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The Caruthersville High School football season ended Friday with a defeat at Valle Catholic in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 championship game, which was an anomaly.

STE. GENEVIEVE – The small picture of what transpired on Friday in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Football Playoff championship game was that Valle Catholic dominated Caruthersville 63-21.

Players from Caruthersville, Cape Central, Dexter and Farmington have been selected as finalists as the most outstanding football players in the SEMO Conference. Jermonte Alexander of Caruthersville, Jett Grams of Dexter and Zai’Aire Thomas of Cape Central are in the running to take home the Carr Trophy, given to the conference’s most outstanding player, while Nolan Alford of Dexter, Oscar Dominguez of Caruthersville and Kaesen McClain of Farmington are finalists for the Derland Moore Award as the top defensive players in the conference.. ...

Former United States Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks, the architect of the greatest upset victory in American sports, uttered that line to his athletes just prior to his team beating the monumentally favored Soviet Union in 1980, and no coach in Southeast Missouri grasps the emotion of that sentence more so than third-year Caruthersville High School football coach Dom Guglielmo.

CARUTHERSVILLE – Third-year Caruthersville High School football coach Dom Guglielmo has preached to his team this season that he wants “fast starts” on both sides of the ball, but the Tigers haven’t always been able to do that. In Friday’s MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinal win over East Prairie at Hopke Field, that wasn’t an issue.

Caruthersville High School junior linebacker Jackson Napier doesn’t rank atop the incredible Tigers’ squad this fall in tackles. He is second on the team in that important category. However, where Napier does rank higher than anybody else is more important (at least in the bigger picture).

Poplar Bluff surges with a key win, setting the stage for a major clash between Caruthersville and East Prairie in the postseason. Discover who's climbing the Semoball Area Football Power Rankings.

CARUTHERSVILLE – Third-year Caruthersville High School football coach Dom Guglielmo entered this season wanting his young athletes to grasp the opportunity that lay ahead of them this fall, and here it is November, and there is little debate that the Tigers have done just that.

Members of the Caruthersville High School football squad are going to spend Friday evening reading the schematics thrown at them by their counterparts at Portageville High School, as the two teams open the postseason in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Playoffs. However, the senior Tigers spent time on Thursday reading in a more impactful manner.

Check out Missouri's latest high school football rankings as St. Vincent ups its lead on the top spot in Class 1 while Jackson makes a comeback. Discover the key movements ahead of the postseason.

Get ready for postseason high school football in Southeast Missouri as Jackson holds the top spot after a dominant win over Festus. Discover the final regular season top 10 rankings and key matchups.

The varsity football programs at Caruthersville and Ste. Genevieve High Schools hadn’t seen each other in nine years, but both brought storied traditions of success to Hopke Field on Friday, so third-year Tiger coach Dom Guglielmo knew how long the evening could be.

CARUTHERSVILLE – When Caruthersville High School football player Jermaine Caruthers walks out of the locker room and onto the field, he needs to be physically and mentally ready to roll because he ain’t going to get another moment to rest until the final horn sounds.

CARUTHERSVILLE – If his position as an educator and coach for the Caruthersville School District 18 doesn’t work out after 18 years of serving in the classroom and on various athletic fields, Brad Treece can always work as the marketing director for the community.

St. Vincent dethrones Marionville in Missouri's Class 1 football rankings. With one week left in the regular season, find out which teams are climbing and who’s holding steady.

East Prairie dominates Charleston, climbing rankings as Poplar Bluff reclaims a spot. Jackson and St. Vincent hold top positions in Southeast Missouri's Week 9 football power rankings.

CARUTHERSVILLE – Just minutes before the kickoff of the Caruthersville vs. Portageville football game on Saturday at Hopke Field, something was amiss with the Tigers.

New York state native Dom Guglielmo needed Google Maps to find Caruthersville, Missouri when he drove to the Bootheel in the winter of 2022 to take over the Caruthersville High School football program.

We’re rapidly approaching the postseason, and many local teams are still receiving state recognition, with a few more on the cusp of getting votes. At the very top, once again, St. Vincent is receiving four first-place votes in Class 1 as the race against Marionville battles on...

Conference play winds down as local high school football teams jostle for top spots. Jackson reclaims No. 1, East Prairie climbs to a record high, and NMCC enters the top 10 in the Semoball rankings.

HAYTI – Having won the last two “Battle of the Bootheel” football games by an average margin of 46 points, it was little surprising that Caruthersville claimed a third consecutive title on Friday at Hayti by a comfortable 48-16 margin. However, for a while at least, the Indians made it interesting until the Tigers simply proved too much.

Only three of the 16 high school football teams within the SEMO Conference have been as stifling this fall as Class 2 No. 9-ranked Caruthersville (5-1, 3-0 SEMO Conference South Division), and the play of senior linebacker Oscar Dominguez has been a HUGE part of why that is the case.

As they pertain to the Hayti High School football squad, the numbers demonstrating the Indians’ improvement this season from years past don’t lie. Hayti won just three times in 17 outings during the 2022 and 2023 seasons and will be going for its third victory this fall today at 5:30 p.m. against Bootheel rival Caruthersville.

Caruthersville storms back into Missouri's Class 2 rankings after a decisive win over Scott City. Discover the latest shifts in Southeast Missouri football's state stature as Week 7 approaches.

Cape Central's fall from grace shakes up the Week 7 football rankings as Jackson climbs, Caruthersville dominates, and St. Vincent claims the top spot for the first time this season.

Caruthersville senior Jermonte Alexander entered Friday's road matchup at Scott City leading the SEMO conference in receiving yards. And he was highly motivated to leave Scott City as the conference's leading receiver. "I'm just trying to stay on my grind," Alexander said...

