High School Sports

Fans of the Jackson football team have gotten used to winning. The Indians have won their last 17 games straight, their last 33 regular-season games and have a 57-8 record since 2016; including a five-game winning streak against the Cape Central Tigers...

BENTON – The Cape Central softball team played its third game in as many days on Wednesday and has another one (vs. North County) today, and that mental and physical grind showed against a good Kelly team, as the host Hawks lit up the Tigers for eight runs in their final at-bat and won 15-4.

SIKESTON AT POPLAR BLUFF Records: Sikeston 2-1; Poplar Bluff 2-1 Last week: Sikeston lost to Farmington 31-14; Poplar Bluff lost to Jackson 50-32 Series history: Sikeston leads 56-38-4 Last meeting: 2020, Poplar Bluff won 30-9 Notes:Sikeston will look to rebound from their first lost of the year against a Mules squad they last defeated in 2018. ...

It’s homecoming this week for Poplar Bluff High School as the Mules host Sikeston on Friday night. “It’s great for the community and it’s great for the school that we get to have all of our assemblies and everything,” Mules coach David Sievers said...

The Advance volleyball overcame a deficit after the first set to beat Bell City 20-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-14 Wednesday night at Advance High School. The Hornets lost their first set of the season in five matches. Advance (5-0, 3-0 SCAA) will meet Leopold at 6 p.m. Thursday Leopold. Bell City (1-3, 0-1) will meet East Prairie at 5 p.m. Thursday at East Prairie...

As Tambria Wilson lined up on the outside shade of a much larger Hillsboro offensive tackle, Cape Central assistant Steve Hemby barked orders from the sideline. An eager and undersized Wilson took Hemby's direction as she carried the disposition of a defensive end looking to make a game-saving stop, though the scoreboard told a different story...

The four-set showdown between host Saxony Lutheran and Woodland could be a contender for match of the year. The Cardinals squeaked past an upstart Crusaders volleyball team and a raucous student section to win in four sets, (23-25), 25-19, 37-35, 25-19 on Tuesday...

KENNETT — The Dexter volleyball team utilized aggressive serving, taking advantage of a struggling Kennett back row to sweep the Indians 25-17, 25-16, 25-15 Tuesday night at Kennett High School. The Bearcats served 17 aces with Carly Long recording 11 of those...

Cape Central third baseman Haley Wolfe’s two-RBI triple in the fourth inning of the Tigers’ contest against Sikeston gave her team a boost of energy. The freshman broke a 1-1 tie on the hit and helped the Tigers roll to a 5-4 victory over the Bulldogs on Tuesday at Cape Central High School...

The Cape Central soccer team honored its seniors before Tuesday night’s game against the Sikeston Bulldogs. It was only fitting the Tigers would get their first goal on senior night from senior Logan Mizicko with 6:14 remaining in the first half en route to a 2-1 victory at Tiger Stadium...

The Cooter baseball team scored three runs in the sixth inning to blow open a tight game and beat Bloomfield 9-3 Tuesday at Bloomfield. Cooter took a 5-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning, but Bloomfield scored two in the bottom half to cut the lead to two...

Behind a stout game from senior forward Stratton Kaempfe's three goals, the Perryville Pirates left little to doubt in the dismantling of Festus on Tuesday, beating the Tigers, 8-0. Bryce Brewer and Dayton Strattman pitched in two goals in the win while Kaden Laurentius added one goal...

As much as Jackson High golf loyalists hate to admit it, Kaydi Rhodes' eligibility is nearing its end. Rhodes, a mainstay for an Indians program that has placed sixth and third in Class 4 and Class, respectively, the previous two seasons, has made future plans...

SIKESTON — Despite a match that was forced to be split over two days due to rain Tuesday afternoon, the Sikeston tennis team held off Charleston 6-3 for their second win of the season. After rain halted Tuesday’s singles matches, Sikeston held a slim 2-1 lead but the Lady Bulldogs won several close singles matches on Wednesday afternoon to pull out the win...

SIKESTON — The shorthanded Sikeston volleyball team found it tough to get in a groove early against visiting Ellington Tuesday night, falling to the Whippets in four sets 25-10, 25-10, 22-25, 25-16. “We were missing 5 varsity girls last night due to illness and injury,” said Sikeston coach Chelsie Holifield. ...

POPLAR BLUFF — Down a run in the sixth inning, the Mules answered. Down to their final out and trailing by a run in the seventh, the Mules answered. Down two runs in the 10th, the Mules answered. Down to their final out, again trailing by two runs an inning later, the Mules answered and then some more...

Notre Dame coach Meredith Brinkmeyer will tell you firsthand that her team did not have the best performance in the Dig for Life tournament over the weekend. But on Tuesday night she found out what her team is made of, as the Bulldogs rallied from losing the opening set to win three straight, beating Ste. Genevieve (19-25), 25-22, 25-21, 25-11 at Notre Dame Regional High School...

