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Cape Central golf seeing unprecedented success (4/25/24)This season the Cape Central Tigers golf team has reached new heights. The Tigers have consistently posted their best team scores since coach Scott Sanders took over the program eight years ago. “What’s even sweeter is all of these guys are coming back next year,” Sanders said. ...
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BREAKING: Semoball Awards winter sports finalists announced (4/24/24)The Semoball Awards finalists for fall sports were announced Wednesday morning on a selection show broadcast live on SEMO ESPN Radio and streamed on the Semoball.com Facebook page. The finalists were selected by a sports panel made up of representatives from the Southeast Missourian, Standard Democrat, Dexter Statesman, Daily American Republic and Delta Dunklin Democrat...
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Justin Lieser will not return as Cape Central baseball coach following season (4/24/24)Cape Central baseball coach Justin Lieser informed the Southeast Missourian that he has been told he will not return next season. The news comes with the SEMO Conference Tournament still to come as well as six regular season games before postseason play begins...
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Home Sweet Home: Mules, Lady Mules win first at own invitational (4/24/24)The Poplar Bluff Mules track and field team outscored the competition on Tuesday to place first in their annual Poplar Bluff Track and Field Invitational at Poplar Bluff Field. Out of 40 events through the day, the Lady Mules finished with an overall score of 219, and the Mules racked in 193 to land top honors...
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DAR Prep Roundup: Mules tame Cape Central on tennis court (4/16/24)The wins continue to pour in for the Poplar Bluff Mules tennis team as they secure another home win over the Cape Central Tigers 9-0, while the junior varsity won 2-1. The Mules improved to 6-0 in team play and have yet to take a loss outside of invitational tournaments...
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Spain, big innings push Mules past Cape Central (4/13/24)The Poplar Bluff Mules baseball team used strong pitching and a pair of big innings at the plate to roll to a 10-1 win Friday over the Cape Central Tigers in a SEMO Conference contest at Strenfel Field. First of all, the Mules (12-5) got a strong pitching performance from starter Noah Spain. The hurler started and pitched six innings, allowing five hits and one run while striking out six and walking none. Dylan Hall tossed a hitless, scoreless seventh inning to secure the win...
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Cape Central’s Kent Gibbs awarded Gerald Linneman Lifetime Achievement Award (4/11/24)Cape Central football coach and Missouri Football Coaches Association Hall of Famer Kent Gibbs added another honor to his resume. Gibbs was awarded the Gerald Linneman Lifetime Achievement Award at the Missouri Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (MIAAA) Conference last weekend...
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Cape Central soccer above .500 entering Fralish Cup (4/11/24)By defeating Sikeston 4-0 on Tuesday, April 9, at Bill Lawson Memorial Field in Sikeston, Mo, the Cape Central girls’ soccer team did something that hasn’t been done this late into the season since 2021. Have a winning record. Cape Central’s previous two games against Kelly and Sikeston were won by a combined score of 12-0. ...
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Gutierrez nets hat trick, lifts Cape Central over Sikeston (4/11/24)SIKESTON — Cape Central secured a decisive 4-0 victory over Sikeston in a SEMO Conference clash at Bill Lawson Memorial Field on Tuesday, April 9. The match began as a back-and-forth affair, but the Lady Tigers (4-3-0) intensity ramped up as the game progressed, ultimately overwhelming the Lady Bulldogs’ (4-5-0) defense...
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Gutierrez leading offensive success for Cape Central soccer (4/2/24)Experience can go a long way in sports. That is certainly the case for Cape Central’s Celeste Gutierrez so far in 2024. The senior has scored 10 goals in just six games this season, pacing a much improved Cape Central attack. “The passing and the movement have been big,” Gutierrez said. “I’m finally healed from all my injuries in the past and we’re doing a good job keeping the ball moving.”...
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Cape Central soccer cruises by Poplar Bluff (3/29/24)A pair of SEMO Conference foes clashed on Thursday evening at Cape Central High School. Ultimately, the Cape Central Tigers prevailed with a 3-0 win over the Poplar Bluff Mules, getting them back on the winning side of the rivalry after a loss a season ago...
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Notre Dame girls open season with home win over Cape Central (3/22/24)A late change in the schedule led to a pair of crosstown rivals squaring off on Thursday evening. Ultimately, it was the Notre Dame Bulldogs defeating the Cape Central Tigers 3-2 in a tightly contested battle. Picking up where they left on Monday, the Tigers opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when Celeste Gutierrez struck to make it 1-0...
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Early runs lead Farmington to road blowout of Cape Central (3/20/24)The Farmington Knights scored early and often on the way to a 13-1 win over the Cape Central Tigers on Wednesday. Cape Central found itself chasing almost instantly as the Knights scratched across a pair of runs to take a 2-0 lead after the first inning...
