Community Sports

Whether it's local, regional, national or global, the mission to spread awareness of cancer and raise funds to further research for a cure to cancer, remains a constant one. Locally, the Dexter High School boys tennis team recently held the Fifth annual Courts for Cancer Event this past Saturday. Jackson's Trent Schorey took second place in the first flight of the singles tournament, while fellow Indian Jeremy Essner placed third in both flights...

New Cape Catfish manager Scott Little has been given a number of tasks to accomplish this coming summer in the Prospect League, and maintaining the Catfish tradition of success is among the most important. However, at the end of the summer, how he’ll be evaluated is on whether the young athletes, who spent time at Capaha Field grew as baseball players or not.

It would have been a difficult assignment for a young baseball manager to step into the incredibly successful shoes of Stephen Larkin, who has served as the only manager in the three seasons of Cape Catfish baseball. So, Catfish General Manager Mark Hogan and club president and minority owner Glenn Campbell made sure the next leader of the team could handle the responsibility.

There’s something romantic about St. Louis football being back. I was born in late 2002, so I never got to experience the “Greatest Show on Turf.” I didn’t even get into football until 2017, a spell after Stan Kroenke’s departure for greener pastures in Los Angeles...

A Missouri House committee on Thursday voted to expand a proposed ban on minors receiving gender-affirming care so that the bill would apply to adults who are incarcerated. An amendment proposed by Republican state Rep. Ben Baker of Neosho added adults into a bill originally designed to bar children from accessing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and gender-affirming surgeries...

The Southeast Missouri Premier Jr. High All-Star Classic is set to begin with the rosters being selected for the event that takes place at Cape Central Jr. High School on Feb. 11. The players were nominated by the area's coaches and divided by the size of the school...

Ronald Coleman Jr. is training at a local boxing academy as he prepares for his fight in the Cage Fury Fighting Championships on March 31 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coleman, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, is training at Christian Boxing Academy in Cape Girardeau...

As the clock strikes 3 a.m. most people are sound asleep, but not Heather Gurnow. Gurnow, a Kelso native is a veterinary technician that works a minimum of 50 hours a week, 5 days a week. On top of that, Gurnow is a powerlifter and wakes up at 3 every morning to get her daily training in...

Roy Booker is hopeful his program, SEMO Prep, will continue to grow as the program enters its third year. Booker is the single-season points leader at Southeast Missouri State University and played professionally in 24 different countries over 15 years...

The Cardinals Caravan returned to Cape Girardeau on Monday after the coronavirus pandemic and MLB lockout kept them away for the previous two seasons. The return of the caravan event at the Osage Centre also meant the return of Southeast Missouri State alum Kerry Robinson, who is always the star of the show...

James Naile grew up attending the annual Cardinals Caravan, and this year Naile returned back to the area he grew up in as the caravan came to the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau. The caravan featured Naile, infielder Nolan Gorman, pitcher Matthew Liberatore, former Cardinals pitcher Jason Motte and former Cardinals outfielder Kerry Robinson...

In the four years since the Cape Catfish baseball franchise was created, team general manager Mark Hogan has made the type of decisions to make the club as good as there is within the Prospect League.

CHARLESTON – A summer baseball program doesn’t just fumble-bumble its way to 519 wins and six trips to the Babe Ruth World Series.

What began as research turned into a passion for Chelsea Pullen. Pullen — a 33-year old Pendleton, Indiana native who currently resides in Cape Girardeau — competed in her first strongman competition in 2020. Most recently, she competed at the Official Strongman Games (OSG) World Championships which ran from Nov. 12-13 in Daytona Beach, Florida...

Bootheel area business owners and community members converged at the Kennett Country Club Thursday for “a day of fun and networking” during the 39th Annual Business and Industry Golf Outing. As the Kennett Chamber of Commerce’s only fundraiser of the year, the golf outing saw 72 golfers take to the course to “do a little business while they’re having fun,” according to Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melissa Combs...

Given its history of hosting top-notch baseball, of all ages, Cape Girardeau is difficult to beat when it comes to having a passion for the sport. With that in mind, Babe Ruth Baseball didn’t hesitate when deciding to relocate the 2023 World Series for 16-18-year-olds here next August.