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With the pressure on in the bottom of the seventh inning, Notre Dame’s Hailey Burnett showed up and showed out. The Bulldogs had just scored to cut Jackson’s lead to just one run, and Burnett didn’t want to take any chances. With two on, one out and a full count, Burnett crushed the ensuing pitch, sending it over the left-field fence to lift Notre Dame past Jackson 6-4 on Thursday at Notre Dame Regional High School...

It’s going to be a tough row to hoe for the Cape Central girl’s tennis team in today’s SEMO Conference Tennis Tournament at Sikeston High School.

Behind home runs from Ainsley and Hailey Burnett — as well as five RBIs from Ainsley — Notre Dame had little trouble with Festus on Wednesday, crushing the Tigers 13-1 in five innings. The Bulldogs scored three runs in the bottom half of innings one and two, followed by one run scored in the third...

Four schools in the Southeast Missourian coverage area are ranked top 10 in the first Missouri Soccer Coaches Association state power rankings poll of 2021. Jackson, Notre Dame, Perryville and Saxony Lutheran all cracked the top 10. Notre Dame (9-1) and Perryville (5-1) are the highest-ranked teams in the area, both coming in at No. 3 in their respective classes...

The Advance Hornets volleyball team lost its first match against a Class 1 school since 2017, dropping a 25-20, 25-19, 25-14 decision to Gideon on Monday night at Gideon. Valle Catholic beat the Hornets — who have won the past three Class 1 state championships — in two sets in the sectional round of the Class 1 state tournament in 2017...

Behind two goals from junior Jace Boland, the Saxony Lutheran soccer team improved to 7-3 on the season with a 3-1 win over Sikeston on Monday in Sikeston, Mo. Fellow junior Paul Kaufmann scored the other goal in the match. Boland, Max Richey and Michael Hasz recorded assists...

Cape Central swept its tennis match on Thursday, beating Caruthersville 9-0. Four Cape Tigers shut their opponents out in singles competition, and two doubles teams shut out their opponents. Results Singles No. 1 — Jalee Spain won 8-0 No. 2 — Mackenzie Ramdial won 8-3...

Despite a two-hit, two-RBI day from third baseman Jayden Welch, Chaffee was unable to keep East Carter off the base paths. The Redbirds pounded out 13 hits — outhitting the Red Devils 13-5 — en route to a 9-5 victory on Monday. Chaffee starting pitcher Reese Van Pelt allowed two runs in the first inning, a single run in the second, then seemed to calm down before the wheels fell off in the sixth and seventh innings, when the freshman hurler gave up three runs each in the final two innings...

Jackson swimmer Nate Thomas has always loved being in the water, so it makes sense that the freshman is one of the top swimmers in the area. Thomas showed his ability during Jackson's Rec Center Relays on Thursday in Cape Girardeau, Mo., helping lead three of his four relays to gold-medal finishes and the Indians to an overall team victory...

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 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...

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...

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 Notre Dame girls golf team finished in first place at the Ste. Genevieve Golf Tournament on Wednesday, finishing with a combined score of 334, while Cape Central finished sixth out of seven teams with a combined score of 470. Notre Dame junior shot a tournament-low score of 71 while teammates Eliza Barnette shot an 82, Isabella Palmer shot an 86, Silvia Schallberger shot a 95, and Avery Baker shot a 100...

Behind a stout all-around game by senior outside hitter Rylee McClintock, Notre Dame won relatively easy Tuesday evening, beating Sikeston in straight sets, 25-8, 25-13, 25-11. The host Bulldogs came out firing from the opening serve. Notre Dame’s taller front line caused problems for Sikeston defenders who were trying to make digs off of hammered-down kill attempts from left-handed hitter McClintock as well as sisters Lexi and Tori Rubel and Kristin Anderson...

The Jackson girls tennis team lost its second straight matchTuesday, falling to Farmington 5-4. Marissa Buehler was able to win her singles match over Farmington’s Helen Griffin 8-6. Buehler also won her doubles match with teammate Mia Foote, beating the Knights’ duo of Kate Busenbark and Allie Gowen.

