Clarkton

If you really want to know the origins of Joe Baldwin passing judgment on pitchers’ accuracy throughout Southeast Missouri, you’d have to go all the way back to the dusty dirt fields of the Marston Little League in the early 1960s.

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Less than a week after winning their first district championship in school history, the Leopold Wildcats continue to reach new milestones. Unlike Friday's district title game, however, where Leopold picked up a 37-point win over Scott County Central, the Wildcats were in for a tough night against a scrappy Clarkton squad...

The 2021 Clarkton Christmas Classic had an exciting finish on the last day of competition as the East Carter Redbirds came out on top in the championship by a score of 51-49 over Portageville on Friday. East Carter found themselves in a hole at the start of the ballgame, but were ultimately able to claw their way out of it and take the hard fought win...

CLARKTON — The Clarkton Christmas Tournament tipped off on Monday and it's already shaping up to be a good tournament to keep an eye on this week. Doniphan got things started with a 64-53 win over Neelyville followed by East Carter defeating host school Clarkton 67-55...

The Clarkton boys basketball team picked up a 60-53 home victory on Thursday against Neelyville. Both teams combined for 45 fourth-quarter points, with the Reindeer outscoring Neelyville 26-19 to end the game. Two Clarkton players scored in double figures, with Owen Morgan scoring 19 points — 12 of which coming from 3-point range — and Caleb Plunkett added 10...

Wyatt Williams scored 23 points to lead East Prairie to a 56-54 victory over Clarkton on Thursday. The Eagles tied the game at the end of the first period and fell behind the Reindeer by eight points at the half. East Prairie began to make its comeback by the end of the third period, trailing by one. The Eagles out-scored Clarkton by three in the final quarter...

The Saxony Lutheran Crusaders won their season-opening game in the Rolla “Duke” Herbert Tournament on Tuesday in Crystal City, beating the St. Louis Patriots 86-30. Saxony Lutheran was led in scoring by sophomore Luke Eggemeyer who pumped in 19 points...

Here are the MSHSAA winter sports district assignments for Semoball area schools. ^-girls only C6D1: Fox, Jackson, Lindbergh, Northwest, Oakville, Poplar Bluff, Seckman, SLUH. Cor Jesu-^ C5D1: Cape Central, DeSoto, Farmington, Festus, Hillsboro, North County Sikeston, Windsor-Imperial...

The Clarkton boys basketball squad enters its 2021-22 campaign hoping to repeat as Tri-County Conference Tournament champs after securing its first conference title since 2009 last season.

As the five starting seniors for Gideon High School volleyball walked off the court on Saturday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau following the Bulldogs’ loss to Miller in the MSHSAA Class 1 State Final, it marked the end of an era in Bootheel volleyball for one of the most prestigious programs, not just in the area, but in the entire state. However, that moment also marked the start of an opportunity for the remainder of the programs throughout the region, and no program is in a better position to seize that moment than Clarkton.

CLARKTON – The Clarkton and Gideon High School volleyball programs sit less than three miles apart and have won a combined 206 matches over the past four seasons. So, one would think that the Reindeer and Bulldogs would have some intensity to the matches when they battle each other. And they do.

CLARKTON – As it turns out, peanuts and cotton aren’t the only things grown along the Dunklin-New Madrid County lines, hellacious volleyball players are found in abundance, as well, and a whole host of them gathered in the Clarkton High School gymnasium on Monday.

Meadow Heights swept Oran 25-8, 25-8, 25-3 on the road Friday night, winning its 16th game of the season. Ashley Allen led the Panthers (16-7) with 21 assists, two kills and two aces. Halli Bollinger-Yount (seven kills, ace serve), Molly Conrad (five kills, two blocks, seven digs), Kambri Erzfeld (three kills, six digs), Miranda Green (three kills, 2 blocks) and Ashley Gruenke (10 digs, five aces) also contributed in a winning effort...

1. Woodland — Record: 20-3 — Recent wins: Richland (Essex), St. Vincent, Leopold 2. Notre Dame — Record: 14-2-2 — Recent wins: Leopold, Advance, Kennett 3. Jackson — Record: 14-4-2 — Recent wins: Farmington, Hillsboro, Advance 4. Gideon — Record: 21-1-1 — Recent wins: Campbell, Bernie, North Pemiscot, Holcomb...

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.

Prior to the MSHSAA Class 4 Boy’s Soccer state championship game last November in Springfield, Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly wasn’t exactly feeling great.

The Semoball Cup is presented to the school with the most successful season based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams (WIN) plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams (POST) and individuals (IND). The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Here are the standings with previous rankings from 2020:...