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.

Poplar Bluff Showdown bracket

Posted Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at 11:45 AM

Poplar Bluff's Peters Gym will host the 24th annual Showdown from Dec. 28-30 and it will feature three teams back from last year, not counting the host Mules.

You can see the bracket here and print off a copy here.

The teams featured are:

Soldan from St. Louis, a first-time participant.

Liberty Tech from Jackson, Tenn., which returns to defend their title for a third time.

Hillcrest from Memphis, won the Showdown in 1993.

North Pulaski from Little Rock, is back after finishing seventh last year.

Imagine Prep from St. Louis, is a first-time participant.

Tupelo, Miss., is back after finishing fifth last year.

Overton from Memphis, is a first-time participant.

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You'd think that Sikeston would have warranted an invite this year. I understand that the tournament is meant to bring in teams from all over the Midwest, but Sikeston was about as good as Soldan last year (from looking at the playoff results).

Since Sikeston is on the outside of the Christmas Tournament at SEMO (and if a spot ever opens up, I wouldn't be surprised if it went to Saxony Lutheran), I wouldn't mind seeing them in the Showdown.

-- Posted by DonT15 on Tue, Dec 7, 2010, at 2:00 PM
Saxony has joined the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.

-- Posted by semohoops on Tue, Dec 7, 2010, at 2:48 PM
I know summer ball doesnt mean much butt SCC beat Liberty tech over the summer with out a couple SCC starters

-- Posted by braves win on Tue, Dec 7, 2010, at 6:16 PM
I'd almost guarantee Sikeston isn't too disappointed to not be in on this with the screwup that happened last year.

-- Posted by FarmBoy06 on Tue, Dec 7, 2010, at 10:32 PM
Farm,

You may be right, but the screwup was on our part, not Bluff's. Our AD dropped the ball..... I, personally, would like to see us play in PB tourney because it's closer and we get to play some quality opponents. However, the St. Dominic tournament is supposed to be good as well.

-- Posted by Rocket689 on Wed, Dec 8, 2010, at 3:45 PM
Where is St. Dominic?

-- Posted by Buzzard Bill on Wed, Dec 8, 2010, at 10:19 PM
O'Fallon, Missouri

-- Posted by sideline starter on Wed, Dec 8, 2010, at 11:43 PM
I'm a little bit out of the loop.... what was the "screw-up" you're talking about?

-- Posted by semo7178 on Sat, Dec 25, 2010, at 8:47 AM

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