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archives November 2008 Southeast falls at home to Eastern Kentucky New 11.2.08 Eastern Kentucky scored 22 consecutive points and erased Southeast's 16-7 lead in a 29-16 OVC finish Saturday at Houck Stadium. Eastern (6-3) scored early before Southeast pushed ahead for a 16-7 edge on Doug Spada field goals of 24, 33 and 47 yards, along with Tim Holloman's 9-yard touchdown run. But Southeast (3-6) gave up the game's final three touchdowns: passes from Allan Holland to Stephen Sizemore and to Cody Watts, along with a 66-yard interception return by Jeremy Caldwell. Holloman ran for 107 yards, and quarterback Houston Lillard threw for 177 yards and four interceptions. Hansbrough is unanimous pick for AP preseason list New 11.3.08 Poplar Bluff High grad Tyler Hansbrough is on the Associated Press All-America preseason team for a record third consecutive year, but the first as a unanimous pick. The list announced by the AP today is highlighted by Hansbrough, a 6-foot-9 senior and last season's national player of the year. He was listed on all 72 ballots by the same media panel that selects the weekly Top 25; he missed being a unanimous pick last season by one vote, and he fell seven votes shorts as a sophomore. The last unanimous pick was Duke guard Jason Williams in 2001, and the last repeat selection was Michigan State guard Mateen Cleaves in 1999. NMCC aims for payback in Class 3 regional New 11.5.08 New Madrid County Central will get its second chance to defeat Potosi when the teams play Wednesday in a Class 3 high school football regional. NMCC (8-2) is No. 4 in this week's Southeast Missouri football poll, just ahead of No. 7 Potosi (8-2). The teams played in Week 3 of the season, when NMCC lost 28-18 at home. Tackling Potosi running back Brandon Bourbon, who leads Southeast Missouri with 2,182 rushing yards, will be crucial, NMCC coach Arlen Pixley said in a published story. "In the first game we didn't tackle well at all," he said. "It wasn't necessarily anything else except that our kids were flying around and diving at his feet instead of squaring up and taking him on." Familiar matchups set for football sectionals New 11.5.08 At least six Southeast Missouri football teams will see familiar opponents Monday for the high school sectional round after each won Wednesday. Thayer will host Miller (Class 1), Caruthersville will host Malden (Class 2) and Farmington will host West Plains (Class 4) in rematches from the regular season, only this time with a season in the balance. Winners of Monday's games advance to quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 15, with the losers eliminated from the postseason. Other games Monday will feature Jackson at Parkway North in Class 5, New Madrid County Central at Ste. Genevieve in Class 3, and Hayti at Valle in Class 1. Greminger climbs to No. 2 on SEMO passing list New 11.6.08 Michael Greminger threw for 226 yards and climbed to No. 2 on the list of Southeast Missouri passing leaders Wednesday in Valle's high school football regional win. Greminger was 16-of-22 for Valle, which defeated St. Vincent and will host Hayti in the sectional round Monday. Ste. Genevieve quarterback Kory Faulkner had the biggest day among area quarterbacks and threw for 292 yards; he leads the region with 3,499 yards. Greminger is No. 2 with 2,235. Blake Parr, whose Kennett team was eliminated in the district round, is third with 2,229 yards. Josh Perreault of Perryville ran for 261 yards, and Josh Meyer of Ste. Genevieve had 148 yards in receptions to lead the area in both categories. SI heads up season's first boys hoops tournament New 11.6.08 A year after winning its fifth consecutive Arcadia Valley Thanksgiving Tournament title, South Iron is expected to repeat again. Coaches today picked South Iron as the top seed for the season's traditional season-opening boys basketball tournament. South Iron will play eighth-seeded Bismarck to kick off the eight-team event at 5 p.m. Nov. 24. The Panthers finished 30-2 and second in the Class 2 state tournament last season. They were No. 5 in the Southeast Missouri Top 25 poll. The rest of the field at Arcadia is Lesterville in second, followed by Clearwater, Arcadia Valley, West County, Ellington, Park Hills Central and Bismarck. Finals will be Nov. 27, Thanksgiving Day. Road loss to Murray drops SEMO to 1-5 in OVC New 11.8.08 Murray State outgained Southeast 363-192 in total yards today and won 17-10, ensuring a sub-.500 season in coach Tony Samuel's third season with the Redhawks. Murray State (4-6, 3-3 Ohio Valley Conference) never trailed and ended a two-game losing streak. The Racers took a 17-0 lead into the fourth quarter after Derrick Townsel and Charlie Jordan each scored touchdowns. Southeast (3-7, 1-5) scored in the fourth quarter on a 25-yard field