SPORTS DIGEST: DUNKLIN COUNTY ROMPS IN LEGION TOURNAMENT

SENATH, Mo. -- Second-seeded and host Dunklin County posted an 18-0 romp past seventh-seeded Charleston Tuesday in the final first-round game of the eight-team American Legion District 14 Tournament.

Also Tuesday, fifth-seeded Poplar Bluff avoided a major upset bid by eighth-seeded Stoddard County with an 11-10 victory in an elimination contest.

One other game was supposed to be played Tuesday, but sixth-seeded Jackson forfeited for the second straight day because of a lack of players. So Charleston stays alive and Jackson is eliminated.

Today's highly anticipated winner's bracket semifinals will feature top-seeded Chaffee against fourth-seeded Sikeston at 5 p.m. and third-seeded Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons against Dunklin County at 8 p.m.