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Two proposals passed at the 2019 Missouri High School Activities Association Election in May will alter the postseason playoff field for local high schools in the Missouri Bootheel beginning in the 2020-21 school year.

No longer will Missouri high schools have to wait to see an enrollment spike or drop take effect. Beginning this year, the Missouri State High School Activities Association will release new class and district assignments annually. The goal is to make sure schools of similar size are competing against one another, accounting for sudden, drastic shifts in student enrollment...

Julia Williams recorded 15 points and four steals as fourth-seeded Notre Dame girls basketball suffered a heartbreaking loss to second-seeded Lutheran North 52-51 in the third-place match ...

Headline Dodd and Petty Named Heart Players Of The Week http://www.cmueagles.com//article/3970.php Leopold Grad named Setter of the week in HAAC conference. She is starting setter for CMU volleyball, currently they are 8-0 in conference play and 32-3 overall with 5 conference games left before the tournament. Central Methodist is located in Fayette MO and competes in NAIA competition...

Name of Event 9-12 College Softball Showcase Ultimate Sports Kennett 1012 St Francis St October 22, 9:00 am $125 Open to Grades 9-12 7 colleges committed including a rep from University of Missouri Limited Spots available Call Randy 417-861-2029/JD 573-344-1018...

Just days after Mayfield, Kentucky was hit by tornadoes, local youth headed to town with trunks full of baseball gear and donations. SEMO Rebels 12U is constructed of boys from Leopold, Advance, Delta, Marble Hill, Poplar Bluff, Oak Ridge, Jackson, and Cape. ...

Danitra Jones, Senior at Charleston High School, won the Class 2 State Title in the 100 m dash -12:55 time. She also placed 2nd in the 200 m dash-25:70. Charleston girls relay team placed 6th in the 4x200 m relay & received 4th place in the 4x100 m relay. Team members for both relays include Danitra Jones, Ashli Craig, Coreyanna Frazier, Connor Beth Watkins. In 2015, Jones placed 4th in the state in both the 100 m & 200 m dash...

Chelsea Cureton signed her letter of intention to play volleyball for Coach Tim Copeland at Mineral Area College on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Woodland R-IV High School in Marble Hill. During Chelsea’s senior year she has a career high of 414 digs. ...

Name of Event: RCA Spring Long Course Invitational River City Aquatics (RCA) will host its Spring Long Course Invitational swim meet April 10-12 at Central Municipal Pool. Swimmers will be traveling from all over Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Northeast Arkansas and the St. ...

53rd annual Chester Invitational boys basketball Tournament Team listed first will be home team on scoreboard. Chester will always be home team on scoreboard and will sit on north bench. Monday, January 12, 2015 Game 1 - Valle Catholic (Ste. Genevieve, MO) vs Cobden - 6:00pm...

Name of Event: Heartland Officials Assn. Meeting The Heartland Officials Assn. will have its first meeting of the season for basketball on Sunday, Nov. 2, 6:00pm, in room 107 of the Student Rec. Center at SEMO. All officials are invited to attend but the primary focus will be for new or beginning officials. ...

Kick off of the Kohlfeld Scorpions Rugby 2014 Fall Season Have you ever wanted to learn the sport of Rugby? The Kohlfeld Scorpions has been an active Rugby team in Cape Girardeau since 1972 and we are looking for new members to compete on the Men's team...

The Dream Factory will host an inaugural co-ed softball tournament in Sikeston July 26.

The Jammin' Juniors Tennis Tournament will be held at the Notre Dame High School Tennis Complex in Cape Girardeau July 25 from 8:30a.m. -4:00p.m.

The Heartland Officials Assn. will have its regular monthly meeting on Sunday, Jan. 5 at 4 p.m. in room 107 of the Student Rec. Center at SEMO.

Tryouts for the 14u-17u teams will take place Saturday, Aug. 24, at Notre Dame High School.

The Stoddard County Athletic Association 2013 Baseball All-Tournament Team

Results from the Middle School Malden Invitational

TC Hoops Basketball Club will be conducting a Basketball Skills Clinic at Saxony Lutheran High School on Saturday, Sept. 15.

