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SIKESTON — It was a walk-off-filled day during the SEMO Challenger Classic at VFW Memorial Stadium in Sikeston on Saturday, as the Southeast Tropics used a pair of walk-off hits to secure the inaugural tournament title. GAME 1 In the first semifinal game of the day, the Tropics defeated the host Sikeston Silver Sox 7-6, behind a five-run sixth inning...

SIKESTON — Command issues came back to hurt the Sikeston Silver Sox during Tuesday’s 10-1 loss against Jackson Legion at VFW Memorial Stadium in Sikeston. Coming off of a broken jaw, the Silver Sox’s Ethan Kincy took the mound, but struggled to find the strike zone. He went just 2 2/3 innings, giving up six walks and seven wild pitches...

SIKESTON — With the summer just beginning and local sports teams a ways away from starting their respective seasons, comes a carousel of coaching changes. A new voice and vision are used to help struggling programs rise to the top and with that, here is the list of coaching changes for our local teams:...

CHARLESTON, Mo. —A six-run third inning and a pitching gem from Sikeston’s Will Pratt was all that the Charleston Fighting Squirrels needed to defeat the SEMO Spartans 11-1 Thursday night at Hillhouse Park. Early on, it looked like the game would get out of hand for the Fighting Squirrels, as the Spartans scored their lone run of the game without recording a hit...

SIKESTON — Sikeston struggled to get things going early against the Cape Senior Legion team on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader at VFW Memorial Stadium in Sikeston. The Silver Sox fell 10-2, as Cooper Crosnoe was able to dictate the game...

Sikeston’s Lyndsey McClendon earned a spot on the SEMO All-Conference team on Tuesday. The senior anchored the Bulldogs defense all the way to a No. 1-seed in the Class 3, District 1 tournament. Head coach Gabe Dement said that McClendon was “a shutdown defender with an incredible skill set.”...

DEXTER, Mo. — The eighth annual Rib City Shootout got underway at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter, Mo., on Friday. Sikeston, Charleston, Kelly, and Richland were the local teams that participated in the two-day event, which Dexter girls’ basketball head coach and Rib City Shootout coordinator Chad Allen said has grown since its inception...

Sikeston seniors Annie Ensor and Mackenzie Yant earned soccer Class 3, District 1 All-District first team honors on Tuesday leading Sikeston’s four all-district selections. Ensor had one goal and two assists on the season, while Yant finished with six goals and a team-leading 13 assists. Yant also led the team in points — with 25...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After taking eighth-place in the shot put on Friday at the Class 3, 4, and 5 state track and field championships at Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City, Missouri, Sikeston’s Gloria Bennett did one better on Saturday. Bennett took second-place honors in the discus, finishing with a throw of 136 feet, eight inches...

The Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Post 63 Senior Legion baseball team opened its season by splitting a pair of games Saturday at Seckman High School. Post 63 defeated the St. Louis Redbirds 14-2 in four innings in the opener before letting a lead get away in a 6-3 loss to the Nationals in Game 2...

Justice Thoma 11th high jump Aaron Harris 14th shot put Neikirk 1600 10th 4:26.36 ND girls 4x8 9th Morrill, Jansen, Haley Smith, Timpe BOYS Top 10 team scores — 1. Carthage 62; 2. Carl Junction 57; 3. Grandview 55; 4. West PLains 34; 5. Webb City 33; 6. Rockwood Summit 32; 7. Hillsboro 31.5; 8. Willard 31; 9. Platte County 30; 10. Ladue 29...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Sikeston’s Gloria Bennett medaled in the shot put on Friday during the Class 3, 4, and 5 state track and field meet at Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City, Mo. This all-state finish is Bennett’s third in the throwing events. She has a chance to add another tomorrow, after qualifying in the discus...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Sophomore Warren Chinwuko and senior Brett Johnson represented Sikeston at the Class 1 tennis tournament on Friday at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Missouri. Both Bulldogs failed to advance in the winner’s bracket though, as Chinwuko lost his first-round match to Kirksville’s Bennett Hoshaw in straight sets 6-3, 6-1...

EMINENCE, Mo. — Drew Reischman had himself a day, and Oran baseball is heading to state. Reischman pitched a no-hitter and went 4-for-4 at the plate during Wednesday’s 16-0 six-inning quarterfinal rout of host Eminence to lead the Eagles to the Class 1 final four. Oran advances to state for the first time since the 2013 season ...

ORAN, Mo. – Seniors Denver Elfrink and Layne Johnson had the kind of game Tuesday most players only dream about. With Oran’s season on the line against Cooter in a Class 1 Sectional, the duo delivered the kind of performance that booked their team its first trip to the quarterfinal since 2013’s championship run...

SIKESTON — Sophomore Warren Chinwuko and senior Brett Johnson will both represent Sikeston this Friday at the Class 1 individual tennis state tournament at Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo. With just two years of tennis experience under his belt, Chinwuko is advancing to the state tournament for the first time...

Spurred by wins in four events and eight state qualifiers, the Notre Dame girls track and field squad won its first-ever sectional championship at the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet Saturday at Rockwood Summit High School. The Bulldogs finished with 80 points, three points ahead of runner-up Webster Groves.

