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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Bell City's Austin Hicks (6/4/15)Bell City's Austin Hicks pitched a complete-game shutout in the Cubs' 2-0 win over Dora in a Class 1 quarterfinal last week at Bell City High School. Hicks finished with 10 strikeouts and hit one batter while giving up four hits in the victory. "I knew I had to keep throwing strikes and don't put the pressure on myself but put the pressure on them and make them come through," Hicks said...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Dean Crippen (5/28/15)Notre Dame's Dean Crippen was 3 for 5 with eight RBIs, a double and two home runs, including a grand slam in the bottom of the second inning that helped propel the Bulldogs to a 15-5, six-inning win over Perryville in last week's Class 4 District 1 championship in Doniphan, Missouri...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Advance's Brian Whitson (5/21/15)Advance's Brian Whitson recorded five birdies and carded an even-par 71 to claim medalist honors last week at the Class 1 Sectional 1 boys golf tournament at Dalhousie Golf Club. The junior carded an early double bogey on No. 3 and bounced back with a stellar performance that helped propel the Hornets to a team victory...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Woodland's Landon Johnson (5/14/15)Woodland's Landon Johnson belted a pair of two-run home runs to left field, leading the host Cardinals to a 9-7 win over Advance in a baseball game last week in Marble Hill, Missouri. The senior also started the game on the mound before being replaced by Garret Reynolds, who picked up the pitching win. Johnson finished 3 for 3 at the plate...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Tyler Slinkard (5/7/15)Jackson's Tyler Slinkard pitched a complete game and had six strikeouts in the Indians' 9-3 win over Dexter last week in an opening-round game of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament at Whitey Herzog Stadium. The senior right-hander, who lost more than an inch of the middle finger on his throwing hand in an offseason accident, allowed only six hits in the Indians' victory...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Logan Heisserer (4/30/15)Notre Dame's Logan Heisserer finished 2 for 3 with a double to lead the Bulldogs to a 2-1 win over defending Class 2 state champion Valle Catholic on Friday in the opener of the Notre Dame Bulldog Classic. The senior is batting .356 on the year and leads the team with 72 plate appearances. The victory over Valle notched Notre Dame's 11th consecutive win...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Oran's Hunter Schlosser (4/23/15)Oran's Hunter Schlosser allowed two hits in the Eagles' 10-0 Scott-Mississippi Conference win in five innings over Scott County Central last week at Oran High School. Schlosser struck out eight batters, had one walk and hit two batters. He also helped his own cause at the plate with two singles and three RBIs...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Adam Pope (4/16/15)Notre Dame pitcher Adam Pope gave up one earned run in the third inning but didn't give up a hit for the remainder of the game in the Bulldogs' 5-1 victory over host Westminster Christian Academy on Saturday in Town and Country, Missouri. The game was a battle of the top two teams in the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4 rankings. ...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Scott City's Liz Hensley (4/9/15)Senior Liz Hensley hit two home runs to help guide the Scott City softball team to a 7-6 win over Bernie in eight innings last week at Scott City Park. Hensley finished 3 for 4 at the plate, and the Rams survived a rally by the Mules in the seventh inning, during which they overcame a two-run deficit...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Cassidi Tomsu (4/2/15)Jackson's Cassidi Tomsu scored four goals to lead the Indians to a 10-0 victory over Marion, Illinois, in the championship game of the Noon Optimist Club Tournament on Saturday at Central High School. All four of the junior forward's goals were assisted by senior Jordan Nelson in a game that was shortened in the second half by the mercy rule...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Quinn Poythress (3/26/15)Notre Dame's Quinn Poythress scored a game-high 25 points and helped lead the Bulldogs to a 65-44 win over Bolivar in the Class 4 third-place game Friday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. The 6-foot-7 senior netted seven points in the final 6 minutes, 30 seconds of the game, during which Notre Dame went on an 18-2 run...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Advance's Preston Wuebker (3/12/15)Advance's Preston Wuebker hit two game-winning shots last week for the Hornets, who will compete in the Class 1 final four today at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. Wuebker netted a go-ahead 3-pointer inside the final minute to lead Advance to a victory over Gideon in a Class 1 sectional last Tuesday and scored the game-winning bucket to send the Hornets past state-ranked South Iron in a state quarterfinal on Saturday...