goal by Doug Spada and a 1-yard touchdown run by Timmy Holloman. The Redhawks have two games remaining, starting with their final home game Nov. 15 against Tennessee-Martin. Southeast goes to Austin Peay on Nov. 22. Eminence, Scott City fall in state volleyball finals New 11.9.08 Eminence and Scott City each were defeated in state volleyball championships Saturday in Kansas City. In Class 1, Eminence (35-4) forced a third game but lost 25-21, 22-25, 23-25 to Sacred Heart. Caitlin Rutledge had 16 points and 13 kills; teammate Morgan Adams had 19 digs. In Class 2, Scott City (35-2-3) lost 25-23, 25-19 to Hermann. Brooke Simpson finished with 12 kills and 11 digs. It's Herky in a state sweep; three runners claim titles New 11.9.08 Jacob Swearingen of Potosi led the distance and nearly clipped the record time in winning the Class 3 state cross country title in Jefferson City, one of three individual title winners from the area. Swearingen's second consecutive state title came in 15 minutes, 38 seconds, one-tenth of a second off the record time set by Josh Thebeau of Potosi in 2006. Swearingen won the state title by almost 30 seconds; teammate Nick Niggemann was third. West Plains won the team title; Notre Dame's Wynn McClellan was ninth, and his team finished third. Runners from Herculaneum and Festus also won individual titles in girls events. Eileen Schweiss won the Class 2 race and lifted Herculaneum to the team title. Alyssa Allison of Festus won the Class 3 race, helping Festus finish third as a team. Other top performances: Ross Gage of Saxony Lutheran was ninth in Class 1. In Class 1 girls, Kristin Dippold of Saxony finished eighth. In Class 2, Herculaneum swept the boys and girls team titles. Top boys finishers were Herculaneum teammates Alex Mason (fourth), Cody Sullivan (fifth) and Kyle Hendrix (seventh); Jeff Kostedt of Arcadia Valley was sixth. Megan Arnold of Herculaneum was seventh in the girls race. In Class 3 girls, Sarah White of Potosi was fifth, and Veronica Schabbing (Central) was seventh in Class 4 girls. NMCC, Ste. Gen pile up sectional records New 11.11.08 New Madrid County Central and Ste. Genevieve combined for a state playoff-record 124 points in NMCC's 72-52 win Monday, a game that yielded a list of milestones. The 1,200 combined yards for both teams ranks second in state high school football history, and NMCC's 652 yards of offense ranks No. 9 in the state. Its 560 yards rushing ranks No. 5. Individually, Ste. Genevieve quarterback Kory Faulkner ran for 160 yards and passed for 333 and became the first Ste. Genevieve quarterback to pass the 1,000-yard mark in both categories in one season. Twin Rivers grad boosts ASU in final tuneup win New 11.12.08 Twin Rivers and Three Rivers Community College alumn Michael Lance hit a three-point shot with 1 second left to lift Arkansas State to a 59-58 comeback win over Southern Arkansas in ASU's final men's basketball exhibition game Monday. ASU, which was 2-of-20 from behind the three-point arc, trailed most of the way and took its first lead with 2:04 left. Southern Arkansas took a 58-56 lead with 10 seconds to play, setting up the shot by the former Twin Rivers all-stater. "I knew we didn't have anymore timeouts and I saw on the clock we had seven seconds left," Lance said. "Ifeanyi (Koggu) did a great job, and he's really the one that set it up. He came down the right side, my man just took a step toward him to honor his drive and left me for a good pass. I was lucky enough to hit the shot." ASU goes to Ole Miss for its season opener Friday. Notre Dame advances, Saxony out in soccer playoffs New 11.14.08 Joe Froemsdorf and John Unterreiner scored goals and Ryan Bass posted his 15th shutout of the season in Notre Dame's 2-0 high school soccer win Thursday over St. Mary's. The Bulldogs (22-4) advanced to the Class 2 state semifinals and will play Helias on Friday, Nov. 21 in Fenton. Bass sailed a 70-yard shot to Brock Dirnberger to assist on Unterreiner's first-half goal, which pushed Notre Dame ahead 1-0 at the break; Dirnberger set up Froemsdorf's goal after halftime. In Class 1, Saxony Lutheran gave up a goal in the final 5 minutes and lost 2-1 to Trinity Catholic in a quarterfinal game. Saxony (19-8) trailed 1-0 before Andrew Etzold scored in the second half. Cold awaits Saturday football schedule New 11.14.08 Going to one of the region's five high school football quarterfinal games Saturday afternoon? Bundle up. Temperatures will reach into the lower 40s in Southeast Missouri late Saturday morning, then drop steadily through the day behind a gusty northwest wind. Rain overnight is expected to end by noon, according to the National Weather Service. Saturday's games, all with 1:30 p.m. kickoffs, feature five of the top six teams in Southeast Missouri, including No. 1 Farmington at Gateway Tech in Class 4. Other