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The schedule for the 12-team Swing Pink softball tournament has been announced. Clearwater, Doniphan, Oran and Senath-Hornersville with Southland comprise Group 1. Bernie, Gideon with Risco, Kennett and Van Buren represent Group B, and Bloomfield, Cooter, Dexter and Winona comprise Group C.

The schedule for Saturday’s Puxico Invitational softball tournament has been announced. Twin Rivers, Scott City and Delta comprise Pool A, and Bernie, Woodland and Puxico comprise Pool B. The trophy games will start at 1:30 p.m. with the winners of each pool competing for the championship, the second-place finishers battling for third place and the third-place teams competing for fifth place...

KENNETT - Participation was at an all-time high Tuesday at the Kennett Invitational track and field meet at Metz Cherry Stadium in Kennett. A total of 21 teams competed at the event that lasted more than four hours. “This is the biggest Kennett Invitational in a very long time,” Kennett coach Andrew Webster said. “It was awesome seeing everyone out here competing. It was cool the school got TRXC Timing to come down and compile our results. The event just keeps getting better every year.”...

Tennessee State University was riding a wave of euphoria on Tuesday, as the Tigers announced the hiring of former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL great, Eddie George, to lead its football program. However, there was one fellow Ohio Valley Conference coach that wasn’t joining the parade.

Chaffee 18, Dexter 5 CHAFFEE, Mo. — It was a slow start, but the Chaffee baseball made up for that and then some against Dexter at Harmon Field on Wednesday. The Red Devils outscored the Bearcats 18-2 after trailing 3-0 to improve to 10-1 on the season...

The Advance Hornets have received the top seed and a first-round bye in the SCAA Baseball Tournament, which begins Monday at various locations. No. 2 Bell City, No. 3 Woodland, No. 4 Bernie, No. 5 Bloomfield, No. 6 Puxico and No. 7 Richland complete the tournament field...

Advance has received the top seed and a first-round bye in the SCAA Softball Tournament that begins Monday at various locations. No. 2 Woodland, No. 3 Bernie, No. 4 Dexter, No. 5 Bloomfield, No. 6 Puxico and No. 7 Bell City complete the tournament field...

SIKESTON — Over 3,000 wins congregated inside the Sikeston Field House on Saturday night for a Historic Basketball Celebration. The event honored legendary coaches and players from the past and present while also unveiling Erwin Porter’s new book, “Bootheel Basketball: A Half Century of Supremacy.”...

SIKESTON — There haven't been many positives nearly one month into the Sikeston baseball season, with Monday adding to the list — for the most part. Before Sikeston’s 8-5 loss to Dexter (3-7), the Bulldogs honored its eight senior baseball players. Each one had their names announced as they walked with their families onto the third-base side of the field, at VFW Stadium, with each player receiving commemorative bats and gift bags...

The Zalma and Puxico boy’s basketball and baseball programs will have new leadership for the 2021-22 school year, as Bulldog coach and athletic director Bryant Fernetti announced on social media that he is leaving the Bulldogs to guide the basketball and baseball programs for the Indians.

POPLAR BLUFF — It took an eagle on the last hole to catch Alex Wiseman, but the Poplar Bluff junior earned medalist honors in a playoff Monday at Westwood Hills Country Club. As a team, the Mules ran away from the field with a 297 score that was eight shots better than runner-up Jackson to claim the Poplar Bluff Invitational...

The undefeated Cooter Wildcats improved to 9-0 as it won at Senath-Hornersville 9-1 Tuesday. Cooter, which is ranked No. 3 in the latest Class 1 state poll, scored four runs in the top of the first inning, one run in the third inning, three runs in the fifth inning, and one run in the seventh frame for its 9-run total...

The Delta Bobcats hosted the Oak Ridge Blue Jays Tuesday and a slugfest broke out, as Delta produced 16 hits, edging Oak Ridge by two hits, and also defeated the Blue Jays by two, 11-9. Oak Ridge took the lead early, scoring six runs in the first inning, as Mary-Beth Jensen, Makayla Rangel, and Bailey Urhahn all singled, followed by a bases-clearing triple by Mae Masterson that scored three...

Notre Dame’s Blake Schreckenberg needed an extra game to beat Dexter’s Drew Chamberlain 9-7 and led the Bulldogs to a 5-4 victory Monday at T.S. Hill Middle School. Dexter’s Ryder Boles, Peyton Boles and Jackson Allen won in singles, and the Boles brothers won the No. 1 doubles match...

The Jackson boys tennis team kept their perfect season intact with a 6-3 overall score to down Dexter on Tuesday. Nolan Dry won both his singles and doubles match, paired with Cameron Crawford. Will Petzoldt also won both of his matches, as he was paired with Gage Shearon, as they down the doubles team of Jackson Allen and Drew Chamberlain of Dexter...

The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference football championship squad included a senior class that was the most successful group in Southeast Missouri State history.

The Advance softball team won their ninth game of the season on the road Monday, plating 20 first inning runs, to beat Scott County Central, 20-1, in just three innings of play.

Saxony Lutheran keeps moving up the state rankings, as the Crusaders, ranked third in Class 3, pounded Leopold Monday in just three innings, 16-1. Three different Saxony Lutheran hitters drove in two runs each, as Tanner King, Carson Birk, and Jace Boland drove in two RBIs each off of singles...

A year of hardship and uncertainty finally came to a crescendo on Saturday at the Show Me Center. Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics ended the dramatic day as winners of the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships with a team score of 195.025...

Annie Duffield pitched a two-hit shutout, and the Advance softball team beat Meadow Heights 9-0 Friday at Westfield Park in Advance. Duffield struck out six and walked three in five innings for the Hornets who improved to 8-3. Mattison Webb was assessed the loss, yielding nine runs on 18 hits with four strikeouts and two walks in four innings...

DEXTER — For four innings, Advance’s Gus Garner and Dexter’s Brock Wyman were matching zeros on the scoreboard. The action picked up over the final three innings, and the Hornets held off a seventh-inning comeback by Dexter to win 3-2 in the first game of a round robin Saturday at East Park.

Eighteen Stoddard County athletes placed at the Jackson Invitational track and field meet Saturday at Jackson High School. Nine boys and eight girls from Dexter placed, and Bell City’s Kennett Rampley finished sixth in the 3200 (10 minutes, 45 seconds).

The Boles brothers lived up to their billing. Ryder and Peyton received the top seed and won the double championship Saturday at the Poplar Bluff Invitational boys tennis tournament. The Dexter teammates defeated Colton Woody and Maddox Waller-Brenneke, of Farmington, 8-1 in the championship match after recording an 8-5 win over Henry Robison and Gary McClain, of Sikeston, in the quarterfinals and a 9-7 victory over Gavin Harden and Charles West, of Notre Dame, in the semifinals...

The fact that Southeast Missouri State has the top punter in the Ohio Valley Conference this spring is a surprise to absolutely no one. After all, Jake Reynolds was named to the 2020 Punter of the Year “watch list” by the Augusta Sports Council heading into this school year.

Host sites and classification are set for spring sports. --- Baseball districts are slated to begin May 15. Host Cooter will compete with Naylor, Richland, Risco, and Southland in Class 1, District 1. Cooter is ranked No. 3 in Class 1 Host Bell City will compete with Advance, Delta, Leopold, Oak Rige, and Oran in Class 1, District 2. Oran is ranked No. 1, Advance is ranked No. 7, and Bell City is ranked No. 9 in Class 1...