On March 1, SEMO volleyball defeated Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 3-0. The Redhawks won each set by scores of 25-11, 25-19, and 25-15.

A good night of attacking helped Redhawks’ volleyball take down SIUE 3-1 Feb. 28. The Redhawks had a total of 60 kills, a season high, which nine of the 10 players contributed to. They had 14 kills in the first set, 16 in the second, 17 in the third and 13 in the fourth.

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams qualified for the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament on March 3 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.

Junior guard Eric Reed Jr. has been a key piece for the Redhawks men’s basketball team during the 2020-21 campaign. Reed was named the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 22. He averaged 19 points per game on 56% shooting from the field and 53.8% shooting from the three in the week span.

The three-point line served as the difference in Southeast’s 87-65 loss to the Eastern Kentucky Colonels Feb. 22 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. Eastern Kentucky shot 14-for-23 from the three-point line, while the Redhawks shot 6-for-22 from behind the arc.

The SEMO women’s basketball team defeated Morehead State on Saturday, Feb. 20 by a score of 61-52.

All collegiate athletes put in countless hours in the gym. One college athlete, women’s basketball forward sophomore Sophia Hancock, had her countless hours turn into a scholarship after walking on the Southeast women's basketball team her freshman year. Hancock went from averaging three minutes per game her freshman season to averaging 10 minutes per game her sophomore season. All collegiate athletes put in countless hours in the gym. One college athlete, women’s basketball forward sophomore Sophia Hancock, had her countless hours turn into a scholarship after walking on the Southeast women's basketball team her freshman year. Hancock went from averaging three minutes per game her freshman season to averaging 10 minutes per game her sophomore season.

Pandemic restrictions and untimely injuries that halted training have left track and field hammer thrower Logan Blomquist with some uncertainties as he trains for the upcoming Olympic Trials.

The Southeast softball team is using a tough beginning to their schedule to prepare for conference play where the Redhawks will attempt to defend their 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Championship. With the pandemic allowing seniors to return for another year, the Redhawks are hoping to continue their success.

On Saturday afternoon the Southeast women’s basketball team defeated Jacksonville State 62-54. Southeast struck first blood, scoring the first basket and never looking back, leading the entire game.

Missed free throws were the name of the game against Jacksonville State University (JSU) in Saturday evening's 66-54 loss. The Redhawks shot 13-for-26 from the free-throw line and missed a couple of layups leading to empty possessions.

A pair of free throws with under a second to play in regulation by Southeast redshirt-sophomore Jordan Love capped off a 16-point, 68-64 comeback win for the Redhawks over Tennessee Tech on Feb. 4 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.

Six. That’s how old Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was when Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl in 2001 with the New England Patriots.

For the first time in nearly a year, sports at Southeast are in full swing. This semester showcases every sport the university has to offer, including men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, track, cross country, gymnastics and football. This is a stark contrast to the fall, when there was one football game in Carbondale, Ill., and the beginning of the men’s and women’s basketball seasons.

Ultimate frisbee is a sport on the rise among SEMO students, combining soccer with throwing a frisbee and a little bit of football. While playing the game, a team of seven people tries to catch the frisbee in their opponent’s end-zone for a point. The Ultimate Frisbee Club at Southeast meets at the Intramural Turf Fields every Sunday at 5:30 p.m. and Thursday at 6:20 p.m. Any SEMO student is eligible to join the club by signing up on SE Link. The club gives members an opportunity to be physically active without a lot of physical demand.

A pair of last-second free throws from junior guard Eric Reed Jr. was the difference in Southeast's 64-62 win over the SIUE Cougars at the Show Me Center on Jan. 28.

The Southeast volleyball team is set to defend their Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship when they open their season on Feb. 7 against Jacksonville State in Jacksonville, Ala.

Southeast women’s basketball is in the midst of a stretch of games against fellow Ohio Valley Conference opponents. As it stands, the Redhawks are 7-4 overall and 5-1 in the OVC.

The lack of offense at the beginning of overtime proved detrimental to the Redhawks in Southeast’s 87-79 loss to Southern Illinois on Dec. 2 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.

The Southeast women’s basketball team picked up their first win of the season by defeating the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy Eutectics 75-44 on Dec. 1 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.

Southeast women’s basketball fell to the fifth ranked Louisville Cardinals 74-53 on Nov. 25 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Although gyms are taking serious precautions, the CDC believes it’s still extremely risky for people to work out in gyms during the pandemic because many tests have traced back to these areas.

If you turn on the evening news, chances are, you’ll see Todd Richards, KFVS12 Sports Director. Richards grew up loving sports and wanting to be a sports writer. He played football at Northern Michigan University before getting his master’s in speech communications from Arkansas State University in 1985.

Three years ago, the Ohio Valley Conference entered into a contract with ESPN to have the conference’s sports streamed on the newly-launched platform ESPN+. Prior to then, the sports were streamed by OVC Digital Network. TV Digital Media Supervisor and Professor Anthony Scherer runs the show when it comes to productions of Redhawk video.

As a student at Butler University in Indianapolis, Tom Davis wanted to go on to be a college basketball coach. Thirty-one years and a unique journey later, he is now the sports editor at the Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau.