Softball

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Neelyville coach Cindy Siebert was happy about the long balls but proud of the small balls. Reese Dobbins had a pair of two-run home runs, and the Tigers scored another three runs off bunts to rally and beat Twin Rivers 7-3 on Thursday in Neelyville...

BENTON – The Cape Central softball team played its third game in as many days on Wednesday and has another one (vs. North County) today, and that mental and physical grind showed against a good Kelly team, as the host Hawks lit up the Tigers for eight runs in their final at-bat and won 15-4.

Cape Central third baseman Haley Wolfe’s two-RBI triple in the fourth inning of the Tigers’ contest against Sikeston gave her team a boost of energy. The freshman broke a 1-1 tie on the hit and helped the Tigers roll to a 5-4 victory over the Bulldogs on Tuesday at Cape Central High School...

POPLAR BLUFF — Down a run in the sixth inning, the Mules answered. Down to their final out and trailing by a run in the seventh, the Mules answered. Down two runs in the 10th, the Mules answered. Down to their final out, again trailing by two runs an inning later, the Mules answered and then some more...

Behind some stout pitching by starter Samantha Waller, the North County Raiders took it to Chaffee, beating the visiting Red Devils 11.2 on Monday. Waller gave up two runs right off the bat in the first inning but put up zeroes the rest of the way, and the North County offense outhit Chaffee in the contest, 14-5...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston offense exploded Monday afternoon to rally past Twin Rivers for a 19-10 win. Sikeston trailed 5-0 heading into the bottom of the third, but the Lady Bulldogs didn’t flinch, scoring four runs in both the third and fourth before exploding for eight runs in the fifth inning. Sikeston topped their scoring off with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to earn the 19-10 win...

SIKESTON – Connie Spears no longer stands in the third-base coaching box at high school softball games, but her heart – and even her mind – can be found there during Sikeston High School softball games.

SIKESTON – The theme so far this season for the Sikeston High School softball team has been solid play for six innings, though in a seven-inning game.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — The Perryville softball team began Tuesday’s game against Sikeston with three starters out with injury and starting pitcher Alyson Stortz resting before the Pirates’ conference games later this week. The Bulldogs showed no mercy. Sikeston took advantage of Perryville’s short-handedness, defeating the Pirates 17-3 in six innings...

Poplar Bluff first baseman Adrianne Casey led the Mules offensive with two hits as well as drove in four RBIs on Tuesday while starting hurler Brianne Thresher pitched five scoreless innings, to shut out a talented Chaffee squad on the road, 10-0. Poplar Bluff touched up Chaffee starting pitcher Reese Van Pelt for 10 runs on 11 hits, as the contest on Tuesday was Van Pelt's worst of the season...

SIKESTON — Poplar Bluff’s streak of scoring two runs in the first inning ended after five straight games, but the Mules ended up jumping out to a two-run lead an inning later. Breann Thresher struck out a season-high nine, Lauren Webb drove in three runs and the Mules beat Sikeston 9-5 Thursday...

SIKESTON – Just three days after Sikeston dropped eight runs in a single inning to beat Naylor in the recent Rockwood Summit Softball Tournament in Chesterfield, the Eagles returned the favor to the Bulldogs on Tuesday at the Sikeston Recreation Complex and rallied for a 13-11 victory.

The Chaffee Lady Devils scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning to knock off Kelly 3-1 on the road Tuesday afternoon. With the game tied at 1-1, Chaffee opened the top of the eighth with a single to left field from Jayden Welch. Hailey Rains then followed with a double to center, scoring Welch to give the Lady Devils a 2-1 lead...

BROSELEY, Mo. — Twin Rivers’ Whitney Williams was two steps shy of her second no-hitter of the season. Williams held Van Buren to one hit in a 7-1 home win Tuesday. In the Royals’ season-opener Friday, she allowed two walks over five innings in a 13-0 win...

The Chaffee softball team and head coach Brian Horrell got off to a good start to their fall season on Saturday as the Red Devils were victorious in two of the three games played at their host round-robin tournament, opening the day by beating Cape Central, 7-0, followed by another victory over Fredericktown, 5-1, then dropping the last game to the Notre Dame junior varsity team, 3-0...

After getting shut out in the opening game by the defending state champs, the Poplar Bluff softball team has been on a tear. The Mules are averaging nearly seven runs per game after three wins Saturday at the Rockwood Summit Tournament and an 11-0 win Monday at Greenville...

