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Missouri high school baseball final four schedule (05/25/13)
Monday, May 27 Class 1 semifinals Oran (20-5) vs. Sturgeon (15-1), 3 p.m. Dadeville (18-7) vs. Sante Fe (12-3), 6 p.m. --- Tuesday, May 28 Class 1 third-place game, 10 a.m. Class 1 championship, 1 p.m. Class 2 semifinals Holcomb (21-8) vs. Hartville (17-4), 4 p.m...

Soaring (05/24/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- After dropping five of their last six regular season games, few expected the New Madrid County Central Eagles to be relevant in their district, much less the Class 2 championship tournament. Somehow finding a new hero each day, however, the Eagles came into Thursday's quarterfinal matchup with St. Pius X just one win away from advancing to their first final four appearance in school history...

Notre Dame's playoff magic runs dry in quarterfinals (05/24/13)
TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. -- The opportunity was there. The Notre Dame baseball team -- the same team that had come from behind to win seven times this season, that won a district championship after being down to its final out -- had the game-tying runs in scoring position in Thursday's Class 4 state quarterfinal against Westminster Christian...

Playoff magic runs dry for Bulldogs (05/24/13)
TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. -- The opportunity was there. The Notre Dame baseball team -- the same team that had come from behind to win seven times this season, that won a district championship after being down to its final out -- had the game-tying runs in scoring position in Thursday's Class 4 state quarterfinal against Westminster Christian...

Notre Dame's playoff magic runs dry in quarterfinals (05/24/13)
TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. -- The opportunity was there. The Notre Dame baseball team -- the same team that had come from behind to win seven times this season, that won a district championship after being down to its final out -- had the game-tying runs in scoring position in Thursday's Class 4 state quarterfinal against Westminster Christian...

NMCC earns first trip to final four (05/23/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- After dropping five of their last six regular season games, few expected the New Madrid County Central Eagles to be relevant in their district, much less the Class 2 tournament. Finding a new hero each day, however, the Eagles stood Thursday just one win away from advancing to their first final four appearance in school history...

Oran earns third straight final four bid (05/23/13)
ORAN, Mo. -- The Oran baseball team walked quietly and quickly off the field after a bases-loaded strikeout ended their Class 1 quarterfinal against Naylor on Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles' player who had the best game was so upset he had a meeting with all three Oran coaches after the team huddle broke...

Hornets sting Red Devils in Class 2 quarterfinal (05/23/13)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- All season long the Chaffee Red Devils have built their success on stellar pitching and a rock-solid defense. Unfortunately, mistakes in both departments cost them dearly Wednesday as their season came to a close with a 5-2 loss to Holcomb in the Class 2 quarterfinals...

ND powers past Ste. Genevieve 10-0 (05/23/13)
Cody DeBrock was sitting on a fastball, hoping he'd get one. Did he ever. Notre Dame's senior right fielder deposited the first pitch he saw from Ste. Genevieve's Andrew Suiter in the top of the fifth inning over the right field fence, putting an exclamation point on the host Bulldogs' six-run inning and sparking a 10-0 victory over the Dragons in a Class 4 sectional...

RED-HOT HORNETS: Holcomb baseball team books trip to state with 5-2 victory against state-ranked Chaffee (05/23/13)
HOLCOMB, Mo. - Holcomb Hornets baseball coach Matt Casper had high expectations for his team at the start of the season. Among the expectations were to secure a district title in its newly aligned six-team Class 2 baseball district. The Hornets achieved that feat last week with a come-from-behind 9-8 victory against Portageville in the Class 2, District 1, championship...

Notre Dame advances in Class 4 (05/23/13)
Justin Landewee pitched six innings of five-hit ball and Cody DeBrock belted a grand-slam home run as host Notre Dame defeated Ste. Genevieve 10-0 in a Class 4 District 2 sectional Wednesday night. The Bulldogs (25-6) broke open a scoreless game with six runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by DeBrock's blast. Josh Haggerty also drove in a run with a single, and Chase Simmons drew a bases-loaded walk just prior to DeBrock's homer...

Just another win (05/23/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- There was no jumping, no dog pile on the mound or even smiling. Nowadays, the Oran Eagles are going by the old adage, "Act like you've been here before." Because they have. Three times in a row now. Wednesday, Oran defeated Naylor 9-1 during the Class 1 quarterfinal at Oran High School to earn their third-straight final four berth...

Red Devils brought down by Holcomb 5-2 (05/23/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com HOLCOMB -- All season long the Chaffee Red Devils have built their success on stellar pitching and a rock solid defense. Unfortunately mistakes in both departments cost them dearly Wednesday as their season came to a close in a 5-2 loss to Holcomb in the Class 2 quarterfinals...

Just another win (05/23/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- There was no jumping, no dog pile on the mound or even smiling. Nowadays, the Oran Eagles are going by the old adage, "Act like you've been here before." Because they have. Three times in a row now. Wednesday, Oran defeated Naylor 9-1 during the Class 1 quarterfinal at Oran High School to earn their third-straight final four berth...

Red Devils brought down by Holcomb 5-2 (05/23/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com HOLCOMB -- All season long the Chaffee Red Devils have built their success on stellar pitching and a rock solid defense. Unfortunately mistakes in both departments cost them dearly Wednesday as their season came to a close in a 5-2 loss to Holcomb in the Class 2 quarterfinals...

MSHSAA baseball playoffs - Hornets advance (05/23/13)
HOLCOMB, Mo. - Holcomb Hornets baseball coach Matt Casper had high expectations for his team at the start of the season. Among the expectations were to secure a district title in its newly aligned six-team Class 2 baseball district. The Hornets achieved that feat last week with a come-from-behind 9-8 victory against Portageville in the Class 2, District 1, championship...

FINAL FOUR BOUND: Holcomb baseball team books trip to state with 5-2 victory against state-ranked Chaffee (05/23/13)
HOLCOMB, Mo. - Holcomb Hornets baseball coach Matt Casper had high expectations for his team at the start of the season. Among the expectations were to secure a district title in its newly aligned six-team Class 2 baseball district. The Hornets achieved that feat last week with a come-from-behind 9-8 victory against Portageville in the Class 2, District 1, championship...

Oran earns third straight final four bid (05/23/13)
ORAN, Mo. -- The Oran baseball team walked quietly and quickly off the field after a bases-loaded strikeout ended their Class 1 quarterfinal against Naylor on Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles' player who had the best game was so upset he had a meeting with all three Oran coaches after the team huddle broke...

Oran beats Naylor, heading to third-straight final four (05/22/13)
The Oran Eagles defeated Naylor 9-1 Wednesday during the Class 1 quarterfinal at Oran High School.

Class 3 Quarterfinal NMCC v. St. Pius X (05/22/13)
NEW MADRID -- Representing the area in Class 3 will be the New Madrid County Central Eagles, who are already in uncharted waters just by making the quarterfinals. They're continuing their improbable run following their first District 1 title since 1994 and their first sectional win in school history on Monday with a 7-1 decision over Scott City...

Class 2 Quarterfinal Chaffee v. Holcomb (05/22/13)
HOLCOMB -- The Chaffee Red Devils rode an impressive start from junior Cody Payne to a 2-0 win over Valle in sectionals and are now set to face host Holcomb today at 4 p.m. in the quarterfinals. It's the Red Devils first trip to the quarterfinal since 2001 and they'll be facing a familiar adversary in the Hornets, who they beat 4-3 in the Malden Tournament earlier this season...

Class 1 Quarterfinal Oran v. Naylor (05/22/13)
ORAN -- The Oran Eagles enter Wednesday's Class 1 Quarterfinal with Naylor looking for their third straight trip to the final four. Oran is coming off two-straight third-place finishes in state and Wednesday will represent the third-straight time the two teams have faced in the quarterfinals with Oran winning the last two meetings...

Notre Dame sectional baseball game is today (05/22/13)
The Notre Dame sectional baseball game against Ste. Genevieve was pushed back until today due to of inclement weather Tuesday. Notre Dame, which won the Class 4 District 1 title last week, will host the District 2 champion Dragons at 5 p.m. today. Two other local baseball teams will play quarterfinal games today as originally scheduled. Oran will host Naylor in a 4 p.m. Class 1 contest, while Chaffee will visit Holcomb for a 4 p.m. Class 2 game...

Bootheel Conference baseball awards released (05/22/13)
The Bootheel Conference baseball awards were recently released. Malden's Tanner Murphy was selected Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Murphy batted .600 with 10 home runs and 39 RBIs. He went 7-3 on the mound. He compiled a 1.44 ERA in 48.2 innings pitched. He struck out 84...

History made (05/21/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- No one expected this. Spearheaded by ace pitcher Jashawn McDaniel and a newfound potent offense, the New Madrid County Central Eagles (14-14) are headed to the quarterfinals after taking down Scott City Monday during the Class 3 sectional baseball game at New Madrid...

