning 2-0 and 4-1. In game one, Three Rivers (22-20-1) scored both runs in the first inning. Zane Wallace knocked an RBI double, scoring Andrew De La Cruz. Mason Sellers followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to score Wallace...

NEOSHO, Mo. — Crowder softball climbed back on top of the Region XVI standings with a sweep of Three Rivers. On Monday, the Roughriders swept a home doubleheader against the Lady Raiders, winning the first game, 11-2, and the second, 12-0. The second game marks the first time Three Rivers has been shutout since May 16 of last season in the NJCAA World Series against College of Southern Idaho...

ST. LOUIS — Three Rivers struggled to plate runs Saturday, dropping a doubleheader at St. Louis Community College. The Raiders defense fared well in game one but with a tough outing on offense, they came up short, 3-1. In game two, St. Louis dominated every aspect of the game, winning 14-2 to win the four-game series. The Raiders’ lone win in the series was an 8-6 game on the back end of Friday’s doubleheader...

Southeast Missouri State wrapped up the first of two vital series this weekend by splitting an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader with Austin Peay on Friday at the Southeast Missouri State Softball Complex. The Redhawks dropped the opener 5-2, suffering their first home loss of the season and breaking an eight-game home winning streak that stretched back to last season, but then recovered with a resounding 9-0 win in the nightcap...

Southeast Missouri will wrap up the spring with its spring game at 2 p.m. Saturday at Houck Field. Senior defensive back and former Cape Girardeau Central alumnus Al Young spoke a familiar theme after one of the scrimmages, "taste." That taste was defeat in the second round of last season's playoffs to Weber State. It's also a taste head coach Tom Matukewicz said his players now expect after being in the postseason for the first time since 2010...

ST. LOUIS — Three Rivers baseball sealed its first 20-win season since 2015 on Friday. In a Region XVI doubleheader against St. Louis Community College, the Raiders erased a four-run deficit in the seventh inning of game two and took the lead in the ninth inning, winning 8-6 to split the first two games of a four-game series. Three Rivers dropped game one, 7-4...

For Southeast Missouri State softball, this season has been years in the making. It started in 2015 with coach Mark Redburn's hiring and continued a year later when he brought in his first recruiting class. To get to this point, the Redhawks had to take their lumps, enduring losing seasons. Now, they are reaping the rewards and stockpiling wins. After posting a winning record last spring, the program's first since 2011, Southeast came out of the games clicking on all cylinders this season...

Three Rivers had to battle a little bit of adversity Thursday against Jefferson College. Wind speeds were around 20 mph for most of the day, making it much harder than normal to judge fly balls and pop-ups. It’s a condition both teams had to feel with, but the Lady Raiders, ranked 20th in the most recent NJCAA poll, were also shifting players around to give others a rest day...

Southeast Missouri State softball continued its dominance by shutting out Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee-Martin 1-0 and 6-0 in a doubleheader Wednesday in Martin, Tennessee. In the first game, Ashley Ellis singled in the first inning to score Mykaela Arellanes for the game-clinching run. Haley Thogmartin recorded her 13th win of the season, pitching a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out three...

Southeast Missouri State softball hits the road today for an important Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader against UT Martin in Martin, Tennessee. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the games were pushed back due to impending inclement weather. The Redhawks are in a two-way tie for third place with Austin Peay with a 6-2 conference record, trailing only Jacksonville State and Murray State. ...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team was again victimized by a big inning as the Redhawks were throttled by Saint Louis University 15-6 at Billiken Sports Complex in St. Louis. For four innings, the Redhawks (15-18) battled the Billikens (13-18) to a 5-5 tie. In bottom of the fifth, the Billikens scored seven runs to open the game up. Kevin Jordan nearly hit for the cycle going 4-for-5 with four hits, including a home run and four RBIs for the Billikens, who had 15 hits overall...

