Perryville

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.

SIKESTON — The Sikeston football team wrapped up its summer program with a busy week of activities. The Bulldogs’ hosted the second annual Sikeston 7-on-7 and Big Man Tournament on Tuesday, June 21 and held a contact camp on Thursday, June 23 at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium...

Perryville senior and Mineral Area College commit Anna Gremaud was named the Class 2 Defensive Player of the Year by the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association. Gremaud and Perryville sophomore goalkeeper Brooklyn Moll were the lone players in the Semoball coverage area to receive first-team All-State honors. The Pirates had three players receive postseason honors from the MSCA, including junior forward Kyla Schnurbusch who was named to the All-State second team...

FENTON — This weekend's state soccer tournament didn't end how Perryville may have wanted, but the Pirates were able to gain valuable experience for the future despite a losing effort. Perryville had allowed just 11 goals all season but was blanked 6-0 over a two-day period, falling 4-0 to Orchard Farm on Friday in the Class 2 state semifinals and 2-0 to Pleasant Hill in the third-place game on Saturday at World Wide Technology Soccer Park to finish fourth in the state...

FENTON — A youthful Perryville Pirates team contested the state semifinal stage for the first time in program history, but fell short to Orchard Farm’s masterful defensive scheme. The defenses of both teams dictated a great portion of the semifinal, but Orchard Farm’s relentless offense broke the tie and kept peppering the opposition en route to a 4-0 win on Friday at World Wide Technology Soccer Park. ...

Last season, Perryville seemed primed to advance to its first-ever state semifinal appearance. The Pirates had put together a 17-4-2 record entering the Class 2 quarterfinals with then-senior forward Leah Buerck — who now plays at Mineral Area College — leading the way...

ST. LOUIS — For the first time in school history, the Perryville girls soccer team is headed to the state semifinals. Four different Pirates scored in a 4-1 victory over Bishop DuBourg on Saturday at Bishop DuBourg High School. "We came in a little bit, I don't know if it was overconfident or just a little nervous, and it took them a while to get those nerves out," Perryville coach Jerry Fulton said. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Jamoreoun Nunley placed fifth in the triple jump while Cape Central teammates Zai’Aire Thomas and Kamarion Norfleet advanced to the finals Friday at the MSHSAA Class 4 championships. Sikeston’s Kyndal Steward earned all-state honors in the long jump, placing seventh...

Perryville volleyball standout Elli Martin recently signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at St. Louis Community College for Archers' head coach Geoff Davis. “When I reached out to Coach Davis at St. Louis CC, I instantly felt welcomed,” Martin said. “When I practiced at an open gym with their returning team, the atmosphere in the gym just felt incredible and the girls were communicating and motivating each other. I knew that is where I wanted to be.”...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — For the second year in a row, the Perryville Pirates have advanced to the state playoffs. The second-seeded Pirates brought down top-seeded Fredericktown, which Perryville tied with earlier in the season, 2-0 on Tuesday at The Bank of Missouri Soccer Complex to claim the Class 2 District 1 championship...

Freshman Jewel Riney broke a 0-0 tie eight minutes into overtime to lift Perryville to a 1-0 victory over Windsor and a berth in Tuesday's Class 2 District 1 championship at The Bank of Missouri Soccer Complex in Perryville, Missouri. Riney's goal came on an assist from Ana Moll while Perryville's goalkeeper Brooklyn Moll made five saves...

The Perryville High School baseball season came to a sinking close on Saturday with an 8-1 loss to Potosi in the opening round of the MSHSAA Class 4 District 2 Tournament.

Class 2 District 3 Quarterfinals @ Greenville Bloomfield (5-13) - Batting: Blake Wagster (1-3, 3B, Run), Kayden Craft (1-3, RBI). Pitching: LP - Will Robinson (1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 0 K), Caleb Upchurch (3.1 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 2 BB, 3 K). Meadow Heights (14-9) - Batting: Chase Conrad (2-3, 2B, 4 RBIs, Run), Will Green (4-4, 2 RBI, 4 Runs), Braeden Hays (1-3, RBI, Run). Pitching: WP - Lindgren (4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 2 K), Ransom Grindstaff (1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K)...

Malden (23-11) – Batting: Ethan Campbell (3-5, 2B, RBI, Run, 3 SB), Griffin Riley (1-3, 3 RBI), Trey Miller (2-5, RBI, Run). Pitching: WP – Campbell (5.2 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 2 BB, 3 K), Riley (1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K). Saxony Lutheran (12-6) – Batting: Jace Boland (4-4, RBI, 2 Runs), Jacob Johnson (3-4, 2 RBI), Aaron Eubanks (2-3, RBI, 2 Runs). Pitching: LP – Mason Mayhew (1.1 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 0 K), SP – Collin Tarry (1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K)...

Chaffee (10-11) - Batting: Carson Spies (Hit), Conner Berry (Hit). Pitching: LP - Kade Atkins (2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K). Saxony Lutheran (11-5) - Batting: Jacob Johnson (2-2, HR, 2 RBIs, 3 Runs), Aaron Eubanks (3-3, 2B, RBI, Run). Pitching: WP - Drew Hahs (5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K)...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — The Perryville Pirates showed little sign of a slump on Monday night. Following a pair of losses to Windsor and cross-town rival St. Vincent — the Pirates' only losses of the season — Perryville picked up a 1-0 victory against visiting Notre Dame at The Bank of Missouri Soccer Complex...

Sikeston (4-11, 1-3 SEMO Conference) ran into a buzzsaw and suffered an 8-0 loss on Tuesday, April 26, at Perryville High School. The Lady Pirates (11-0-1, 3-0 Jefferson County Activities Association) are the top-ranked team in Class 2, according to the Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association’s Power Ranking, and have outscored their past five opponents 34-0...

Perryville softball standout Katelyn Roberts recently signed a letter of intent to further her softball career and education at St. Charles Community College in St. Charles, Missouri. The three-time Academic All-State athlete hadn't planned on playing college softball, but when St. Charles’ softball coach Dustin Wengert called Roberts to come and tour the college, things went into motion...

The Jackson offense struck early on Northwest starting pitcher Mitchell Schleeper, scoring four runs in the first and added three more in the fourth and four more in the fifth to beat the Lions Friday 11-1 in four innings at Jackson Indian Stadium. Jackson catcher Kyle Richardson went 2-for-2 in the game with four RBIs and Carson Hartlein and Quinton Borders both collected two hits and two runs scored...

Delta’s most recent college signee Lanson Cox pitched a complete game on the hill for the Bobcats, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out seven, to lead Delta to a 7-1 victory over Charleston at Capaha Field Thursday afternoon. Cox also delivered at the plate for Delta, driving in a run on a triple in the top of the third inning that scored Mason Dozier...

The Dexter and Jackson boy’s golf teams finished tied in second place at the Farmington Invitational golf tournament at Crowne Pointe Gold Club and Resort Wednesday with both clubs finishing with 318 while winner Eureka won the tournament with 315. Eight teams finished in the Top 22 standings as Notre Dame finished ninth with 350, Sikeston finished 11th with 355, a second Jackson team finished 13th with 360, Bloomfield finished in 20th place with 413, Clearwater finished 21st with 416 and Saxony Lutheran finished 22nd with 444.. ...

Dexter's Gabby Brown and Saxony Lutheran's Anna Thomason took home three gold medals apiece at Friday's Old Settlement Invitational at Ste. Genevieve High School. Brown took first place in each of the 800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs, while Thomason won the 100-meter hurdles, high jump and triple jump...