Stories from Monday, April 23, 2001

Legendary high school basketball coach Lennies McFerren told the Southeast Missourian newspaper Friday that he was interested in the Cape Central head coaching job, but took his name out of consideration because Central didn't have a non-coaching position to his liking...

Chaffee defeated Oran 11-1 on Saturday for the Chaffee Red Devils Baseball Classic crown, while Egyptian's highly-touted softball team lived up to its billing with a 19-0 win over Oran in the Lady Devils Softball Classic. In other tournament baseball games, New Madrid County Central defeated Shawnee 9-0 in the third place game, Dexter beat Scott City 13-1 for fifth place, and Perryville defeated Senath 19-2 for seventh...

Sikeston's tennis team tied for second place in the Poplar Bluff Invitational on Saturday, scoring 14.5 points to tie Cape Central in the field of six schools. Poplar Bluff took first with 16 points . "I think that was our top outing of the season so far," said Sikeston coach Brian James. "We came ready to play in singles and doubles. I like this tournament, because it is set up like the district tournament which starts here soon."...