Chaffee baseball team squeezes by Valle in Class 2 sectional (05/21/13)
The Red Devils defeated Valle 2-0 to reach the quarterfinal round for the first time in 12 years

Bringing the Payne: Chaffee's ace shuts out Valle 2-0 (05/21/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- Going into Monday's Class 2 sectional matchup against Valle, Chaffee head coach Brian Horrell knew his team wouldn't stand much of a chance if things turned into a slugfest. What he got was another gem from staff ace Cody Payne while the Red Devils came through in all three facets of the game to pull out a 2-0 win over the Warriors to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2001...

History made (05/21/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- No one expected this. Spearheaded by ace pitcher Jashawn McDaniel and a newfound potent offense, the New Madrid County Central Eagles (14-14) are headed to the quarterfinals after taking down Scott City Monday during the Class 3 sectional baseball game at New Madrid...

Chaffee baseball team squeezes by Valle in Class 2 sectional (05/21/13)
The Red Devils defeated Valle 2-0 to reach the quarterfinal round for the first time in 12 years

Oran baseball team returns to Class 1 quarterfinals (05/21/13)
COOTER, Mo. -- At one point during Monday afternoon's Class 1 sectional, Oran pitcher Seth Ressel heard a member of the Cooter baseball team deliver a message to his teammate. "I think I heard one kid say in the dugout when I was about to pitch, 'Here comes the curveball,'" Ressel said. "But it was going to be a fastball."...

Scott City's baseball season ends at hands of New Madrid in Class 3 sectional (05/21/13)
The Eagles' ace led his school to its first ever sectional victory in a 7-1 win over the Rams

Oran baseball team returns to Class 1 quarterfinals (05/21/13)
COOTER, Mo. -- At one point during Monday afternoon's Class 1 sectional, Oran pitcher Seth Ressel heard a member of the Cooter baseball team deliver a message to his teammate. "I think I heard one kid say in the dugout when I was about to pitch, 'Here comes the curveball,'" Ressel said. "But it was going to be a fastball."...

Scott City's baseball season ends at hands of New Madrid in Class 3 sectional (05/21/13)
The Eagles' ace led his school to its first ever sectional victory in a 7-1 win over the Rams

Holcomb baseball team beats East Carter County 7-1 in Class 2 sectional (05/21/13)
HOLCOMB, Mo. - Holcomb junior hurler Dustin Houart knew it would be his turn to take care of business on the mound if his team advanced to a Class 2 state sectional. "I hadn't pitched for a long time," Houart said. "I knew I was going to get this game if we got this far. Cameron got us here with his pitching performance in the district championship. We've got three good pitchers that can perform like I did today and I'm happy we are advancing."...

NMCC, Scott City face off in Class 3 sectional (05/18/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- There's reason to celebrate New Madrid County Central's newfound district baseball championship. It was the first plaque raised by someone in an Eagle jersey in the last 19 years and they did it by thoroughly dismantling the top-seeded team in their district. ...

Red Devils to meet old foe Valle (05/18/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- After securing their first district title since 2010, the Chaffee Red Devils now find themselves matched up against a old postseason foe in Valle Catholic as they get set for Monday's Class 2 sectional contest...

NMCC, Scott City face off in Class 3 sectional (05/18/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- There's reason to celebrate New Madrid County Central's newfound district baseball championship. It was the first plaque raised by someone in an Eagle jersey in the last 19 years and they did it by thoroughly dismantling the top-seeded team in their district. ...

Cooter baseball program to meet Oran again in Class 1 state playoffs after securing 8th straight district title (05/18/13)
COOTER, Mo. - The Cooter Wildcats baseball program is slated to begin play in the Class 1 state playoffs for an eighth straight season Monday at 4 p.m. when it hosts familiar foe Oran in a Class 1 state sectional. Second-seeded Cooter secured its eighth straight district championship Wednesday afternoon with a 5-1 win against fifth-seeded Delta C-7 in the Class 1, District 1, championship. ...

Cooter skipper Allen Crawford to retire after 36 years of coaching (05/18/13)
COOTER, Mo. - Long-time Cooter Wildcats baseball coach Allen Crawford has been contemplating his retirement from baseball since the start of the school year. "Last fall I started contemplating retiring from baseball this year," Crawford said. "The physical aspect of coaching is very demanding. I just felt at this point in my career it was time to let go and turn the program over to those who can stand up to the physicality of what the job demands...

Five Kennett players make SEMO Conference all-conference baseball team (05/17/13)
Five Kennett baseball players recently received recognition on the SEMO Conference all-conference baseball team. Kennett shortstop Kevonte Mitchell and Kennett left fielder Akeem Nelson were selected first-team all-conference. Mitchell finished the season with a .373 batting average, team-high three home runs and team-high 23 RBIs. Nelson batted .338 with 13 RBIs, one home run and 10 stolen bases...

Finals Numbers: 2013 Kennett varsity baseball team (05/17/13)
OFFENSIVE STATS --- PITCHING STATS --- SEASON RESULTS FINAL RECORD: 11-14 OPPONENT SEMO CONF. TOURN. BOOTHEEL CONF. TOUR. --- DISTRICT TOURN. Notes: Kennett won the regular-season Bootheel Conference title...

Devastation (05/16/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- With the staff ace on the mound needing three outs to win a district championship, Sikeston was probably feeling pretty good about itself in Wednesday's Class 4, District 1 title game against Notre Dame...

Holcomb edges Portageville 9- 8, claims first district baseball title since 2005 (05/16/13)
STEELE, Mo. - Holcomb baseball coach Matt Casper has been preaching to his team to not chase pitches out of the strike zone for most of the season. "I've been preaching patience and discipline at the plate," Casper said. "They showed it today and took some key walks and got hit-by-a-pitch. It goes to show you the way this game ended that every run counts, and we were lucky to have one more than they did."...

Haines' walk-off single in 8th gives ND a classic win (05/16/13)
Most observers expected a tight battle between two evenly matched baseball teams. What transpired was an instant classic in front of an overflow crowd estimated at about 350 fans at Notre Dame Regional High School Wednesday night. In a Class 4 District 1 tournament championship game that literally could have gone either way, Notre Dame scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning and then scored again in the eighth to beat Sikeston 4-3 in walk-off fashion...

Leopold can't hold off Naylor (05/16/13)
CALEDONIA, Mo. -- Attempting to win their first district baseball championship since 2000, the Leopold Wildcats ran into a team that has been hard to beat in title games the past couple years. Add another one for the Naylor Eagles. The second-seeded Eagles broke open a scoreless game in the top of the fourth inning and led the rest of the way Wednesday afternoon for a 7-2 victory over top-seeded Leopold in the Class 1 District 3 title bout...

Devastation (05/16/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- With the staff ace on the mound needing three outs to win a district championship, Sikeston was probably feeling pretty good about itself in Wednesday's Class 4, District 1 title game against Notre Dame...

Haines' walk-off single gives Notre Dame classic win (05/16/13)
MARTY MISHOW SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Most observers expected a tight battle between two evenly matched baseball teams. What transpired was an instant classic in front of an overflow crowd estimated at about 350 fans at Notre Dame Regional High School Wednesday night...

Holcomb edges Portageville 9-8, claims first district baseball title since 2005 (05/16/13)
STEELE, Mo. - Holcomb baseball coach Matt Casper has been preaching to his team to not chase pitches out of the strike zone for most of the season. "I've been preaching patience and discipline at the plate," Casper said. "They showed it today and took some key walks and got hit-by-a-pitch. It goes to show you the way this game ended that every run counts, and we were lucky to have one more than they did."...

Leopold can't hold off Naylor (05/16/13)
CALEDONIA, Mo. -- Attempting to win their first district baseball championship since 2000, the Leopold Wildcats ran into a team that has been hard to beat in title games the past couple years. Add another one for the Naylor Eagles. The second-seeded Eagles broke open a scoreless game in the top of the fourth inning and led the rest of the way Wednesday afternoon for a 7-2 victory over top-seeded Leopold in the Class 1 District 3 title bout...

Haines' walk-off single in 8th gives ND a classic win (05/16/13)
Most observers expected a tight battle between two evenly matched baseball teams. What transpired was an instant classic in front of an overflow crowd estimated at about 350 fans at Notre Dame Regional High School Wednesday night. In a Class 4 District 1 tournament championship game that literally could have gone either way, Notre Dame scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning and then scored again in the eighth to beat Sikeston 4-3 in walk-off fashion...

Sikeston loses heartbreaker to Notre Dame in Class 4, District 1 title game (05/15/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Notre Dame baseball team captured its first district title since 2010 with a thrilling eight-inning 4-3 win over rival Sikeston on Wednesday in the Class 4, District 1 championship game at Notre Dame High School...

Sikeston loses extra inning heartbreaker to Notre Dame in Class 4, District 1 title game (05/15/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Notre Dame baseball team captured its first district title since 2010 with a thrilling eight-inning 4-3 win over rival Sikeston on Wednesday in the Class 4, District 1 championship game at Notre Dame High School...

Sikeston loses heartbreaker to Notre Dame in Class 4, District 1 title game (05/15/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Notre Dame baseball team captured its first district title since 2010 with a thrilling eight-inning 4-3 win over rival Sikeston on Wednesday in the Class 4, District 1 championship game at Notre Dame High School...

