Southeast Football

SEMO FOOTBALL practice schedule (08/04/08)
Southeast Football Fall camp practice schedule Aug. 5 -- 8 a.m., Rosengarten Complex Aug. 6 -- 8 a.m., Rosengarten Complex Aug. 7 -- 9 a.m., Rosengarten Complex Aug. 8 -- 9 a.m., Rosengarten Complex Aug. 9 -- 7:45 a.m., Houck Stadium, 4 p.m., Rosengarten Complex...

Poplar Bluff's Klaproth signs with Southeast (02/07/08)
By ALEX ABATE ~ DAR Sports Writer Poplar Bluff's Philip Klaproth took full advantage of the first day for athletes to sign Letters of Intent to particular programs on Wednesday. Klaproth will be attending Southeast Missouri State University in the fall after he signed his letter in the lobby of Peters Gym...

Samuel adds 11, eight from Missouri (02/07/08)
Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel decided to try his luck with another junior college quarterback. Dustin Powell, who played at Bakersfield Community College, was one of 11 players who signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play for the Redhawks next season...

Perryville's Cottner unsure where he'll play with Redhawks (02/07/08)
Perryville's Kris Cottner signed to play football at Southeast Missouri State University on Wednesday after receiving a partial scholarship offer from the program. Cottner, who played both running back and defensive back during his high school career for the Pirates, rushed for 1,157 yards on 221 carries and scored seven touchdowns this past fall...

Jackson's Garritano signs to play at Southeast (02/07/08)
Joan Sanders still remembers when her son, Antonio Garritano, showed the first sign of his true dedication to football by dieting briefly after he joined the Jackson Area Youth Football League in fifth grade. "He has always been taller than the kids, but he was just a little bit chubby and the bigger kids [were not allowed to] run the ball, so he dieted so he could run the ball," Sanders said. ...

Southeast grad hopes to win Super Bowl ring (01/31/08)
You won't see Dan Connolly on the field during Sunday's Super Bowl. But the Southeast Missouri State product will have a vested interest in the outcome as he watches from the New England sideline in street clothes. A victory over the New York Giants in Phoenix would complete a record-setting 19-0 season for the Patriots...

Two Redhawks mentioned in All-American football honors (01/09/08)
Two Southeast Missouri State football players have earned honorable-mention All-American honors. Senior linebacker Adam Casper and sophomore punter Doug Spada were among 24 Ohio Valley Conference players selected earlier this week to the Sports Network's Football Championship Subdivision All-American team...

Former Redhawks standout eager to get first taste of NFL playoffs (01/04/08)
It's exciting enough for Eugene Amano that he's about to participate in his first National Football League playoff game. The fact the contest will come in his hometown makes the situation even sweeter. Amano, a former Southeast Missouri State All-American, is having the most productive season of his four-year NFL career...

Southeast's Casper, Perez makeFCS academic all-star team (12/15/07)
Southeast Missouri State senior linebacker Adam Casper and senior offensive lineman Francisco Perez have been named to the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star team. Casper and Perez were among 51 players from the FCS (formerly Division I-AA) to achieve the academic award...

OVC honors Casper, Spada (11/21/07)
Three Southeast Missouri State football players received all-Ohio Valley Conference recognition Tuesday as the league announced its postseason awards. Voting was done by the OVC head coaches and sports information directors. Southeast senior linebacker Adam Casper and sophomore punter Doug Spada made the all-OVC first team, while freshman wide receiver Miles Edwards was named to the all-newcomer squad...

Samuel sees positive strides in 3-8 season (11/20/07)
Even though the record didn't indicate it, Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel felt all along that the Redhawks were making strides this season. Samuel hopes the way the year ended -- with Saturday's 32-25 comeback win over perennial Ohio Valley Conference power Jacksonville State -- shows his young squad that there is light at the end of the tunnel...

Redhawks rally from 15 down to beat Gamecocks (11/18/07)
Based on the way the players celebrated and the emotion they displayed, you'd have thought Southeast Missouri State had just won the Ohio Valley Conference title. When a football team carries a seven-game losing streak into its season finale, posting a victory is precious regardless of its significance...

