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CHARLESTON – The numbers from Tuesday’s Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional Tournament championship game, as they pertained to McDonald’s Fighting Squirrel pitcher Luke Nichols, didn’t necessarily lie, but boy, were they deceiving.

Several factors have gone into why the Kennett High School football program has been wildly successful over recent years and having talented athletes is just one of those.

CHARLESTON — The McDonald’s Fighting Squirrels rolled through pool play of the Midwest Plains Regional Saturday, outscoring their opponents 33-3 in two games. Squirrels 16, Buckley Bombers 1 In their opening game of pool play Saturday morning, the Squirrels took advantage of nine walks and four errors from Buckley, cruising to a three-inning win...

The Jackson R-2 School District Board of Education passed a motion during last week's meeting to establish an athletic hall of fame in the Jackson High School commons area. The Jackson High School Athletic Hall of Fame will commemorate former athletes who have been inducted with a plaque on the wall of the commons, an appropriate award and an induction ceremony...

There is no lack of unknowns surrounding the Southeast Missouri State football program entering the 2021 season.

The 1st annual Bulldog lift-a-thon was Thursday night as many fans came to the field house to support the high school football players as they wrap up the 2021 summer season. Every player from the freshman class to the senior class looked to max out their reps on power clean and bench press while raising money depending on how much an individual donated per pound...

It was a long 11 inning battle between the McDonald’s Fighting Squirrels and the SEMO Spartans on Wednesday in the Missouri 17u Senior Babe Ruth Tournament, but the Spartans came back late in the game to win in a close 3-2 final score. The Fighting Squirrels were able to get two runs in the first four innings of the game, however they could not score anymore through the rest of the game. ...

WAITE PARK, Minn. — The Sikeston 9u All-Stars won the Cal Ripken 9 year old Midwest Plains Regional Tournament Tuesday morning in Waite Park, Minnesota. Sikeston defeated DGF, Minnesota, 11-1 Tuesday, avenging their only loss in the regional. Sikeston defeated Waite Park, Minnesota 8-0; Bemidji, Minnesota 9-1 and West Fargo, North Dakota 20-5 in pool play while dropping their game with DGF by a close 5-4 score...

2021 Malden graduate Alissa Olson knew she wanted to play collegiate golf at a young age. “I knew since I started high school I wanted to play college golf,” Olson said. “I just wasn’t sure where I wanted to go.” Olson finally selected a destination last week when she signed to play golf at William Woods College in Fulton, Missouri...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — The McDonald’s Fighting Squirrels used a late rally to stay alive in the Missouri 17U State Babe Ruth Tournament Thursday night at Harmon Field in Chaffee. Trailing 10-6 in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Squirrels scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth and three in the bottom of the sixth to get past the Perfectos 11-10 in loser’s bracket game of the state tournament...

CHARLESTON – The numbers from Tuesday’s Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional Tournament championship game, as they pertained to McDonald’s Fighting Squirrel pitcher Luke Nichols, didn’t necessarily lie, but boy, were they deceiving.

The Kennett Killer Whales capped off arguably its greatest season in program history by taking home the top prize at the Southeast Missouri Swim Conference Meet July 17. Kennett tallied a championship-high 6,390 points at the conference meet. River City Aquatics (3,679 points) placed second, Poplar Bluff Piranhas (1,253) came in third, St. ...

The 1st annual Bulldog lift-a-thon was Thursday night as many fans came to the field house to support the high school football players as they wrap up the 2021 summer season. Every player from the freshman class to the senior class looked to max out their reps on power clean and bench press while raising money depending on how much an individual donated per pound...