The Chaffee softball team clung to a 6-4 lead entering the bottom of the seventh inning on the road against Twin Rivers but was unable to hold the lead. Red Devils pitcher Reese Van Pelt gave up the winning run to Royals second baseman Savannah Allen who drove in senior Jenny Casteel to beat the Chaffee in walk-off fashion Tuesday in Brosley, Mo., 7-6...

Cape Central tennis coach Kevin Francis saw his team dominate the opposition on Tuesday, beating Charleston in all matches but one, 8-1. Taking single match wins were Emily Ford, Cammy Soto, Jalee Spain, Mackenzie Ramdial, and Sydnee Williams while the doubles teams of Ford and Soto, Spain and Ramdial and Rileigh Stevens and Zoe Mayfield were all victorious...

The Notre Dame girls golf team finished second in a quad match held at Dalhousie Golf Club while Cape Central finished fourth out of the four teams that competed. Massac County won the event, shooting an overall score of 172 while Notre Dame shot 189...

JACKSON - It appeared easy for Will Dodson, but Notre Dame's high-scoring junior tells a different story. When the Class 3 power Bulldogs peppered Saxony Lutheran from all angles of the pitch 7-0 in a boys soccer game, Dodson did Dodson things. Notre Dame's all-time goals leader added four more to his lofty total and chipped in two assists on Tuesday, an apparent warmup in the Bulldogs' quest to return to the state title game...

The statistics for Friday night’s football game between Dexter and New Madrid County Central were mind-boggling. A combined 97 points, 1,121 yards of total offense, 247 yards on kickoff returns and 180 yards of penalties. The Eagles pulled out the victory behind 560 yards passing by senior quarterback Matt Riley on 19-of-30 passing with six touchdowns and two interceptions. ...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — The Kennett volleyball team could not have started its game with host Scott City any worse on Monday night. The Indians dropped the first set 25-2, but coach Gentry Vancil was able reset her players, put the opening set in the rear-view and her team played much better despite ultimately surrendering the match in four sets...

SIKESTON — All season long the Sikeston volleyball team has had to deal with missing players. The trend continued Monday but the Lady Bulldogs had little trouble adjusting, taking out Campbell in three sets, 25-22, 25-9, 25-15. “We still have three out right now,” said Sikeston coach Chelsie Holifield. “More and more keep going out and some come back. We’ve definitely had to be flexible.”...

The Saxony Lutheran boys soccer team performed well in the Hannibal Tournament — held on Friday and Saturday in Hannibal, Mo. — taking home third place in the two-day tournament. The Crusaders pounded Macomb on Friday, winning 8-0. Saxony Lutheran came back on Saturday and split two games. The Crusaders lost to Hickman 3-1 early in the day, but came back to defeat Southern Boone 4-1...

Christian Hartlein pitched a four-hit shutout, and the Bloomfield Wildcats beat Neelyville 1-0 Monday at Neelyville. Hartlein struck out eight and didn’t issue a walk in seven innings. Ryley Cage-Armes was assessed the loss, giving up one run on two hits with six strikeouts and seven walks in 5 2/3 innings...

Behind some stout pitching by starter Samantha Waller, the North County Raiders took it to Chaffee, beating the visiting Red Devils 11.2 on Monday. Waller gave up two runs right off the bat in the first inning but put up zeroes the rest of the way, and the North County offense outhit Chaffee in the contest, 14-5...

Behind Grace Ozark’s nine kills and nine digs and Anna Thomason’s eight kills and six blocks, the Saxony Lutheran volleyball team pulled out a huge home victory over a talented Park Hills Central team on Monday, beating the Rebels in three sets, 25-21, 25-21, 25-18...

Notre Dame senior Megan Gullette was victorious again in No. 1 singles competition, defeating Jackson's Delaney Pipkin 8-4 on Monday in Jackson, Mo. Gullette picked up a second win, as she and No. 1 doubles partner Amina Hussein defeated Jackson's duo of Pipkin and Taylor Fehr 8-3...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston offense exploded Monday afternoon to rally past Twin Rivers for a 19-10 win. Sikeston trailed 5-0 heading into the bottom of the third, but the Lady Bulldogs didn’t flinch, scoring four runs in both the third and fourth before exploding for eight runs in the fifth inning. Sikeston topped their scoring off with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to earn the 19-10 win...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston girls tennis team dropped a hard fought match to visiting Potosi on Monday afternoon. Sikeston earned two singles wins and doubles win but fell to Potosi 6-3 Monday. Zoie McDonald earned a win in singles for the Lady Bulldogs, defeating Grace Laramore 8-4 and teamed with Mackenzie Conway to claim a doubles win 8-5...

The Jackson boys cross country team took first place at Saturday's Arcadia Valley Invitational, placing three runners in the top five. Junior Hunter Wendel was the top placer for Jackson, finishing the 5K in 16:59.80 to take second place. Sophomore Bryce Gentry finished just behind Wendel in third with a time of 17:02.35, and junior Evan Kiefer finished in fourth with a time of 17:14.55...

