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archives September 2007 Bismarck sprinter sets season win record at ATPR New 9.3.07 Tommy Worley Jr. of Bismarck won his 10th feature race of the season Friday at Auto Tire & Parts Race Park, breaking the 1995 record set by Eddie Gallagher of Memphis, Tenn., for most feature wins in a season. Worley's win in the sprint division was his fourth in a row and stretched his lead over Sikeston's Jimmy Brewer in the point standings. Brewer won the '95 season points title with Gallagher second. Other winners were Joe Gielser in modifieds, Jeff Herzog in UMP sportsmen, Kyle Berry in pure streets, and Doug Moore in a special event for the hobby class. Local results: Benton | Farmington | Fredericktown | Malden | Poplar Bluff Local rivalries highlight Week 2 matchups New 9.6.07 Rivals square off in key early-season football games across the region Friday, highlighted by matchups in Ste. Genevieve and Sikeston. At Ste. Genevieve, the host Dragons (1-0) will unveil new FieldTurf in a matchup against city rival Valle (0-1). The Dragons are coming off a 40-35 win against Dexter that showcased junior quarterback Kory Faulkner, whose 465 passing yards was a career best. Valle, meanwhile, was held to 180 total yards and endured its first shutout since 2003 in a 12-0 loss to Park Hills Central. Ste. Genevieve is No. 3 in the SemoSportsWeb poll; Valle is No. 19. At Sikeston, the host Bulldogs are 1-0 under first-year coach Kent Gibbs, but they'll play this week without leading rusher Eli Jackson, who is out indefinitely with a foot injury; he ran for 194 yards Friday against Caruthersville. Charleston outgained Kennett 240-208 Friday, but its two missed extra-point kicks were costly in a 21-19 loss. Sikeston is No. 12 in the SemoSportsWeb poll; Charleston, which has won its last three games against Sikeston, is No. 29. Other key matchups Friday include Dexter at Festus, Kennett at Caruthersville, Hayti at Malden, Parkway North at Jackson, and Fox at North County. Favored teams roll, but rain stalls Week 2 schedule New 9.7.07 The top five teams in the SemoSportsWeb football poll are on set to hold their rankings after each team won Friday. No. 1 Farmington (2-0) overpowered Seckman 48-6 heading into a Week 3 showdown with Waynesville, while No. 2 Jackson defeated Parkway North 21-14. At Ste. Genevieve, the No. 3 Dragons (2-0) unveiled new FieldTurf and stadium renovations with a 33-6 defeat of Valle. It was the 10th win in a row for Ste. Genevieve in the crosstown rivalry. No. 4 Festus needed slightly more than a half to defeat Dexter 32-0; the game was stopped in the third quarter because of severe weather and will not be rescheduled. In the Bootheel, No. 5 Hayti defeated Malden 34-14. Several games ended early or were delayed because of weather. Fredericktown defeated Grandview 46-0 in a game that ended at halftime because of thunderstorms. Windsor defeated Hillsboro 34-6 in a game that resumed Saturday morning; it was stopped at halftime Friday because of severe weather. Among the biggest surprises in the SemoSportsWeb rankings, Fox defeated No. 6 North County 20-13. Southeast rallies to overcome D-II foe at home New 9.8.07 Tim Holloman ran for three touchdowns in the second half Saturday to help Southeast rally for a 38-17 win over Division II Southwest Baptist at Houck Stadium. Southeast, 1-1 after a 59-3 loss at Cincinnati nine days earlier, trailed 14-7 in the third before Holloman scored the first of his three touchdowns, including the 66-yard run late in the third that put the Redhawks up 20-14. He finished with 203 yards on 19 carries. Steve Gachette threw for 250 yards for Southwest Baptist (0-2). Southeast hosts Indiana State at 6 p.m. Saturday; Indiana State is 0-2 after losing 32-17 to Austin Peay. Lawsuit stems from East Carter hazing charges New 9.9.07 The East Carter County School District and Lyon College are among five defendants in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 11 local families who say the schools should have prevented the alleged sexual hazing of several basketball players. In the suit filed in Carter County Circuit Court, Mark Kennedy and Christopher Yarbro of Poplar Bluff claim that the schools failed to provide proper oversight and protection for the students, who they say were hazed by six older members of the East Carter County boys basketball team during Lyon College's basketball camp in June. The six students are scheduled to make their first court