Recapping a century in sports

1904

* Southeast Missouri State -- then known as the Cape Girardeau Teachers College -- posted a 2-0 record in football with victories against Jackson Military Academy, formed in 1895 as the first organized football program south of St. Louis, and the Poplar Bluff Athletic Club.

1906

* The Capahas baseball team played a game with the Boston Bloomers, a women's team. The Capahas won the game 5-4, but umpire Bill Bergmann declared Boston's pitcher and second basemen are men. More than 2,000 people attended the event.

* A basketball team from the Webster Society and another from the Benton Society met at Normal Academy Gymnasium in probably the first organized game of basketball in Cape Girardeau.

* The Teachers College basketball team, with Clyde Elder as the program's first coach, posted an 0-2 record. The school's men's and women's teams played their first games in Carbondale, Ill.

1907

* A crowd between 1,500 and 2,000 watched a Thanksgiving football game between Poplar Bluff and Cape Girardeau Normal School. Poplar Bluff's team, in its first year of existence, won the game 26-0.

1908

* Members of the St. Louis Browns, in a barnstorming game, defeated the Capahas 11-5.

1909

* Chaffee amateur baseball team captain Frank Brockmire hit an umpire in the face, causing what the local newspaper described as a "general mixup."

1912

* Cape Normal's basketball team was unable to accept an invitation to an intercollege tournament at St. Louis because of a $5 entry fee.

* Charles "Big Jeff" Tesreau, a Fredericktown native and later a pitcher for Perryville, threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants against the Phillies. However, the no-hitter didn't become official until later, when a scorer changed a hit to an error. He led the National League in ERA (1.96) that season.

* Cape Central initiated a football program. The school's athletic program also included baseball, track and two games for the girls basketball team.

* The Boston Bloomers girls baseball team defeated Jackson's amateur team 5-3.

1913

* The Capahas were beaten 11-5 by a St. Louis Browns team with Rube Waddell on the mound.

1914

* The Jackson School Board passed a ruling requiring all members of the football team to present written consent from their parents before they could play.

* A SEMO baseball league was organized and included Cape, Chaffee, Sikeston, Caruthersville, New Madrid and Portageville.

* The Capahas beat a Cardinals barnstorming team 6-4.

1915

* The first attempt was made to form a regional prep football league.

1916

* The SEMO basketball tournament is organized.

1918

* A terrible flu epidemic caused the cancellation of most of Southeast Missouri's prep football games.

* The Cape-Jackson football rivalry begins. Cape wins the first game 12-0.

1920

* The Central Tigers forfeited the Thanksgiving Day football game against Jackson during the second quarter.

* "Big Jack" (unknown last name) struck out 20 Chaffee batters, establishing what is thought to be a Capahas record.

1921

* A baseball field was raised at what used to be called Fairground Park, now Capaha Park.

* Central High School, Poplar Bluff and Sikeston withdrew from the SEMO Basketball League due to dissatisfaction for several years. A new league was formed.

* A riot broke out during the fourth inning of a baseball game at Chaffee between the Cape Capahas and a team from Chaffee. Capahas manager Wayne Berry had his nose broken in the argument.

1922

* Chaffee changed its mascot from the Bulldogs to the Red Devils after being defeated by Mexico -- dressed in bright red uniforms -- in the state finals. Chaffee dubbed Mexico's players red devils and, after reflecting upon the merits of that team, decided to change the school's nickname to the Red Devils.

* With Southeast Missourian Elam Vangilder turning in stellar pitching, the St. Louis Browns fielded their best team ever. They finished one game behind Babe Ruth's Yankees.

1923

* In an attempt to stop spectators from running up and down and across side lines and the field to watch plays, Teachers College football coach Ferd J. Courleux arranged to rent bleachers.

1924

* Umpire Dutch Heisler called a strike on a batter and a half hour of fighting followed in a game where Sikeston beat Cape 9-4.