Poplar Bluff first baseman Adrianne Casey led the Mules offensive with two hits as well as drove in four RBIs on Tuesday while starting hurler Brianne Thresher pitched five scoreless innings, to shut out a talented Chaffee squad on the road, 10-0. Poplar Bluff touched up Chaffee starting pitcher Reese Van Pelt for 10 runs on 11 hits, as the contest on Tuesday was Van Pelt's worst of the season...

SIKESTON — Poplar Bluff’s streak of scoring two runs in the first inning ended after five straight games, but the Mules ended up jumping out to a two-run lead an inning later. Breann Thresher struck out a season-high nine, Lauren Webb drove in three runs and the Mules beat Sikeston 9-5 Thursday...

Notre Dame’s Megan Gullette began her senior tennis season with a bang. Gullette topped Kennett’s Anelle Harris 8-4 in No. 1 singles Tuesday night at Notre Dame High School in her first singles match of the 2021 season. “I feel really good,” Gullette said. “I feel like I played pretty good. Obviously, it’s the first match of the season so I’m hoping I get better as we go.”...

The Advance Hornets improved to 2-0 in SCAA play with a 25-17, 25-9, 25-19 victory over Richland on Tuesday at Advance High School. No individual statistics were reported. Advance (2-0) will host Oran at 6 p.m. Sept. 7. Richland (0-2) will travel to Gideon for a 7 p.m. match Thursday...

The Chaffee softball team and head coach Brian Horrell got off to a good start to their fall season on Saturday as the Red Devils were victorious in two of the three games played at their host round-robin tournament, opening the day by beating Cape Central, 7-0, followed by another victory over Fredericktown, 5-1, then dropping the last game to the Notre Dame junior varsity team, 3-0...

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.

Notre Dame student Nolan McGuire has an opportunity to potentially fast-track his way to playing professional soccer. The 16-year-old was recently announced as a member of the MLS expansion team St. Louis City SC's inaugural youth academy class when he was named to the club's 17u team...

Two native Southeast Missouri women have come together at Fontbonne University in St. Louis to form the Midwest Sprint Football League. “We’re hoping that a lot of the young men in Southeast Missouri that currently play high school football will be interested in this news,” Fontbonne president Dr. Nancy Blattner said, “because many of them aren’t able to go on to play at a D1, D2 or D3 institution in college football. This league might allow them that opportunity.”...

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:...

Incoming Delta senior Kendall Holweg may be one of the most well-rounded athletes in the region, as well as one of the hardest-working. “Her work ethic is unsurpassed. She’s just incredible,” Delta track and field coach Gordon Walton said. “There is nothing that you ask her to do that she won’t do. If you were to follow her on a given day, it’s just mind-blowing.”...

Sarah Bell - former two-time high school golf state champion at Notre Dame - took home the 2021 Women's Amateur Championship after shooting a three-round total of 203 at Mules National Golf Course in Warrensburg, Mo. Bell shot 2-under par Thursday to leap back over Columbia native Michelle Butler for the lead. Bell finished 7-under par for the event...

Sarah Bell - former two-time high school golf state champion at Notre Dame - took home the 2021 Women's Amateur Championship after shooting a three-round total of 203 at Mules National Golf Course in Warrensburg, Mo. Bell shot 2-under par Thursday to leap back over Columbia native Michelle Butler for the lead. Bell finished 7-under par for the event...

The Holy Smokes Track Club had a lot of success at Saturday’s AAU Region 15 Qualifier - the team’s first meet - qualifying 16 athletes in 27 events for the AAU Junior Olympic Games. “I’m extremely impressed with how we performed in our first season,” Holy Smokes coach Brady Vetter said. “Other than our high school athletes I don’t think any of our younger ones have ever really been to an organized track meet.”...

Before his freshman year, Notre Dame’s Evan Bruenderman never even considered doing track and field. Now, he’s a state champion and the Southeast Missourian’s Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year. “Going into the season I had goals and I really wanted to end my season the way that it did, especially with me winning the state championship,” Bruenderman said. ...

Notre Dame track and field assistant coach Brady Vetter has assembled a team to compete at the 2021 AAU Region 15 Qualifier on Saturday in Pacific, Mo. Any athlete who finishes in the top six in running events, top five in field events and top four in multi-events will advance to the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Humble, Texas...

Caleb LeGrand finished his basketball career this spring at Notre Dame as the Bulldogs’ most prolific shot-blocker ever.