It’s easy to become swept away by the beauty of a building and never give a thought to the foundational structure that holds it up.

Explore the top high school football stat leaders in the Semoball area through Week 5. Discover standout performances in passing, rushing, receiving, and defense across 18 local teams.

St. Vincent narrows the gap with Marionville in Missouri high school football rankings after a dominant 35-0 win over Hayti. Dexter maintains its No. 3 spot in Class 3 with a close victory against Southern Boone.

Charleston's upset blowout over Portageville headlines a wild Week 6 in Southeast Missouri high school football, marked by hurricane winds, rescheduled games, and standout performances across the Semoball area.

STE. GENEVIEVE – If there was a bright side to Caruthersville falling 37-7 at Class 2 No. 4-ranked Valle Catholic on Friday, it was this: It is better to learn from the multitude of mistakes on Sept. 27 than in the postseason, which would end the Tigers’ season.

Third-year Caruthersville High School football coach Dom Guglielmo grew up in Glens Falls, New York, which averages 70 inches of snow each calendar year, so needless to say, having his team compete in inclement weather tonight won’t be an issue for him or the Tigers, if for no other reason, mentality. “I love coaching in the rain,” Guglielmo said. “I love it.” That’s good because he’s going to.

Statistical leaders from the Semoball coverage area through four games. Semoball.com covers 20 local high school football programs, 18 of which field varsity teams for the 2024 season. Schools included in these totals are Cape Central, Caruthersville, Chaffee, Charleston, Dexter, East Prairie, Hayti, Jackson, Kelly, Kennett, Malden, New Madrid County Central, Perryville, Poplar Bluff, Portageville, Scott City, Sikeston and St. Vincent...

Dexter surges forward in Class 3 after a dominant win and key losses by rivals. St. Vincent holds steady in Class 1, while Cape Central climbs to No. 7 in Class 5. Discover the latest Missouri high school football rankings.

Cape Central dominates, St. Vincent rises, and Scott City shakes up the standings. Discover how these top teams are positioning themselves for the season ahead.

CHARLESTON – It took a while for the Caruthersville High School football squad to look like itself in Friday’s test at Charleston High School. However, it didn’t take junior runner Sammy Bryant much time to make an impact. Bryant scored the first of his four touchdowns just 2:25 into the game and eventually the Class 2 No. 9-ranked Tigers (4-0) rolled to a comfortable 34-6 win.

There may not be a more competitive coach in the Bootheel of Missouri than third-year Caruthersville High School football coach Dom Guglielmo. If there is, it just might be his counterpart tonight, Charleston High School football coach Justin Hutchings.

Teeter sisters help lead Kennett-Holcomb to a 9-0 sweep over Caruthersville, marking Laney Teeter's varsity debut.

Cape Central claims the top spot in Semoball's Week 4 football rankings after a dominant win over Sikeston. Jackson drops to No. 2 following a tough loss, while Dexter and St. Vincent round out the top four.

McKenzie Putman had it made professionally to start her career in education. The 2018 Kennett High School graduate was teaching high school math at her alma mater and could have put her life and career on cruise control, wearing black and yellow for the next few decades. However, what you don’t understand is who Putman is deep down inside, which explains why she remains an Indian but is wearing black and gold, not black and yellow.

Every football fan throughout the Bootheel (and college coaches throughout the Mid-South) is fully aware of the ability of Caruthersville High School senior two-way standout Jermonte Alexander and with good reason.

Third-year Caruthersville High School football coach Dom Guglielmo said during training camp that he felt his program had “restored the roar” of the successful Tiger football teams of the past, and the rest of the high school football followers throughout the state must agree because the Tigers climbed to No. 8 in the latest MFCA state rankings for Class 2.

The lore of athleticism flowing through the halls of Caruthersville High School over time has been a storied one.

Missouri high school football rankings see significant movement as local teams surge. St. Vincent Indians climb to No. 2 in Class 1 after a stunning victory, while Cape Central breaks into Class 5's top 10.

St. Vincent and Scott City surge in Week 3 high school football rankings after impressive wins. Jackson and Cape Central hold top spots, but big shakeups loom with key matchups ahead. Check out the latest power rankings.

The trajectory of the Caruthersville High School defense has continued in the proper direction in Tiger Coach Dom Guglielmo’s third season.

There is some bad news for the remaining teams on the Caruthersville High School football schedule this season, Tiger senior Jermonte Alexander not only returns for his final season but based on his performance in Friday’s season-opening rout of a very good St. Pius X (Festus) program, he has never been better. “I don’t think that I have ever seen him take a play off in practice,” third-year Caruthersville coach Dom Guglielmo said of Alexander during training camp. “He is that type of kid. He elevates the team with his pure athleticism and the fact that he never has a bad attitude.”

There isn’t a high school football coach in the state of Missouri who has a deeper appreciation for solid offensive line play than third-year Caruthersville High School coach, Dom Guglielmo.

The Caruthersville High School volleyball program dropped significantly three autumns ago from a pretty solid place, however, there is no shortage of positive things happening around the program, most importantly, having a great work ethic throughout the program, as it continues its climb back to respectability. “They are workers,” first-year Tiger coach Stephanie McGraw said of her players following a recent jamboree at North Pemiscot.

In the first release of the Missouri Media Rankings, Southeast Missouri teams were well-represented, including one particular team that jumped into early contention. After a jaw-dropping 53-0 victory over Ste. Genevieve in the opener, St. Vincent becomes the third-ranked team in MSHSAA's Class 1 after a semifinal appearance a year ago...