appearance Monday in Batesville, Ark. Also named in the suit are Lyon summer athletic camps coordinator Kevin Jenkins, East Carter basketball coach Benji Stahl, and East Carter athletic director Eric Allen. Stahl resigned in August. The suit claims that the defendants "failed to protect plaintiffs from the violent propensities of fellow members of the East Carter County R-2 basketball team." It also says that students "were allowed to become subjected to multiple acts of abuse, sexual abuse, harassment, assault, battery and otherwise physically and mentally abused at the hands of older East Carter County R-2 basketball team members." Twenty-two students from East Carter attended the camp. Stahl "told the plaintiffs that their failure to participate in the basketball camp would adversely impact their playing time in the up and coming basketball season," the suit alleges. Stahl attended the Lyon camp, but the suit claims that students were left unsupervised during lunch breaks and again after 10 p.m. each day. Read the Batesville Daily Guard's profile of Ellsinore and its divided community. Unbeaten teams face tests in Week 3 lineup New 9.13.07 Top-ranked Farmington leads a list of 2-0 teams trying to continue the march toward an unbeaten season Friday in a full schedule of high school football games. Farmington, No. 1 in the SemoSportsWeb football poll, plays at Waynesville to try to avenge last year's 21-7 loss. Waynesville (2-0) outgained Kickapoo 341 yards to 130 last week in a 47-7 win on its new synthetic playing surface; Farmington defeated Seckman 48-6. Elsewhere Friday, two matchups feature unbeaten teams in faceoffs: Perryville goes to Ste. Genevieve, while Kennett goes to Hayti. Other area unbeaten teams in action Friday include Crystal City (at Chaffee), Festus (at Hillsboro), Fredericktown (at home vs. Herculaneum), Jackson (at home vs. Vianney), New Madrid County Central (at Poplar Bluff), Park Hills Central (at home vs. Cuba), Scott City (at home vs. East Prairie), Sikeston (at Dexter), and Thayer (at home vs. Malden). Big wins push Perryville, Farmington, Thayer to 3-0 New 9.14.07 Perryville is 3-0 for the first time in 18 years after handing MAFC rival Ste. Genevieve a 21-14 defeat Friday in one of the biggest surprises among 21 games involving Southeast Missouri football teams. Kris Cottner ran for more than 200 yards in Perryville's first win over Ste. Genevieve in 13 seasons. The Dragons, No. 3 in the SemoSportsWeb poll, played much of the game without starting quarterback Kory Faulkner, who left in the first quarter with a knee injury. Faulkner threw for 2,222 yards last year and has more than 800 yards of offense for Ste. Genevieve this season. The extent of his injury wasn't determined Friday. At Waynesville, Farmington quarterback Aaron Baker scored on an 87-yard run with 9:56 to play, and Aaron Blum added a 29-yard field goal minutes later to lift the Knights, No. 1 in the SemoSportsWeb poll, past Waynesville 18-14. Farmington overcame five turnovers in the win, including a fumble in the final two minutes. At Thayer, the hosts scored more than 40 points for the third week in a row and avenged a lopsided loss last year to Malden by winning 41-0. At Dexter, the host Bearcats defeated Sikeston 21-0 and prevented the Bulldogs' first 3-0 start since 1998. Redhawks turn back Indiana St. for 2-1 start New 9.15.07 Southeast held off a late push from Indiana State to win 13-10 in its first matchup against an FCS program this season. Southeast's first two games were against FBS program Cincinnati (a loss) and Division II's Southwest Baptist (a win). Against Indiana State (0-3), Southeast (2-1) led 13-3 before Indiana State scored to cut the lead to 13-10 with 4:13 to play. After Southeast punted way its next possession, Indiana State took control at its own 46 with a little more than three minutes to play before a turnover on downs. Junior Tim Holloman ran for 141 yards for the Redhawks, who go to Samford for their Ohio Valley Conference opener Saturday. Houston Lillard threw for 159 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown pass 22 seconds before halftime. Jared Goodson's 14 tackles led the defense for the second week in a row. Click here to see Saturday's full game summary and stats. West County rolls in unbeaten baseball matchup New 9.18.07 The showdown was between two unbeaten teams, but West County (11-0) turned it into a blowout early in a baseball win Monday over MAAA rival Bismarck (6-1). The Bulldogs