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Catfish are rolling of late following inconsistent summer
This summer has been a rollercoaster for the Cape Catfish, which is a tad unusual for its fan base to follow after watching the franchise methodically achieve success year after year after year since its inception. Following a 2-5 start to the Prospect League season, the Catfish have never won...
Piranhas have successful season-ender
The Perryville Piranhas swim team finished the season with six first place finishes at the Southeast Missouri Swim Conference Championship Meet held July 13 in Cape Girardeau. Other teams competing in the event included the host, River City Aquatics, Kennett, Jackson Barracudas, Ste. Genevieve Stingrays SEMO Blueracers and Poplar Bluff. Lux Myer won the Female 9-10 SC 50 Fly in 33.52 seconds, the Female 9-10 SC 100 Free in 1:09.48, and the Female 9-10 SC 100 in 1:16.02; Emmitt Sander won the Male 8 and Under SC 25 Free in 18.03 seconds; and Joshua Southard won the Male 9-10 SC Free in 34.15 seconds, and the Male 9-10 100 Free in 1:15.85. According to Coach Angie Schupp is accompanying three members of the Perryville Piranhas swim team, as well as 15 other swimmers from the Southeast Conference, at the Junior Olympics in swimming being held in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jackson's Gilbert improves game, earns second Semoball Award
For the second year in a row, Jackson’s Alana Gilbert was named Girls Golf Athlete of the Year at the 2024 Semoball Awards on Friday, July 12, at LaCroix Church in Cape Girardeau. Gilbert won the 2023 award after an 18th-place finish at the state tournament, leading the Indians...
Saxony's Eggemeyer wins inaugural boys VB Semoball Award
With boys volleyball becoming an MSHSAA-sanctioned sport in 2024, the Semoball Awards named a Boys Volleyball Athlete of the Year for the first time. The inaugural award was won by Saxony Lutheran senior, Luke Eggemeyer who accepted the award at the 11th annual Semoball Awards on Friday, July 12, at LaCroix Church in Cape Girardeau.
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