Southeast Missouri's newest USA Swimming team, the Cape County Castaways, has wasted no time in its climb to the upper echelon of regional swimming competition.

The Jackson American Legion Freshman team won third in the double-elimination state championships held on July 18-22 in Branson, Mo.

Cape Youth Tackle Football (CYTF) has announced their fall 2012 registration dates for 2012. All players (male or female) are eligible and CYTF accepts from any county, town, area, etc. All players MUST be going into grades 2-7 (Fall 2012) and NOT be age 15 yet. Players must be less than 200lbs...

Game one of the Little League Minor Boys State Final Four held in Concordia, Mo. Campbell played LaCoMo east all stars which was the host team of the tournament. This game was played on Friday night July 20th. The plan was to start David Dell on the mound and follow him with Kaden Siebert. ...

Four Gator's swimmers competed in the Spring Sectionals Speedo Champions Series meet in Tulsa, Oklahoma last weekend.

TC Hoops Basketball Club will be holding traveling team tryouts for high school boys and girls on Saturday, March 10th and Saturday, March 17th at Red Star Baptist Church Activity Center on Main Street in downtown Cape Girardeau.

An organizational meeting for the SEMO South Junior Babe Ruth Baseball League will be held on March 22nd at 7 p.m. at the Chaffee City Hall.

The Cape County Enforcers will play the Springfield Guns on March 24th at 4:00 p.m. at Cape Central's football stadium to raise funds for a detective battling cancer.

The Arch City Unsigned HoopFest will be held Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri for unsigned high school seniors.

The Class Act Family Fitness Tennis Center will be hosting a tennis play day on Saturday, April 7th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A second year 11U baseball team "Cape Quake" has openings for the 2011-2012 season. For additional information, or to be considered for placement on the player roster, please submit your contact information to capequake@hotmail.com.

The Cape Girardeau American Legion is holding baseball tryouts on Sunday, April 15th at Capaha Park.

There will be tournaments for boys and girls on April 21 and 22, with championship games being held at Sikeston Fieldhouse.

The City of Cape Girardeau's Parks & Recreation Department will be hosting its 2012 Girls Softball League.

The City of Cape Girardeau's Parks & Recreation Department will have an informational meeting at the Osage Community Centre on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. for its 2012 Girls Fastpitch League.

The Southeast Missouri Cross Country Coaches is an organization composed of the cross country coaches from the 17 regional schools that currently field teams, along with area MSHSAA officials. There purpose is to promote the sport of high school cross country in the region and throughout the state. ...

Fifteen members of the Backyard Horseshoe Club who also happen to be members of the SEMO Horseshoe Association brought home 12 trophies.

Woodard signed a one-year contract with the Danville Dragons Pro Football Team of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.

Caitlyn Palmer brought back six gold medals and one silver in seven personal events.

Matthew Westrich of Cape Girardeau was selected to compete as a player for Team Missouri in the USA Baseball Midwest Regional.

The Kelso school will host its third annual scramble on Sept. 23.

Burroughs will play at Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Ill.

The event will take place throughout June at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter.

Vickie Howard and Debbie Gahan won first place with a score of 37.

Hannah Kinder,a Cape Central graduate, will finish her swimming carrer at Texas A&M with a trip the the NCAA Championships this year.

The team will be in showcase tournament across the Midwest.

There will be a meeting for anyone interested in having a team participate in the SEMO South Junior Babe Ruth Baseball League at 7 p.m. on March 17.

Boys and girls from sixth grade through high school are invited to try out.

St.Vincent de Paul's 7th grade basketball team took first place in the SEMO Parochial Tournament on Saturday.

Five Doniphan runners qualified for the state meet.

The Doniphan girls cross country team won another first place team award at the Doniphan Cross Country Meet held on October 20.

A 5K run will be held to support the Sport Management Major Scholarship Fund at Southeast Missouri State University on Saturday, October 23rd.

