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CAPE GIRARDEAU — Dexter’s Travis Waldner and the SCAA were repeat winners Saturday night at the Semoball Awards. Waldner repeated as the Wrestling Athlete of the Year, and Roz Schrader, of Advance, became the third straight SCAA athlete and fourth in five years to win the My Daddy’s Cheesecake Volleyball Athlete of the Year award during the ceremony held at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Bernie’s Alyson Marcum and Scott City’s Kaileigh Dirden, two of the top softball pitchers in the state, squared off with a trip to the state quarterfinals on the line. Both teams were state-ranked entering the matchup. The outcome was in doubt until the final at-bat with Dirden recording the final out with the tying run at second base. This game ranks No. 4 on the Dexter Statesman's list of the top 10 games for the 2018-19 school year...

The winningest coach in Bernie High School boys basketball history has taken on a new role as the school’s junior and senior high principal. The Bernie School Board hired Botsch as secondary principal during an executive session Monday night. The board named Jason Long athletics director and boys basketball coach, taking over for Botsch in both positions. Long had served as Botsch’s assistant coach for 12 years...

Editor's note: The Semoball Awards will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 2019, at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus in Cape Girardeau. The Dexter Statesman is featuring Dexter's Travis Waldner, who has been nominated for the wresting award. Visit semoball.com and click on Semoball Awards for more information...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bearcats were coming off a 21-0 season-opening loss to Ste. Genevieve. They lost starting quarterback Haden Hillis to a collarbone injury in the opener. After falling behind early, the Bearcats answered with a solid performance and opened some eyes across the region with the victory. The Dexter-Salem football game is No. 5 on the list of 2018-19 Games of the Year...

Editor’s note: The Semoball Awards will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus in Cape Girardeau. Today the Statesman is featuring Bernie’s Alyson Marcum, who has been nominated for the softball award. Visit semoball.com and click on Semoball Awards for more information...

BLOOMFIELD — The Bloomfield volleyball team lost all-stater Bailey Below, but coach Haley Silman still expects her team to be in the hunt for a district championship. Below helped the Wildcats win four straight district championships, while finishing her career with 1,119 kills. She signed with John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois, last year...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bearcats will carry a 22-game SCAA regular-season win streak into the next season, but during that stretch, they hadn’t won the SCAA tournament. They accomplished the feat with a team that lost five seniors from an 18-win team and featured a new head coach, Lloyd Hyten. ...

Editor’s note: The Semoball Awards will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus in Cape Girardeau. Beginning today, the Statesman will feature a Stoddard County athlete who was nominated for an award. Visit semoball.com and click on Semoball Awards for more information...

The Dexter football team lost big numbers from last season. Not only did the Bearcats lose 15 seniors but many of them were big guys. The Bearcats finished 5-5 last season following a 2-4 start and won a playoff game for the first time since 2010 when they advanced to the state quarterfinals...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Dexter girls basketball team’s loss to Poplar Bluff ended the former’s quest to win the SEMO Conference title outright. Both teams rallied from significant deficits, and PB won on a 3-pointer in the closing seconds. This game is No. 7 on the Dexter Statesman's list of top high school games from the 2018-19 school year involving Stoddard County teams...