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archives May 2008 Knights, Dragons reach MAAA baseball final New 5.1.08 The MAAA's regular-season co-champions will meet for the tournament championship Friday after winning semifinal games Wednesday. Top-seeded Ste. Genevieve (13-3) rallied to force extra innings against Potosi, then scored on Tyler Thomure's RBI walk-off single in the eighth. Caleb Whitworth scored the complete-game win after striking out six and walking none with six hits. Landon Young was 2-for-4 for Potosi. Farmington (10-8) reached the MAAA finals for the ninth straight time with a 4-1 defeat of Valle, which won the league's small-school title. The Knights scored three runs in the sixth inning to pull ahead and led 4-0 after six. Adam Blum had two of Farmington's six hits. Weather wipes out racing plans at three local tracks New 5.2.08 Racing at Benton Racepark, Fredericktown Raceway and Malden Speedway is cancelled today because of rain, although officials at Malden say they'll try again Saturday. Late models will compete in double features Saturday at Malden, where racing will begin at 6:30 p.m. Other classes also will compete, including modifieds. The Benton and Fredericktown tracks will compete again Friday, May 9. 16 fights on AFC card in Poplar Bluff New 5.3.08 Sixteen events and three championship matches highlight the AFC card at 7 p.m. today at Scooter's II in Poplar Bluff. T.J. Kitchen will face an opponent to be announced for the 155-pound title, Jeremy Freeman will face Levi Young in a 135-pound title shot, and Jason Aldridge and Justin Jiminez will meet for the 205-pound championship. Second inning powers Knights in MAAA final New 5.3.08 Farmington scored five times in the second inning to pull ahead for good, setting the stage for a 5-3 win over Ste. Genevieve (13-4) in the MAAA baseball tournament championship Friday. The game was a rematch between the MAAA's regular-season co-champions of the large-school division. Farmington (11-8) won 7-1 in the regular-season meeting. Redhawks win OVC men's track title New 5.4.08 Southeast won the final event of the day to clinch the OVC men's outdoor track and field championship Saturday in Cape Girardeau. The Southeast 4-by-400 relay team of Myron Pettigrew, Robert Delaria, Ryan Criglar and Chris Poindexter won the day's final event and finished with 174.5 points, just ahead of Eastern Illinois at 172. Southeast's title win came in the final league meet for coach Joey Haines before his retirement at the end of the season. Other winners Saturday included Miles Smith in the 400-meter dash, Paul Stimmerman in the 1,500-meter run, Bilal Hameed in the triple jump, and the 4-by-100 relay team. Southeast also won four of six events on Friday. Southeast was fourth in the women's OVC meet. Kinder hired to coach Leopold boys team New 5.6.08 Delta graduate Shawn Kinder, who resigned last month from his boys basketball coaching job there, will coach at Leopold next season. The move was approved this week by Leopold school board members. Kinder coached Delta for the past five seasons after graduating from the school in 1998. Kinder joins Chaffee's Josh Govero and Advance's Jim Shoemaker as recent hires to fill vacant boys basketball positions. Brad Phillips (Doniphan) and Mark Verticcho (Delta) are the latest girls basketball hirings. Southeast baseball game moved from night to afternoon New 5.11.08 Southeast's baseball game Tuesday against Central Arkansas has been moved to an afternoon start because of rain in the evening forecast. Southeast is scheduled to play its final home game of the season against the same team 24 hours later at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Buckley wins 1st sprint feature at Benton New 5.11.08 Kent Buckley of Farmington won his first career sprint feature at Benton Racepark, leading Memphis, Tenn., area racers Terry Gray and Derek Hager Friday as part of a weekend that saw a handful of rainouts. Other feature race winners included Ste. Genevieve's Brian Worley, also a first-time winner in the modified class. Chris Webb won in pure stocks, and Jeff Turner won in the pro four class. Malden Speedway completed just the first of two scheduled nights of its Bootheel 200 event. Saturday's sprint and modified special events are rescheduled for Saturday, July 12. In Friday's program, Todd Hall won in late models, Robby Arnold in modifieds, Claudie Cook in hobby stocks, Dicky Jackson in e-mods, Jimmy Newsome in mini stocks and Jared Wagster in street stocks. Friday's racing at Fredericktown Raceway was rained out for the fourth week in a row, along with Saturday events at St. Francois County