Oran clips Oak Ridge in wild district championship game (05/15/13)
ORAN -- A walk-off double by Bear Hicks ended the madness. Oran continued their recent string of heart-pounding playoff games that could be labeled dramatic, crazy, unpredictable or all of the above, "It always seems to be a crazy game, especially when Oran's in it," Oran senior Kody Moore said...

Payne pitches Chaffee past Bloomfield, Red Devils claim district (05/15/13)
CHAFFEE -- With a chance to claim their first district title in three seasons, the Chaffee Red Devils turned to their ace, Cody Payne, to start against Bloomfield in the Class 2, District 3 championship game. Payne didn't disappoint. Coming back on short rest, he pitched seven innings of shutout ball on Tuesday to guide the Red Devils to a 3-0 win over Bloomfield to claim the school's first title since 2010...

NMCC claims first district baseball title since 1994 with 15-0 win against top-seeded Malden (05/15/13)
MALDEN, Mo. - The postseason run continued for the New Madrid County Central Eagles baseball team Tuesday afternoon in the Class 3, District 1, championship at Malden. Less than 24 hours after overcoming a 1-0 deficit in the sixth-inning to beat second-seeded Twin Rivers 2-1 in a district semifinal Monday night third-seeded New Madrid County Central run-ruled the top-seeded Malden Green Wave 15-0 in five innings to claim its first district baseball title since 1994...

Oran nips Oak Ridge in nine innings to win district baseball title (05/15/13)
ORAN, Mo. -- Oran first baseman Bear Hicks sometimes gets so nervous before baseball games that he gets sick. Yet somehow, as he walked to the plate with the winning run on second base in the bottom of the ninth inning during Tuesday's Class 1 District 2 tournament championship contest, he was calm...

Scott City baseball team outlasts state-ranked Clearwater in district final (05/15/13)
The Rams claimed the Class 3 District 2 title with a 12-11 victory

Payne pitches Chaffee baseball team to district title (05/15/13)
CHAFFEE -- With a chance to claim their first district title in three seasons, the Chaffee Red Devils turned to their ace, Cody Payne, to start against Bloomfield in the Class 2, District 3 championship game...

Oran nips Oak Ridge in nine innings to win district baseball title (05/15/13)
ORAN, Mo. -- Oran first baseman Bear Hicks sometimes gets so nervous before baseball games that he gets sick. Yet somehow, as he walked to the plate with the winning run on second base in the bottom of the ninth inning during Tuesday's Class 1 District 2 tournament championship contest, he was calm...

Kennett's Bryce McPherson places 11th at Class 3 state golf tournament (05/15/13)
SEDALIA, Mo. - Kennett senior Bryce McPherson concluded his high school golf career as a state medalists Tuesday afternoon at the Class 3 state golf tournament. McPherson finished in outright 11th place among the 89 golfers who competed at the Class 3 state golf tournament at Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia, Mo. The Top 15 golfers receive all-state recognition at the state tournament...

Oran wins third straight district title. (05/14/13)
The Oran Eagles took down upset-minded Oak Ridge 6-5 in nine innings after a walk-off double by Bear Hicks.

Still got it (05/14/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Sikeston's Doug Still was faced with a dilemma entering the 2013 baseball season. Girls? Or Baseball? Luckily for the Bulldogs, he chose the later. The junior had 10 strikeouts in six innings on the mound as the Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Kennett 3-0 Monday during the semifinals of the Class 4, District 1 tournament at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau...

Still got it -- Doug Still strikes out 10 in district semifinal win over Kennett (05/14/13)
Doug Still had 10 strikeouts in six innings on the mound as the Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Kennett 3-0 Monday during the semifinals of the Class 4, District 1 tournament at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau.

Seckman ends Jackson's baseball season in district final (05/14/13)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- The heart of the Seckman lineup stepped up to the plate for its third look at Jackson starter Avery Whiteside in the bottom half of the fifth inning during Monday's Class 5 District 1 championship. "Avery was a little tired, they'd seen him a couple times, and they're good," said Jackson coach Tatum Kitchen...

Oran, Chaffee reach district championship (05/14/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- With a combined one-hit allowed from pitchers Seth Ressel and Hunter Schlosser against Scott County Central Monday, the Oran Eagles find themselves back in the Class 1, District 2 title game. The defending champions rattled off eight hits to take down Scott Central 11-1 in six innings on the mercy-rule in the tournament semifinals...

May 14, 2013 Scoreboard (05/14/13)
All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

Still got it (05/14/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Sikeston's Doug Still was faced with a dilemma entering the 2013 baseball season. Girls? Or Baseball? Luckily for the Bulldogs, he chose the later. The junior had 10 strikeouts in six innings on the mound as the Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Kennett 3-0 Monday during the semifinals of the Class 4, District 1 tournament at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau...

Perryville eliminates Dexter from district baseball tourney (05/14/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Perryville scored twice in the 7th inning to eliminate Dexter from the Class 3, District 1 baseball tournament, 4-3, Saturday at Notre Dame Regional High School. The late rally by the Pirates spoiled a complete game pitching performace by Dexter senior Brad Potts...

Still got it -- Doug Still strikes out 10 in district semifinal win over Kennett (05/14/13)
Doug Still had 10 strikeouts in six innings on the mound as the Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Kennett 3-0 Monday during the semifinals of the Class 4, District 1 tournament at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau.

Kennett drops district baseball semifinal to Sikeston 3-0 (05/14/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball program suffered a season-ending 3-0 loss to the Sikeston Bulldogs in a Class 4, District 1, semifinal at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Monday evening. Second-seeded Sikeston scored a run in the first inning and two runs in the second inning off of Kennett starting pitcher Payton Raspberry...

Seckman ends Jackson's baseball season in district final (05/14/13)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- The heart of the Seckman lineup stepped up to the plate for its third look at Jackson starter Avery Whiteside in the bottom half of the fifth inning during Monday's Class 5 District 1 championship. "Avery was a little tired, they'd seen him a couple times, and they're good," said Jackson coach Tatum Kitchen...

Notre Dame baseball team advances to district title game (05/14/13)
The Bulldogs defeated Perryville 12-2 in six innings in the Class 4 District 1 semifinals By Marty Mishow Southeast Missourian The Perryville High School baseball team could not have gotten off to a better start in its bid to pull off a monumental upset...

Notre Dame baseball team advances to district title game (05/14/13)
~The Bulldogs defeated Perryville 12-2 in six innings in the Class 4 District 1 semifinals The Perryville High School baseball team could not have gotten off to a better start in its bid to pull off a monumental upset...

Kennett drops district baseball semifinal to Sikeston 3-0 (05/14/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball program suffered a season-ending 3-0 loss to the Sikeston Bulldogs in a Class 4, District 1, semifinal at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Monday evening. Second-seeded Sikeston scored a run in the first inning and two runs in the second inning off of Kennett starting pitcher Payton Raspberry...

Still, Sikeston top Kennett 3-0 to advance to district finals (05/13/13)
Behind 10 strikeouts from Doug Still, Sikeston defeated Kennett 3-0 Monday during the Class 4, District 1 semifinals at Notre Dame High School.

Kelly, Charleston advance to semifinals (05/13/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- At the time, four runs in the top of the seventh inning was just icing on the cake on a win for the Kelly Hawks. As it would turn out, the initial insurance runs proved to be the difference as the Hawks escaped with a 7-4 upset win over third-seeded East Prairie Saturday during the first round of the Class 3, District 2 tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston...

Offense propels Eagles forward in Class 3, District 1 tournament (05/13/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com MALDEN -- Despite surrendering a pair of first inning runs to Caruthersville on Saturday the New Madrid County Central Eagles were more than able to make up for any mistakes with their bats. Combining for nine hits, the Eagles came back to take the lead in the home half of the frame before rolling to a 14-4 mercy-rule win in the opening round of the Class 3, District 1 tournament...

Notre Dame's Landewee, Jackson's Eddy selected SEMO Conference co-players of the year in baseball (05/13/13)
Notre Dame senior Justin Landewee and Jackson senior Steven Eddy were recently honored as SEMO Conference co-players of the year. Jackson's Tatum Kitchen and Notre Dame's Jeff Graviett, whose squads shared the regular-season SEMO Conference title, were voted co-coaches of the year. Jackson also captured the SEMO Conference tournament crown...

Late rally lifts Jackson (05/12/13)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- The Jackson baseball team fell behind by a run in the top half of the sixth inning in Saturday's Class 5 District 1 semifinal. Indians fans, players and especially the Indians' coaches believed the Hillsboro player that eventually scored the go ahead run had been caught stealing earlier in the inning, making the RBI single that allowed him to score a little extra painful...

Tigers fall short in coach's finale (05/12/13)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the fourth inning the Central baseball team had an opportunity to stage a comeback in its Class 5 District 1 semifinal against top seed Seckman. With his team down three runs, No. 9 hitter Kyle Thompson fouled a ball down the first-base line and patiently worked an 0-2 count to 2-2 before eventually flying out to left field...

Saxony boys advance in Class 2 (05/12/13)
Gabe Bohnert drove in a run as fourth-seeded Saxony Lutheran defeated fifth-seeded Greenville 4-0 to advance to the semifinals of the Class 2 District 3 Tournament in Chaffee, Mo. Ethan Mirly was the winning pitcher. He threw a complete game and had five strikeouts and nine walks for Saxony Lutheran (13-9-1)...

