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Jackson linebacker Blake Peiffer receives offer from Southeast Missouri State, waiting for more offers
Posted Tuesday, August 12, at 10:12 PM
Jackson senior linebacker Blake Peiffer has received a full scholarship offer to play football at Southeast Missouri State. He said he is still waiting on some other schools to offer him and likely would not make any decision until after the season.

Peiffer made 112 tackles last season as a junior. His father, Dan Peiffer, played at Southeast Missouri State in the 1970s and then went on to play center for the Chicago Bears.

Peiffer said other schools that have some interest include Kansas State, Nebraska and Missouri although he doesn't know how serious Missouri is about him.

"There are a couple people looking at me," Peiffer said. "But I'm going to see how it falls into place after the season. I'm glad to finally get one under my belt. I'm just going to wait and see and wait until the end of the year and make my decision."

I asked Peiffer whether he grew up watching Southeast football and whether he had a favorite college football program while growing up.

"Really I didn't start watching college football until a couple years back," Peiffer said. "I watched more NFL. At SEMO, I like the coaches there. It doesn't seem like a bad place. But like I said, I'm not going to pick anywhere yet."



Jackson and Oran baseball teams won't play today; ND, Perryville, Jackson soccer still on
Posted Thursday, May 15, at 2:13 PM

The Jackson baseball teams' district title game against Hillsboro has been moved from today to Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Jackson City Park. The Oran vs. Bernie district title game at Leopold has been moved from today to Friday at 4 p.m. However, host Leopold said if the weather does not clear up soon, then the game might not be played Friday either. So nothing is definite yet...



Jackson's Ryan Cheney has strong day, including hitting first homer of season
Posted Monday, May 12, at 11:57 PM

Jackson senior first baseman Ryan Cheney put on an offensive clinic Monday against Central ace Garrett Stevens. Cheney went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two RBIs, to help the Indians beat the Tigers 11-1. in Class 4 District 1 first-round action...



Ronnie Cookson's eventual successor likely will be former Bell City player
Posted Thursday, April 24, at 11:44 PM

Ronnie Cookson told me today that Kenyon Wright was recently named his new assistant basketball coach at Scott County Central. And Wright will likely be Cookson's successor whenever Cookson decides to retire. Wright, 23, is a former Bell City basketball player. He was a member of the Cubs' 2002 state title team. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State in 2007. He spent the past year as an assistant at Bernie High School. Before that he was an assistant at Scott County while student teaching...



Q&A with Perryville's Kris Cottner and Saxony's Garrett Fritsche
Posted Tuesday, April 15, at 12:29 AM

I've seen Boston Red Sox knuckleball pitcher Tim Wakefield plenty of times working on the hill at Fenway Park. Now miles and miles away from Boston, I still have the opportunity to see knuckleballs dance through the air as two Saxony Lutheran pitchers " Garrett Fritsche and Bryant Steffens -- throw the pitch...



Live from Columbia: Delta vs. Cairo in the Class 1 final
Posted Friday, March 14, at 12:43 PM

Follow all the action right here ... http://semoball.com/blogs/csmith/entry/17330/



Live updates of Delta vs. Northeast Class 1 state championship game
Posted Friday, March 14, at 12:19 PM

Northeast 54, Delta 32, final. Northeast has beaten Delta here in the Class 1 title game at Mizzou Arena. Read Saturday's Southeast Missourian for coverage of this game and Scott County's third-place finish. --------------------------------- Northeast 39, Delta 19, end of third...



Jefferson beats Scott County 70-68; Delta wins its semifinal
Posted Thursday, March 13, at 9:16 AM

Jefferson beat Scott County in a tight contest here at Mizzou Arena. The Braves had a chance to tie it with 1.5 seconds left. D.D. Gillespie was on the free throw line shooting two. But Gillespie missed his two free throws. Read tomorrow's Southeast Missourian for more coverage...



Live in-game updates from the Notre Dame vs. Lincoln Prep Class 4 state semifinal
Posted Friday, March 7, at 12:17 PM

Notre Dame 67, Lincoln 57, final. Lincoln gave Notre Dame its first real challenge in a few weeks but the Bulldogs still won by 10 points. Notre Dame advances to the Class 4 state title game for the second year in a row and will face the winner of the St. Charles West vs. Webb City semifinal contest. which will be up next here in Columbia...



BREAKING NEWS: Van Hitt named new Jackson football coach
Posted Wednesday, February 27, at 1:48 PM

Van Hitt, an assistant coach at Jackson since 1979, has been named the new head coach of the Indians. From what John Martin just told me the school was keeping the search primarily within and Hitt and assistant coach Nathan Norman were the only two to apply...



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