1925

* In its fourth year of playing a college schedule, the Will Mayfield College (Marble Hill) football team recorded its first non-losing season at 4-4-1. The football program was dropped in 1929 and the school closed for good in 1934. The Great Depression was credited with wiping out many small colleges, including Will Mayfield.

1926

* The Stoddard County basketball tournament was organized.

* Central High School dropped girls basketball, citing state athletic association guidelines based on a medical belief that it was not in the girls' "general well-being."

1927

* Missouri's first state basketball tournament was organized.

1928

* Legendary Cape Central coach Lou Muegge began his career. He coached for two years before departing and then returning to his coaching duties at Central from 1934 to 1954.

* Chaffee installed the first set of football lights in the Southeast Missouri region.

* Teachers College Training School (later University High) upset Central in the first basketball meeting between the two schools.

1929

* A football game between Chaffee and Jackson was postponed due to a smallpox epidemic.

* Cape Central's football team finished with an 8-0 record and didn't allow any points behind coach Lou Muegge. Central had another shutout season under Muegge 13 years later.

1930

* Houck Stadium was built and hosted a crowd of more than 6,000 when Southeast played Southern Illinois University in a 12-6 loss. The referee of the game was James T. Blair, Jr., governor of Missouri from 1957 to 1961.

* Gerald Lee of Morley broke his neck during a football game against Fornfelt, prompting Morley to drop the sport. Lee died two weeks later from the injury. Diehlstadt and Blodgett also dropped football.

1931

* The Capahas played their first night game in history.

* Dizzy Dean said: "I'll strike out 15 of those Capahas in Sunday's game at Charleston. I could beat those bush leaguers pitching left-handed. Those Cape boys might as will leave their bats at home." Cape's own Elam Vangilder stoled the show in the Oct. 9 game, striking out 22 and beating Dean and the Charleston team 4-0. Three years later, Dean was the major league's MVP on his way to a Hall of Fame career.

1932

* The Fruitland Greyhounds claimed the state's Class B boys basketball championship with a 24-22 win over Cape Girardeau's University High. Fruitland was the first team from Southeast Missouri to win a state championship.

1933

* The Central Tigers football team interupted practice to discuss selecting a queen for the Thagnksgiving Day game celebration. Coach Olaf Robinson admonished them to dismiss all thoughts of girls.

1934

* Jackson defeated Kansas City Southwest 17-11 for the Missouri state basketball title.

* A thrown whisky bottle strikes a spectator, and several inoxicated persons are ejected from a football game between Cape and Paducah, Ky., at Houck Stadium.

* In Lou Muegge's coaching return, the Central football team beats Perryville 12-0 at Houck Stadium in the Tigers' first night game.

1935

* The Jackson football team recorded a 10-0 record and allowed no points while scoring 307 points under coach Ryland Milner.

1936

* Southeast Missouri State began its longest football winning streak -- 16 games -- under coach E.R. "Abe" Stuber.

1937

* Southeast Missouri State's football team recorded the first undefeated season in school history for a schedule consisting of more than two games. The Indians limited their opponents to just 12 points all year.

* The Central basketball team ended its shortened season with a 9-5 record. Refugees from flooding were forced to occupy Houck Field House.

1938

* The SEMO North and South divisions for high school football were established with the two divisional winners facing each other at the end of the year to play for the title.

1939

* A crowd of 1,315, the largest to gather at Houck Field House to that point, watched the semifinal boxing bouts of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Golden Gloves Tournament. In 12 boxing matches, three were decided via a knockout.

* Fruitland High School closes its doors, ending a decade of basketball that included two final four appearances for the Greyhounds.

1940

* Zalma won the Class B state basketball championship with a 25-21 victory over Bland.

* A tornado destroyed Chaffee's original gymnasium.

1941

* Benton defeated Soldan 50-27 for the Class A state basketball championship.

1942

* Cape Central's football team defeated Sikeston 78-0, handing the Bulldogs their worst defeat in history. The Tigers were unbeaten and unscored upon, also beating Jackson 70-0 that season.