Tigers fall short in coach's finale (05/12/13)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the fourth inning the Central baseball team had an opportunity to stage a comeback in its Class 5 District 1 semifinal against top seed Seckman. With his team down three runs, No. 9 hitter Kyle Thompson fouled a ball down the first-base line and patiently worked an 0-2 count to 2-2 before eventually flying out to left field...

Late rally lifts Jackson (05/12/13)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- The Jackson baseball team fell behind by a run in the top half of the sixth inning in Saturday's Class 5 District 1 semifinal. Indians fans, players and especially the Indians' coaches believed the Hillsboro player that eventually scored the go ahead run had been caught stealing earlier in the inning, making the RBI single that allowed him to score a little extra painful...

Kennett run-rules Fredericktown 12-2 in Class 4, District 1, baseball quarterfinal (05/12/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Kennett senior Collin Smith gave his team exactly what it needed Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the Class 4, District 1, baseball tournament at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. An efficient start on the mound...

Six Sikeston players named all-conference (05/11/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Six Sikeston Bulldogs baseball players were named to the SEMO All-Conference team. Pitcher Trey Tigart and infielder Cord Sheehy were named to the first team. Jarett Sandlin, Gavin O'Brien, Colton Black and Josh Hampton were all named as honorable mention selections...

Kennett run-rules Fredericktown 12-2 in Class 4, District 1, baseball quarterfinal (05/11/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Kennett senior Collin Smith gave his team exactly what it needed Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the Class 4, District 1, baseball tournament at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. An efficient start on the mound...

Wood announces plan to step down as Oran baseball coach (05/10/13)
The longtime coach has led the Eagles to nine final fours

Quest for title (05/10/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- For most of the area's baseball team a years worth of blood, sweat and tears will all come down to the weekend as district play opens up around the state. Tiny mistakes that might go unnoticed during the regular season will suddenly be amplified as each game potentially could be your last...

Oran coach Mitch Wood to step down after season (05/10/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- After 21 seasons Oran's head baseball coach has decided to step down. Mitch Wood, who is also the school's superintendent, made it public Thursday during a pregame radio interview that he will not come back as the head coach of the Eagles following this season...

Wood announces plan to step down as Oran baseball coach (05/10/13)
The longtime coach has led the Eagles to nine final fours

High school roundup: Scott City baseball team defeats Oak Ridge (05/10/13)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.

Wood announces plan to step down as Oran baseball coach (05/10/13)
The longtime coach has led the Eagles to nine final fours

Indians find early bird gets the hits (05/10/13)
It's 5:55 a.m. and already there are five trucks and a couple cars in the Jackson Junior High School parking lot. Before a minute goes by three more vehicles pull in, and eventually members of the Jackson baseball team exit their rides and head inside...

Central baseball team opens district tourney today against Farmington (05/10/13)
Central baseball coach Steve Williams hopes the rollercoaster season that has been the 2013 Tigers is back on the incline. Central (10-19), which blanked Charleston 6-0 on Wednesday, enters Class 5 District 1 tournament play today having won seven of its past eight games. The Tigers, seeded fifth in the district, will play fourth-seeded Farmington at Hillsboro at 4:30 p.m...

Final tune-up: Late surge pushes Oran past Kennett baseball team 7-1 (05/10/13)
ORAN, Mo. - The Class 1 Oran Eagles and Class 4 Kennett Indians continued final preparations for the high school baseball playoffs Thursday afternoon by adding a game against each other. Both programs, which have won back-to-back district titles in their respective classes, relished the opportunity to square off less than 72 hours before district baseball tournaments get underway...

Bombs away (05/09/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- In their final tuneup before the postseason, the Sikeston Bulldogs kept the hits coming against New Madrid County Central Wednesday as the Eagles celebrated senior night. Just one day after securing a walk-off win in their home finale, the Bulldogs got a clutch three-run home run from cleanup hitter Drew Harper that propelled them to a 10-2 decision, pushing their winning streak to five games...

ND blanks Chaffee, breaks skid (05/09/13)
The Notre Dame Regional High School baseball team failed to break out of its offensive funk. But the Bulldogs did break their losing streak, which made for a happy Senior Day. Notre Dame scored all its runs over the first two innings and Justin Landewee fired a five-hit shutout to beat Chaffee 3-0 Wednesday in a well-played and well-pitched battle of area powers...

Oran takes down Poplar Bluff 8-6 (05/09/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- Seth Ressel picked up his sixth win of the year and the Oran Eagles defeated Poplar Bluff Wednesday 8-6. Although they were out-hit 11-9, Oran managed to grab an early 7-2 lead after the first four innings. The Mules bounced back, however, with four runs in the fifth cutting Oran's lead to just one run...

ND blanks Chaffee, breaks skid (05/09/13)
The Notre Dame Regional High School baseball team failed to break out of its offensive funk. But the Bulldogs did break their losing streak, which made for a happy Senior Day. Notre Dame scored all its runs over the first two innings and Justin Landewee fired a five-hit shutout to beat Chaffee 3-0 Wednesday in a well-played and well-pitched battle of area powers...

Notre Dame claims district tennis crown (05/09/13)
The Notre Dame boys tennis team made school history Wednesday. Notre Dame, in just its second season to field a boys tennis squad, won its first district title. The Bulldogs avenged two regular-season losses to Dexter by beating the host Bulldogs 5-2 for the Class 1 District 1 crown...

Smith's single in the bottom of the seventh beats East Carter (05/08/13)
SIKESTON -- With the game on the line, the Sikeston Bulldogs had the right guy up in the right situation. With the score tied 1-1 and the bases loaded with one out, Sikeston senior Patrick Smith delivered the game-winning hit with a line drive single into centerfield to defeat East Carter 2-1 on Senior Night Tuesday at VFW Stadium...

Chaffee, Oran both pick up home victories (05/08/13)
CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Red Devils had 10 hits and a strong performance from pitcher Cody Johnson Tuesday downing East Prairie 9-2 in Chaffee. Johnson pitched six innings and gave up both runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks. He also struck out eight while throwing 94 pitches...

Central qualifies 3 golfers for state (05/07/13)
The Central golf team advanced all three of its Class 4 Sectional 1 qualifiers to next week's state tournament. Junior Travis Simmons led the trio with a 5-over 75 on Monday at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Mo. Sophomore Luke Kinder was a stroke behind at 76, while freshman Kobe Franklin finished on the cut line at 77...

Hawks come from behind to down Perryville 10-5 (05/07/13)
BENTON -- With less than a week to go before the Class 3, District 2 tournament, the Kelly Hawks entered Monday's game against visiting Perryville looking to build a little momentum. What they got was a 10-5 come-from-behind win to kick off a regular season ending stretch of three games in three days...

Still, Bulldogs romp South Pemiscot 7-0 (05/07/13)
STEELE -- Doug Still struck out 13 as the Sikeston Bulldogs defeated South Pemiscot 7-0 Monday on the road. Still pitched a complete game giving up two hits and one walk. Sikeston had five hits as a team, scoring one run in five different innings. They scored two in the third to take a 3-0 lead...

Kennett wins middle school baseball conference tournament (05/07/13)
KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians middle school baseball team recently ended its season with a six-game winning streak. Kennett finished its season with a record of 8-3 after a 2-3 start to the year. "We've come a long way from the beginning of the season to the end of the season in our baseball knowledge," Kennett coach Chad Pritchett said of the 2013 season. "Starting off the season we had some guys playing positions they had never played before."...

Local basketball coach White inducted into MBCA' s HOF (05/05/13)
Former local girls high school basketball coach Randy White recently was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mo. White compiled a 467-231 record during stints at Scott City and Delta...

Chased down (05/03/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- The Oran Eagles found themselves fighting from behind Thursday afternoon after visiting New Madrid County Central jumped out to an early three-run lead. After rallying back to tie things up, however, Oran used a clutch one-out hit from senior Kody Moore in their final trip to the plate to guide them to a 4-3 win...

Malden and South Pemiscot advance to the Bootheel Conference Tournament baseball championship with dramatic semifinal wins (05/02/13)
MALDEN, Mo. - The Bootheel Conference Tournament championship is set following a pair of dramatic finishes in the semifinals Wednesday afternoon at Malden. No. 2 seeded Malden will take on fourth-seeded South Pemiscot Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the Bootheel Conference Tournament title game at Malden...

Malden wins Bootheel Conference baseball tournament, bests South Pemiscot 7-3 (05/03/13)
MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity baseball program added another first-place award to its trophy collection Thursday afternoon with a 7-3 win against the South Pemiscot Bulldogs in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship. The Green Wave improved its record to 22-3 with the championship victory and increased the likelihood the 2013 season will be the most successful in school history for the Malden baseball program...

Malden claims Bootheel Conference tournament title (05/03/13)
MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity baseball program added another first-place award to its trophy collection Thursday afternoon with a 7-3 win against the South Pemiscot Bulldogs in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship. The Green Wave improved its record to 22-3 with the championship victory and increased the likelihood the 2013 season will be the most successful in school history for the Malden baseball program...

