Stories from Tuesday, September 11, 2012

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Just when it looked like Sikeston might pull off an upset over visiting Notre Dame on Monday, 10 unanswered runs in the final three innings resulted in a 12-5 loss. "We looked great as a team for the first four innings and then it seems like we can't pull together," Sikeston head coach Tiffany Morgan said. "It's just the mental toughness of when you make a mistake or the other team starts scoring some runs, you have to get over that and battle back."...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs tennis team won three games against the visiting Poplar Bluff Lady Mules but lost the match, 6-3. Sikeston's Kelsey Dial, Martha Neel and Ali Price all won their singles matches. "I saw very good singles play from Kelsey, Martha and Ali," Sikeston head coach Russ Dial said...

sports@standard-democrat.com PERRYVILLE -- The Sikeston Bulldogs soccer team lost a tough road game Monday in Perryville, 2-1 in overtime. "It was a tough game," Sikeston head coach Doyle Noe said. After the first half, both teams were scoreless. Perryville broke the tie at the 60th minute mark on a questionable hand ball inside the box, according to Noe, which Perryville made the penalty kick and the score 1-0...

SIKESTON -- Pallbearers for services to be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Shady Acres Church of Christ in Sikeston for Julie Ann Heppe, 44, who died on Sept. 9, 2012, will be: Chris Lowe, Kenneth Shivers, Richard Shivers, Garner Shivers, Mark Donelson, Tim Anglemyer, David DeHart and Cullen DeHart...

CHAFFEE -- Margaret Mary Miller, 83, died Sept. 8, 2012, at James River Care Center in Springfield. Born Aug. 4, 1929, at Pocahontas, Ark., to the late William Joseph and Eva Catherine Baltz Ludwig, she graduated from St. Mary's High School and attended college in Illinois. ...

ORAN -- Joan Hill, 69, died Sept. 11, 2012, at her home in Oran. Arrangements are incomplete with McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

CHARLESTON -- Terry David Cumpton, 38, formerly of Caruthersville, died Sept. 10, 2012, at his home in Charleston. Arrangements are incomplete with Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

DEXTER -- Shirley Britton, 74, died Sept. 7, 2012, at her home. Born July 6, 1938, in Essex, to the late Sylvester and Ada Bell Eaton Razer, she lived in the Essex and Dexter area all her life and attended the First Baptist Church in Essex. On March 14, 1980, at Dexter, she married Gary Donald Britton who preceded her in death on June 12, 1995...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- On Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at 7:27 p.m., Debra Lou Compas, 58, of Cape Girardeau, went home to sing with our Savior and Lord at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 25, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, to Leon Edward and Wilma R. McCallister Compas...

SIKESTON -- Tickets for the Great American Football Classic set for Sept. 15 featuring the Sikeston Bulldogs and the Farmington Knights are on still available with less than a week to purchase. The Sikeston Booster Club will be selling tickets on Wednesday at the Football field from 5-7 p.m. They will also be selling Bulldog merchandise...

scottw@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- A grant of nearly $100,000 will be used to reduce infant mortality and improve the health of women in their childbearing years. The Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center in East Prairie was recently awarded $99,694 in grant funding by the Missouri Foundation for Health. The MFH Women's Health program funding will be used over a two-year period to educate area women about nutrition, exercise and healthy living...

jillb@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON - Kahielynn Clair Pobst happily joined her brothers as they touched up their 9/11 tribute in chalk in front of their home Monday afternoon. The 4-year-old was enthusiastic but she wasn't quite sure what the drawing was all about. That was OK with her parents, Tonya and Glenn Pobst...