* The Kirksville football team dropped its game with Cape because of a war emergency.

1943

* Southeast Missouri State basketball team won the MIAA championship under coach C.P. Harris.

* The St. Louis Browns conducted their spring training at Capaha Field.

* Cape Girardeau won the American Legion baseball state championship.

1945

* Due to World War II, no Southeast Missouri State football games were played.

* The Flat River Bears beat the host Preps in the championship game of the first College High Christmas Tournament. College High was coached by Irv Keller, who went on to direct the Missouri State High School Activities Association.

1946

* John Crites, basketball star of the Jackson Indians, broke out with the German measles just before game time in the state tournament at St. Louis. Jackson lost the game to Soldan 48-34.

1949

* The Jackson VFW basketball team hosted the "Cleveland Clowns," which fielded the world's tallest basketball player in Gilbert "Tiny" Reichert, an imposing man of more than eight feet.

* The Central football team defeated Jackson 20-0 in the last Thanksgiving Day football clash. The game also was Lou Muegge's final game as a football coach.

1951

* Satchel Paige pitched a one-hitter, as the barnstorming players of the St. Louis Browns defeated the Capahas 9-0.

* The Cape Legion junior baseball team won the first of two straight state titles.

* St. Mary's, now Notre Dame, shocked defending and eventual Class B state champion Puxico 62-61 in the finals of a tournament at Delta. Gene Vandeven's basket ended Puxico's 45-game winning streak.

1954

* Under coach Lou Muegge, Cape Central captured its first state championship in any sport, claiming the Class A basketball crown with a 79-55 victory against St. Louis Christian Brothers at Houck Field House. Paul Stehr was named MVP of the state tournament. Central finished the season at 26-1.

* In the spring, Central won the state baseball tournament with a 5-4 victory against St. Louis Lutheran South at Sportsman's Park in Lou Muegge's final season as coach after 22 years of service.

1956

* Abe Stuber, a longtime coach of several sports at Southeast Missouri State University, was named defensive backfield coach of the Green Bay Packers. Stuber was defensive back coach one season for the Philadelphia Eagles prior to his signing with Green Bay.

1957

* Carl Ritter averaged 23 points per game as a junior for the Advance Hornets, who fell 50-49 in the state championship game against Kansas City Pembroke.

1958

* Jackson hosted an NBA preseason game between the St. Louis Hawks and the Philadelphia Warriors. Former Puxico prep star Win Wilfong scored 16 points in the Hawks' 103-85 victory.

1961

* The Southeast Missouri State basketball team placed second in the NCAA Division II tournament under the coaching of Charles Parsely. It was the first time Southeast (25-3) surpassed 20 wins in a season.

* The College High boys basketball team defeated Patton 61-57 to end a 34-game losing streak dating back to December 1959. The win was the first for coach Carroll Williams, who had guided the team through a winless season the year before.

1962

* Murle Lindstrom, a female golfer from Cape Girardeau, won the U.S. Open at Myrtle Beach with a score of 1-over par. She took home $1,800, the second-largest purse in women's golf at that time.

* Cape Central won the state baseball championship under coach Leon Brinkopf with a 4-2 victory against St. Louis University High. Kermit Meystedt won the title game and finished with a 4-0 record while Steve Mosley posted a 9-0 record that season, including an 18-strikeout game against Chaffee.

1966

* Carrol Cookson took over as head basketball coach at Advance High School. He posted a 300-85 record in 13 seasons, including four straight final four appearances.

* The Central High golf team tied with Mexico for the state championship.

1967

* Jess Bolen started his coaching tenure for the Capahas and led the team to a 20-6 record. Bolen posted his 1,200th coaching victory for the the summer amateur baseball team during the 2004 season.

1968

* The state of Missouri instituted a football playoff system, and Perryville won the Class 3A state championship with a 14-0 victory against Marshall.

