Community Sports

Over 600 people attended the Celebration of Youth Sports Awards Banquet, hosted by the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department on Friday. Listed below are award winners. There were also four special awards handed out. Mike Payne received the Youth Sports Lifetime Achievement Award...

Headline Wyatt Sisters Spring to the Top Each year, Cape Central hosts one of the largest high school Swimming & Diving events in the state of Missouri. The 17th annual City of Roses Invitational was held on January 19th, under the direction of Dayna Powell, Central’s head Swimming & Diving coach...

The Scott City eighth-grade boys basketball capped an undefeated season with an 48-27 win over Oran on Tuesday, November 20th. With the win, the Rams finished with a 12-0 record having won the regular-season and tournament titles in the Scott-Mississppi Conference...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Southeast Missouri is known for its rich and heralded basketball programs. On Friday night, the public can learn more about that rich tradition at the Clara-Newman-Drinkwater Auditorium, in Charleston, Missouri, as the Roosevelt Mitchell film “The Charleston Tradition” will be shown. The film will be at 7 p.m...

Sam Houston State baseball coach Matt Deggs speaks to the public at the Miner Convention Center in Miner, Mo., on Tuesday. Deggs discussed his trials and tribulations and how that changed his life and baseball career. Deggs also spoke about his love of God and how God helped him through dark times in his life, and about FCA and what that organization means to him, and what he is, likewise, trying to teach to everyone else...

Jackson 7th grade girls basketball team won the Cape Tournament last night beating Cape Central 41-13.

MINER, Mo — The Southeast Missouri Fellowship of Christian Athletes is hosting a fundraising event on Tuesday at the Miner Convention Center in Miner, at 6:30 p.m. Featuring special guest, Sam Houston State University baseball coach Matt Deggs, this event is for people to hear the story of Deggs and how his coaching style — and life in general — has changed for the better...

Steve Larkin will coach the Cape Catfish during their inaugural season, as the team announced his hiring Tuesday. The Catfish will begin play in the Prospect League in June 2019 at Capaha Field. Larkin, the brother of Baseball Hall of Farmer and former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin, has coached in the Prospect League for the last three years...

The Jackson Junior High football teams went undefeated this season. The eighth-grade team was 6-0 and hasn't lost a game the past two seasons, going 12-0 in that span.

Professional wrestling returned to Kennett in a big way Saturday night. A crowd of approximately 500 attended Fall Brawl presented by American Hostile Championship Wrestling at the Kennett American Legion Building. Six matches were on the card for the event...

Dalhousie Golf Club hosted the 18-hole Southeast Health 4-person scramble Monday. In the morning, Keith Boeller, Chris Edmonds, Paul Cairns and Dan Sine won the championship flight with a score of 61. Melissa Hubbard, Jamie Malugen, Shanon Malugen and Matt Banken were one stroke back in second after winning a scorecard playoff...

The Notre Dame golf outing was held Monday at Dalhousie Golf Club. The foursome of Tony Buehrle, Pat Buehrle, David Palmer and Brady Dixon won the morning wave with a score of 54. Glenn Campbell, David Lynch, Drew Thornton and Darrell Cook were five strokes back in second. Jeff Unterreiner, Chris Baker, Kevin Suiter and Mike Suiter claimed third place thanks to a scorecard playoff after shooting a 62...

Professional wrestling is returning to Kennett. Fall Brawl presented by American Hostile Championship Wrestling is slated to take place at the American Legion Building in Kennett Oct. 6. American Hostile Championship Wrestling owner Mark Manley said wrestlers scheduled to be on the six-fight card include: WWE Hall of Famer Koko B. ...

Brevin Giebler won the Championship Flight of the Dalhousie Club Championship at the Dalhousie Golf Club on Sunday. Giebler shot a 218 over three days, including a 71 on Sunday, to beat second-place finisher Travis Simmons by 12 strokes. Ian Soutar was third at 240, Troy Bell was fifth at 244 and David Babcock rounded out the top five with a 249...

Starting off the 71st Annual Nation Soybean Festival will be the Sixth Annual Soybean Shuffle 5K Run/Walk sponsored by SRG Global - Portageville. All proceeds will be distributed back into the community to the local Portageville Food Pantry and toy drives...

Darrell Long took first place at Dalhousie Golf Club's quota format point series Saturday, posting a plus-13. In second was Tom Armbruster (plus-7), while third and fourth were Brevin Giebler (plus-5) and Ian Soutar(plus-3), respectively. Travis Simmons sank his second career ace while golfing at Dalhousie Golf Club on Monday...

A familiar name will help the Cape Catfish baseball team attempt to build a footprint in the region. The organization announced Thursday the hiring of Cindy Gannon as assistant general manager. Gannon was a longtime fixture at Southeast Missouri State, coaching the volleyball team for 16 years -- with four Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors -- before moving into administrative roles, including senior associate director of athletics. In total, her stint at SEMO lasted 31 years...

Bob Ramsey of Jackson carded his first hole-in-one Monday at Kimbeland Country Club. Ramsey used a gap wedge on No. 12, a par 3 playing 89 yards. Witnesses to the feat were Mark Milde, Rodney Miller and Andy McIntosh. Ramsey has been playing golf for 50 years...

Dalhousie Golf Club played host to the Senior Club Championship on Saturday and Sunday, with golfers ages 50 and up competing across 18 holes each day. Woody Harrelson was the overall winner for a third straight year, shooting rounds of 81 and 79 for a low gross of 159...