SIGN IN, PLEASE: TIGERS' LOWE WILL JOIN BRUNE ON INDIAN SQUAD

Marcus Lowe is going to make it a Cape Girardeau Central High double team for Southeast Missouri State University football today.

Lowe, a receiver, will join teammate and quarterback Bobby Brune in signing a letter of intent with Southeast this morning. Lowe and Brune are both seniors at Central.

Lowe, 6-feet-2 and 170 pounds, was one of Brune's favorite targets for Central's Tigers during the 1996 season. Lowe played split end and cornerback, but he hopes to be a receiver at Southeast.

Lowe said he chose Southeast because of the scholarship offer and the hometown factor.

"I always wanted to go play with the team and I got the opportunity," said Lowe. "I grew up watching SEMO."

Lowe said he was considering Southern Illinois and Southwest Missouri before Southeast offered him the scholarship. Southwest was in contact with Lowe.

Although he had been thinking about Southeast, he didn't make the decision certain until Monday night.

"I was thinking about SEMO; I knew that they would probably offer me a scholarship, but I just didn't know when. They had been talking to me for a while," he said.

Lowe, who is currently playing for Central High's basketball team, said that he had been thinking about playing college football for a while, and when he received the scholarship offer from a NCAA Division I-AA program, he jumped at the chance.