Passing Cameron Marchi, Jackson — 18-27, 286 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT Christian Schaaf, St. Vincent — 7-18, 145 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Gavin Venable, Scott City — 6-15, 123 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Eli Glueck, Chaffee — 6-8, 35 yards, 1 INT Mark Panagos, Scott City — 1-1, 15 yards...

This week's Southeast Missourian Football Player of the Week is Jackson senior receiver Kannen Turley. Turley played a pivotal role in the Indians' offense en route to the 2020 Class 5 state championship, and this year is no different. The senior receiver hauled in seven passes for 192 yards and three touchdowns in the Indians' 50-32 win over SEMO North Conference rival Poplar Bluff on Friday...

--- CLASS 5 DISTRICT 1 CLASS 4 DISTRICT 1 CLASS 3 DISTRICT 1 CLASS 2 DISTRICT 1 CLASS 1 DISTRICT 1 --- A look at rankings from a 10-member panel of media members from around the state with current record, points based on votes with first place votes in parentheses and last week’s ranking...

Three Rivers College held its annual “Meet the Raiders” night Monday at the Libla Family Sports Complex. The annual event allows fans a chance to meet new Raiders and say hello to returning Raiders. After being canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year was the first as head coach for Alex Wiggs, Brian Bess and Tyler Smith, who were all promoted in 2020...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Sikeston Bulldogs soccer team had scrapped their way to the championship match of the Hannibal Pirates Soccer Shoot-Out by winning two overtime thrillers which saw the team play almost 200 minutes of soccer before the whistle would begin for the 80 minute championship final...

The new Southeast Missouri Preparatory school — formed by former Portageville basketball standout and SEMO basketball star Roy Booker — announced the release of its men’s basketball schedule and the rosters for “both” teams the school will utilize during the 2021-22 basketball season...

This weekend's Dig for Life Tournament didn’t start out the way Woodland volleyball coach Melissa Rinacke had hoped, as the Cardinals took one on the chin early in tournament competition on Friday against Columbia’s Rock Bridge, losing both sets. Woodland rebounded nicely, forged ahead, and brought home a second-place trophy on Saturday, losing to Class 5 school Northwest out of Cedar Hill, Mo., at the Show Me Center, 22-25, 18-25...

The Dexter Bearcats and Puxico Indians placed second in their respective pools Saturday at the 59-team Dig for Life Challenge volleyball tournament in Cape Girardeau. The Bearcats finished 3-3 in pool play, beating Summersville 25-15, 25-14; splitting with Park Hills Central 25-12, 20-25; and losing 25-22, 25-15 to Jefferson. Jefferson won the pool with a 6-0 record...

Quarterbacks and linebackers zipping across Southeast Missouri high school football fields on Friday weren’t yet born. Most of Southeast Missouri State’s players were infants and toddlers. They’re aware of the magnitude of Sept. 11, 2001, the most somber day in American history, but didn’t experience the real-time shock and heartbreak of millions as smoke billowed from the Twin Towers...

DEXTER — Big plays were the recipe for success for the Dexter Bearcats and New Madrid County Central Eagles on Friday. In the end NMCC made more of them and recorded a 56-41 victory at Charles Bland Stadium. The Eagles made most of their noise on offense with the passing game...

STE. GENEVIEVE – Where to start when telling the story of Kennett’s 40-38 thrilling football victory at Ste. Genevieve on Friday.

The Holcomb Hornets scored three runs in the sixth inning and six in the seventh to beat Bernie 11-2 Saturday in the Bernie Wood Bat Round Robin. The Hornets led 2-1 entering the sixth and 5-2 entering the seventh. Nate Rhew secured the victory. He gave up two runs on three hits with 18 strikeouts and one walk in seven innings...

The Dexter boys cross country team finished near the middle of the pack Saturday at the Arcadia Valley Invitational. The Dexter Bearcats placed seventh in the 16-team field in the varsity boys division with 197 points. Jackson won the team championship with 48. Bloomfield was 15th with 350...

CHAFFEE, Mo. – The Chaffee football team has improved significantly since third-year coach Will Daffron took over in 2019. But the Red Devils aren’t quite where they need to be just yet. Chaffee held Kelly to just 17 points through three quarters but was unable to capitalize on multiple turnovers and miscues by the Hawks, falling 31-0 on Friday night at Mark Whitaker Memorial Field...

The snowball picked up momentum in the opening four minutes but really got rolling early in the second quarter Friday night. Jackson scored twice in the span of 53 seconds, taking advantage of a fumble recovery and short field, to sweep away Poplar Bluff 50-32 at Mules Stadium...

Jaxin Patterson hauled in a short, midfield pass, reversed field and proceeded to evade a pair Cape Central defensive backs as he raced to the sideline. Hillsboro’s decorated running back incited a roar from a sea of teammates when he ended the impressive run with a bulldozing of an ambitious, physically outmatched Tiger...

SIKESTON, Mo – For the sixth straight year the Farmington Knight had Sikeston’s number. After playing even with Farmington going into the half mistakes started to mount for the Bulldogs, leading to 17-unanswered points that allowed the Knights to hold on for a 31-14 win...