1969

* Oran lost the state championship basketball game -- and its unblemished record -- when Fred Johnson was whistled for taking too long to shoot a free throw in the final seconds. A made shot would've tied the game at 74-74, but Dixon won 76-74.

1970

* Southeast Missouri State drew its biggest football crowd in history, a 10,000-member audience in the season opener against Murray State.

* This was the only year between 1957 and 1971 where a Southeast Missouri high school didn't send a basketball team to a state final four game.

1971

* The Capahas finished their summer season with a 32-4 record.

1972

* Advance claimed the Class S boys state title in basketball with a 69-61 victory against Morrisville.

* Central High sprinter Rich Wilson won the state's 100-yard dash championship in 9.7 seconds.

1973

* Scott City's football team recoded a 9-0 mark and was not scored upon.

* Southeast Missouri State organizes women's varsity athletics. A student, Don Jewell of Cape Girardeau, successfully enters the name Otahkians in a contest to name the program.

* The Central High baseball team surrended seven runs in the final inning of a state playoff game and lost 7-6 to eventual state champion Fox.

* Cape Girardeau won the American Legion baseball state championship.

1974

* Cape Girardeau native Eddie Slaughter set a Southeast Missouri State University record for receptions in a career. He snagged his 101st pass in the final game of his senior year.

1975

* Chaffee won the Missouri Class A baseball championship by beating St. Francis Borgia 4-2. Mike Payne was the coach.

* Advance wins the Class 1A basketball championship 55-44 against Northeast Nodaway.

1976

* Scott County Central won the Class 1A state basketball title in a game in which Otto Porter set a state championship record with 25 rebounds.

* The Capahas set a season record for victories, posting a 47-13 record.

* Southeast introduces scholarships for women's athletics. The year before, the school's offering of women's sports was expanded to include field hockey and swimming.

1977

* Chaffee won the Missouri Class A baseball championship under Mike Payne with an 8-1 victory against Dixon.

* Southeast Missouri State placekicker Mike Wood established a new NCAA record for career field goals. Wood played professional with the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diege Chargers.

1979

* Scott County Central boys basketball won the second of 12 state championships with a 73-58 victory against Northeast Nodaway.

1980

* Cape Central won the boys basketball state championship with two-point victory against Hickman Mills. Ron Jones, who went on to play basketball at the University of Missouri, broke Central's school record for career points (1,556) and points per game in a season (26.5).

* Cape Central's football team forfeited the last three games of the season because of an ineligible player.

* Scott Central won a state boys basketball championship, but unlike its others, this one was in Class 2A. The 94-52 slaughter of Slater remains the largest margin of victory in a state championship game.

* The Capahas won the first of nine state championships.

1981

* Ron Shumate, who ended up with a school-record 306 wins, began his 16-year stint as the men's basketball coach for Southeast Missouri State.

1982

* Scott County's girls basketball team was undefeated and won their first state championship. The Bravettes burned Salisbury 85-49.

1983

* Chaffee won the Class 1A state football championship under coach Michael Wessel with a 13-7 victory against Norborne.

* Chaffee also won the the Class 1A baseball title under coach Rick Chastain with a 6-2 triumph against Englewood Christian.

* Notre Dame captured the Class 2A baseball championship under the coaching of Jim Glastetter. The Bulldogs beat Licking 7-0 in the title game.

* Scott County Central beat Clopton 89-71 for a state basketball title. Anthony Timmons scored a championship-game record of 47 points, and Lamont Frazier pulled down 23 rebounds.

1984

* Notre Dame won its second consecutive state baseball title under coach Jim Glastetter with an 11-4 victory against Mansfield.

* Scott County's girls won the state championship over Benton County by posting a 38-31 victory.

1985

* Scott County Central won the first of a state-record seven consecutive boys basketball state titles. Northeast Nodaway was the first victim 73-58.

* Scott County Central swept the state tournament, as the girls team beat Northeast Nodaway 47-34 in the title game.