matchups: No. 2 NMCC vs. Cardinal Ritter in Class 3; No. 3 Thayer vs. No. 6 Valle in Class 1; No. 5 Jackson vs. Eureka in Class 5; and No. 17 Caruthersville at Maplewood-Richmond Heights in Class 2. Saturday's winners advance to the semifinal round Saturday, Nov. 22. Jackson, Thayer advance to football semifinals New 11.15.08 For Jackson, a squeaker. For the other five Southeast Missouri teams in today's high school football state quarterfinals, it wasn't even close. Jackson and Thayer both advanced with opposite outcomes, Jackson a 10-7 winner over Eureka in Class 5, and Thayer a 30-0 winner over Valle in Class 1. Jackson, 7-5 and ranked No. 5 in Southeast Missouri, will play at Hazelwood East on Saturday. Thayer, 11-1 and No. 3 in Southeast Missouri, will go to Tipton on Saturday. Saturday's other finishes ended the season for top-ranked Farmington (53-0 to Gateway Tech in Class 4), No. 2 New Madrid County Central (20-0 to Cardinal Ritter) and No. 17 Caruthersville (44-0 to Mapelwood-Richmond Heights). At Thayer, Jacob Eckman ran for 244 yards, threw for 73 and scored four of Thayer's five touchdowns in the shutout. Thayer took a 14-0 lead at halftime over the No. 6 Warriors, who reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 1995. At Jackson, Morgan Johnson kicked a 20-yard field goal to break a tie in the final 10 seconds to defeat Eureka and avenge a regular-season loss. At Gateway Tech, the hosts picked off Farmington four times and recovered a fumble to give the Knights their second shutout of the season, both by a combined 96 points. It was 21-0 after the first quarter. At Mehlville, host Maplewood capitalized on seven Caruthersville turnovers and scored all 44 points in the first half. Four-state lineup set for fifth-year Hoopfest New 11.17.08 Teams from Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee dot the schedule for the fifth annual Heartland Hoopfest in Perryville, organizers announced. The Dec. 20 event will feature eight matchups, two more than last year's event. Regional rivalries highlight early games with St. Vincent vs. Oak Ridge (9:30 a.m.), Saxony Lutheran vs. Chester, Ill. (11:05), and Cape Girardeau Central vs. Perryville (12:40 p.m.). From there, Jackson faces Whitfield at 2:15, Charleston plays Gateway Tech at 3:50, and Chaminade faces Greene County (Ark.) Tech at 5:25. The event's first-ever girls game pits Berkeley against Millington (Tenn.) Central at 7, followed by the night's finale, a boys game between Maplewood-Richmond Heights and Memphis (Tenn.) Mitchell at 8:35. MAC women win battle of unbeaten juco teams New 11.19.08 Briley Milfield's three-point shot with 1.5 seconds to lay lifted Mineral Area to a 64-61 win in a women's basketball matchup Wednesday at Lewis & Clark in Godfrey, Ill. The three-point shot was Milfield's fourth of the night; she finished with 14 points for Mineral Area (4-0). Gretchen Gaskin led with 16. The Cardinals shot 57 percent from the field to hand Lewis & Clark its first loss after three wins in a row. Kennett football coach resigns after four seasons New 11.20.08 Kirk Welch has resigned as Kennett High School's football coach. Welch compiled a 17-22 record in his four seasons with the team. The Indians lost their final three games last season and their final four this season after a 6-0 start and a ranking as high as sixth in Southeast Missouri. Kennett's six wins in 2007 were the most since the team was 7-3 in 1999. Before taking the job at Kennett, Welch coached Hayti to a 5-5 record in 2004. He was offensive coordinator at Greenwood (Ark.) High School from 2001 to '03 and helped that team reach the playoffs all three years. North County loses its football voice of 40 years New 11.20.08 Ed Ragsdale, North County High School's football stadium announcer for four decades, died Wednesday at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center at age 77. Ragsdale, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, was the grand marshall of this year's North County football homecoming parade after announcing games at the stadium since 1969. His final game was Oct. 30, a 10-point North County win over Windsor. His wife of 55 years, Leanna Ragsdale, is among survivors. Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Desloge First Baptist Church. ND loses semifinal to Helias on penalty kick New 11.21.08 Helias scored on a pair of penalty kicks Friday, sealing a 1-0 loss that eliminated Notre Dame from the chase for a Class 2 high school boys soccer state title. Playing at the A-B Center in Fenton, Notre Dame was out-shot 10-9 but was called for eight fouls that led to penalty kicks by Conor Dermody and Forrest McCurren after regulation ended in a 0-0 tie. Joe Froemsdorf scored on a penalty kick for Notre Dame. Notre Dame, a two-time defending champion, dropped to 23-5 heading into Saturday's third-place game at 11 a.m. Helias is 25-2-1. No. 3 Thayer reaches state title game; Jackson eliminated New 11.22.08 Thayer will play for the Class 1 high school football championship for the second year in a row after a 36-12 win Saturday over Tipton in a semifinal game. Thayer, 12-1 and ranked No. 3 in Southeast Missouri, will play Orrick in St. Louis at 1 p.m. Friday. Orrick defeated Thayer 20-8 in last year's championship. Also Saturday, No. 4 Jackson ended its season at 8-6 with a 33-7 loss to Hazelwood East in a Class 5 semifinal. Jackson took a five-game win streak into the semifinal round after starting the season 3-5. Notre Dame seals third in state tournament New 11.22.08 Joda Holloway scored in the first half and John Unterreiner added a goal after halftime in Notre Dame's 2-0 defeat of Pembroke Hill to clinch third place in the Class 2 boys state soccer tournament Saturday. Notre Dame (24-5) out-shot Pembroke Hill (11-13-1) by an 8-3 margin. Joe Froemsdorf and Brock Dirnberger had assists. South Iron puts area's first game in the books New 11.25.08 South Iron carried momentum from its second-place finish in the Class 2 state tournament in March into the region's first boys basketball game of the season Monday, a 76-12 defeat of Bismarck in the Arcadia Valley Thanksgiving Tournament. The Panthers advanced to Wednesday's semifinal round against either Arcadia Valley or West County, which play tonight in another first-round game. Also Monday, Lesterville (81-68 over Park Hills Central) and Clearwater (69-53 over Ellington) advanced to Wednesday's other semifinal. Finals are Thursday. Braves No. 1 in season's first SEMO basketball ranking New 11.26.08 Scott County Central returns a wealth of talent and a veteran coach, earning the Braves the top spot in the Southeast Missouri Top 25 boys basketball preseason poll. Scott Central started last season No. 1 as well, and the Braves finished third in the final rankings behind No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Jackson. Sikeston stands at No. 2 heading into the 2008-'09 season, with New Madrid County Central at No. 3, Notre Dame at No. 4 and Jackson at No. 5. South Iron, Poplar Bluff, Hayti, Farmington and Charleston make up the top 10. It's the second year in a row for the preseason rankings coordinated by SemoSportsWeb.com in conjunction with area coaches, media and fans. South Iron sweeps sixth straight Arcadia Valley tournament New 11.27.08 South Iron outscored Lesterville 21-12 in the fourth quarter and won 68-64 for its sixth consecutive Arcadia Valley Thanksgiving Tournament, the area's first high school boys basketball event of the season. Lesterville, 2-1 and No. 24 in the Southeast Missouri preseason Top 25, led 52-47 going into the fourth quarter before No. 6 South Iron (3-0) rallied. Cody Smith's 21 points led South Iron. John Roberts of Lesterville led all scorers with 26. Arcadia Valley defeated Clearwater 49-47 in the third-place game behind an 11-point game by Chris Robbs. West County defeated Park Hills Central 42-36 for fifth place. Thayer stopped by Orrick in Class 1 title game New 11.28.08 Thayer rallied in regulation and again in the first overtime, but Orrick held firm in the second overtime to seal a 34-28 win in the Class 1 high school football state championship in St. Louis. Both teams scored in the final 16 seconds of regulation, capped by a touchdown pass from Jacob Eckman to Lance Schneider. Thayer's kick was blocked, forcing a 20-20 tie. Thayer, 13-2 and No. 3 in Southeast Missouri, rallied again to make it 28-28 heading into the second overtime, but Thayer was intercepted to end its drive, and Orrick scored just minutes later. Orrick (15-0) won last year's matchup 20-8 over Thayer in the state championship. Bourbon wins football MVP vote in close finish New 11.29.08 
Brandon Bourbon of Potosi is Southeast Missouri's high school football MVP for the 2008 season, according to an SemoSportsWeb.com vote of almost 10,000 football fans.The junior running back led the 23-county region with 2,411 rushing yards and ran for more than 200 yards in six games, including a 301-yard game in Week 9. The Trojans reached the first round of the Class 3 state playoffs and finished 8-3. Bourbon led Valle junior quarterback Michael Greminger by less than 100 votes. Bourbon finished with 3,251 votes, and Greminger had 3,202. Greminger was the region's second-leading passer with 2,500 yards. Third was Kaileb Armbruster of DeSoto with 2,268 votes; his 126 tackles ranked among the region's leaders. Kory Faulkner of Ste. Genevieve was fourth after leading the region in passing yards with 3,832. Joey Lewandowski was fifth in voting and ranked third in the region with 1,948 rushing yards. In all, 9,654 votes were tabulated for the second annual award. |
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