Raceway and Saturday's racing at SEMO Raceway and the Sikeston Drag Strip. B.J. Smith in line for Wyoming coaching position New 5.13.08 Former Southeast Missouri women's basketball coach B.J. Smith, whose four-year stay with the school remains at the center of an ongoing NCAA investigation, interviewed Monday to be the new women's coach at Casper College, a junior college near Casper, Wyo. Smith, who coached the Redhawks to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2006, left the school abruptly before practice begin in November 2006 just before the start of an in-depth NCAA investigation that later turned up a list of violations, including: An initial NCAA ruling calls for stripping away all 79 wins and the NCAA Tournament appearance under Smith. Smith, among four candidates for the Casper job, told the Casper Star-Tribune for today's editions that he filed an appeal to the NCAA's findings and expects results in June or July. "There's tons of lessons (and) things where you look back and say you should have done this differently or that differently," Smith said. "I've grown as a person and it wasn't an enjoyable experience, but it'll make me better as a person. "I will absolutely never get back what I've lost as far as reputation and perception — it'll take me years to overcome that," Smith said. "I talk to our kids about learning to handle failure (and) learning to get knocked down and get back up. And this is just one of those life lessons." Members of the school's search committee said they did their homework on Smith and knew of the allegations before Monday's interview. Three more candidates will interview this week. "No question, B.J.'s resume just pops out," Casper athletic director Bill Landen said. "He's obviously coached at a very high level." Casper was 16-7 last season. Redhawks baseball team earns spot in league tourney New 5.17.08 The Southeast baseball team will play in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament for the 14th year in a row after slipping into the field despite a loss Saturday. The Redhawks (23-24) led Morehead State 12-8 in the bottom of the ninth Saturday before falling in extra innings. Southeast split its final series of the season after winning Friday. Southeast sealed its spot in the OVC tournament field Friday by virtue of Murray State's loss to Austin Peay. That pushed Southeast to fourth in the standings; six teams advance to the tournament. Southeast, the field's No. 6 seed, will play No. 3 Austin Peay at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Paducah, Ky. Saxony first, Valle fifth in Class 1 meet New 5.18.08 After back-to-back runnerup finishes, Saxony Lutheran sealed its first Class 1 state track and field title Saturday in Jefferson City. Saxony finished with 52 points, three ahead of runnerup Worth County. Valle was fifth with 29. Viburnum (eighth) and Scott County Central (10th) also were among the top 10. Saxony's girls team finished seventh in Class 1. Crystal City was third in Class 2 girls and seventh in the boys standings. Scott City holds on; Clearwater, Oran, Valle advance New 5.19.08 | 
Scott City reached the 20-win mark after a 10-6 defeat of Portageville in a Class 2 baseball sectional today. The Rams (20-1) turned back Portageville in eight innings in the closest sectional game among four played in the area today. Scott City will play Wednesday at Clearwater, which defeated Bourbon 8-2. Clearwater is 16-4. In Class 1, Oran will play Wednesday at Valle after both won sectional games. Oran (12-4) defeated Cooter 12-4, and Valle (22-6) defeated Winona 17-2 in five innings. Bogan ineligible for fall semester New 5.20.08 Will Bogan is expected to miss the first several games of his sophomore season after he was ruled ineligible this week. Redhawks coach Scott Edgar confirmed in a posted media report today and later in a published newspaper story. Edgar did not speculate on Bogan's eligibility for the second semester; he can attend summer school in an attempt to boost his grades and retain his eligibility after Jan. 1. Bogan, a Bell City High grad, averaged 7 points and shot 57 percent from the field as a freshman. His eligibility issue follows a string of shaky news for the Redhawks: Jujuan Maxwell missed last season because of a knee injury and recently underwent surgery; Roderick Pearson left the team after scoring in double figures last season; and the eligibility of high school recruit Martino Brock is in question because of issues involving the status of his Nashville prep school. In addition, recruiting coordinator Ronnie Dean was fired following a season in which the Redhawks lost 14 of their final 15 