scored 11 times in the first inning and won 16-2. Cody Watson went 3-for-4, and Ethan Sitton went 2-for-3 and pitched the first inning. Trevor Kean pitched the final four innings in a matchup that ended after five. Kyle Nettles scored three of West County's four runs on four walks. Jake Zehrt's double highlighted Bismarck's first loss of the season. Parents question delay in East Carter hazing charges New 9.19.07 As proceedings continue in Arkansas juvenile court against six East Carter County basketball players accused of hazing, parents in the East Carter County school district are questioning the six-week delay by Independence County officials in filing charges. "It got to the point where (the Independence prosecutor's office) didn't want to talk to us," an East Carter parent who filed the report told the Arkansas Times for its Sept. 20 edition. "They don't need to shove us behind — our kids are victims." At a hearing Sept. 10 in Batesville, Ark., the six pleaded innocent to charges that they hazed younger students during a basketball camp at Lyon College in Batesville in early June. If they're found guilty, their sentence is expected to range from probation to confinement at the Division of Youth Services in Alexander, Ark. Parents swamped Independence Prosecuting Attorney Don McSpadden with calls when the investigation began, but McSpadden said he waited to bring charges only after evidence failed to support a felony case. Based on sheriff's reports and a cell-phone video recorded by an East Carter student, McSpadden said he lacked evidence to file felony charges. He said the cell-phone video didn't show penetration or sexual gratification. According to police reports, several older East Carter players sodomized some of the younger players with pine cones, but Arkansas law defines sexual gratification as a necessary condition of sexual assault. EP makes football change, suspends its head coach New 9.20.07 East Prairie's head football coach has been suspended for the rest of the season, school officials confirmed. Jason Aycock's suspension from his coaching duties was a personnel decision made by the school board in a special meeting Monday night, superindentent Scott Downing said Thursday. Aycock will be allowed to return to his duties after the current school year. "He hasn't been fired, so we're not looking for a new head coach," Downing said. Gary Scott, an assistant coach for the past six seasons, will assume Aycock's role as head coach for the rest of the season. East Prairie is 0-3 with losses to Hayti, Corning, Ark., and Scott City by a combined score of 114-19. The Eagles host Kennett on Friday. Downing declined to say whether Aycock's suspension was related to on-field performance or off-the-field issues. "It's a difficult situation for everybody involved," Downing said. "It's hard for the kids, the staff, everybody all the way around." Aycock also is suspended from his role as an assistant baseball coach. He will remain as a teacher in charge of the school's alternative education program. Crystal City 4-0 after win; Festus, Ste. Genevieve, Sikeston tumble New 9.21.07 Fox pulled ahead 18-14 in the second half and spoiled Festus' homecoming game Friday. Fox (3-1) trailed 14-6 before scoring 12 points in the second half against Festus (3-1), ranked No. 3 in the SemoSportsWeb poll. Among other top-ranked teams in the SemoSportsWeb poll, No. 1 Farmington rolled 37-19 against Farmington, No. 2 Jackson remained unbeaten with a 42-0 defeat of Sikeston, and No. 4 Hayti won 50-6 over Pemiscot County rival Caruthersville. No. 7 Crystal City also remained unbeaten with a 21-14 defeat of No. 5 Ste. Genevieve, where junior quarterback Kory Faulkner returned to the lineup after sitting out most of Ste. Genevieve's game last week because of a knee injury. His status was uncertain through the week. Two games featured matchups of unbeaten teams, both ending in upsets. In those contests, No. 12 Park Hills Central defeated No. 8 Perryville 25-17, and No. 13 Fredericktown defeated No. 6 Scott City 43-12. Samford kicks SEMO to OVC loss New 9.22.07 Samford's Mark Prevost kicked four field goals in the second half — including two from more than 40 yards out — to erase Southeast Missouri State University's 14-point lead and deal the Redhawks a 26-21 OVC loss Saturday. Alex Barnett's 95-yard kickoff return cut Southeast's lead to seven early in the second half before Prevost went to work with field goals from 47, 37, 41 and 34 yards, including