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The Southeast Missourian has previewed the following high school girls volleyball teams for the 2019 season.

Riley Burger is 3-for-3 once again. Just over a month after concluding her junior season by winning her third consecutive triple jump state title, the Notre Dame Regional High School student-athlete nabbed her third consecutive Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year award at the Semoball Awards on Saturday at the Southeast Missouri State River Campus...

Flashbulbs and excitement were in heavy supply as student-athletes from Southeast Missouri were honored for their achievements Saturday at the biggest sports awards show in the region. The Sixth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH honored more than 120 athletes from over 50 schools in 25 different categories.

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

Meet the 12 selections

Jersey number: 14 Positions played during high school season: Pitcher and first base After-graduation plans: Going to East Central College to study early childhood education and to play softball Favorite team tradition: Saying "Do it to 'em, get 'em, Lady Hawks" before every game...

Throughout their careers, Jackson's Jack Rinehart and Notre Dame's Riley Burger wanted to leave lasting marks. After a successful spring on the track, they both have done that and much more. From school records to all-state honors, they were able to achieve goals and it has garnered them recognition. Rinehart and Burger are the 2019 Southeast Missourian Boys and Girls Track Athletes of the Year...

Meet the six selections...

Meet the six selections...

Before her freshman year at Notre Dame Regional High School, Megan Heisserer knew she and her friends were going to have success. What they didn't realize then was how good they could be. Four years later, Heisserer has wrapped up a magnificent high school soccer career that included four district championships, three Class 2 final four appearances and state titles as a sophomore and senior. She did it alongside teammates she grew up playing with, from the second grade onwards...

Meet the 12 selections to the All-Southeast Missourian girls soccer team

Another successful spring sports season has concluded, and awards have been doled out to student-athletes in the Southeast Missourian's coverage area. Notre Dame girls soccer won its second Class 2 state championship in three seasons, and other teams, such as Saxony Lutheran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer, also advanced to the final four...

The list of Semoball Awards finalists is complete. In Tuesday's selection show streamed exclusively on Facebook, the 45 spring sport finalists were revealed, along with the Lifetime Achievement Award winner, 13 nominees in Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Best of Sportsmanship...

Riley Burger recently took her talents internationally for track. The three-time Class 4 state champion in the triple jump traveled to Cuba for the 2019 Memorial Barrientos meet in Havana, Cuba. Burger, a rising senior at Notre Dame Regional High School, represented Team NSAF (National Scholastic Athletics Foundation-USA) in both jumps, finishing seventh in the triple and 10th place in the long jump...

SIKESTON — Four Sikeston Bulldog baseball players earned a spot on the All-District team. Junior outfielder Payton Howard, sophomore catcher Nolan Self, and senior infielder/pitcher Nate Self along with senior outfielder/pitcher Jeffery Thornbrough all made the team...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tears were on the faces of the Notre Dame girls soccer seniors following the Class 2 state championship game. The Bulldogs had just won their second state title in three seasons, but it was a bittersweet triumph for the group of eight who grew up playing club soccer with one another...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With four minutes left in the Class 2 Girl’s Soccer State Championship game, Notre Dame’s Megan Heisserer jogged off the field, wrapping her arm around teammate Hannah Miller as they headed toward the bench.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With minutes left in a semifinal game deadlocked at two, Livia Wunderlich didn't deviate from her usual routine. As the Notre Dame senior midfielder stood over the free kick on the left side of the field, she took a moment to calm down and remind herself to find someone's head in the penalty box...

The all-region softball team has been released. Kennett freshman Kyra Jaco, Oran junior Kaylee Payne, Campbell senior Elizabeth Steward, Puxico senior Bailey Burns, Holcomb sophomore Bailey Cupples, and Malden sophomore Hailey Rojas were selected first-team all-region infielders...

The Notre Dame girls soccer team has been in this position each of the last two seasons. So getting to a final four, while thrilling, is not the goal the Bulldog seniors set for themselves before this season. They wanted more, a Class 2 state championship specifically, two years after many of the same players helped capture the program's first state crown...

The 2019 track and field season came to close Saturday as the Class 3, 4 and 5 State Championships were completed in three different sites due to tornado damage in Jefferson City, Missouri.  Class 3 was held at The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, Class 4 at Washington High School in Washington, Missouri and Class 5 at Battle High School in Columbia...

It's that time of year again. State championships are on the line when the Class 3, 4 and 5 state track and field state championships kick off Saturday across the state. Due to tornadoes that damaged Jefferson City, Missouri, late Wednesday evening, the state championships have been moved from there and will be one-day events instead of two...

ST. LOUIS -- The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2019 was held May 19 at Notre Dame Regional High School. Megan Heisserer was a part of that celebration. Her focus now is on another state soccer championship for the Bulldogs and an even bigger celebration...