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ELLSINORE — The Semoball Comeback Player of the Year has started her senior season on a strong note. East Carter’s Jordan Moore, who missed her freshman and sophomore seasons due to ACL tears in both knees, allowed two hits and struck out nine with no walks as the Redbirds beat Twin Rivers 5-2 on Monday...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — The Sikeston Bulldogs softball team went 1-3 over the weekend at the Rockwood Summit softball tournament but ended on a high note with a win over Naylor. “Overall I think we competed very well considering the level of competition we played,” said Sikeston head coach Jacob May. ...

The Sikeston Bulldog softball team dropped their season opener in the Rockwood Summit tournament 13-1 to the host school.

With eight returning starters, led by a senior class that has a combined 216 varsity games under their belt, the Poplar Bluff softball team is looking to have a breakout season this fall. Emilee Cheek, Morgan Courtney, Serena Davis, Layla Sullivan, Breann Thresher, Lauren Webb and Ella Zgaynor return for their senior year along with juniors Adrianne Casey, Madelyn Hefner and Clara Rahlmann, who have played a combined 144 varsity games...

Naylor softball returns seven starters, but the two graduating seniors from last year’s 13-7 team were no small losses. Pitcher Alyssa Urich and shortstop Makenzie Crofford will be respectively replaced by junior Destiny Thomas and senior Shae Sarabia...

It was the very first game of the fall sports season when Jordan Moore was running to track down a fly ball. The left fielder jumped to make the catch but felt her knee do the same when she landed. Having already injured her other knee the previous winter rebounding in a basketball game, Moore knew immediately what had happened...

Southland senior Jenna Gibson wasn’t sure how things would go when her softball squad combined with nearby rival Senath-Hornersville this spring. “It was a super different year because I was a senior at Southland and we wound up combining with Senath-Hornersville,” Gibson said. “I think a lot of people thought it wasn’t going to work out well and there might be drama because we were small-school rivals. But it was honestly the best year I’ve ever had and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”...

Prior to the MSHSAA Class 4 Boy’s Soccer state championship game last November in Springfield, Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly wasn’t exactly feeling great.

The Semoball Cup is presented to the school with the most successful season based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams (WIN) plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams (POST) and individuals (IND). The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Here are the standings with previous rankings from 2020:...

The best of the best will be recognized at the 2021 Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on July 10 at the Rock N’ Roll Drive-In in Chaffee.

Spring sports and top award finalists for the 2021 Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH will be announced Friday, along with the final wave of tickets going on sale. The announcement of finalists can be heard at 9 a.m. Friday on SEMO ESPN Radio and on the Semoball.com Facebook page. A story recapping all the finalists will publish later Friday online at semoball.com and in your local newspaper...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — The East Prairie High School Lady Eagles softball team qualified for the Academic All-State Team Award with a combined team average grade point average of 3.3 or higher. The cumulative team GPA was 3.8225 including all 16 team members...

The 2021 Bootheel Conference all-conference softball awards have been released. Senath-Hornersville with Southland senior Jenna Gibson is the Bootheel Conference Softball Player of the Year. Gibson hit .707 with with seven home runs and 28 RBIs this spring. She also went 9-2 in the circle with a 1.89 ERA while striking out 120 in 66 innings pitched...

The 2021 Tri-County Conference all-conference softball awards have been released. Holcomb senior Hannah Burk and Holcomb junior Alyssa Brown have been selected Tri-County Co-Players of the Year. “Hannah led us in almost every offensive category and she plays first base about as good as anyone I’ve seen,” Holcomb coach Matt Casper said. “She’s just solid all the way around.”...

The all-state team has been released for spring softball. A total of 16 players in Class 1 and nine players in Class 2 from the Semoball coverage area have been selected all-state. Holcomb senior Hannah Burk, Holcomb freshman Maleigh Lemings, Holcomb senior Bailey Cupples, and Advance senior Danielle Markham have been selected as first-team all-state infielders in Class 1...

East Prairie senior Allie Eaves continues to rake in the postseason honors. On Wednesday, Eaves was selected to the Missouri Class 2 All-State second team, the latest accolade the infielder received this postseason. She was also named first team all-conference in the Scott-Mississippi County Conference, first team all-district in Class 2, District 1 and first team all region in Class 2, Region 1. She was also named to the academic all-state team...

The East Prairie Lady Eagles softball team finished a successful 9-4 campaign and four players have been recognized with postseason honors. Senior Allie Eaves was named to the first team all conference team in the Scott-Mississippi County Conference along with sophomores Tori Stinnett, Kennedy Cogdill and Katie Brewer...

SPRINGFIELD - The Holcomb Hornets greatest softball season in school history concluded a victory shy of the ultimate prize Sunday at the Class 1 state softball tournament at Cooper Softball Complex in Springfield. Holcomb played Purdy to a 1-all stalemate for the first four innings of play. But Purdy broke a 1-all tie when Robyn Schad hit a sole homer in the bottom of the fifth inning and eventually beat Holcomb 4-1 in the Class 1 state title championship...