For the first time in nine years, Southeast Missouri State softball swept the weekly Ohio Valley Conference honors, the league announced Monday. Junior outfielder Rachel Anderson garnered OVC Player of the Week honors, and senior Haley Thogmartin was unanimously named OVC Pitcher of the Week...

ST. LOUIS — Fresh off of checking in at No. 20 in Tuesday’s NJCAA Division I Top 20 poll, Three Rivers softball saw its 19-game winning streak come to an end. Facing Division II No. 20 St. Louis Community College in a Missouri Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC) matchup, Three Rivers came away with a series split. ...

The recognition for Three Rivers women’s basketball’s season isn’t quite finished. On Monday, the NJCAA released its list of All-Americans from the season. Sophomore Hailee Erickson received Third Team honors, and redshirt freshman Deanay Watson received a spot on the Honorable Mention list...

Fifteen games remain in the regular season, and Three Rivers baseball has already matched last season’s win total. After picking up a four-game sweep of Metropolitan Community College over the weekend, the Raiders swept their first Region XVI series since sweeping St. Charles in a two-game series two seasons ago, and they’re now a win away from their first 20-win season since 2015...

The Redhawks wrapped up their final team scrimmage Saturday at Houck Field in preparation for this week's spring game to close out practices. Head coach Tom Matukewicz seemed very pleased with the team's overall performance. "One thing that I was pleased is the effort from our specialists." he said. "We punted the ball very well and were perfect on two field goals." Place kickers Kendrick Tiller and Jake Reynolds were successful making 47-yard and 37-yard attempts, respectively...

Southeast Missouri State outlasted Jacksonville State 9-8 at Capaha Field on Saturday to even the series at one game apiece. The Redhawks were staked to a lead for much of the game and withstood a furious rally by the Gamecocks. Head coach Andy Sawyers commended his team for not flinching in adversity...

The Redhawks dropped their third straight game Friday, losing to Jacksonville State in 10 innings. Jacksonville State (15-14, 7-3 OVC) won 4-3 in at Capaha Park. In the top of the 10th inning, Jacksonville State got a leadoff double from Cole Frederick and benefited as Southeast's Austin Sachse walked Alex Webb next and intentionally walked Nic Gaddis to load the bases. ...

Southeast Missouri State gymnastics freshman gymnast Anna Kaziska earned a 9.825 score in the floor exercise Friday in the NCAA Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Regional, tied for the ninth-best score. Kaziska earned a score of 9.8s from two judges, a 9.85 and a 9.9...

Three days after Anna Kaziska performed her final routine at the conference championships, she walked into the locker room unsure of her fate. The Southeast Missouri State freshman wasn't a lock to be selected for the women's gymnastics NCAA regionals. ...

Three Rivers softball had to find two different ways to get the same result Friday against North Central Missouri. The Raiders hit four solo home runs to seal a 4-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader at Rains Field. In the second game, the offense was slow to start, but the defense was on a roll. ...

At the annual Lady Raiders banquet Thursday, Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk announced that next season will be his last year with Three Rivers. Next year will be Walk’s 12th year with the program. “This was all set in motion three years ago,” Walk said. “I’d go three more years, go part time, and next year is it.”...

Southeast Missouri State baseball had the benefit of a strong start and an early lead Tuesday night at Capaha Field. Unfortunately for the Redhawks, they could not hold on as they dropped an 8-2 tilt to Missouri State University. The Bears were led by Dakota Kotowski's two home runs and starting pitcher Forrest Barnes, who threw a complete game...

PARK HILLS, Mo. — Three Rivers softball’s pitching power mixed with its explosiveness at the plate makes for a lethal combination. The proof is in the 14 straight wins the Raiders have amassed along with their 23-2 record. The most recent two came in a conference matchup at Mineral Area, where Three Rivers walked away with a 13-0 win followed by a 19-2 win to keep its momentum going into a busy week ahead...