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Scott County Central's Jeffery Porter (3/5/15)Scott County Central's Jeffery Porter scored a game-high 39 points to lead the top-seeded Braves to a 73-63 win over the second-seeded Bernie Mules in the Class 2 District 1 championship Friday in Bloomfield, Missouri. "He's our playmaker," SCC senior forward Matthew Blissett said about Porter. "He's the guy we look to when we need some buckets."...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Caitlyn Palmer (2/26/15)Jackson junior Caitlyn Palmer was crowned state champion in the 50-yard freestyle Saturday during the Missouri State High School Activities Association Girls Swimming and Diving Championships at the St. Peters Rec-Plex pool in St. Peters, Missouri. "It's all very surreal," Palmer said. "It's just amazing that I can come here and represent my team in such a big way and make them proud. Hopefully, swimming will take off now, and they'll realize it's a good sport because it's not very recognized."...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Central's Al Young (2/19/15)Central's Al Young scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Tigers to a 61-50 victory over Sikeston on Friday in a SEMO Conference boys basketball game at the Sikeston Field House. The 6-foot junior knocked down several key shots, including a 3-pointer that tied the game at 11-all during a 13-2 run in the first quarter and a conventional three-point play that extended the Tigers' lead to eight points midway through the final period...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Advance's Dalton Wilson (2/12/15)Advance's Dalton Wilson scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Hornets to a 64-53 win over the Dexter Bearcats on Friday's homecoming night at Advance High School. "It makes a world of difference when we knock down shots," Advance coach Dennis Wheetley said. "I thought we worked the ball well and played together well. They didn't care who scored. We got the ball inside to Dawson, which opened things up outside."...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Zalma's Brent Overbey (2/5/15)Zalma's Brent Overbey scored a game-high 39 points to lead the Bulldogs' boys basketball team to an 84-77 conference win over the Meadow Heights Panthers on Tuesday at Zalma High School. The junior knocked down seven 3-pointers in the contest. Clinging to a one-point lead at halftime, Zalma pulled away in the third quarter, during which it outscored Meadow Heights 24-15...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Scott County Central's Jeffery Porter (1/29/15)Junior guard Jeffery Porter scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Scott County Central boys basketball team to a 75-64 win over Oran in the championship game of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Friday at Oran High School. Porter also played a big role on defense for the top-seeded Braves, who scored 22 points off turnovers and claimed their second straight conference title...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jake Byrd (1/22/15)Jackson junior Jake Byrd was the lone gold medalist for the Indians at Saturday's St. Charles West tournament. Byrd won the 126-pound division with a technical fall over Francis Howell sophomore Tyler McGhee in 3 minutes, 44 seconds. The Indians were short seven wrestlers but wound up finishing in seventh place...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Chaffee's Julia Sutterfield (1/15/15)Junior Julia Sutterfield recorded a double-double with a game-high 29 points and 12 steals and also grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Chaffee Red Devils girls basketball team to a 60-40 victory over the host South Pemiscot Bulldogs on Thursday. Chaffee improved to 9-2 with the victory and outscored South Pemiscot 34-22 in the second half...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Oran's Jacob Priggel (1/8/15)Senior Jacob Priggel scored 28 points to lead the Oran Eagles to a 61-58 win over the Woodland Cardinals on Friday at Oran High School. Priggel scored eight of his points in the fourth quarter as the Eagles erased a seven-point halftime deficit to come away with the victory. Priggel was a perfect 6 of 6 from the free-throw line in the final period...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Quinn Poythress (1/1/15)Notre Dame senior Quinn Poythress scored 21 points to lead the third-seeded Bulldogs to a 72-55 win over the second-seeded Central Tigers in a championship semifinal of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Monday at the Show Me Center. The 6-foot-7 Poythress is one of 11 seniors on the Notre Dame squad this season. He scored 19 of his points in the second half of Monday's game. The win advanced Notre Dame to Tuesday's championship game against top-seeded Jackson...