1986

* The Southeast Missouri State basketball team placed second in NCAA Division II tournament under coach Ron Shumate.

* The Scott County boys basketball team needed three overtimes to defeat Wellsville 84-76 for the state title.

* Notre Dame won the first of its back-to-back state titles in basketball with a 66-47 victory against Nixa.

1987

* The Show-Me Center was built.

* The Capahas won their first 28 games, the club's longest winning streak. The Caps also played 16 straight games without committing an errorHo, hum. Another state basketball title for Scott County Central boys basketball.

* Notre Dame won the Class 2A basketball championship 74-68 over Harville and established a record for assists (27) in a state championship game.

* Tragedy struck at the Southeast Missouri State track complex, as Paul Bryan, an athlete from the University of California-Pennsylvania collapsed at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships and later died.

1988

* Scott County Central boys basketball, another state title.

1989

* Southeast Missouri State University was the Division II runner-up for third time in school history. Ron Shumate was the coach.

* Darla Michele Pannier, a Cape Central graduate and likely the most talented female basketball player to emerge from the school, died in an automobile accident en route to a camp where she was to instruct. Pannier was an All-American high school athlete.

* By this time, it wasn't the Class 1A state basketball tournament anymore; it was the Scott County Central Invitational. The Braves won another state championship.

1990

* Same state story for Scott County Central. The victim was New Franklin in the largest margin of victory ever recorded in a Class 1A state championship game.

* Zalma won the Class 1A volleyball state championship under coach Carl Ritter Jr. Zalma recorded a three-set victory against Oscaola, taking the decisive third set 15-13.

1991

* Southeast Missouri State moved up to Division I and joined the Ohio Valley Conference.

* Scott County completed its seven-year reign at the top with a 56-48 state championship victory against Greenwood. Marcus Timmons became the only boys basketball player in the history of Missouri high school hoops to start on four different state championship teams.

* When one Scott County dynasty ends, another begins: the Bravettes win the first of three straight state championships.

1992

* Scott County Central's girls basketball team blew apart North Shelby 85-38 in the Class 1A state title game. Shatonya Fort makes 16-of-17 field goals for a Class 1A championship-game record 37 points.

* The Jackson girls basketball team made their first final four appearance, taking fourth in the state's Class 4A tournament. Senior all-stater Andrea Seimer was named Miss Missouri Basketball and accepted a scholarship to play at Mizzou.

1993

* Notre Dame captured its third Class 2A baseball title under Jim Glastetter with a 3-1 victory against Mansfield.

* Scott County's boys won their 12th state basketball state championship, and the girls team win its third straight with a 73-44 victory against Rich Hill.

* Leopold became the second Bollinger County volleyball team in as many years to capture the state volleyball crown. The Wildcats, under coach Greg Nenninger, defeat Purdy 13-15, 15-12, 15-12.

1994

* Cape Girardeau Central captured the Class 4A state baseball championhip under coach Steve Williams by defeating Joplin 8-1 in the state final.

* Cape Girardeau's American Legion team also won the state championship.

* Woodland (Marble Hill) became the third different Bollinger County volleyball team in three years to win a volleyball state title. The Cardinals, behind Johnna Weiter, won the Class 2A crown a three-set victory against St. Mary's.

1995

* Southeast Missouri State University outfielder Kerry Robinson set an Ohio Valley Conference record with a 35-game hitting streak. The streak was, at the time, the longest current hitting streak in the nation.

1996

* Bell City's volleyball coach became the second Carl Ritter to guide a team to the state championship. Carl Ritter Jr. accomplished the feat with Zalma in 1990, and Ritter Sr. led the Cubs to a two-set victory against New Haven.

1997

* The NCAA investigated Southeast Missouri State's basketball program and found violations including cash payments, loans, excessive compensation and compensation for work not performed. Ron Shumate, Southeast's winningest coach, was fired. Three assistant coaches also left the program.