SPRINGFIELD - The Kennett Indians softball squad closed out its season on a high note Sunday evening at the Class 2 state tournament. Kennett broke a 2-all tie when it scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning and hung on to beat Diamond 6-2 in the Class 2 third-place game at Killian Softball Complex in Springfield...

SPRINGFIELD - Holcomb Hornets left fielder Kelsi Tucker got a bit nervous when Wellington-Napoleon put the tying run on third base with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday night. “My mind was just racing,” Tucker said. “I was just hoping we would get that third out some how some way."...

SPRINGFIELD - Kennett head coach Logan Dollins expected big things from senior slugger Kayton Hurst before his Class 2 state semifinal against Skyline ever got underway Saturday evening. “Kayton had a good round of batting practice this week,” Dollins said. “I actually told someone before the game started today that I expected her to do good things tonight.”...

The schedule has once again been altered at the spring softball state tournament at Killian Softball Complex in Springfield. The Class 1 and Class 2 state semifinals were postponed Friday due to rain. The first Class 1 state semifinal between Advance and Purdy did start on time at 4 p.m. Thursday but was suspended with two outs in the top of the third inning. Purdy currently leads Advance 1-0. Weather permitting the Advance-Purdy game will resume Saturday at 2 p.m...

Here is a glance at each of the team’s in the MSHSAA Class 2 softball state semifinals. Kennett (16-8) will meet Skyline (22-1) in a state semifinal Friday at 7 p.m. at Killian Softball Complex in Springfield. Potosi (25-3) and Diamond (20-2) will meet in the other state semifinal Friday at 4 p.m...

The Kennett Indians supplied ample offense Thursday, scoring 14 runs on 16 hits, to put an end to Scott City's season, winning a Class 2 quarterfinal in Kennett, 14-4. Down by two runs heading into the home half of the second inning, Kennett's bats got hot and stayed hot, scoring crooked numbers of two, three, two, three, and four runs, in the second through the sixth innings...

KENNETT - The Kennett Indians softball squad fell behind 2-0 early on but still found a way to book its fifth trip to the state final four since 2013 Thursday afternoon. Kennett scored 10 unanswered runs to move ahead of the visiting Scott City Rams 10-2 and eventually secured a 14-4 six-inning win in a Class 2 quarterfinal at Indian Park...

HOLCOMB - Holcomb No. 9 hitter Allison Moody recognized the significance of the moment when she stepped to the plate with the go-ahead run at third base with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday. “I was kind of scared at first,” Moody said. “I got down in the count 0-2. But I finally saw the pitch I wanted and swung at it.”...

Malden senior Hailey Rojas has signed with Missouri Baptist University. The Malden Green Wave senior will be attending the four-year school in Creve Couer, Missouri, on a softball scholarship. Rojas recently reflected on her softball career and her hopes for the future...

The Class One, District Two All-District Team came out on Sunday, led by five players from Oran as well as five players from Delta. The All-District Team Consists of: Alyssa Spain - Pitcher - Oran - Senior Sadie Hornbuckle - Pitcher - Delta - Sophomore...

ORAN — Oran pitcher Alyssa Spane came through in a big way for the Eagles in the sixth inning of Friday’s 10-3 Class 1 District 2 championship victory over the Delta Bobcats. Despite the Eagles’ defense allowing Delta’s three runs in the top of the sixth, Spane struck out the next batter to end the inning following a quick mound visit from coach Jim Eftink...

HOLCOMB - The Holcomb Hornets softball squad is headed to the state playoffs for the first time in school history. No. 1 seeded Holcomb beat No. 2 seeded Gideon with Risco 10-0 Friday in the Class 1, District 1 final to secure its first district title ever...

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly senior catcher Kim Seabaugh signed her National Letter of Intent to Hannibal-LaGrange in April. Seabaugh batted .329 during her senior year, with a .371 on-base percentage, a .500 slugging percentage, and a .871 on-base-plus-slugging percentage...

MALDEN - The rubber match between the Kennett Indians and Senath-Hornersville with Southland Lions softball squads lived up to its hype Thursday afternoon. No. 1 seeded Kennett edged No. 2 seeded Senath-Hornersville with Southland 7-6 in the Class 2, District 1 title game in what proved to be the third one-run result between the softball talents...

The Delta softball team has scored at least 10 runs or more in their last three games, with Wednesday's contest the opening game of the C1D2 Tournament, against Scott County Central being no different, as the Bobcats cruised to a 16-1 dominating win at Oran...