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Dongola High School will have a baseball team for the spring after forfeiting the season last year because of a lack of players.
“We’re going to get out and have some fun,” first year Dongola baseball coach Michael Janke said. “We’ve got a good bunch of guys.”
The team has yet to practice on its...
The Cobden High School softball team returns all of its starters from last season.
“I feel pretty good about the season,” Cobden coach Michele Burris said. “I think we’ll be strong, I’m really excited about it.”
The nine returning starters from last season’s 7-13 squad include four seniors:...
The Cobden High School baseball team will have a young team this season, with only two seniors on the squad.
“We’re really young, with two seniors,” Cobden coach Jared Clutts said. “But we have a lot of talent and a lot of kids that can play.”
Six starters return from last year’s 13-10 squad to...
With seven starters returning from last year’s 10-13 squad, Aaron Roberts is looking for success for the 2018 season.
“We’ve looked pretty good in practice the last couple weeks,” Roberts said. “This will be the year to make things happen.”
Two of the seven senior starters, Hunter Ralls and Bryce...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball coach Rodney Seip is looking to his senior leadership for success this season.
“We’ve got the potential to be pretty decent,” Seip said. “It depends a lot on how our senior leadership steps up.”
Senior starters returning from last year’s 13-16 squad are...
Dongola High School softball coach Barry Keller will rely on underclassmen for success this season.
“We lost five starters and we gained six,” Keller said. “We’ve got a big freshmen class. We’re going to be young.”
Five starters graduated from last year’s 12-12 team and six incoming freshmen will...
In some ways it was like a relief. No, not really as losing is never, ever, a good feeling.
Yet it was difficult to convince yourself Barry Hinson’s 2018 SIU team was going to challenge for a spot in the NCAA’s March Madness game.
Yes, the Salukis fooled us once late in the season when they put...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team finished an outstanding season in 2018.
Winning a Class 2A regional for the first time since 2004 and setting a new school record with an amazing 23-9 record were no small feats.
The Class 2A regional title was also especially...
With 1:15 remaining in the game, Jake Parr made a 3-pointer to lead the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team to a 54-51 win over Chester for the Class 2A regional championship at Johnston City Friday, Feb. 23.
The win was a school record for A-J. With the win, the Wildcats...
Local athletes are invited to participate in the 13th annual Fitness Plus indoor triathlon which is slated Saturday, March 3, in Cape Girardeau. The event begins at 8 a.m.
The indoor triathlon is designed for all levels, including advanced triathletes, who are looking for a spring warm-up or a...
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