games. Perryville girls advance to Class 1 soccer quarterfinals New 5.21.08 Perryville will play in the girls soccer quarterfinals for the first time Saturday after a 3-1 win Tuesday over St. Pius X. Carrie Stone's goal pushed St. Pius (10-8) ahead 1-0, but Alyssa Bauwens, Kenda Schilli and Rebecca Hanquist gave the Pirates (16-6) three in a row in an 18-minute stretch to put the game away. Perryville will play St. Louis Notre Dame at 5 p.m. Saturday in Fenton. In Class 2, Jackson ended its season at 18-3 with a 1-0 loss to Hazelwood Central. Notre Dame advances; Jackson ousted in sectional New 5.21.08 Notre Dame countered a three-hit day with a pair of solo home runs by Mark Himmelberg in a 3-0 win over DeSoto in a Class 3 baseball sectional Tuesday. Notre Dame (18-6) will play at Pacific (11-12) Thursday, its first sectional-round game since 2002. Himmelberg gave up just one hit when Nathan White hit to center field in the third inning for the Dragons (17-10). In a Class 4 sectional at St. Charles, Jackson (12-12) tied Francis Howell 3-3 in the third inning, but Howell (22-3) pushed ahead in the fifth with a five-run inning on four hits and a pair of Jackson errors. Howell won 8-3 and will play Thursday. Central hires Payne to fill football coaching job New 5.22.08 Assistant Rich Payne is the new head football coach at Cape Girardeau Central, the school said today. Payne has been a Tigers assistant for 10 seasons. He also has been an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Southeast. Payne fills the position left when Lawrence Brookins resigned in early January. Oran, Scott City advance to state semifinals New 5.22.08 Scott City and Oran are in the state baseball final four after wins Wednesday. At Piedmont, Scott City (21-1) scored twice in the eighth winning to complete a rally over host Clearwater (16-5) in a 7-5 win in Class 2. Cody Carlyle hit an RBI single to tie the game at 5-5 before the Rams' final push. He finished 3-for-4. Jake Hime and Kendall Fay each had two hits for Clearwater. At Ste. Genevieve, Oran (23-4) used 11 hits and made the most of six errors to win 13-3 in a game shortened to six innings. Oran will play next week in the final four for the seventh time in 11 years. Kody Campbell, Alex Chasteen, Steven Dooley and Jayden Pobst had two hits apiece for Oran. Scott City moves on to play Hallsville, and Oran will play Stoutland. Both semifinals are Wednesday in Springfield. Seventh inning lifts ND into state semifinal New 5.23.08 Notre Dame's baseball team scored eight runs in the seventh inning to pull away from Pacific and win 12-2 in a Class 3 quarterfinal game Thursday. Notre Dame, which leads the SemoSportsWeb all-sport standings by 13 points over Herculaneum, is chasing the school's third team championship of the 2007-'08 school year following titles in basketball and soccer. Ryan Bass was 3-for-4, and Dylan Drury was 2-for-2 for Notre Dame (19-6), which will play St. Dominic on Friday in Springfield. Pacific is 11-13. Rams roll into state baseball title game New 5.28.08 Scott City will play for a state championship Thursday, and Oran will aim for third place after mixed results in today's state baseball tournament in Springfield. In a Class 2 semifinal, Scott City cruised past Hallsville 10-0 in five innings for a Thursday championship berth against Barstow, a 3-2 winner over Conway. Scott City (22-1) scored seven runs in the bottom of the third inning, then tacked on another in the fourth and two in the fifth to bring the game to an early finish. Josh Henson, Ryan Modglin and Shae Simmons each had two hits for the Rams. Hallsville (15-8) was held to two hits. In Class 1, Stoutland scored three times in the top of the first inning and led from there on the way to a 7-4 win, dropping Oran into Thursday's third-place game against New Haven. Kody Campbell was 3-for-3 as part of a seven-hit day for Oran (23-5). Stoutland is 21-2. Rams roll to Class 2 baseball state title New 5.29.08 Shae Simmons pitched his third complete game of the postseason Thursday, this time in a 13-3 that clinched Scott City's Class 2 baseball state championship over Barstow. Simmons struck out 12 and walked three in the six-inning win that clinched the school's first state championship in a team sport. Scott City finished the season 23-1; Barstow is 18-2. Scott City pulled away from a 2-2 tie in the second and led from there. It was as close as 6-3 in the fourth before the Rams scored seven times in the sixth. Simmons was 3-for-3, part of a 15-hit day for Scott City. Cody Carlyle, Josh Henson, Ryan Modlin and Cody Page had two hits apiece. |
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