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Blake Reynolds (12/18/14)Jackson senior Blake Reynolds and his teammates wasted little time distancing themselves from Charleston in the third-place game of the SEMO Conference Tournament. Reynolds, who has signed to play at Yale, poured in points as the Indians built an insurmountable lead in the early going...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Cape Central's Braion Owens (11/28/14)Braion Owens, the star running back for the Central football team who also starts as a linebacker on defense, saved one of his best performances of the year for the Tigers' Class 4 state semifinal victory over St. Charles West.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Jack Jeffers (11/13/14)Jeffers lost his right shoe about 800 meters into the 3.1-mile course at Oak Hills Golf Center but still finished 22nd at the cross country state meet.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Sierra Maddox (6/5/14)Maddox closed out a perfect senior season by successfully defending her pole vault title at the Missouri Class 4 track and field championships in Jefferson City.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Central's Alex Mailes (5/22/14)Alex Mailes went 5-0 in his tennis singles matches last week to reach the Class 2 Sectional 1 individually as well as helping the Tigers to the sectional round as a team.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Brady Dixon (5/15/14)Dixon apparently is saving his best golf for last, opening the Bulldogs' drive for a state title with his best 18 holes in an accomplished high school career.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Scott City's Becky Burger (5/8/14)Burger pitched nine shutout innings and collected two wins in leading Scott City to the Class 1 District 5 softball championship last week.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Central's Matt Chism (5/1/14)Chism had his own version of a perfect game in throwing a no-hitter against Affton last week.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Abby Boyer (4/24/14)Boyer scored three of Notre Dame's four goals in a pair of road victories last week that kept the Bulldogs unbeaten on the soccer season.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Jordan Barber (4/17/14)Barber ramped up his senior season by winning the 400 meters in a pair of 16-team track meets last week.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Eli Pike (4/10/14)Pike tied for the medalist honor to help the Jackson golf team to a one-stroke win at the Notre Dame Invitational for the second straight year.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Abby Boyer (4/3/14)Boyer continued a strong start to her senior soccer season by scoring the winning goal in double overtime to lift Notre Dame to a 2-1 victory over Jackson in the championship game of the Noon Optimist Club tournament last week.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Chaffee's Layton Tenkhoff (3/27/14)Tenkhoff started off his senior baseball season in perfect fashion with an 8-for-8 performance in a doubleheader sweep of Meadow Heights.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: SCC's Juwan Owens (3/20/14)Owens scored a game-high 27 points to help lead the Scott County Central boys basketball team to a 69-39 win over Meadville in the Class 1 state championship game at Mizzou Arena.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Saxony Lutheran's Grace Mirly (3/13/14)Mirly scored 19 points in helping the Crusaders to a 59-52 win over defending state champion Lutheran St. Charles in the Class 3 quarterfinals Saturday.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: SCC's Larandis Banks (3/6/14)Banks scored 38 points to lead the Braves to a 64-62 win over Leopold in the Class 1 District 2 championship game last week.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Clay Darnell (2/27/14)Darnell finished off his high school wrestling career with a five-match winning streak that earned him third place in the Class 4 220-pound division at the Missouri Wrestling Championships.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Caitlyn Palmer (2/20/14)Palmer won two events and broke a meet record in being named MVP of the Show-Me Conference swim meet last week.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Advance's Lane Below (2/13/14)Below scored a career-high 40 points in the Hornets' 75-55 road win over Dexter last week.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Woodland's Garret Reynolds (2/6/14)Woodland junior Garret Reynolds averaged 25 points in three Stoddard County Conference Tournament games, helping the sixth-seeded Cardinals to a pair of upsets and into the championship contest. The 5-foot-10 guard scored the winning basket and 28 points in a 49-48 upset of No. 3 Bloomfield in the first round. He went 12 of 12 from the free-throw line in the game. He then scored 27 points in the Cardinals' 67-57 surprise of No. 2 Advance in the semifinals...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Jake Byrd (1/24/14)Jackson's Jake Byrd helped the Jackson wrestling team remain perfect on the season as the Indians captured the St. Charles West Invitational.