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Celeste Gutierrez scores hat trick as Cape Central routs St. Vincent (3/18/24)The 2024 soccer season started with a bang for Celeste Gutierrez and the Cape Central Tigers. Gutierrez netted a hat trick and led the way to Cape Central’s season-opening 5-1 win over the St. Vincent Indians on Monday. From the opening minute, the Indians were back on their heels...
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Pair of local golfers to compete in U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (3/17/24)When the 2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championships begin on May 25 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two local golfers will be participating. Todd Obergoenner and Blake Driskell are both graduates of Cape Central High School where they were teammates on the golf team...
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Cape Central downs Sikeston, 1994 Tigers championship team honored (3/15/24)A massive fifth inning propelled the Cape Central Tigers to a season opening 9-2 win over the Sikeston Bulldogs. Prior to the contest, Cape Central honored the 1994 State Championship baseball team. “It’s amazing,” Steve Williams, coach of the 1994 team said. “Some of these guys I haven’t seen in a really long time. I’ve been gone for ten years so to be able to come back with this group we have that was so special is really an awesome thing.”...
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Cape Central baseball gearing up for 2024 season (3/13/24)After a 14-16 campaign in 2023, the Cape Central Tigers are looking to bounce back. The hope of bouncing back however will be hindered to start as the Tigers enter 2024 banged up on the injury front. Despite graduating five seniors, the Tigers still return some key pieces...
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COLUMN: 5 local high school baseball players to watch in 2024 (3/6/24)Spring is near and with that comes the beginning of baseball season. Local baseball fans have already gotten a taste of the action with the beginning of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks season as well as St. Louis Cardinals spring training. But, next week begins the prep campaign where local schools set their sites on a state title...
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Looking back at Cape Central’s first state title 70 years ago (3/6/24)It’s crazy to think that exactly 70 years ago, the Cape Central boys’ basketball team tasted ultimate victory. On March 6, 1954, the Tigers won the state championship with a 78-55 win over Christian Brothers College in front of the home fans at the Houck Field House on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...
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C5D1: Cape Central survives Farmington’s late rally (3/2/24)The Cape Central Tigers managed to survive a late rally from the Farmington Knights as they escaped with a 52-47 win on Saturday at North County High School in the Class 5 District 1 semifinals. Cape Central opened the contest scorching hot as they quickly raced out to a 10-0 lead, prompting a Knights timeout just two minutes into the game...
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Cape diver handles HUGE expectations flawlessly in winning state title (2/29/24)It’s difficult enough to simply win a state championship – in any sport. However, Cape Central High School senior diver Tommy-Anne Marriot pursued that goal earlier this month having the burden of overwhelming expectations heaped upon her strong shoulders.
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Cape swimmer to 'soak up the sun' at Florida Gulf Coast (2/22/24)You know that positive feeling that came over you today, as the temperature climbed over 70 degrees and the sun beamed down on Southeast Missouri? Yeah? Now imagine feeling that all winter long.
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Cape senior wraps up impactful swim career and is ready for the next (big) chapter (2/19/24)The Cape Central High School girl’s swimming and diving team recently won the MSHSAA Class 1 State Championship on the backs of having the Swimmer of the Year, as well as the Diver of the Year, neither of which were Tiger senior Emilie Dickson. However, any lack of individual plaque hardly would diminish the impact that Dickson had on the Cape Central program over the past four seasons. “Emilie is kind,” veteran Tiger swim coach Dayna Powell said. “She is smart. She includes everybody and is just an amazing person.”
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Local district tournament wrestling roundup (2/18/24)Four sites, four district tournaments, and a whole lot of wrestlers literally fighting for their place at state on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17. Here's the lowdown on how all eight area programs fared in their quest to Columbia, Mo. Next year, it will be nine, with the addition of Kelly...
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Cape Central swimming wins Class 1 state championship (2/17/24)There is nothing that the Cape Central High School girl’s swim and dive team has done over the past four seasons that has followed a paved path. And those challenges have continued to follow the Tiger girls even after achieving the ultimate success on Friday by winning the MSHSAA Class 1 Swimming and Diving State Championship at the St. Peters Rec-Plex...
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Cape Central blows by Kennett on senior night (2/17/24)Senior night always serves as one last chance for the senior class to make a memory at home. The Cape Central Tigers did just that as they downed the Kennett Indians 93-53 on Friday at Cape Central High School. “It took us a little bit to get going,” Tigers coach Drew Church said. “In the first half, I didn’t think we guarded very well. We kind of gambled too much and gave them so open looks and let them get going downhill.”...