Chased down (05/03/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- The Oran Eagles found themselves fighting from behind Thursday afternoon after visiting New Madrid County Central jumped out to an early three-run lead. After rallying back to tie things up, however, Oran used a clutch one-out hit from senior Kody Moore in their final trip to the plate to guide them to a 4-3 win...

Bulldogs blast St. Marys 7-1 on the road (05/03/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com PADUCAH, Ky. -- Pitching continues to be the Sikeston Bulldogs greatest asset as Jarett Sandlin produced yet another solid outing for the Bulldogs Thursday against St. Marys in Paducah, Ky. Sandlin struck out 10 batters in his complete game effort as Sikeston rolled to a 7-1 win...

Sikeston soccer falls to Jackson, NMCC finishes season with win (05/03/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com JACKSON -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs fell to the Jackson Indians 4-1 Thursday in Jackson. Madison Chaney scored Sikeston's lone goal in the 30th minute following an assist from Tori Helms. Chaney's goal came after Jackson built a lofty 3-0 lead earlier in the first half...

Malden wins Bootheel Conference baseball tournament, bests South Pemiscot 7-3 (05/03/13)
MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity baseball program added another first-place award to its trophy collection Thursday afternoon with a 7-3 win against the South Pemiscot Bulldogs in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship. The Green Wave improved its record to 22-3 with the championship victory and increased the likelihood the 2013 season will be the most successful in school history for the Malden baseball program...

High school roundup: Scott City slams loss on Royals (05/03/13)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.

Malden and South Pemiscot advance to the Bootheel Conference Tournament baseball championship with dramatic semifinal wins (05/03/13)
MALDEN, Mo. - The Bootheel Conference Tournament championship is set following a pair of dramatic finishes in the semifinals Wednesday afternoon at Malden. No. 2 seeded Malden will take on fourth-seeded South Pemiscot Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the Bootheel Conference Tournament title game at Malden...

Sikeston pitching silences Bulldogs' bats (05/02/13)
The Notre Dame Regional High School baseball team's offense has been in a serious funk the past two days. Notre Dame coach Jeff Graviett and his players are quick to credit opposing pitchers, but senior catcher Chase Simmons said some of the blame lies with the Bulldogs...

Jackson track teams sweep (05/02/13)
The Jackson track and field program enjoyed a big day Wednesday. Jackson romped to titles in both the boys and girls divisions at the SEMO North Conference meet in Sikeston. Jackson's boys recorded nine first-place performances while the girls were first in 11 events...

Sikeston nabs third over Notre Dame (05/02/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- They may have been out of the championship hunt, but the Sikeston Bulldogs still had something to fight for Wednesday as they took on Notre Dame in the third place game of the SEMO Conference Tournament at Notre Dame High School...

Bulldog netters fall 5-4, Malden steals one from Portageville (05/02/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com POPLAR BLUFF -- The Sikeston Bulldogs fell 5-4 on the road to the Poplar Bluff Mules. Layton Jones, Christian Rehder and Jimmy Hines each picked up wins in singles competition with the pairing on Jones and Rehder also winning their doubles match...

Malden, South Pemiscot advance to Bootheel Conference title game (05/02/13)
MALDEN, Mo. - The Bootheel Conference Tournament baseball championship is set following a pair of dramatic finishes in the semifinals Wednesday afternoon at Malden. No. 2 seeded Malden will take on fourth-seeded South Pemiscot Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in the Bootheel Conference Tournament title game at Malden...

Kennett claims middle school conference baseball title (05/02/13)

Sikeston pitching silences Bulldogs' bats (05/02/13)
The Notre Dame Regional High School baseball team's offense has been in a serious funk the past two days. Notre Dame coach Jeff Graviett and his players are quick to credit opposing pitchers, but senior catcher Chase Simmons said some of the blame lies with the Bulldogs...

Sikeston topples Notre Dame for third in SEMO Conference (05/01/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- They may have been out of the championship hunt, but the Sikeston Bulldogs still had something to fight for Wednesday as they took on Notre Dame in the third place game of the SEMO Conference Tournament.

Jackson baseball teams claims title of SEMO Conference tournament (05/01/13)
It's been quite a season for the Jackson High School baseball team so far. The good times kept rolling for the Indians Tuesday night as they captured their first SEMO Conference tournament title since 2009. "It feels amazing," senior left fielder Trent Wills said...

Jackson nips Poplar Bluff to claim title (05/01/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- It's been quite a season for the Jackson High School baseball team so far. The good times kept rolling for the Indians Tuesday night as they captured their first SEMO Conference tournament title since 2009. "It feels amazing," senior left fielder Trent Wills said...

Sikeston edged by Jackson in SEMO Conference semifinals (05/01/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- They peppered seven hits throughout seven innings, but couldn't string any of them together. Although the Sikeston Bulldogs out-hit the Jackson Indians by a margin of four, the fourth-seeded Bulldogs couldn't overcome Jackson's ironclad defense as Sikeston fell 2-1 during the SEMO Conference baseball tournament semifinals at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Kennett baseball team is eliminated from SEMO Conference Tournament by Cape Central 7-4 (05/01/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity baseball program fell a few runs shy of a birth in the consolation championship of the SEMO Conference Tournament Tuesday night despite a dominant relief performance by junior hurler Brandon Meek. Kennett's Meek limited the Class 5 Cape Central Tigers to just two hits and one run in 4 2/3 innings of relief work in a consolation semifinal of the 8-team tournament against Cape Central...

Jackson baseball teams claims title of SEMO Conference tournament (05/01/13)
It's been quite a season for the Jackson High School baseball team so far. The good times kept rolling for the Indians Tuesday night as they captured their first SEMO Conference tournament title since 2009. "It feels amazing," senior left fielder Trent Wills said...

Pitching, defense lead Indians into tournament final (05/01/13)

Jackson advanced past Sikeston, 2-1, behind the pitching of Herzog By MARTY MISHOW Southeast Missourian Collin Herzog has pitched some strong games for the Jackson High School baseball team this season. He said Tuesday's performance at Capaha Field tops the list...

Mules lefty silences Notre Dame offense in semifinals of SEMO Conference baseball tournament (05/01/13)
Poplar Bluff blanked the Bulldogs 4-0 to reach the title game

Pitching, defense lead Indians into tournament final (05/01/13)
Collin Herzog has pitched some strong games for the Jackson High School baseball team this season. He said Tuesday's performance at Capaha Field tops the list...

Sikeston falls short in SEMO Conference semifinals, edged by Jackson 2-1 (04/30/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Sikeston Bulldogs were upended by the top-seeded Jackson Indians 2-1 Tuesday during the SEMO Conference baseball tournament semifinals at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. The Bulldogs, who out-hit Jackson 7-3, couldn't quite string together enough offense to topple the Indians who scored both of their runs in the second inning...

Jackson edges Central to reach semifinals of SEMO Conference baseball tournament (04/30/13)
The Indians took advantage of a fortuitous carom to advance to the semifinals with a 4-3 win over Central

Moving on (04/30/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Quality at-bats can sometimes be the biggest difference maker. The Sikeston Bulldogs' plate persistence landed them a five-run inning which was the eventual difference maker Monday as they defeated Kennett 10-6 during the first round of the SEMO Conference Tournament at VFW Memorial Stadium in Sikeston...

Hoggatt tops district field, Bulldogs advance to sectional (04/30/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com FARMINGTON -- Kirk Hoggatt topped all golfers with a 76 and the Sikeston Bulldogs golf team finished second during the Class 3, District 1 tournament Monday at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington. Sikeston finished with a team score of 339 advancing them to Sectionals...

Jackson edges Central to reach semifinals of SEMO Conference baseball tournament (04/30/13)
The Indians took advantage of a fortuitous carom to advance to the semifinals with a 4-3 win over Central

Kennett softball team beats Senath-Hornersville 15-0 (04/30/13)
Note: 26 Photos of the Senath-Hornersville-Kennett softball game are available in a photo gallery at this link: Photos Here http://www.dddnews.com/gallery/15285 KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians softball team cruised to a 15-0 four-inning home win against Senath-Hornersville Monday afternoon...

Notre Dame baseball team pounces on New Madrid, earns spot in SEMO Conference tourney semis (04/30/13)
Notre Dame starting pitcher Graham Ruopp struck out the side in the top of the first inning. Chase Urhahn hit the third pitch he saw over the fence in right field to lead off the bottom of the first inning. It was that kind of day for the Bulldogs. Ruopp hurled a three-hitter, and Notre Dame erupted for four first-inning runs on its way to a 14-0 shellacking of visiting New Madrid County Central in the opening round of the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday...

SEMO Conference baseball tournament postponed (04/26/13)
Southeast Missourian The SEMO Conference baseball tournament, slated to begin Friday, has been postponed until Monday due to rain. First-round tournament games, which include Central at Jackson and New Madrid County Central at Notre Dame, will be played at 4 p.m. Monday...