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Southeast Misourian player of the week: Brianna Mueller (1/19/14)Saxony Lutheran's Brianna Mueller
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Jackson's Preston Hobeck (12/26/13)Jackson junior heavyweight wrestler Preston Hobeck fittingly pinned his opponent to close out a dominating performance by the Indians at the Tiger Classic.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Woodland's Josie Long (12/22/13)Senior Josie Long averaged 21.6 points over three games in helping the Woodland girls basketball team to its first Lady Devils Invitational title.
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Player of the Week: Notre Dame's Nikki Peters (9/12/13)Junior Nikki Peters collected three wins in the Notre SoftballFest in pitching the host Bulldogs to the championship of the 16-team tournament.
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Players of the Week: Oran's Seth Ressel and Kody Moore (6/5/13)With Senior Kody Moore and junior Seth Ressel on the mound, there was no going wrong for the Oran Eagles at the Class 1 final four last week.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Jackson's Paden Wachter (5/29/13)Wachter closed out her Jackson High School athletic career in style last weekend by winning the discus and placing second in the shot put at the Missouri Class 4 Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City, Mo.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Jackson's Paden Wachter (5/29/13)Wachter closed out her Jackson High School athletic career in style last weekend by winning the discus and placing second in the shot put at the Missouri Class 4 Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City, Mo.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Notre Dame's Jack Litzelfelner (5/22/13)Litzelfelner capped a spectacular freshman season by claiming the biggest title in high school golf: State champion.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Jackson's Brannon Wright (5/15/13)Wright won the 100 and 200 meters and ran the opening leg on the Indians' victorious 1,600 relay at the Class 4 District 1 meet Saturday at Fox High School.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Central's Travis Simmons (5/10/13)Simmons grabbed his third tournament title of the season by winning the Class 4 District 1 individual title last week at Aberdeen Golf Club in Eureka, Mo.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Leopold's Joe Elfrink (5/1/13)Elfrink turned in an iron-man performance last week against Oak Ridge, pitching all nine innings and striking out 15 batters in the Wildcats' 4-3 extra-inning road victory against Oak Ridge.
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Southeast Missourian player of the Week: Notre Dame's Jack Litzelfelner (4/24/13)Litzelfelner continued his strong freshman season by claiming the medalist honor at the Jackson Invitational last week at Kimbeland Country Club.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Perryville's Allison Moldenhauer (4/18/13)Moldenhauer netted a goal in each of the four victories recorded last week by the Pirates that netted the title of the Hillsboro Invitational.
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Player of the Week: Notre Dame's Seth Sievers (4/10/13)Sievers capped a big week with victories in the shot put and discus Saturday at the Jackson Invitational.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Saxony Lutheran's Lauren Hecht (4/2/13)Hecht scored all three goals in the unbeaten Crusaders' 3-0 victory over Sikeston last week.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Jackson's Josh Daume (3/14/13)Daume scored a team-high 17 points in the Indians' thrilling 60-59 victory over Chaminade in the Class 5 sectional round last week.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Oran's Seth Ressel (3/6/13)Ressel averaged 19 points in two basketball victories last week that landed the Eagles in the Class 2 final four.
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Oran's Kody Moore (2/27/13)Moore scored 22 points in the championship game of the Class 2 District 3 championship game to help the Eagles to their third consecutive district title.