The Doniphan varsity girls cross country team competed in the Eminence Invitational on October 13th, bringing home their third first place team win.

This meeting is open to all softball and baseball umpires of any level, but the group is targeting any new or beginning officials who are interested in learning or improving their skills of officiating.

The Kelso, Mo. men's fast pitch league is hosting a pitching clinic on Monday evenings though October for males ages 14-and-older.

Check out the Wildcats schedules and thoughts from coach Allen Crawford abouot the fall season.

The team, which includes players from Jackson, Cape Girardeau and Southern Illinois, went 3-0 in the tournament.

The Cape Area Youth Soccer Assoication will hold sign up on July 18 and July 25.

With only two high school boys, two high school girls and two junior high girls, the team set three new state records and brought home 17 top-eight place finishes including five first places.

The week-long camps are available for three different age groups.

Champion Bernie led the way with three all-tournament team selections.

Josh Terry, a 6-4 wing for Three Rivers Community College, has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Austin Peay State University.

The annual meeting will take play on April 28 while free clinics for juniors will be held on May 8.

The Jackson Senior Babe Ruth baseball team will hold tryouts at 2 p.m. on April 18 at Saxony Lutheran High School.

The first camp will be an All-Skills Camp to be held Saturday, April 10th. The second camp will be a pitcher's camp to be held on Saturday, April 17th.

The girls tournament will take place June 11-12 at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter, Mo. followed by the boys tournament July 9-10.

Tryouts for the Wolfpack coached by BJ Smith will take place on Mar. 13 and 20.

The NLGS Wolfpack basketball team will hold tryouts on Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at the Red Star Baptist Church Activity Building in Cape Girardeau.

All boys and girls ages 10 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition at 1 p.m. on Feb. 7 at Immaculate Conception gym in Jackson.

The Tribal Council Can Food Drive will take place at the Jackson-Sikeston boys basketball game on Jan. 26 at Jackson High School.

Sixteen teams will compete in the event beginning at 9 a.m. at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau.

Registration for the Snowman Tournament is open until Jan. 27.

Softball for the Holidays!!! November 21st marked the First Annual Men's Softball Tournament in Portageville to help raise money for the New Madrid County Family Resource Center's Christmas Angel Tree Project. The Christmas Angel Tree Project supports families during Christmas by purchasing gifts for needy children all throughout New Madrid County. In 2008, the project served approximately 280 children and distributed more than 30 food baskets to the families...

Chaffee competed against 11 squads for this title, and were scored on tumbling, stunts, choreography, crowd involvement, overall entertainment value, and several other categories.

Winners of Popeyes Chicken's Spicy Hit of the Week Contest from Sikeston High School

Check out the Bulldogs results so far this year.

The tournament, which will have a men's and coed division, will raise money for a Special Olympics softball team trip to a national competition.

The Southern Storm 14u team will be holding tryouts on Saturday, October 3rd and 10th at Southern Premier Sports at 2 p.m.

The Heartland Officials Association will hold its monthly meeting on Sunday, October 4, 6:00pm in room 107 of the Student Rec Center at SEMO.

Check out which players high school football coaches are picking as their biggest hitters each week.

Cape Central High School Cheerleaders won numerous awards at the National Cheerleaders Association camp held at Southeast Missouri State University on July 24-26, 2009.

Central Junior High Cheerleaders attended the NCA (National Cheerleaders Association) Camp at Southeast Missouri State University July 20th through 23rd with about 35 squads attending, and were awarded the following awards: Five blue SUPERIOR ribbons, one red EXCELLENT ribbon, NCA Spirit Stick awarded all four days of camp, Technical Excellence award for Motion Technique, Herkie Team Award, bid to NCA Nationals in Dallas Texas, all 16 cheerleaders were nominated for All-American Cheerleader (only squad at the camp to achieve this), First Place Champion Chant trophy, First place Top Team Trophy, all 16 cheerleaders were invited to participate in one of NCA's special events, and both coaches earned NCA Coaches Credentialing. ...