Peterson, Tuineau turn in memorable final performances (11/18/07)
It took Elton Peterson and Joseph Tuineau five years to reach significant individual milestones. The two Southeast Missouri State football players nearly ran out of time, but they finally made it during their last collegiate games. Peterson, a senior tailback, broke 100 yards for the first time at Southeast, while senior tight end Tuineau finally scored a touchdown...

The farewell game (11/17/07)
Adam Casper's relatives won't have to travel far for senior day. That's only fitting, since Casper's family has been a fixture at Houck Stadium to see one of the most productive defensive careers in recent Southeast Missouri State football history...

Redhawks try to end six-game skid (11/10/07)
What before the season looked like it might offer a solid chance at a Southeast Missouri State win is now a very daunting task for the struggling Redhawks. Southeast, saddled with a six-game losing streak, visits resurgent Missouri State today. The Redhawks are 2-7 overall and 0-6 in Ohio Valley Conference play. They have not tasted victory since Sept. 15, when they beat Indiana State 13-10...

Lillard, Redhawks establish passing attack (11/06/07)
The Southeast Missouri State football team is riding a six-game losing streak and assured of its 15th losing record in 17 seasons on the Division I-AA level. But for the first time since second-year coach Tony Samuel took over the program, the Redhawks appear to have found a passing game...

Defense limits Austin Peay's chances (11/04/07)
After being shredded for 566 yards during last week's 55-20 loss at Tennessee-Martin, the Southeast Missouri State defense bounced back in a big way Saturday. The Redhawks allowed a season-low 290 yards to Austin Peay, and conceivably could have pitched a shutout...

Austin Peay cashes in on Southeast mistakes (11/04/07)
Austin Peay has used one formula to become the Ohio Valley Conference's surprise team this season. Keep things close down the stretch and find a way to win. It worked again Saturday afternoon, thanks to a large assist from Southeast Missouri State as the Redhawks suffered their sixth straight loss...

OVC's big surprise pays visit to Houck (11/03/07)
Austin Peay's success this year might be a surprise to the majority of the Ohio Valley Conference. But not to Southeast Missouri State coach Tony Samuel. Samuel said before the season that he considered Austin Peay one of the league's potential breakthrough squads...

Samuel, Kaverman address 2-6 record (10/30/07)
Tony Samuel acknowledges that he expected his second season as Southeast Missouri State's football coach to go better than it has so far. But Samuel said Monday that he is far from discouraged in the relatively early stages of his attempts to build a program that has experienced little success on the Division I-AA level...

Redhawks assure themselves losing season (10/28/07)
MARTIN, Tenn. -- It would have taken a minor miracle to avoid it, but Saturday's 55-20 loss at Tennessee-Martin officially assured Southeast Missouri State of another losing season. In its 17th season since moving up to Division I-AA in 1991, Southeast has posted just two winning campaigns, an 8-4 record in 2002 and a 7-5 mark in 1994...

Southeast surrenders 566 yards in 55-20 thumping (10/28/07)
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State's spiraling football season went from bad to worse Saturday. Not only did the Redhawks suffer their fifth straight loss, they did so in a most dubious fashion. Tennessee-Martin's 55-20 romp tied for the most points Southeast has allowed in an Ohio Valley Conference game since joining the league in 1991...

Skyhawks plummet to earth in '07 season (10/27/07)
A lot of things went right for Tennessee-Martin last year as the Skyhawks turned in their best season by far since moving up to Division I-AA in 1992. The Skyhawks were involved in numerous close games and pulled out most of them on their way to earning a share of their first Ohio Valley Conference title and gaining their first Division I-AA playoff berth...

Redhawks move quarterback to defense (10/23/07)
When Houston Lillard was healthy this year, he and Victor Anderson split the quarterback duties in every Southeast Missouri State football game. But the signal caller job is now Lillard's as long as he performs well. Southeast coach Tony Samuel said during his weekly media briefing Monday that Anderson has been moved to safety in order to take advantage of his athletic ability and also help shore up a position that has been hit hard by injuries...