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Southeast Missourian's player of the week: Jackson's Jarrett Reisenbichler (2/20/13)Reisenbichler contended with a serious knee injury on his way to a second-place finish in the Class 4 106-pound division at the Missouri Wrestling Championships last weekend in Columbia, Mo.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Jackson's Blake Reynolds (2/13/13)Reynolds capped a productive week with a 25-point effort in the Indians' 71-58 win against Poplar Bluff on Saturday.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Leopold's Kyle Stroder (2/6/13)Stroder averaged 27 points in a pair of victories that sent Leopold to the championship of the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament last week.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Woodland's Josie Long (1/30/13)Long scored at least 20 points and grabbed at least 10 rebounds in each of Woodland's three games last week.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Jackson's Kyleigh Troxel (1/24/13)Troxel claimed first place in the 500-yard freestyle Saturday at the City of Roses Invitational swim meet.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Perryville's Colin Schirmer (1/15/13)Schirmer closed a strong week by helping the Perryville boys basketball team to a third-place finish in the Chester Invitational on Saturday.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Saxony Lutheran's Brianna Mueller (1/9/13)Mueller used a consistent scoring touch to lead the streaking Crusaders to the championship of the Delta New Years Tournament last week.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Central's Garan Evans (1/2/13)The Central senior guard scored 68 points over four games in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament to help the Tigers to a second-place finish.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Chaffee's Julia Sutterfield (12/17/12)Sutterfield helped Chaffee to tournament title
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Cape Central's Chase Hagerty (5/30/12)Chase Hagerty delivered yet again for the Central baseball team. The freshman pitched his third complete-game victory in the Tigers' first four playoff games. No. 3 came against Festus in the Class 4 sectional round. "I just have a lot of confidence in my team right now," Hagerty said. ...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Chaffee's Jordan Yahn (5/23/12)Chaffee's Jordan Yahn went out on top. The senior helped the Red Devils relay teams win two state title at the Class 1 state meet in Jefferson, City, Mo. Yahn was a member of the victorious 800 and 400 relay teams to cap his high school career. "He's all-state 14 times, and 10 of them are on relays," Chaffee boys coach Tyson Moyers said. "He was all-state in two as a freshman and four for sophomore, junior and senior year."...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Cape Central's Pablo Jaramillo (5/16/12)Central's Pablo Jaramillo racked up the victories on the tennis court, and the accolades followed. The junior helped lead the Tigers to the Class 2 District 1 team title then followed that with the Class 2 District 1 individual singles crown. Jaramillo cruised past Mehlville's Black Tenberthy 6-0, 6-2 in the team semifinals. Neither he nor any of his Central teammates had to play a doubles match in the semifinals because the Tigers swept the singles matches...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Scott City's Brandon Shemonia (5/9/12)Scott City senior Brandon Shemonia reasserted his dominance at the Class 2 Disitrict 1 track and field meet. Shemonia finished 4 for 4 in his events at the meet. He captured the district title in the 1,600 by more than 7 seconds. He crossed the line in 4 minutes, 37.5 seconds...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Notre Dame's Jesse Schott (5/2/12)Notre Dame's Jesse Schott felt like he wasn't hitting the ball well entering the SEMO Conference baseball tournament. "I'm trying to get out of a slump that I've had for a while now," he said. "I'm trying to simplify everything down to just hit the ball. That's about it right now. Just hit the ball."...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Cape Central's Travis Simmons (4/25/12)Central sophomore Travis Simmons coolly rolled in a 1-foot par putt on hole No. 18 at Kimbeland Country Club. That putt concluded an even-par 70 round, which was good enough to capture medalist honors at the Jackson Invitational golf tournament. "If he's had any problems, it's been finishing," Central coach Dick Wadlington said. ...