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Led by freshman running back Mark Panagos, who piled up 191 yards from scrimmage on 18 carries and rushed for two touchdowns, host Scott City (4-3) overwhelmed the neighboring Red Devils Friday. “We kind of went to a different scheme to feature (Panagos) and give him some more touches," said Rams coach Jim May...

SIKESTON – For the first time in 102 years, Sikeston and Charleston will not meet on the football field. The global pandemic of COVID-19 has now halted the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi River. The Bulldogs and Bluejays were originally planning to play the 135th game in the longstanding series on Friday at Charleston High School. ...

KENNETT - Six girls tennis players booked their spot to the Class 1 individual sectional with first or second-place finishes in the Class 1, District 1 individual district Saturday at Kennett. Kennett’s Anelle Harris and Audrey Phillips qualified for the individual sectionals in singles. Harris beat Phillips 6-0, 6-2 in the singles championship...

HAYTI, Mo. — After two weeks off due to quarantine because of COVID-19, Charleston was rudely greeted back to the field Friday night with a 70-6 road loss to Hayti. Hayti, the second-ranked team in Class 1, got on the board early and often, racing out to a 36-0 lead after one quarter and a 56-6 lead at halftime...

A sure indication of the rapidly growing maturity of Cape Central sophomore quarterback Morgan Diamond was evidenced during the Tigers’ first series of downs against visiting Sikeston Friday at Tiger Field. Center Landon Hiett’s snap flew over Diamond’s head all the way back to midfield...

Records: Sikeston 2-3; Cape Central 1-3 Series History: Sikeston leads 54-47-7 Last Meeting: 2019, Cape Central won 33-0 Last Week: Sikeston lost to Jackson 71-0; Cape Central lost to Farmington 37-14 Notes: How do you respond from a 71-0 loss? Sikeston will look to answer that when the Bulldogs travel to Cape Central Friday night for a Class 4, District 1 battle with the Tigers. ...

High school football teams that reach the state championship in their respective class will not have the opportunity to play for a state title at Memorial Stadium located on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia this season. The Missouri High School Activities Association announced earlier this week they are moving the state championships to high school facilities due to venue usage conflicts in Columbia...

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

Poplar Bluff’s tennis team has not had much time to practice lately for the upcoming postseason, and yet the Mules have put together a winning streak. After sweeping doubles play for the first time this season, the Mules beat the rain and Charleston 8-1 at the Senior High Courts...

The Jackson varsity girl’s tennis team improved their record to 8-3 on the season with a road victory over Charleston Thursday 9-0. Singles Matches scores: Doubles Matches scores: Jackson will host the Doubles Tournament on Saturday. Charleston(1-6) will travel to Poplar Bluff on Tuesday and play at 4 p.m...

Charleston lost their first match but recovered to win their next six matches in a row to defeat Sikeston 6-3 overall Tuesday. Singles results include: Doubles results include: Charleston(1-4) travels to Dexter today to take on the Bearcats at 4 p.m...

CHARLESTON — A game characterized by countless penalties, several key turnovers, and numerous missed opportunities also included a dramatic third-quarter shift in momentum that led the Malden Green Wave to a lopsided 36-12 victory on the road Friday against the Charleston Bluejays...

SIKESTON AT FARMINGTON Records: Sikeston 2-0; Farmington 2-0 Series History: Sikeston leads 23-19-1 Last Meeting: 2019, Farmington won 42-0 Last Week: Sikeston beat Dexter 28-21; Farmington beat Potosi 10-6 Notes: Improving to 2-0 on the season last week, Sikeston aims to continue its great start with its second-straight road game at Farmington. ...

LAST MEETING: Kennett beat Ste. Genevieve 40-0 in the Class 3, District 1 championship last season. LAST WEEK: Valle Catholic beat Ste. Genevieve 42-7; Kennett beat Doniphan 53-7 HEAD TO HEAD STREAK: Ste. Genevieve is 3-4 against Kennett since 2010. Kennett has won the last three meetings, including twice last season...

SIKESTON — Continuing to improve, the Sikeston girls tennis team found themselves battling a challenging field of players at the 2020 Sikeston Invitational Thursday. Even though both of the Lady Bulldogs’ singles matches came to an end in the play-in rounds, both Sikeston doubles' teams picked up a pair of wins, with one duo battling in the quarterfinals. Altogether, Sikeston went 2-4 in its matches...

