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Bell City BB offense has shown up of late, as Cubs having nice seasonTom DavisIn the short term, one could view the Bell City High School baseball squad as struggling. After all, the Cubs have lost three of their last four games, including dropping a 14-4 game at Saxony...
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Bernie SB clicking offensively and defensively as postseason nearsTom DavisYou can study the history of Bernie High School softball and what you’ll find are two things: The Mules will win games and they’ll do it by producing offensively, and this spring has been no...
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Don't look now, but No. 8-seed Sikeston is a real threat in SEMO playTom DavisJust over a week ago, the Sikeston High School varsity baseball squad endured a three-hit demolition at the hands of Marion (Ill.), as the Bulldogs fell 17-0 in three innings.
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DONETTES DO IT AGAIN: Kirby’s triple helps Doniphan repeat as champsBy MIKE BUHLER, Daily American RepublicTrailing by a run in to the bottom of the fifth inning of Wednesday’s Ozark Foothills Conference softball tournament championship game, the Doniphan Donettes needed a heroine — and they found one....
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- Worley signs to be Rocky Raider at TRC
- Portageville outslugs East Prairie
- Sikeston upsets Chaffee for first win, splits doubleheader with South Iron
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- East Prairie competes at Swing Pink Tournament after big win over Twin Rivers
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- Chaffee BB goes from ‘rock bottom’ to Cloud 9 (4/23/24)
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Chaffee BB goes from ‘rock bottom’ to Cloud 9 (4/23/24)From one game to the next, the Chaffee Red Devils went from the worst of times to the best of times. Chaffee (16-3) concluded last week being on the losing end of Sikeston’s first win of the season on April 19, and suffering injuries to key players that could lead to the derailment of a promising season...
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Greenwall hits for cycle as Mules roll to victory (4/23/24)In what turned out to be a blistering four innings, the Poplar Bluff Mules baseball team rolled to a 15-0 win Monday over the Park Hills Central Rebels as Kolby Greenwall hit for the cycle. With his first at-bat — in the first inning — Greenwall drove in three runs with a triple. ...
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Lady Raiders sweep East Central, on three-game winning streak (4/23/24)The Three Rivers College softball team finds itself on a three-game winning streak after winning two more games Monday at East Central. The Lady Raiders took Monday’s opener 6-1 and the nightcap 10-2 to improve to 30-20 on the season. TRC also split a doubleheader Saturday against Jefferson at J.D. Rains field, with the Vikings rallying to take Saturday’s opener 8-7 before the Lady Raiders won the nightcap 7-4...
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Raiders tab alumnus, veteran coach Robert Kirby as next men's basketball coachThree Rivers College tapped into one of the brightest moments in the college's history when it selected the next coach of the Raiders men's basketball team. TRC announced Monday it has hired Robert Kirby to be the fourth men's basketball coach in the program's history. He also is the first head men's basketball coach since 1970 who is not a member of the Bess family...
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Raiders set pair of records in series split with CrowderThe Three Rivers College baseball team did more than split a four-game series with the powerful Crowder Roughriders over the weekend at Roger Pattillo Field — the Raiders also broke a pair of records in the process. First, Peyton Nelson picked up five hits in the weekend series up his career total to 143, breaking the TRC record for hits in a career — a record originally set in 1991...
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SEMO’s Rickermann getting it done on offense and defenseSEMO softball’s senior infielder Abigail Rickermann currently leads the Redhawks from the plate with a .379 batting average through April 21. Rickermann has totaled 33 hits to go with seven RBIs while drawing nine walks and is a perfect 8-8 on base stealing attempts...
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COLUMN: Looking back at Cape Girardeau's role in STL Browns' World Series run (4/22/24)Capaha Field is the jewel of Cape Girardeau sports. Nestled in the middle of Capaha field, it is home to the oldest amateur baseball team in America, an NCAA Division I baseball team, an exciting collegiate summer baseball team, numerous high school baseball games, and most recently, the Babe Ruth World Series. This old but enduring ballpark is active from mid-February through August...
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Advance native, TRC alum Lane Below named head coach at Gulf Coast State (4/18/24)PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Ten years ago, Lane Below was named the Southeast Missourian Player of the Year in boys basketball and helped the Advance Hornets make it to the Class 2 quarterfinals. Wednesday, Below got his first head coaching job in the college ranks when he was named the coach at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City...
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Xtreme Gymnastics team place in District Championships (4/17/24)One thing coach Jessie Walker-Luce is passionate about is showcasing the talents of the local gymnastics team. The Xtreme Gymnastics program hosted the 2024 Ozark AAU District Championships in Poplar Bluff at the Black River Coliseum on Saturday and Sunday for an opportunity to head to the national tournament...
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Cardinals legend performs in Chaffee during solar eclipse (4/9/24)For a guy who became a multimillionaire playing baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals at a legendary level, Adam Wainwright’s music resonated more with the humble lifestyle of his venue. The former pitcher performed as the headliner of a country music concert on Monday, April 8, in Chaffee, Mo., as hundreds of spectators converged at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Drive-In to witness a total solar eclipse...
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COLUMN: Blues must catch Kings to make playoffs (4/2/24)I have seen plenty of incredible finishes to hockey games so far in the 2023-24 St. Louis Blues season but nothing like how Monday's home game against the Edmonton Oilers. Within mere seconds, Brandon Saad went from sitting on the bench to scoring the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Blues the 3-2 victory. It was his 25th goal of the season, a total he hasn't amassed since scoring a career-high 31 goals for Columbus in 2015-16.
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COLUMN: The good, the bad and the ugly from Opening Day (3/29/24)After spending months in hibernation and the past month thawing out in jealousy watching our favorite baseball teams play preseason games under the sun in Arizona and Florida, baseball is finally back. Opening Day on Thursday, March 28, felt like an unofficial holiday, as it always does. When you win the first game, it feels like an omen for a successful future. The same goes for the opposite direction after a loss...
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As Nathan Walker scraps, Blues show fight in win over Flames (3/29/24)The St. Louis Blues put out the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Thursday, March 28, in St. Louis. It was a game in which the player of the night neither looked for the net nor stood in front of it.
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COLUMN: Blues gain a point, lose ground entering season's final stretch (3/26/24)The St. Louis Blues gained a point but also fell a point back in the wild card chase after falling to the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 in overtime on Monday, March 25, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. The Blues have 10 games left to make up a five-point deficit between them and either the Golden Knights and Los Angeles Kings, who are tied for both the third spot in the Pacific Division and the second wild card spot. With six home games left, the playoff atmosphere came early...
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COLUMN: Blues still surviving in playoff push (3/14/24)After defeating the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 at home on Wednesday, March 13, the St. Louis Blues now sit six points behind the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Six points may seem like a lot, but it’s the equivalent of the St. Louis Cardinals being three games back in the wild-card hunt...
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Jake Neighbors scores goal No. 20 as Blues snap skid (3/3/24)Like a good Neighbours, Jake from St. Louis was there. Jake Neighbours scored his 20th goal of the season on a power play to break a 1-1 tie and push the St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, March 2, in St. Louis. “It’s pretty cool, a couple of congrats from the teammates,” Neighbours said. ...
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COLUMN: Youth can still play a role in Cardinals' pitching plans (2/26/24)Back when the St. Louis Cardinals gave up and traded two of their top starting pitchers during last year's trade deadline, they gave their young starters, both incoming and in-house, every chance to succeed and fail through the season's final two months...