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Chaffee's Jared Walker (4/18/12)Chaffee's Jared Walker's first two at-bats against Scott City's Landon Robert didn't go exactly as planned Thursday. Walker was hit by a pitch the first time he saw Robert then struck out the second. He made the most of his opportunity the third time he saw Scott City's pitcher...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: St. Vincent's Holly Blandford (4/11/12)Holly Blandford helped the St. Vincent girls soccer team gain an important victory over a district rival. The sophomore scored once and assisted on another goal in the Indians' 2-1 victory over St. Pius, the team they defeated in last year's Class 1 District 1 title game...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Perryville's Jake Dobbelare (4/4/12)Perryville's Jake Dobbelare put together an incredible streak at the plate. The senior went 10 of 12 with five homers in the Pirates' three games last week. Dobbelare started the week with a 4-for-4 performance against Notre Dame. Three of the hits came against Bulldogs ace Cody Heisserer. Dobbelare also put together an impressive performance on the mound against Notre Dame, but he took the loss in the Pirates' 4-2 loss...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Chaffee's Cody Payne (3/28/12)Chaffee sophomore Cody Payne did a little of everything against Central. The right-hander threw a one-hitter and went 2 for 4 at the plate to lead the Red Devils past the Tigers 7-2 last week. He struck out seven and walked one. He only allowed three baserunners...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Scott County Central's Dominique Porter (3/21/12)Scott County Central senior Dominique Porter went out on top. He started to walk back to his team's locker room after answering questions following the Class 1 boys basketball state championship game, but he stopped and shook his head slightly before turning back...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Scott County Central's LaMarcus Steward (3/14/12)Senior LaMarcus Steward wasn't ready for his season to end. The Scott County Central guard scored 16 points in the first half alone in the Braves' Class 1 state quarterfinal game against Eminence. He went 8 of 13 (62 percent) from the floor in the half...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Scott City's Zach Cotner (3/7/12)Senior Zach Cotner gave coach Mark Dannenmueller a big hug after the Scott City boys basketball team captured the Class 3 District 3 title. "I don't even know how to explain it," Cotner said. "I've never felt this way before in my life. This is a great feeling."...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Jackson's Danielle Daume (2/29/12)Jackson junior Danielle Daume remembered the pain and heartbreak from last season's Class 5 District 1 final. "That was hard," Daume said after Friday's Class 5 District 1 title game. "We just came in tonight and didn't want that to happen again. I think that was driving us."...
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Southeast Missourian athlete of the week: Jackson's Jarrett Reisenbichler (2/22/12)Jarrett Reisenbichler led the Jackson contingent at the state wrestling meet by finishing fourth at 106 pounds in Class 4. He was the top finisher from the area. Reisenbichler earned a victory in his first match in Columbia. He defeated Francis Howell North's Brendan Hachtel 13-5, but then fell to Nixa's Joe Velliquette 7-4 in the quarterfinals...
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Southeast Missourian athlete of the week: Cape Central's Vance Toole (2/15/12)Senior Vance Toole helped the Central boys basketball team earn a pair of victories over rivals in the last eight days. The guard played a key role in the Tigers' 60-51 win over Jackson at the Show Me Center. He went 8 of 8 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to help lock up the win...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Notre Dame's Brooke Bohnert (2/8/12)Brooke Bohnert has helped the Notre Dame girls basketball team get on a roll over the last week. The senior was the team's leading scorer in the Bulldogs' last three wins. She helped Notre Dame defeat crosstown rival Central 53-39 at the Show Me Center on Jan. 31. She scored 12 points in the win...
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Southeast Missourian athlete of the week: Perryville's Allison Moldenhauer (2/1/12)Perryville sophomore Allison Moldenhauer helped the Pirates girls basketball team earn a pair of victories last week. Moldenhauer came up with three steals in the fourth quarter to help the Pirates upset Woodland 46-31 on Thursday. She also dished out five assists and scored nine points in the win...
