Brian Rosener is the keeper of the Semoball Cup which is presented to the school with the most successful season. It is based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams and individuals. The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Rosener has been the sports editor for the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff, Mo. since December 2001. He was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended Lindbergh High School and Webster University. He is married to Jennifer, a Poplar Bluff native, has a son Jack and a dog named Satchel who stands in for his @semoballBrian photo.

SEMO Tournament seeds

Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 8:45 PM

The seeding meeting for the SEMO Conference Tournament was held Thursday and are (drum roll please) ...

1. Sikeston

2. Poplar Bluff

3. Notre Dame

4. New Madrid Central

5. Jackson

6. Charleston

7. Cape Central

8. Dexter

Or, if you like it in bracket form:

Sikeston vs. Dexter, Monday, Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m.

New Madrid Central vs. Jackson, Monday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.

Poplar Bluff vs. Cape Central, Monday, Dec. 7, 8:30 p.m.

Notre Dame vs. Charleston, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 6 p.m.

All games are at the Sikeston Fieldhouse. The semifinals are Thursday, Dec. 10 with the top of the bracket playing at 7 p.m. and the bottom half going at 8:30. The championship is Friday, Dec. 11 at 8:30. There's a consolation side and third place game as well.

The Bernie Invitational has also been seeded. It starts Monday, Nov. 30. Here's the first round in bracket order with seeds in ( ):

(1) Bernie vs. (8) Twin Rivers JV, Monday, Nov. 30, 6 p.m.

(4) Campbell vs. (5) East Prairie, Monday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.

(2) Bloomfield vs. (7) Holcomb, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 6 p.m.

(3) Risco vs. (6) Puxico, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.

The semifinals are Thursday, Dec. 3 and the final is Dec. 4 at 8:30. There's a consolation and third place games as well with this tournament.

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Bluff better come to play after what happened last year. Central will come out and show everyone that they came to play.

-- Posted by dukefan30 on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 2:28 PM
Your right on that but at least it is the second game

-- Posted by BIGELW on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 2:46 PM
Let's go blue!!!

-- Posted by DonaldTrump on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 3:43 PM
Wonder how good Sikeston will be with some of their basketball players still playing football and could be playing next week also.

-- Posted by crackerjack on Fri, Nov 20, 2009, at 3:58 PM
Does anyone have seedings for the tournament at Gideon? It has some talented teams. I know they normally play the finals on a Saturday. I will definitely be headed to Gideon to check out Gosnell and Hayti. Anyone have the seedings yet?

-- Posted by drawmules on Sat, Nov 21, 2009, at 12:06 PM
Saw the Gideon pairings at semosportsweb, don't remember the full order. I think Caruthersville is No. 1.

-- Posted by moemoney on Mon, Nov 23, 2009, at 6:38 PM

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