NEOSHO, Mo. —Three Rivers had its streak of three straight series sweeps come to an end Monday. Three Rivers was rolling before getting steamrolled by No. 16 Crowder in a Region XVI matchup.

The Southeast Missouri State softball team continued its strong start to Ohio Valley Conference play with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Eastern Kentucky on Monday afternoon at the Southeast Softball Complex. Southeast improved to 27-8 overall and 5-1 in the OVC with 4-1 and 9-7 victories over the Colonels. It was the Redhawks' first games in over a week and came against a team that entered Monday tied for second in the conference...

If Abiodun Ayetimiyi had won many more awards at the annual Raiders basketball banquet Monday, he might’ve needed a wheelbarrow to haul all of his hardware back to his dorm. Ayetimiyi, a redshirt sophomore, won Three Rivers Booster Club Raider 110% award, the Jim Landrum Assist Leader award and the Roy Barham Raider Rebound award to take home the most awards at the banquet...

Southeast Missouri State The Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader between Southeast Missouri State softball and Morehead State scheduled for Friday was cancelled due to weather. A makeup date has not been set. Rain was in the forecast and the initial start of 1 p.m. ...

BATESVILLE, Ark. — Make it 12 straight wins for Three Rivers softball. And in 11 of those 12 wins, the defense has held its opponents to four or fewer runs. Abbey Gann got the start in an 11-0 win over Lyon College JV. She threw three strikeouts and allowed two hits with the help of solid defense behind her. Saje Kurpiela pitched her own shutout in a 9-0 win to close the day. Kurpiela allowed four hits and two walks with four strikeouts in a solid win...

Sports aren’t all fun and games. Well, they are when you’re winning, and Three Rivers baseball has been doing a lot of that over the last couple of weeks after an up-and-down start to the season. There’s a palpable sense of looseness and lightheartedness in the dugout during each game...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball is losing another crucial piece. Freshman forward Gabe McGlothan has announced his intention to transfer, Southeast spokesperson Jeff Honza confirmed Friday afternoon. The news comes less than a month after it was announced starting guard Skyler Hogan was transferring...

Most years, the Drury Hotels Joey Haines Invitational would be the Southeast Missouri State track and field program's sole home meet. Not this season, though. The 10-team meet, which kicks off today and concludes Saturday, will act as a preview of sorts for May's Ohio Valley Conference outdoor championships. That's because Southeast is hosting the conference meet for the first time since 2012...

COTTLEVILLE, Mo. — Three Rivers softball wasn’t playing it’s strongest opponent of the season Wednesday. Still, the Raiders had to step on the field and take care of business, and that’s what they did. Against winless St. Charles (0-8, 0-8 Region XVI), Adrienne Stucker stepped into the circle and threw a one-hitter on the way to a 14-0 win. ...

Southeast Missouri State baseball played for only the second time under new home light this season. Unfortunately, the second game yielded the same result, as the Redhawks dropped an 11-2 decision to Arkansas State University at Capaha Park on Tuesday...

It's a small margin: less than a tenth of a second. But when preparing for the NFL draft as a prospect from a lesser-known program, every little detail matters. So Drew Forbes' goal heading into Tuesday was simple: get his 40-yard dash time down from 4.98 to 4.90. He did just that at the Southeast Missouri State football pro day at Houck Field, running a 4.9-flat...

Three Rivers baseball got some extra time off for the second day in a row. After holding on for a 5-2 win in its first game of a doubleheader against Williams Baptist Tuesday, the Raiders’ offense put 10 runs on the board in the fourth inning of the second game to finish a 15-2 win in five innings...

When Kyle Clayton made contact on the first pitch of his final at-bat of the day, someone in the Three Rivers dugout yelled, “Game over!” The ball carried until it dropped into the bullpen behind right field, and the game was over. Clayton drilled a grand slam over the fence to send Three Rivers home early with a 14-3, six-inning run-rule win over Shawnee Community College to finish off a doubleheader sweep Monday at Roger Pattillo Field...