Jackson wins the 2023 Semoball Cup

Welcome to Jackson, Missouri: Titletown USA — at least according to the Semoball Cup standings.

Jackson High School took home the Semoball Cup Friday, July 14 at the 10th annual Semoball Awards, presented by Southeast HEALTH.

Jackson, which also won the 2021 Semoball Cup, edged out last year’s winner Kennett. Portageville, Advance and Notre Dame rounded out the top five.

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 (POST) for both team and individual sports, which are divided by the number of teams a school fields.

Here are the final standings:

__SCHOOL WIN POST TOTAL__

1. Jackson 68.06 46.60 114.46

2. Kennett 60.22 51.09 111.31

3. Portageville 70.41 40.20 110.61

4. Advance 61.38 49.10 110.48

5. Notre Dame 64.88 40.26 105.14

6. Westwood Baptist 79.66 20.78 100.44

7. Cooter 70.94 25.70 96.64

8. St. Vincent 63.38 32.91 96.29

9. Van Buren 49.68 45.10 94.78

10. Saxony Lutheran 61.88 32.73 94.61

11. New Madrid Central 40.14 53.11 93.25

12. Charleston 38.10 54.89 92.98

13. Oak Ridge 56.78 32.20 88.98

14. Cape Central 54.96 26.50 81.46

15. Bernie 62.32 18.10 80.42

16. Dexter 50.28 28.71 79.00

17. Neelyville 63.86 15.00 78.86

18. Woodland 54.35 21.90 76.25

19. Chaffee 54.55 19.30 73.85

20. Greenville 63.58 10.10 73.68

21. Scott City 61.94 10.70 72.64

22. Ellington 50.98 21.50 72.48

23. East Carter 51.30 20.70 72.00

24. Doniphan 57.14 13.80 70.94

25. Oran 58.74 9.40 68.14

26. Clarkton 52.04 15.50 67.54

27. Kelly 53.38 13.30 66.68

28. Holcomb 56.88 8.70 65.58

29. Eagle Ridge 64.86 0.30 65.16

30. Hayti 22.89 41.50 64.39

31. Meadow Heights 56.82 3.90 60.72

32. Risco 49.33 10.70 60.03

33. Malden 42.75 16.70 59.45

34. Senath-Hornersville 53.68 3.60 57.28

35. Delta 45.26 11.90 57.16

36. Bell City 51.11 6.00 57.11

37. East Prairie 53.02 3.80 56.82

38. Twin Rivers 49.40 5.90 55.30

39. Perryville 45.50 4.62 50.12

40. Puxico 41.53 7.90 49.43

41. Poplar Bluff 37.27 9.75 47.02

42. Campbell 41.79 3.90 45.69

43. South Pemiscot 42.86 1.90 44.76

44. Sikeston 32.74 11.57 44.31

45. Gideon 37.63 3.10 40.73

46. Southland 35.29 3.10 38.39

47. Scott Central 32.89 2.00 34.89

48. Leopold 31.87 2.80 34.67

49. Caruthersville 28.83 5.40 34.23

50. Delta-Deering 30.43 2.90 33.33

51. Clearwater 28.17 4.30 32.47

52. Naylor 28.13 4.00 32.13

53. Bloomfield 29.70 1.90 31.67

54. Richland 22.37 5.80 28.17

55. Marquand-Zion 15.79 1.10 16.89

56. Zalma 15.56 1.20 16.76

57. North Pemiscot 15.52 0.60 16.12

Note: Eagle Ridge and Westwood Baptist do not compete in MSHSAA playoffs but earn playoff points based on advancement in their state playoff system, which is shorter than the rest of the schools listed.