SEMO Conference baseball postponed due to weather (04/27/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The first round of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament has been postponed until Monday due to inclement weather. The original Friday schedule will still apply to all first round games which include (5)Kennett v. (4)Sikeston at VFW Memorial Stadium in Sikeston at 4:30 p.m. on Monday...

Lady Eagles top Bernie, Chaffee rolls past Saxony (04/26/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- The New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles lit up the scoreboard in the fourth inning to put away the visiting Bernie Lady Mules Thursday, 11-5. The Lady Eagles posted six runs in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead. They scored one more run in the fifth and capped the game with three in the sixth...

Risco baseball team upends Holcomb 7-4 in Tri-County Conference championship game (04/26/13)
GIDEON, Mo. - The fourth-seeded Risco Tigers defeated the second-seeded Holcomb Hornets 7-4 Thursday afternoon in the championship of the Tri-County Conference baseball tournament. ""It's great," Risco coach Brandon Blankenship said. "It's a special group of kids and special group of seniors. I'm extremely, extremely proud of them. This is actually my first conference championship as a coach at the high school level so it's also really special for me."...

Lady Eagles top Bernie, Chaffee rolls past Saxony (04/26/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- The New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles lit up the scoreboard in the fourth inning to put away the visiting Bernie Lady Mules Thursday, 11-5. The Lady Eagles posted six runs in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead. They scored one more run in the fifth and capped the game with three in the sixth...

High school roundup: Leopold baseball team wins in nine innings (04/26/13)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.

Kennett baseball team beats Dexter 5-3 (04/26/13)
DEXTER, Mo. - DK Wallace and Tyson Campbell each collected two hits and drove in two runs to lead the Kennett Indians to a 5-3 SEMO Conference win over Dexter Thursday afternoon. Wallace broke a 1-1 tie in the second inning with a bases-loaded 2-run single while Campbell drove in what proved to be the winning run with a two-out single in the fifth. Campbell would later deliver the Indians an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh to set the final 5-3 score...

Risco baseball team upends Holcomb 7-4 in Tri-County Conference championship game (04/26/13)
GIDEON, Mo. - The fourth-seeded Risco Tigers defeated the second-seeded Holcomb Hornets 7-4 Thursday afternoon in the championship of the Tri-County Conference baseball tournament. ""It's great," Risco coach Brandon Blankenship said. "It's a special group of kids and special group of seniors. I'm extremely, extremely proud of them. This is actually my first conference championship as a coach at the high school level so it's also really special for me."...

Sikeston netters fall to Dexter (04/25/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs fell 9-0 to the visiting Dexter Bearcats on Wednesday. Two of the afternoon's six single pairings ended up in 8-0 shutouts while Christian Rehder came closest to a win. He fell to Kyle Willis 8-6...

Chaffee boys romp past Oak Ridge (04/25/13)
The Chaffee baseball team picked up its 17th win of the season with an 11-3 victory over Oak Ridge on Wednesday. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Oak Ridge but was moved to Chaffee due to damp field conditions in Oak Ridge. Jared Walker led the Red Devils with a triple among his two hits while Devon Yahn and Layton Tenkhoff had a double apiece...

Notre Dame erupts late to take down Sikeston (04/24/13)
SIKESTON -- Through four innings, Tuesday afternoon's baseball game between Sikeston and Notre Dame had all the makings of a typical classic contest between the two rivals. But Notre Dame was not interested in that. With Sikeston nursing a 1-0 lead, visiting Notre Dame erupted for 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings to dispel any notion of a potential thriller, defeating the host Bulldogs 10-1 at VFW Stadium...

Notre Dame baseball team turns thriller vs. Sikeston into rout (04/24/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Through four innings, Tuesday's baseball game between Sikeston and Notre Dame had all the makings of a typical classic between the two rivals. But Notre Dame was not interested in posterity. With Sikeston nursing a 1-0 lead, Notre Dame erupted for 10 runs over the fifth and sixth innings to dispel any notion of a thriller, defeating Sikeston 10-1 at VFW Stadium...

Roundup: Southland softball team advances to title game (04/24/13)
Southland 3, Risco 1 RISCO, Mo. - The Southland softball team booked its spot in Wednesday's Tri-County Conference Tournament championship with a 3-1 win against Risco Tuesday afternoon. Southland's Jordan Zolman earned the win. She struck out 15 and did not surrender a walk in seven innings pitched. She allowed one hit and one unearned run...

Runaway (04/23/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- In what could easily be the prelude to a SEMO Conference Tournament matchup this weekend, the Notre Dame Bulldogs visited New Madrid County Central on Monday. Racking up 14 hits, the Bulldogs took an early two-run lead on the Eagles before running away in the later innings to a 12-0 final...

Kelly Hawks golf team wins own Invitational (04/23/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Kelly Hawks golf team won their own Kelly Invitational Monday at the Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course in Cape Girardeau. Kelly, who have won this tournament for the first two years of its existence, finished with a team score of 367 topping seven other teams in the tournament...

Ressel, Oran squeak out win over Triad, Swarm takes Best Buy title (04/22/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- It took eight innings, but Seth Ressel and the Oran Eagles got the job done. Ressel scored the game's winning run in the top of the eighth and also pitched the full eight innings to earn the win on the mound against Triad, Ill., during the Notre Dame Showcase at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau...

Sikeston baseball team no-hits Central (04/21/13)
The Tigers encountered their 13th straight loss with a 10-0 setback to Sikeston

High school roundup: Central baseball ends 13-game slide vs. Affton (04/21/13)
All the local high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

Notre Dame baseball team gets small, wriggles past Triad (04/21/13)
Small ball paid big dividends for the Notre Dame baseball team Friday night. The Bulldogs coupled a leadoff triple with two infield errors, a bunt single, intentional walk and two sacrifice bunts in the bottom of the six inning to rally past Triad High of Troy, Ill., 3-2 Friday night to end play on the first day of the Notre Dame Showcase...

Oran baseball team goes without a hit against Helias (04/21/13)
Though the Oran Eagles were able to hold Helias at bay most of the afternoon Friday they couldn't match the performance of Crusader starter Trevor Schnieders. Pitching the first no-hitter of his high school career, Schnieders allowed only three walks while striking out six as his team scored late in a 5-0 win at the Notre Dame Showcase...

Sikeston baseball team no-hits Central (04/21/13)
The Tigers encountered their 13th straight loss with a 10-0 setback to Sikeston

No-show (04/20/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Though the Oran Eagles were able to hold Helias at bay most of the afternoon Friday they couldn't match the performance of Crusader starter Trevor Schnieders. Pitching the first no-hitter of his high school career, Schnieders allowed only three walks while striking out six as his team rallied late for a 5-0 win...

Kennett baseball team drops a pair of out-of-state games (04/19/13)
DYERSBURG, Tenn. - The Kennett Indians varsity baseball team dropped a pair of games at Dyersburg, Tenn., Friday. Dyersburg beat Kennett 5-2 in Game 1 and Gosnell, Ark., edged Kennett 3-2 in eight innings in Game 2. Kennett fell behind Dyersburg 4-0 when it allowed four runs on four hits and two hit batters in the bottom of the first...

Jackson grinds out 14-inning win at PB (04/18/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- It took 14 innings and two nail-biting escapes Wednesday but the Jackson High School baseball team finally bested Poplar Bluff. Cody Harris provided the go-ahead hit with a two-run double to deep left field, breaking a 1-1 tie in the 14th inning as the visiting Indians won 4-1 in SEMO Conference play...

Bedeviled (04/18/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Chaffee's bats were out in full force Wednesday when the Red Devils hit the road to take on the Charleston Bluejays. Combining for 14 hits as a team, Chaffee opened up the game with a two-run rally before winning by a 14-2 final in five innings on the mercy rule...

Kennett baseball team drops road game to Ripley, Tenn., 7-4 (04/18/13)
RIPLEY, Tenn. - The Kennett Indians baseball team suffered a 7-4 loss to Ripley, Tenn., Wednesday night. Kennett out hit Ripley 9-6. The Indians led the game 2-1 after four innings before Ripley scored one run in the fifth and five runs in the sixth to move ahead. Kennett plated two runs in its final at-bat, but was unable to overcome a 7-2 seventh-inning deficit...

Jackson grinds out 14-inning win at PB (04/18/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- It took 14 innings and two nail-biting escapes Wednesday but the Jackson High School baseball team finally bested Poplar Bluff. Cody Harris provided the go-ahead hit with a two-run double to deep left field, breaking a 1-1 tie in the 14th inning as the visiting Indians won 4-1 in SEMO Conference play...

Saxony sweeps road doubleheader (04/18/13)
The Saxony Lutheran baseball team swept a lopsided road doubleheader in Olive Branch, Ill., Wednesday. Saxony took the opener 9-0 and the nightcap 23-6 in five innings. Chase Steffens was the star in the opener, throwing a complete-game five-hit shutout and striking out 11. He also went 3 for 4, as did Ethan Mirly...

Bulldogs top Charleston 15-0 in five innings (04/17/13)
CHARLESTON -- Sikeston and Charleston form one of the most intense rivalries in area high school sports, but there are times when the competition is used for a good cause. The "Rivals for a Cure" theme has been used the past couple years the two schools have met on the baseball diamond and that continued on Tuesday at Charleston's Hillhouse Park...

