Highlights from Rachel's days in college include having a class down the hall from Chase Daniel and having NCAA wrestling champion Ben Askren hold the door open for her at Brady Commons, Mizzou's student center. She spent time covering Mizzou basketball, softball and baseball while working for the Columbia Missourian and is excited to return home to Southeast Missouri to cover local sports for semoball.com.
Rachel has covered three Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournaments for the Southeast Missourian and semoball.com, and she'll see you courtside again this year.
Live from the final four on Thursday
Four semoball schools will be playing in state semifinals on Thursday in Columbia. I'll be at as many games as the schedule will allow and of course will have the Cover It Live chat up and going for every game I see.
Here is a run down of Thursday's games:
Class 1 Boys
Scott County Central (27-2) vs. Jefferson (26-3)
Time: Noon
Place: Mizzou Arena
Preview Stories:
Conditioning matters for Braves
Senior Stewart Johnson has unfinished business at final four
SCC will face familiar foe with familiar style
Cover It Live: Click here for live updates.
Other semifinal: Dadeville (29-1) vs. La Plata (30-0)
Time: 1:40 p.m.
Place: Mizzou Arena
Looking ahead: Third place game Friday at noon. Championship Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Class 2 Boys
Bernie (27-4) vs. Wellington-Napoleon
Time: 3:20 p.m.
Place: Hearnes Center
Cover It Live: Click here for live updates.
Other semifinal: New Bloomfield (13-16) vs. Crane (25-5)
Time: 5 p.m.
Place: Hearnes Center
Looking ahead: Third place game Friday at 6:40 p.m. Championship Saturday at 6:50 p.m.
Class 3 Boys
Charleston (24-5) vs. Hogan Prep (21-8)
Time: 6:40 p.m.
Place: Mizzou Arena
Preview Story:
Charleston will face tall test
Cover It Live: Click here for live updates.
Other semifinal: Elsberry (26-4) vs. Strafford (26-3)
Time: 8:20 p.m.
Place: Mizzou Arena
Looking ahead: Third place game Friday at 3:20 p.m. Championship Saturday at 3:10 p.m.
Class 3 Girls
Kennett (29-2) vs. Stockton (26-3)
Time: Noon
Place: Hearnes Center
Preview Story:
Kennett heads to state for first time
Cover It Live: None for this game because of time conflict with SCC-Jefferson game.
Other semifinal: Hallsville (28-2) vs. Hermann (25-5)
Time: 1:40 p.m.
Place: Hearnes Center
Looking ahead: Third place game Friday at 5 p.m. Championship game Saturday at 5 p.m.
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