High School Baseball

Dodgers rally in seventh, advance at Paducah Invitatational (06/29/08)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- The Dunklin County Dodgers Senior Legion baseball team scored four times in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally from a three-run deficit and take a 7-6 win over Ballwin, Mo. in the final game of pool play at the Paducah Invitational here Friday...

Dodgers stay perfect in district play, sweep Sikeston (06/25/08)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- It was a rather lopsided victory for Dunklin County at VFW Memorial Stadium during Senior Legion action on Tuesday night, as Sikeston Post 114 fell 14-3 in a shortened five-inning rout in the opening game of a doubleheader. Dunklin County took the nightcap 13-4 to complete the twinbill sweep...

ALL-STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL (06/25/08)
The all-state baseball list, as selected by the Missouri Sports Writers and Sportscasters:

Late rally lifts Dodgers to sweep of Casons (06/24/08)
Post 303 picks up 19th win of season

Little League (06/18/08)
Integrity Communication's pitcher Zach Alsup (left) delivers a pitch during youth league baseball action Tuesday at the Dexter Sports Complex fields behind East Park. First Midwest Bank provided the competition as first baseman Kyle Ward takes a throw for a out from Joshua Kolhbaker (No. 9) during a play in the first inning between the two teams...

Dodgers ride arms to three wins over weekend (06/17/08)
SENATH, Mo. -- Dunklin County Post 303 manager Jamie Johnson said before the season that one of his team's major strengths was its pitching. That was quite obvious over the weekend, as the Dodgers won three of their four games, getting complete games from their starters in all three victories...

Semoball High 5 baseball final rankings (06/16/08)
1. Scott City (23-1) ... State champions in Class 2 following a pair of 10-run victories. Last ranking: 1. 2. Oran (24-5) ... Finished third in Class 1 with another trip to the state's final four -- its fifth in seven years after the absence last year. Last ranking: 2...

Shae Simmons, Scott City (06/16/08)
Offensively, Scott City leadoff hitter Shae Simmons had a week to remember at the Class 2 state tournament. The junior set the table for the Rams offense, which racked up 23 runs and two 10-run victories en route to the state championship. Simmons was 5-for-6 (an .833 average) with two walks. He had a double, a triple and scored five runs in the two games...

Redbirds work fast to take win No. 20 (06/15/08)
STEELE, Mo. -- The Dunklin County Redbirds did not take long to pick up their 20th win of the season. The Redbirds put up nine runs in the bottom of the second inning and needed just three innings to dispatch Trenton, Tenn. 15-2 in first-round action at the BankStar of the Bootheel Tournament here Friday...

Pierce to play at Hannibal-LaGrange (06/12/08)
Will play with former teammate Josh Jackson

Dodgers sweep away Poplar Bluff (06/12/08)
SENATH, Mo. -- If clutch hitting is the name of the game, the Dunklin County Post 303 Dodgers proved Wednesday that they know how to play. The Dodgers scored their first seven runs of the day with two outs as they took an 8-2 win over the Poplar Bluff Mules in the first game of a doubleheader...

Dodgers down district foe Scott County (06/11/08)
Post 303 takes district contest, settles for twinbill split

Ricemen rock Post 303 (06/04/08)
JONESBORO, Ark. -- The runs kept coming and coming for Jonesboro on Tuesday. The Ricemen -- which feature seven players off of Arkansas Class 4A state champion Valley View -- combined to score 32 runs in doubleheader sweep of Dunklin County Post 303 in American Legion baseball at the Jack Moore Baseball Complex...

Redbirds stay hot, 10-run Dyersburg twice in sweep (06/04/08)
Great pitching, solid defense and aggressive hitting were on display for Dunklin County's Junior American Legion baseball team again on Tuesday night at Indian Park as the Redbirds claimed a doubleheader sweep of Dyersburg, Tenn., 12-0 and 13-3, improving their record to 11-2...

Former Dexter standout to play summer ball in New York (06/01/08)
A baseball career can take a player down many roads, and for one former Dexter High School standout, the journey will lead him half way across the country to the state of New York this summer. Drew Pixley, who is currently playing baseball for the Mineral Area Cardinals, packed his bags and headed east Saturday morning for New York where he was invited to play for the Hornell Dodgers in the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL)...

DC Redbirds sweep past Paragould in home opener (05/28/08)
Excelling in three key categories in baseball will generally earn victories: defense, pitching and hitting. Dunklin County's Junior American Legion team executed soundly in those categories during their doubleheader sweep of Paragould RC Tuesday at Indian Park, winning 10-1 and 18-0...

Semoball High 5 (updated May 26) (05/27/08)
1. Scott City 2. Oran 3. Notre Dame

Sikeston's Droddy to play baseball at Flo Valley (05/22/08)
By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com SIKESTON -- Another Sikeston Bulldog baseball player is heading to the collegiate level to further his career on the diamond. This time it's Scott Droddy, who led the team in average, finishing his final season as a Bulldog batting .451...

Eagles suffer tough loss in district final (05/18/08)
By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer WINONA -- The young Naylor Eagles were one strike away from surviving a Winona rally and taking home the MSHSAA Class 1 District 4 title on Friday at Joe W. Roberts Field. Unfortunately, they ended up watching the host Wildcats celebrate the title after an eighth-inning RBI double by Kyle Wakefield gave Winona a 13-12 win...

Clearwater pounces on Warhawks (05/20/08)
Tigers scored four runs in first inning to set pace in win

Clearwater rallies, beats Twin Rivers (05/18/08)
By ALEX ABATE ~ DAR Sports Writer Clearwater waited until it had to have a hit Friday afternoon to get something going. The Tigers were down 7-4 to Twin Rivers in the Class 2 District 3 title game going into the bottom of the seventh inning before they got three runs to tie the game at seven and send it to extra innings. A bases-loaded walk to Jake Hime in the bottom of the ninth gave the Tigers the win, 8-7 at Strenfel Memorial Field. It was the second straight district title for the Tigers...

'Cats fall one run short in district title game (05/15/08)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - The baseball season came to a heart-breaking conclusion for Bearcats Wednesday night at Notre Dame Regional High School as the Bulldogs defeated Dexter, 3-2, in the Class 3, District 1 championship game. The loss caps a story book season for the Bearcats who had to replace seven senior starters lost to graduation, but surprise most observers with a 17-7 season record that included a share of the prestigious SEMO Conference regular season title...

Portageville claims first district title (05/15/08)
Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CAMPBELL -- The Portageville Bulldogs baseball team hoisted their first district championship Tuesday afternoon after beating the South Pemiscot Bulldogs 5-2. Portageville set the tone early against the opposing Bulldogs when senior Jacob Estes stepped to the plate in the top of the first. With two on, Estes delivered with a three-run shot to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead and they never looked back...

Scott City wins pitchers duel over Kelly (05/14/08)
Scott City scores only run of game in bottom of sixth