Oran pounces Saxony 14-0 (04/17/13)
ORAN -- After stranding five runners through the first two innings Tuesday, the Oran Eagles found the timely hitting they needed against visiting Saxony Lutheran. Combining for 12 runs through the third and fourth frames the Eagles cruised to a 14-1 win over the Crusaders in five innings on the mercy rule...

Bulldogs top Charleston 15-0 in five innings (04/17/13)
CHARLESTON -- Sikeston and Charleston form one of the most intense rivalries in area high school sports, but there are times when the competition is used for a good cause. The "Rivals for a Cure" theme has been used the past couple years the two schools have met on the baseball diamond and that continued on Tuesday at Charleston's Hillhouse Park...

High school roundup: Woodland reaches SCAA tourney final (04/17/13)
All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

Eagles grounded (04/16/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- Holding visiting Kennett to a one-run game through four innings of play, the New Madrid County Central Eagles saw things quickly turn south in a fifth inning they'd like to forget. Marred by defensive errors and problems on the mound, the Eagles surrendered 10 runs in that fateful frame, resulting in a 14-3 mercy-rule loss that leaves them winless in SEMO Conference play...

Tigart, Bulldogs blank Marion (04/16/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com MARION, Ill., -- Trey Tigart pitched a complete game shutout and the Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Marion, Ill., 6-0 Monday on the road. Tigart, who is 2-2 on the mound so far this season, allowed four hits while hitting a batter and walking another. He also struck out five...

Sikeston finishes sixth at Jackson invitational (04/16/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com JACKSON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs golf team finished sixth at the Jackson Invitational golf tournament Monday at Kimbeland Country Club. Sikeston, who scored a 329, was paced by Kirk Hoggatt's 74 which was good enough to place him tied for sixth throughout the field...

High school roundup: Central baseball team falls to Windsor rally (04/16/13)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

Holcomb baseball team run-rules short-handed Risco 14-2 (04/16/13)
Note: 10 Photos of the Risco-Holcomb baseball game are available at this link: View Photo Here HOLCOMB, Mo. - The highly anticipated Tri-County Conference baseball showdown between the Risco Tigers and Holcomb Hornets turned into a run-rule game Monday afternoon...

10-run fifth inning propels Kennett baseball team to 14-3 win against NMCC (04/16/13)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball team blasted New Madrid County Central 14-3 to secure its first SEMO Conference victory of the season Monday afternoon. Kennett led New Madrid County Central 4-1 after two innings before its lead dwindled to 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth. The Indians platted 10 runs in the top of the fifth inning to secure a run-rule win...

Holcomb baseball team run-rules short-handed Risco 14-2 (04/16/13)
Note: 10 Photos of the Risco-Holcomb baseball game are available at this link: View Photo Here HOLCOMB, Mo. - The highly anticipated Tri-County Conference baseball showdown between the Risco Tigers and Holcomb Hornets turned into a run-rule game Monday afternoon...

10-run fifth inning propels Kennett baseball team to 14-3 win against NMCC (04/16/13)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball team blasted New Madrid County Central 14-3 to secure its first SEMO Conference victory of the season Monday afternoon. Kennett led New Madrid County Central 4-1 after two innings before its lead dwindled to 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth. The Indians platted 10 runs in the top of the fifth inning to secure a run-rule win...

April 15, 2013 Scoreboard (04/15/13)
All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

Kennett baseball team drops Saturday doubleheader (04/15/13)
KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball team dropped a home doubleheader to Nettleton, Ark., and Jackson, Mo., Saturday afternoon. Nettleton defeated Kennett 10-7 in Game 1 Saturday and overcame a 1-0 deficit in the seventh inning to beat Jackson 2-1 in eight innings in Game 2. Jackson pounded Kennett 13-2 in Game 3 Saturday...

Blue Jays hold on to win tourney title (04/14/13)
OAK RIDGE -- A six-run fourth inning paid off handsomely for the Oak Ridge baseball team, which claimed the championship in its own Oak Ridge Baseball Invitational with a 10-8 victory over Saxony Lutheran Saturday afternoon. Senior Hunter Seyer had a pair of two-run singles as the Blue Jays (5-3) built a 10-3 lead after four innings, then held off a determined Saxony Lutheran rally...

Happy Gilmore (04/13/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- After surrendering a combined 29 runs in their last three games, the East Prairie Eagles were in need of a solid pitching performance Friday as they looked to right the ship against Kelly. What they got was a complete game, two-hit effort from sophomore Tyler Gilmore to guide the Eagles to a 5-2 win over the Hawks on the opening day of the Charleston Lucky 13 Classic wood bat tournament...

Pitching leads way as Sikeston mows down Winfield on road (04/13/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com MAYFIELD, Ken. -- Pitching once again led the way for the Sikeston Bulldogs. Drew Harper struck out 13 batters and Jarett Sandlin pitched a flawless seventh inning save as the Bulldogs defeated Winfield 3-1 at Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Ken., as part of the Graves County Wood Bat Tournament...

Sikeston's jayvee remains unbeaten after 7-4 victory over visting Kennett (04/13/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Their undefeated streak continues. Sikeston's junior varsity baseball team defeated the Kennett Indians Friday at VFW Memorial Stadium 7-4 for their seventh straight victory of the season. Sebastian Matos got the win on the mound for Sikeston after a complete game effort. ...

Late scores carry Woodland boys past Crystal City (04/13/13)
Landon Johnson's two-run single highlighted a three-run seventh innings as Woodland blanked Crystal City 3-0 in the opening round of the Oak Ridge Baseball Invitational Friday at Saxony Lutheran High School. The outburst broke open a pitchers duel between Woodland's Aaron Yount and Crystal City's Sam Holst, who put up matching goose eggs through six innings...

State-ranked Cooter run-rules Senath-Hornersville 10-0 (04/13/13)
COOTER, Mo. - Cooter Wildcats starting pitcher Brandon Bridges threw his first complete-game shutout of the season Friday afternoon against the Senath-Hornersville Lions. Bridges, who entered the contest with a 3-2 record and a 3.71 ERA in 22.2 innings pitched, fanned 12 Senath-Hornersville batters in five innings pitched to help propel Cooter to a 10-0 five-inning win against the Lions...

Jackson baseball team hands first home loss to Notre Dame (04/12/13)
The Jackson baseball team is having a strong season, but coach Tatum Kitchen said early offense has not been among the Indians' strengths. Jackson had no trouble in that area Thursday as the Indians notched arguably their most impressive win so far...

April 12, 2013 Scoreboard (04/12/13)
All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

Jackson baseball team hands first home loss to Notre Dame (04/12/13)
The Jackson baseball team is having a strong season, but coach Tatum Kitchen said early offense has not been among the Indians' strengths. Jackson had no trouble in that area Thursday as the Indians notched arguably their most impressive win so far...

Jackson names Austin head baseball coach (04/11/13)
Bryan Austin, an assistant baseball coach at Jackson High School the past four seasons, has been named head coach for the Indians beginning next season. Austin, a 2002 graduate of Jackson High School, takes over for Tatum Kitchen, who coached the Indians the past four seasons but recently resigned from his physical education position at Jackson middle School to explore opportunities outside of education...

Hit barrage (04/11/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- It's no secret that Sikeston's pitching staff has been the strength of the team so far this season while the team's offense has been plagued by inconsistency. But as the spring weather has warmed up this week, so too have the Bulldog bats as they rallied to defeat Kennett 14-4 in six innings on Wednesday at VFW Stadium...

Oran blasts four homers in rout (04/11/13)
Welcome to "Home Run Derby," Oran style. Alex Heuring, Kody Moore, Bear Hicks and Dustin Gebhardt each blasted a home run as the host Eagles routed Scott County Central 17-1 in boys baseball action Wednesday afternoon. Chance Tenkhoff was the winning pitcher. He threw two innings and gave up one run on two hits with five strikeouts...

Sikeston netters fall to Dexter 8-1, Oran routs SCC (04/11/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- The Sikeston tennis team lost 8-1 to Dexter on the road. Their one win came in doubles play when Christian Rehder and Wade Gadberry teamed for a 9-7 win over Dexter's Noah Kronk and Joseph Greer. "As a team, the outcome was not good for us today against a good Dexter team," Sikeston tennis coach Russ Dial said. ...

Bearcats come up short against Central Tigers (04/11/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Dexter's golf team posted its best score of the season, but it still wasn't enough to card the win. The Bearcats scored a combined 169, but the Central Tigers came in at 163 to take the match played at the Cape Girardeau Country Club Wednesday...

Oran blasts four homers in rout (04/11/13)
Welcome to "Home Run Derby," Oran style. Alex Heuring, Kody Moore, Bear Hicks and Dustin Gebhardt each blasted a home run as the host Eagles routed Scott County Central 17-1 in boys baseball action Wednesday afternoon. Chance Tenkhoff was the winning pitcher. He threw two innings and gave up one run on two hits with five strikeouts...