The Notre Dame boys volleyball team saw its season come to an end after a straight-set loss — 25-18, 25-8 — to the top-ranked team in the state during Saturday’s Class 3 state quarterfinals at Francis Howell Central High School in St. Charles, Missouri. Alex Burger had five assists to pace Notre Dame, which wrapped up its season with a record of 14-14-2...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — With the top-four individuals and teams qualifying for the state championships, Sikeston wound-up with four different individuals qualifying during the Class 3 and Class 4 sectional track and field meet at Rockwood Summit High School in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Charleston and Richland both finished with individual medalists in the finals of the Class 1 and 2 state track and field championships on Saturday. Charleston’s Jeremy Tucker finished in third place of the high jump with a leap of six feet, four inches, while Tyrese Tate earned fifth place honors of the 200-meter dash. Tate finished with a time of 22.78 seconds in the event...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Richland’s Hunter Walker is bringing home another medal following the first day of the Missouri state track and field championships for Class 1 and Class 2 Friday at Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City, Mo. Walker medaled in the triple jump with a leap of 6-feet, 1-inch. It’s Walker’s second all-state finish in as many years after taking third in the long jump last season...

Several local players were chosen for the Class 4, District 1 All-District baseball team Thursday. After making the championship game for the second-straight year, Sikeston had eight players named, while Dexter and New Madrid County Central each had three...

SIKESTON — Pitching woes and fielding miscues cost Sikeston in its 15-4 loss to Notre Dame in the Class 4, District 1 Tournament championship game on Wednesday at VFW Stadium in Sikeston. The Bulldogs struggled to get out of the first inning, as junior Nate Self walked the first four batters of the inning before an out. Notre Dame wound up batting around in the inning and scored six runs in the process...

IMPERIAL, Mo. – Sikeston tennis duo Brett Johnson and Warren Chinwuko qualified for the Class 2 state individual tournament Tuesday during a Class 2 sectional match at Windsor High School in Imperial, Mo. Johnson, who’s making his second-straight trip to the state tournament, defeated St. Pius X’s Luke Klahs 6-1, 6-0. Chinwuko took down Robert Vance, also from St. Pius X, 6-1, 6-1...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — An early goal from Sikeston sophomore Megan Witt was not enough for the top-seeded Bulldogs in their 2-1 loss to the No. 4-seed Farmington on Tuesday during a Class 3, District 1 Tournament semifinal at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo...

HILLSBORO, Mo. — The Sikeston track and field teams finished second in boys events and third in girls, on Saturday at the Class 4, District 1 track and field meet at Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Missouri. Seven Bulldogs advanced to sectionals — which will be held in Fenton, Missouri — in individual events as well. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. – An uncharacteristically rough start from ace Will Gilmer didn’t faze the Sikeston Bulldogs baseball team Monday night during their Class 4, District 1 semifinal matchup against Perryville. Gilmer got the backing of one of the Sikeston’s best offensive performances as the defending champions belted out 17 hits to rout the Pirates 15-6 and advance to Wednesday's title game...

ORAN, Mo. — Layne Johnson pitched six innings of two-hit, one run ball, as Oran defeated Bell City 8-1 in the Class 1, District 2 Tournament championship on Monday in Oran. Johnson finished with 15 strikeouts to just three walks...

For a second straight night, the game came down to the final out. And for a second straight night, Southeast Missouri State baseball walked off with a win. Alex Nielsen reached on an error in the bottom of the ninth to push in Devon Wilson for the winning run, as the Redhawks snagged a 9-8 win over Belmont in Game 2 of the three-game Ohio Valley Conference series on Saturday night at Capaha Field...

SIKESTON — A big first inning from Kennett hurt the Dexter baseball team in its 11-1 loss, in five innings, on Saturday in the first-round of the Class 4, District 1 Tournament at VFW Stadium in Sikeston. For the Indians, Ty Ellis led-off, what was a five-run first inning, with a triple to center field. Payton Heinley then scored Ellis on a sacrifice fly to right field, as Kennett (16-8) led 1-0...

SIKESTON — Perryville scored 14 runs in the opening inning to take control of New Madrid County Central in its first-round matchup of the Class 4, District 1 Tournament at VFW Stadium in Sikeston on Saturday. The Pirates wound up defeating the Eagles 17-1 in five innings, but the most significant blow came when NMCC could not get one of the first 14 batters out...

ORAN, Mo. — The Advance baseball team put a walloping on Scott County Central in the first-round of the Class 1 District 2 Tournament on Friday in Oran, Missouri. No. 2-seed Advance (18-8) crushed the seven-seeded Braves 31-0 in five innings. The Hornets had back-to-back 10 run innings and had 10 extra-base hits as well...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Upset-minded Kelly did just that in Friday’s game against East Prairie in the first-round of the Class 3 District 1 Tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. The five-seeded Hawks defeated the four-seeded Eagles 6-2, in what was a game where Kelly capitalized in the late innings...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A five-run fourth inning doomed the Charleston baseball team against Caruthersville in Friday’s first-round matchup of the Class 3 District 1 Tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. The six-seeded Bluejays scored in the top of the fourth inning, which tied the game 1-1, but the three-seeded Tigers rallied in the bottom of the inning to break the game wide-open. ...