the final kick that put Samford (3-1) ahead by five points with 2:14 to play. Tim Holloman's 170 yards on 28 carries led Southeast (2-2). Victor Anderson threw for 64 and ran for 46. Click here for the complete boxscore and game summary. Herren, Sutphin win City of Roses crowns New 9.24.07 Chris Herren of Cape Girardeau and Alison Sutphin of DeSoto led a field of more than 170 competitors to the finish Sunday in the 27th annual City of Roses Half-Marathon. Herren finished in 1 hour, 15 minutes and 11.839 seconds, winning by more than 11 minutes over Paul Fliege of Jackson, Alex Ramsey of Burfordville, Rob Dodson of Cape Girardeau and Darren Neels of Cape Girardeau. Sutphin's overall times of 1:41:30.168 was 12 seconds ahead of Adela Sams of Jackson. Cassie Kipper of Cape Girardeau, Amy Taylor of Cape Girardeau and Rachel Berry of Bolivar, Tenn., completed the top five. Click here to see the complete results with final times and age divisions. Benton racer wraps up title on new tour New 9.25.07 Late model racer Joey Mack of Benton ended the inaugural season of the Mid-South Racing Assocation with its season points title. Mack, a former points champion at Malden Speedway, finished fifth in the MSRA's final event of the season Saturday at Harrisburg, Ark., and he sealed his title when championship contender Jeff Floyd finished sixth. In the MSRA's 16 races this season, Mack was a model of consistency. He claimed two victories, 12 top-five finishes and 13 top-10 finishes. Among other Southeast Missouri competitors, Billy James of Sikeston finished 10th. South Iron mourns loss of team member New 9.27.07 Students and coaches at South Iron are grieving this week after the death of junior Ethan Riggs, a member of the basketball team killed in a weekend car crash. Riggs was killed Saturday when he lost control of his SUV and ran off the road. The SUV overturned several times. Riggs was 16 and a key reserve on the team. Click here to share your thoughts and condolences on our message board. Lopsided wins are the norm; Poplar Bluff, Potosi hang on New 9.28.07 For several Southeast Missouri high school football teams Friday, it was never really close. Lopsided scores were the standard in big wins for Farmington, Dexter, New Madrid County Central and Kennett on Friday, while other teams were on track for big wins after lopsided second-half scores. In the Bootheel, NMCC defeated Caruthersville 54-8, Kennett defeated Portageville 46-7, Hayti downed Charleston 39-20, and Dexter shut out Malden 39-0 in final scores. Festus, Fox and Park Hills Central were among other convincing winners; Festus defeated Windsor 43-2, Fox defeated Hillsboro 52-27, and Park Hills Central defeated Bishop DuBourg 49-7. At Sikeston, quarterback Aaron Baker threw two interceptions early against Sikeston, but Baker ran in one touchdown and threw another to Doug Noble in the first half to clear the way for a 42-0 Farmington win. Baker finished with 357 yards of offense, including 215 passing yards. At Perryville, Kyle Marler scored twice in the first half, and Damian Beachum stuffed Perryville's two-point conversion in the fourth quarter to help Potosi survive the Pirates 22-20. At Poplar Bluff, the host Mules scored in overtime to hold off North County 27-21. At Festus, host St. Pius X scored its first win of the season, 22-21 over St. Vincent. Two unbeatens stay that way with big finishes New 9.29.07 Jackson and Fredericktown are a combined 10-0 after both teams won high school football games Saturday. Jackson, ranked No. 2 in the SemoSportsWeb poll, scored 30 points in the second quarter against Clayton (2-3) and won 44-14 in St. Louis. Fredericktown defeated winless East Prairie 49-0; it was the third shutout of the season for the Blackcats. 17-point run ruins SEMO's big start vs. EIU New 9.29.07 Eastern Illinois scored the final 17 points of the game Saturday and dropped Southeast to a 31-16 Ohio Valley Conference loss. Doug Spada's field goal in the third quarter pushed Southeast ahead for the final time at 16-14, but the Panthers scored two more touchdowns before the end of the third quarter to pull away. Rashad Haynes returned an interception more than 80 yards in the fourth quarter to spoil a Redhawks drive and add a field goal to pad EIU's edge. Tim Holloman ran for 133 yards for Southeast, which is 2-3 and below .500 for the first time this season. Click here to see the complete stats and scoring summary.

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