Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Football notes heading into the regionals, plus more

Thirteen football games are set to kick off tonight for Southeast Missouri teams. Click here to see tonight's full schedule, and check back for live scoring updates throughout the night.

SemoSportsWeb photographers will be at sites across the region, including at Farmington and Valle, so check back Thursday for photos from those two showdowns.

Winners of tonight's games advance to Monday's regional round. Quarterfinal games are Saturday, Nov. 15.

A few other notes:

  • Kory Faulkner on Friday became the first-ever Ste. Genevieve High School quarterback to pass for more than 3,000 yards in a season. He threw for 412 yards and completed 45 of 51 attempts.


  • Brandon Bourbon of Potosi took over the spot as the region's top rusher Friday in a win over Park Hills Central. Bourbon has 2,182 rushing yards this season and could pile on more tonight against New Madrid County Central.


  • More than 7,000 votes have been cast so far in our poll for Southeast Missouri's football MVP title. The lead has gone back and forth among several players, although Bourbon holds the spot now over Michael Greminger of Valle. The poll will stay open until each area team has finished its postseason schedule.

    And, in response to concerns that some voters found a way to hack the system and vote more than once: Yes, a few did, but the IP address of each voter was recorded, and multiple votes from the same IP address have been deleted.

  • Tickets are on sale now for the high school basketball game between Cooter and South Pemiscot at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. The game is at 1 p.m. Jan. 24. Tickets are available from both schools for $20 apiece, which includes admission to the Grizzlies' NBA game that night.


  • The all-district volleyball team for the Class 1 District 2 tournament featured Kristin Eaves of Bernie, Whitney McClung of Richland, Chelsea Bledsoe of Campbell, and Sherilyn Long, Jasmine Johnson and Codie Lancaster of Bell City.

    Second-team picks were Taylor Irwin of Oran, Mallory Dockins of Bell City, and Sami Palmer, Leslie Kean, Kristen Armbruster and Sarah Deason of Bernie.

  • 3 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    Why on earth are Cooter and South Pem playing at an NBA venue?

    JAMIE HALL said...

    The arena hosts high school games from time to time before some of its NBA games. I didn't realize it either until I got the info about the Cooter-South Pem game.

    Anonymous said...

    With a name like Cooter, its a natural fit!