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Southeast pitching coach takes position at Stetson

Southeast Missouri State University assistant baseball coach Jeremy Tyson has left the program to become an assistant coach at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla.

Tyson, a Southeast assistant for four seasons, was the Indians' pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. He will have both duties at Stetson.

During Tyson's tenure with the Indians, they led the Ohio Valley Conference in earned-run average and had the league's pitcher of the year three times.

Tyson joins a Stetson program that went 41-24 this year, lost in a regional championship game and had five players drafted.

"We're going to miss Jeremy, but it's a good move for him," Southeast coach Mark Hogan said. "He did a fantastic job for us recruiting as well as taking care of the pitching staff."

Hogan said he hopes to fill Tyson's position soon.

Obergoenner wins his first AJGA title in Illinois

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. -- Todd Obergoenner of Cape Girardeau won by one stroke Thursday in the boys division of the AJGA Chicago Junior at Bolingbrook.

Obergoenner, 17, carded his lowest career round in an AJGA event with his final round of 5-under-par 67. Entering Thursday's final round, Obergoenner was four shots off the pace but was aided by a chip-in birdie on No. 13. The win was his first AJGA title.

Blue Springs advances to Legion World Series

The Blue Springs (Mo.) A's, who won the American Legion State Tournament in which Cape Girardeau finished third, has advanced to the American Legion World Series.

Blue Springs (60-12) rolled through the eight-team Region 4 Tournament in Blue Springs by winning all five of its games, including a 13-2 rout of Texarkana, Texas, in Monday night's championship contest that was stopped after seven innings by the 10-run rule.

The eight-team American Legion World Series begins Friday in Bartlesville, Okla.

-- From staff reports