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.

Race for SEMO title heats up

Posted Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at 10:56 AM

Poplar Bluff's 57-45 win over New Madrid County Central on Tuesday left one team left unbeaten in SEMO Conference play. The Mules, however, have four games left and it's not an easy road.

They travel to Sikeston (Friday) and host Cape Central (Saturday) before traveling to Notre Dame (Feb. 12) and hosting Charleston (Feb. 19).

There are no tiebreakers, so there could be a two or three-way tie for a league that has seen a team win a state title but not a conference title in the past.

SEMO CONFERENCE STANDINGS

Notre Dame 4-1

New Madrid Central 4-1

Poplar Bluff 3-0

Sikeston 3-1

Cape Central 0-2

Charleston 2-3

Dexter 1-4

Jackson 0-5

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what happen at last nights game between our cheerleader and nmcc player?

-- Posted by amles on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 12:05 PM
The NMCC player dove out of bounds and accidently knocked her over as he was sliding across the ground. As he was getting up she slugged the 6'4 guy in the face haha! Then someone came and removed her from the game.

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 12:17 PM
I think this game will decide which team wins the conference.

Is there a tie-breaker if three teams finish tied for first?

-- Posted by drawmules on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 1:50 PM
It says in the article that there is no tiebreaker.

-- Posted by FarmBoy06 on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 1:52 PM
if pb wins out they will of course win it but if we get beat then more than likely it will be co-champs again this year.

-- Posted by BIGELW on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 1:55 PM
DO you have the football COnference standings from 2009

-- Posted by whiteboy4life on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 3:03 PM
Here are the football conference standings for the SEMO north conference:

1. Sikeston

2. Poplar Bluff

3. Farmington

4. Jackson

5. Cape

-- Posted by Cully Bryant on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 7:32 PM
i wonder if sikeston looses to bluff and nd beats bluff if nmcc would win the title, i would think so because they have tiebreaker over nd(unless of course they lose.

-- Posted by semo2014 on Wed, Feb 3, 2010, at 9:57 PM
there is no tiebreaker if a couple of teams have the same record than it is co-champs

-- Posted by BIGELW on Thu, Feb 4, 2010, at 7:12 AM
I see thats kinda odd really.

-- Posted by semo2014 on Thu, Feb 4, 2010, at 12:08 PM
i think the mules will handle cape central and charleston at home, but winning at sikeston and nd will be very tough. if they split with those two, it looks like there will be at least a two-way tie for the title. regardless, it's always a trememdous accomplishment to gain at least a share of a championship in what is one of the toughest conferences in the state.

-- Posted by myershallred on Thu, Feb 4, 2010, at 1:42 PM
WHAT TIME DOES THE POPLAR BLUFF / CAPE CENTRAL GAME START ON SATURDAY?

-- Posted by drawmules on Thu, Feb 4, 2010, at 11:31 PM

Brian Rosener's response:
JV tips off at 6 p.m. with homecoming between games.

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