Nick McNeal

It was quite the spring campaign for both the Jackson boys and Notre Dame girls track and field teams as both squads made history at their respective state meets.

Prior to this spring in Oak Ridge High School's 152-year history, no girls sports team had ever won a state championship. That changed last Tuesday afternoon at the Killian Softball Complex in Springfield.

In what was the final meet of her prestigious high school track and field career, Saxony Lutheran senior Casey Call earned her third and final all-state medal in pole vault.

Following a 2026 campaign that saw the Jackson baseball team win a fifth consecutive SEMO Conference Tournament Championship, the Indians rightfully came home with the conference's top individual awards.

Despite not coming away with the Class 1 State Championship this weekend, the Notre Dame girls soccer team reclaimed its spot as one of the top programs in Southeast Missouri this spring.

Coming off an all-state campaign where she led her team to the Class 6 Final Four, Jackson girls basketball star junior Kate Deck has received not one but three new college offers.

On June 7 with her travel team St. Louis Chaos, Oak Ridge star pitcher Kaelyn Deckerd won the Alliance Fastpitch Central Regional Championship in St. Louis to qualify for the national tournament that’ll be held in two weeks in Indianapolis, Indiana. Through 26 innings pitched throughout the tournament, Deckerd had 52 strikeouts and only allowed […]

After having an illustrious playing career in both high school and college basketball, one of the most renowned girls basketball players in Southeast Missouri history, Lexi Rubel, hung up her jersey for the final time in March.

To cap a senior year where he was all-state in all three of the sports he played, Jackson's Brysen Wessell has officially become the first two-time CBJ Male Athlete of the Year.

Following a historic sophomore campaign at Oak Ridge, Kaelyn Deckerd has only continued to etch her name in the record books.