* Kelly's softball team won a state championship with a 2-0 victory against Westran. Rhonda Evans guided the Lady Hawks to an 18-4 record.

* Scott City basketball player Jon Beck, then a junior, scored 59 points in one game, including a state record 16 3-pointers against Egyptian, Ill.

* Leopold, behind coach Greg Nenninger, won its second volleyball state championship with a three-set win against Smithton.

1998

* The Jackson wrestling team's 48 dual-match winning streak was snapped by Ste. Genevieve.

* The Jackson's girls basketball team clobbered Sikeston 82-6 in a district game en route to its third straight Class 4A title-game appearance and its fourth straight final four showing. The Indians, under the coaching of Ron Cook, established themselves as a state power but did not win a state title during that span.

* Perryville captured its first state championship, winning the Class 1A boys golf title under coach Tom Prost.

* Southeast Missouri State earned its first berth in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. They lost two straight in the regional at Wichita, Kan., and finished 32-34.

1999

* Murray State crushed Southeast's hopes of a berth in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with a running shot at the buzzer. Led by OVC Player of the Year Bud Eley, Southeast's basketball team had its best showing since moving up to Division I in 1991.

* Former St. Vincent quarterback Scott Pingel, a receiver at Division III Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., broke Jerry Rice's NCAA all-division record for most receptions in a college career. Pingel also established a new NCAA record for most career receiving yards.

2000

* The Scott County Central's girls basketball team, once a state power, had to forfeit several games and end their season when one of the players on the five-team roster suffered a season-ending injury.

* The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team sweeps th Ohio Valley Conference regular season and postseason titles to earn a berth in the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time. The Indians push 10th-ranked Louisiana State to the wire before falling 64-61.

* The St. Vincent baseball team concluded a 16-13 season by pounding North Shelby 9-0 in the Class 1A state championship game. Coach Rick Wibbenmeyer won his second title in three years, having guided Creve Coeur, Mo., Chaminade to the Class 4A title in 1998.

2001

* Chaffee Post 389 American Legion baseball team won the state championship.

* Perryville St. Vincent won its second Class 1A boys golf championship in four years.

* The St. Vincent baseball team fell short of repeating its state title, losing 5-4 to Jasper in the championship game on an error with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

* Jackson football finished 12-1 and made the Class 5A state semifinals. Mario Whitney rushed for 2,782 yards that season, including a then-record 463 yards in one game.

2002

* The Bell City boys and Notre Dame girls basketball teams won state championships. Bell City won in Class 1A, while Notre Dame topped Class 2A.

* Leopold High School won its third state volleyball championship in 10 years, capturing the Class 1A championship.

* The Notre Dame boys soccer program won its first state title championship.

* The Southeast Missouri State baseball team won its first OVC regular-season championship and captured the tournament to earn an NCAA berth. The Indians beat Alabama in the tourney before being eliminated later in the NCAA regional. They finished 37-20, setting a school mark for victories.

2003

* Bell City High School won the Class 1 girls volleyball state title. Katie Niemczyk set a state tournament record for digs.

* Scott City track phenom Loren Groves won state championships in the 100-meter hurdles and the discus, setting a record in the latter, while earning all-state honors in two other events.

* The Central soccer team completed a perfect regular season and took a 35-0 record to the state's final four before losing to eventual state champ St. Louis University High.

* Saxony Lutheran's first varsity sports team -- cross country -- finished fourth in the Class 1 state meet.

2004

* The Bell City High School boys basketball team, led by senior Dominitrix Johnson and coached by David Heeb, won its second Class 1 state championship in three years.

* Nathan Lewer of Kelly High School won his second straight state high jump title in Class 2.

* The Board of Regents for Southeast Missouri State University in June unanimously votes to retire the Indians mascot and nickname and adopt Redbirds as the university's new nickname. The move ends years of debate on the subject, including Southeast's switch to a logo without Native American presence, and nine months of work by a nickname committee appointed by university president Dr. Ken Dobbins and chaired by Dr. Ed Leoni.