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Tyson Williams, Cape Central getting set for final tune-up before C5D1 Tournament (2/17/24)The 2023-24 season has been full of surprises for the Cape Central Tigers. Perhaps the biggest surprise of this season for the Tigers has been the exceptional play of senior guard Tyson Williams. Because of the dire injury situation the Tigers faced to open the year, the door was open for Williams to make an impact...
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Tigers cruise to win over shorthanded Eagles (2/16/24)There was a sense of anticipation heading into Thursday’s clash between the Cape Central Tigers and the New Madrid County Central Eagles. Much of that anticipation was extinguished upon the announcement of the Eagles’ starting lineup as it didn’t include Jadis Jones or BJ Williamson...
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Sikeston overcomes slow start to down Cape Central (2/15/24)A dominant offensive performance from Landri Hammontree led the way as the Sikeston Bulldogs downed the Cape Central Tigers 56-43 on Wednesday night. Sikeston coach Vaughn Shephard said the district implications on this game was a motivating factor for his club...
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Sydney Ringwald set to shine at C1 State Swim Finals (2/15/24)There is no lowering the expectations for Cape Central High School junior swimmer Sydney Ringwald entering today’s MSHSAA Class 1 Swimming and Diving State Finals at the St. Peter’s Rec-Plex.
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Marquel Murray scores 19 as Tigers ground Blue Jays on the road (2/14/24)Marquel Murray scored 19 points to lead Cape Central to a 75-58 road win against Charleston on Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Charleston, Mo. Murray, a sophomore, has consistently led the Tigers in scoring and continues to improve. "I think he gets better," Cape Central head coach Drew Church said. ...
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Cape Central alum Kinyon Hodges leads TSU to road win over Redhawks (2/10/24)Back in his hometown, Cape Cenreal alum and Tennessee State’s Kinyon Hodges led the way to a 77-74 Tigers win over the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks. Hodges poured in 18 points on 8-for-12 shooting and also hauled in 7 rebounds in the win. “It feels good,” Hodges said. “It’s always a good feeling when you come back to your hometown and you play in front of your fans and the people that watched you play in high school. It’s always a good feeling and it feels good to get the dub.”...
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Sikeston routs Cape Central in anticipated matchup (2/10/24)Friday night’s contest between the Sikeston Bulldogs and Cape Central Tigers had been circled on the calendar for the majority of the season by basketball fans in the region. The energy could be felt all evening long at Cape Central High School as the Bulldogs prevailed with a 70-47 win over the Tigers...
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Ringwald, Dickson pace Cape Central to SEMO title (2/8/24)The Cape Central High School girl’s swim team is in its second year without an ideal training regiment, but that wasn’t evident on Tuesday, as the Tigers rolled through the SEMO Conference Swimming and Diving Meet at the Southeast Missouri State Student Recreation Center en route to a team title. “We’re pretty loaded with speed and talent,” Cape Central swim coach Dayna Powell said following the win.
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Early lead ensures Kennett girls’ victory over Cape Central (2/6/24)The Kennett girls basketball team outrebounded and outscored Cape Central early and pushed its momentum to win handily 61-42 on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. The Indians (17-4) defeated the Tigers (8-12) once already this season, winning 72-35 in the SEMO Conference opener...
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Notre Dame goes 2-0, Cape Central falls to Eureka at 6th Man Shootout (2/3/24)Eureka 54, Cape Central 29 The Cape Central Tigers fell behind early and never recovered as the Eureka Wildcats coasted to a 54-29 victory over the Tigers. Eureka quickly jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the first quarter as Cape Central couldn’t get shots to fall...
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Cape Central boys host Caruthersville, prepare for Friday night Tiger fight (2/2/24)On the heels of a two-game losing streak, the Cape Central Tigers will welcome Caruthersville into their house on Friday night with a desire to get back to winning ways. With a 7:30 p.m. varsity tip at Cape Central High School, it might not look to the common eye that this matchup could be an entertainer...
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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: Cape Central wins City of Roses (1/29/24)The Cape Central girls swimming team took first place in the City of Roses meet on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the SEMO Recreation Center. Addison Ringwald won the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.08) and earned state consideration. Isabella Pattengill won the 50-yard freestyle (25.63) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:56.07), earning state consideration for both events. ...
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Unhappy Homecoming: Cape Central avenges loss, plays spoiler against Mules (1/27/24)In an anticipated rematch, the Poplar Bluff High School Mules didn’t have enough to surpass its opponent. It was homecoming night for the Mules, but they would have their hands full on Friday against an eager Cape Central squad seeking revenge. The Mules went head-to-head with the Tigers in a Class 5 District 1 matchup, and the fans could expect an intense battle as two elite teams in the conference battled on the court...