The Kennett varsity girls tennis team beat Dexter 8-1 Tuesday afternoon. Dexter’s Julianna Rivera beat Kennett’s Molly Potts 9-8 (9-7) in a tiebreaker in the closest singles match of the afternoon. Kennett won the other five singles matches by at least four points and also collected wins in all three varsity doubles matches...

New Madrid County Central had dropped 114 points on East Prairie over the past two seasons. However, the Eagles soared Friday to a 41-27 win and running back Lucas Moore was a key reason as to why.

Scott City (1-1) faces the only team to blemish its 2019 regular season record Friday as it hosts unbeaten Hayti (2-0) at William Wllthong Field. The Rams were riding high at 6-0 last season when they traveled to Pemiscot County last October 11 and dropped a heartbreaker to the Indians in the final 29 seconds of the contest, 46-41...

CHAFFEE – It wasn’t the start Charleston Bluejays were hoping for. After seeing a game-opening drive stopped at Chaffee’s six-yard line, the Bluejays watched the Red Devils take over and march 95-yards to take an early six-point advantage. Charleston response was pitching a shutout the rest of the way while the offense scored eight unanswered touchdowns to roll to their first win of the season, 52-6...

Jackson would get out to a quick start at home, winning the first set 25-19 over upstart Dexter Thursday night. The next set wouldn’t go as easy as the Bearcats would win the second set 25-21. But Coach Mirly would settle his girls down and would re-gain control the rest of the way, edging out Dexter in the third set 25-23 and would win going away in the final set 25-13 to open the new season with a win...

The fifth time was the charm for the Dexter girls tennis team after its first four matches of the season were either rained out or suspended because of the weather. The Bearcats beat Sikeston 9-0 Thursday with eight of the matches being lopsided.

Sikeston at Dexter Records: Sikeston 1-0; Dexter 0-1 Series History: Sikeston leads 52-21 Last Meeting: 2017, Dexter won 12-0 Last Week: Sikeston defeated Caruthersville 17-6; Dexter lost to Scott City 18-15. Notes: For the first time in three seasons, the Sikeston football team plays Dexter. ...

Kennett swept all nine matches to blank Charleston in girl's varsity tennis action Wednesday in Kennett.

For the fifth consecutive year, Chaffee on Friday kicked off its gridiron season with a lopsided Senior Night win over Crystal City at Mark Whitaker Memorial Field in the Scott County town. In the latest installment of the matchup, the Red Devils scored each time they touched the ball in the opening 24 minutes, building up a 32-0 lead going into halftime, enroute to a 46-8 rout of the Hornets...

POPLAR BLUFF — The 2020 football has finally arrived and in Missouri (at least for now), Semoball.com-area programs are playing (for the most part).

Second-year Red Devils coach Will Daffron is taking nothing for granted as he approaches what promises to be a rain-drenched Friday home game against Crystal City. The Hornets were winless in 2019 and are 1-29 over the last three seasons. Chaffee has had the Hornets’ number in their annual Week 1 tilts since 2016. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Continuing to press forward, improve, and when the time comes, advance in the district tournament is the message that Charleston head girls tennis coach Josh Thompson is preaching to his team. “We want to compete to go to the district final,” Thompson said. ...

Caruthersville at Sikeston Records: Caruthersville 0-0; Sikeston 0-0 Series History: Sikeston leads 29–10–1 Last Meeting: 2007, Sikeston won 34-20 Last Week: N/A Notes: Football is back. As Week 1 of the high school season gets underway, we start this week’s Standard-Democrat preview with Sikeston and Caruthersville. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Second-year head coach Lenzi O’Connor has more options to work with on the volleyball court this season. Having a season, though, wasn’t a sure thing. Not knowing that hurt the Charleston head coach, as she came out of the summer with only one open gym, while the rest of her time spent waiting on a decision...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — If there is one thing Charleston can take away from its 2019 season, it’s that the Bluejays never lost two games in-a-row at any point during it. Under second-year head coach Justin Hutchings, the Bluejays hope to improve their record to above .500. Charleston finished 5-5 and lost 18-13 to Malden in the district tournament...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...

The Charleston Fighting Squirrels 19-under baseball squad has beaten the Jackson Tribe four times this summer. However, in three of those Squirrel victories, Jackson put a good amount of offense on the board, which explains why veteran Squirrel manager Michael Minner isn’t overconfident as his team prepares to face Jackson again on Saturday.