Jackson names Austin head baseball coach (04/11/13)
Bryan Austin, an assistant baseball coach at Jackson High School the past four seasons, has been named head coach for the Indians beginning next season. Austin, a 2002 graduate of Jackson High School, takes over for Tatum Kitchen, who coached the Indians the past four seasons but recently resigned from his physical education position at Jackson middle School to explore opportunities outside of education...

Kennett baseball team secures regular season confernence title with wins against Hayti and Senath-Hornersville (04/11/13)
KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball team finished Bootheel Conference play perfect Tuesday afternoon with a pair of home wins. Kennett defeated the Senath-Hornersville Lions 11-3 in Game 1 and won the nightcap against Hayti 17-2 in five innings. Kennett secured the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Bootheel Conference Tournament at Malden with Tuesday's wins and the Bootheel Conference regular season title...

Kennett baseball team secures regular season conference title with wins against Hayti and Senath-Hornersville (04/10/13)
KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball team finished Bootheel Conference play perfect Tuesday afternoon with a pair of home wins. Kennett defeated the Senath-Hornersville Lions 11-3 in Game 1 and won the nightcap against Hayti 17-2 in five innings. Kennett secured the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Bootheel Conference Tournament at Malden with Tuesday's wins and the Bootheel Conference regular season title...

Bulldogs run past Carbondale (04/10/13)
CARBONDALE, Ill., -- Gavin O'Brien picked up the win on the mound as the Sikeston Bulldogs baseball team routed Carbondale, Ill., on the road Tuesday 13-2. Sikeston pounded out 14 hits while taking a 6-2 lead after the first four innings. The Bulldogs put the game away with five runs in the seventh...

NMCC explodes for 13 runs in victory over East Prairie (04/10/13)
NEW MADRID -- After scoring a combined three runs in the past two games, the New Madrid County Eagles were looking for a little offense Tuesday when East Prairie came to town. What they got was a monster 10-run second inning rally that propelled the Eagles to a 13-3 win in six innings via the mercy-rule...

Throwing Trey's (04/09/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Trey Tigart finally has the monkey off his back. After two outings at home and nothing but two losses to show for it, the ace of Sikeston's pitching staff put one in the win column Monday against Dexter helping his Bulldogs to a 4-1 victory...

April 9, 2013 Scoreboard (04/09/13)
All the high school sports scores reported to Semoball.com.

Sikeston takes fifth at Poplar Bluff Invitational (04/09/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com POPLAR BLUFF -- The Sikeston Bulldogs golf team finished fifth at the Poplar Bluff Invitational tournament Monday at Westwood Hills Country Club in Poplar Bluff. Sikeston scored a 326 and was led by Gabe Wheeler's 74. Wheeler tied for third individually while Kirk Hoggatt tied for 10th with a 79...

Notre Dame baseball team shuts down Poplar Bluff (04/09/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Notre Dame pitchers Chase Urhahn and Justin Landewee cooled off Poplar Bluff's hot bats Monday. The pair combined for a three-hit shutout as the Bulldogs won 3-0 at Poplar Bluff in a matchup of unbeaten SEMO Conference teams...

Kennett baseball team splits pair at Cape Girardeau (04/09/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity baseball team split a pair of slugfests Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Kennett outlasted the Festus, Mo., Tigers 10-9 in eight innings in its first game Saturday before dropping the nightcap 9-5 to the host Notre Dame Bulldogs. ...

Kennett baseball team splits pair at Cape Girardeau (04/08/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity baseball team split a pair of slugfests Saturday afternoon at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Kennett outlasted the Festus, Mo., Tigers 10-9 in eight innings in its first game Saturday before dropping the nightcap 9-5 to the host Notre Dame Bulldogs. ...

Sikeston takes second at Jackson Invite (04/08/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com JACKSON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs boys track team finished second at the Jackson Invitational on Saturday. The boys scored a 94 as a team falling just behind boys winner Mount Vernon, Ill., who scored 107.5. The Sikeston girls topped out at eighth with a score of 38. The Dexter girls finished 10th with 34...

High school roundup: Saxony Lutheran baseball team falls in title game of own tourney (04/07/13)
All the local high school events reported Saturday to the Southeast Missourian.

High school roundup: Oran baseball team shuts out Oak Ridge (04/07/13)
All the local high school events reported Friday to the Southeast Missourian.

Campbell baseball team beats Southland 9-0 (04/06/13)
ARBYRD, Mo. - The Campbell Camels baseball team improved to 2-0 in Tri-County Conference play Friday afternoon when it collected a 9-0 win against the Southland Rebels. Campbell led 2-0 after one inning before it tacked on two runs in the fourth, one run in the fifth, three runs in the sixth and one run in the seventh to set the final score...

Kennett M.S. baseball team (04/06/13)
Kennett Middle School Baseball Schedule...

Whiteside pitches Jackson baseball team past New Madrid (04/05/13)
Just call Avery Whiteside the iron man of the Jackson High School baseball team this week. Make that iron arm. Whiteside, one day after pitching three innings of relief, fired a complete game as the Indians beat visiting New Madrid County Central 5-1...

South Pemiscot baseball team beats Senath-Hornersville 9-2 (04/04/13)
SENATH, Mo. - South Pemiscot Bulldogs starting pitcher Jacob Trammel had a simple explanation regarding how he put together a complete-game 11 strikeout performance against the Senath-Hornersville Lions Thursday afternoon. "I just put the ball in the zone," Trammel said. "I settled in and made timely pitches."...

Sixth inning magic lifts Scott City over Bearcats 8-5 (04/05/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- For the second time in as many days, the Scott City Rams used a little sixth-inning magic Thursday to overcome a sluggish start. Trailing by a pair of runs late in the contest, the Rams got a key double from their cleanup hitter, Ryan Fortner, to ignite a five-run rally that propelled them to an 8-5 win over the Dexter Bearcats...

Bulldogs rout Knights on the road (04/05/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com FARMINGTON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs shut out the Farmington Knights Thursday on the road in Farmington 11-0 in five innings. Cord Sheehy got the win on the mound for Sikeston throwing a complete game while striking out five, walking one and hitting one batter...

Tigers down Delta C-7 (04/05/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com RISCO -- The Risco Tigers rallied around an unfortunate accident Thursday afternoon over visiting Delta C-7. An early morning car crash involving a Risco counselor and senior sponsor provided the Tigers with extra motivation to pull out a 12-3 win. The person involved in the crash, who was flown to St. Louis, is expected to survive...

High school roundup: Notre Dame baseball team encounters first loss (04/05/13)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.

Whiteside pitches Jackson baseball team past New Madrid (04/05/13)
Just call Avery Whiteside the iron man of the Jackson High School baseball team this week. Make that iron arm. Whiteside, one day after pitching three innings of relief, fired a complete game as the Indians beat visiting New Madrid County Central 5-1...

South Pemiscot baseball team beats Senath-Hornersville 9-2 (04/05/13)
SENATH, Mo. - South Pemiscot Bulldogs starting pitcher Jacob Trammel had a simple explanation regarding how he put together a complete-game 11 strikeout performance against the Senath-Hornersville Lions Thursday afternoon. "I just put the ball in the zone," Trammel said. "I settled in and made timely pitches."...

Ram Tough (04/04/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SCOTT CITY -- After grounding out in his first two at-bats against Oran Wednesday, Scott City senior Levi Pettit stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning with the chance to put his team on top. The result was an RBI single that broke up a pitchers' duel and propelled the Rams to a 2-1 win in the process...

Scott City scores late to edge Oran 2-1 (04/04/13)
The Scott City and Oran baseball teams both had trouble coming up with the big hit. Host Scott City finally did and, coupled with Ryan Brock's stellar pitching, it paved the way for an exciting 2-1 win on a cold Wednesday afternoon. "That was a tough team," Brock said. "It's a good win."...

Chaffee hands Bluff first loss (04/04/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Chaffee's bunts and a swirling wind bedeviled Poplar Bluff's defense Wednesday. The Red Devils broke a tie in the sixth on a dropped fly ball and added an insurance run in the seventh without a hit to beat the host Mules 7-5. "We figured we were going to have to come in here do some bunting, play some small ball," Chaffee coach Brian Horrell said. "Especially with the wind blowing in."

Ruffin, Jones among media all-state picks (04/04/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Missouri media all-state basketball teams were released today and once again Southeast Missouri was well represented. Topping the list on the boy's side is a pair of Sikeston Bulldogs in Vashawn Ruffin and J.T. Jones. Ruffin earned first-team honors in Class 4 while Jones was selected for the second-team...

Scott City scores late to edge Oran 2-1 (04/04/13)
The Scott City and Oran baseball teams both had trouble coming up with the big hit. Host Scott City finally did and, coupled with Ryan Brock's stellar pitching, it paved the way for an exciting 2-1 win on a cold Wednesday afternoon. "That was a tough team," Brock said. "It's a good win."...

Unbeaten Notre Dame tops Dexter (04/04/13)
Stephen Brennan belted a triple and went 2 for 2 at the plate Wednesday as the Notre Dame baseball team defeated visiting Dexter 4-2 to remain unbeaten on the season. Pitcher Justin Landewee picked up his third win of the season. He threw a complete-game three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and two walks...