ST. LOUIS — The Sikeston baseball team only needed five innings to defeat Hazelwood West on Thursday in St Louis. Sikeston defeated the Wildcats (12-13) 12-0, on 16 hits. Payton Howard went 3-for-4 with a double, triple, and missed just a home run to complete the cycle...

SIKESTON — Sophomore Arika Buxton’s two goals was all that the Fredericktown girls soccer team needed to beat Sikeston at Sikeston on Thursday 2-0. The Lady Bulldogs struggled to get in a groove but had ample opportunities to score. Sikeston (8-11-1) finished the game with 14 total shots and 10 shots on goal. The Ladycats, though, were just that more aggressive, as they finished with 21 total shots and 13 shots on goal...

SIKESTON — With the postseason quickly approaching, the Sikeston baseball team took the field at VFW Stadium for the last time in regular season action on Wednesday. The Bulldogs defeated North County 10-4, thanks to excellent hitting and a solid effort on the mound from junior Nate Self...

SIKESTON — A career night from senior Will Gilmer led the Sikeston baseball team to an 8-1 victory over Scott City at VFW Stadium on Tuesday night. Gilmer pitched 6 2/3 innings of three-hit ball to go along with a career-high 12 strikeouts. Only one Scott City run scored in the game — an unearned run in the top of the first inning — as Gilmer was able to control the strike zone with 73 of his 107 pitches called for strikes...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team suffered a major blow this week, as it announced Tuesday morning that standout Denzel Mahoney intends to transfer out of the program. According to a news release by the athletic department, Mahoney wishes to seek "opportunities that allow him to play at the highest level."...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. – Sophomore Kylie Lossing had a hat trick during the Sikeston girls soccer team’s 4-0 shutout over North County on Tuesday on the road. Mackenzie Yant added one goal and two assists, while Emma Jones chipped in another two assists. Sikeston, who will host Fredericktown on Thursday, moved to 8-10-1 on the season...

ORAN, Mo. — Behind a five-RBI game from senior Clay Sauceda on senior night, Oran was able to defeat Bell City Monday, in just six innings, at Oran High School. Oran (11-8) won 11-1 over Bell City, and the bats were scorching. The Eagles pounded out 14 hits and also got a stellar performance on the mound from Drew Reischman...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Charleston and Hayti boys track teams will be sending several to the next stage following an impressive outing during the Class 2, District 1 track and field tournament on Saturday at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo...

The St. Vincent boys track and field team placed first in five events en route to claiming the district championship at the Class 2 District 1 meet at Cape Girardeau Central High School on Saturday. Trevor Lukefahr posted two first-place times of 22.43 seconds and 50.74 seconds in the 200 and 400 dashes, respectively, to help lead St. ...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Bulldogs will begin defense of their Class 4, District 1 baseball championship when the tournament kicks off Saturday at VFW Memorial Stadium. Sikeston, who started the season without a win in their first eight games, has came on strong of late, posting a 12-9-1 record with a road game left at East Carter on Tuesday followed by their regular season finale on Wednesday when they host North County...

ZALMA, Mo. — East Prairie defeated Zalma, 10-3, on Wednesday at Zalma High School. Luke Marcum provided support not only at the plate but on the mound as well. At the plate, Marcum went 3-for-4 and led East Prairie (8-6) in hits. On the mound, he was also sensational, as he gave up one earned run on five hits...

SIKESTON — An 11-run third inning was all that Sikeston needed to beat Oran, in what was a wild game, on Wednesday at VFW Stadium in Sikeston. Down 1-0 going into the third, Will Gilmer would start things off with a single. He would then come around to score off of a hard-hit double from junior Jeffery Thornbrough...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. – The top-seeded Portageville softball team didn't have much trouble capturing their second-straight district championship. The Bulldogs rolled past sixth-seeded Cooter 18-1 on Wednesday to win the Class 1, District 1 Tournament in Caruthersville, Mo...

BERNIE, Mo. – The East Prairie baseball team started out on fire, raking in six runs through the first two innings on Tuesday. But a solo shot from Bernie’s Josh Vaughn gave the Mules a 9-8 walk-off win in the bottom of the seventh at Bernie High School. The two teams combined for 19 hits and five home runs on Bernie’s short porch...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston tennis team lost its sixth straight match on Monday, as the Bulldogs fell to Notre Dame at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo., 7-2. Both points for the Bulldogs came in singles action. Senior Brett Johnson and sophomore Warren Chinwuko both picked up the victories...

Saxony Lutheran's Olivia Voelker shot an 18-over-par 78 to share the medalist honors with West County's Reid Pratt and St. Pius X's Nicholas Sippel as the Crusaders landed six strokes behind the Bulldogs to finish in second place at the Class 2 District 1 Tournament at the Cape Girardeau Country Club...