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Southeast Missourian athlete of the week: Notre Dame's Trever Foltz (1/25/12)Notre Dame junior Trever Foltz added another honor to his impressive wrestling season. The 182-pounder won the title at the SEMO Conference meet when he pinned Farmington's Daktoa Kee in 5 minutes, 8 seconds Saturday. Foltz enjoyed an 11-3 lead in the third period when he finally finished Kee...
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Southeast Missourian athlete of the week: Scott City's Katie Hogan (1/18/12)Katie Hogan's ability to score around the basket and from outside proved too much in the Scott-Mississippi Conference girls basketball tournament. Hogan scored 34 points to lead Scott City past Delta 56-51 in the championship game. "We worked the ball around a lot, quickly around the outside," Hogan said. "I'd just move block to block and a lot of times they would get caught up in the 3-point line and guarding the ball and I'd get left one-on-one, and I took advantage of it."...
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Southeast Missourian athlete of the week: St. Vincent's Katie Mattingly (1/11/12)It's been an incredibly busy seven days for sophomore Katie Mattingly and the St. Vincent girls basketball team. Mattingly helped lead the Indians to second place at the Delta New Years tournament and two other wins during that time. Mattingly scored 14 points against Scott County Central in the first round of the Delta tournament. She followed that performance with six points and eight rebounds against Delta in the semifinals...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Chaffee's Alex Crowe (1/11/12)Chaffee senior Alex Crowe wanted to make the most of his last game in the Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament. The guard scored scored 31 points to lead the Red Devils past Oak Ridge in the consolation title game. He went 8 of 10 from the field...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Jackson's Dru Haertling (12/28/11)Jackson's Dru Haertling's scoring output has increased dramatically this season. The senior averaged 9.8 points per contest last season, but has poured in 18.3 points per game this season. "To be honest, I think it's just a real blessing from the Lord," Haertling said. "I'm just praying and he's just taking care of me."...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Leopold's Kyle Stroder (12/21/11)Kyle Stroder's season is off to a fantastic start. The Leopold junior has helped the Wildcats basketball team start 6-1 by pouring in the points. Stroder scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Leopold's 80-37 win over Greenville last week. He followed that performance with 26 points in his team's 69-66 win over St. Vincent...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Notre Dame's Nathan Meystedt (12/14/11)Not even a chipped tooth could slow down Notre Dame's Nathan Meystedt. The senior took a hit to the mouth but kept on playing in the SEMO Conference boys basketball tournament third-place game Friday. He finished with a game-high 21 points in the Bulldogs' 52-44 victory over Central...
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Southeast Missourian player of the week: Perryville's Bryce Weibrecht (12/7/11)Bryce Weibrecht's consistent performance during the Woodland boys basketball tournament helped Perryville capture the title. Weibrecht opened the tournament by scoring 13 points in the Pirates' 62-23 victory over Zalma. The senior continued to be a force in Perryville's 61-53 win over Oak Ridge in the semifinals...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Oran's Seth Ressel (11/30/11)Oran's Seth Ressel quickly made the adjustment to the varsity level. The sophomore scored 14 points in the first quarter of the Eagles' 75-49 win against Richland to open the season Monday. "He works hard. He stays in the gym a lot," Oran coach Joe Shoemaker said...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the week: Jackson's Kristian Troxel (11/16/11)Jackson's Kristian Troxel made the most of his appearance at the state swimming meet. The junior earned a pair of medals as the Indians' lone representative at the meet. Troxel was seventh in both the 200 individual medley (1 minute, 57.12 seconds) and 500 freestyle (4:47.88). He finished 11th in the individual medley and fifth in the 500 freestyle at last year's state meet...
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Billy Leighton (10/26/11)Central junior Billy Leighton celebrated his district title with a run. Leighton, who won the Class 4 District 1 cross country race Saturday, went for a run after returning home from the meet. "It's something that I usually just do," Leighton said. "Me and my coach usually talk about it the week before and say, 'All right, after the race we can still get some more work in.' That way you can kind of get some more training in that day of the race because really the main goal is state, so every race is almost kind of like a practice, too.". ...