CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - 9 wins in their last 10, SEMO men’s basketball is having another great season. Behind that is an equally great strength and conditioning program. Assistant Director of Sports Performance for the university, Todd Reidel, leads the men’s and women’s basketball teams, as well as the baseball team in their workouts. From planning to going through the workout to post-workout and even helping with nutrition advice, Reidel is on the front lines of SEMO’s

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Only a fraction of athletes go Division 1. Even fewer students attend service academies. That’s what makes Notre Dame’s Grayson Maurer such an impressive story. Maurer, a senior at Notre Dame High School, signed with the U.S. Military Academy on Thursday, February 19, for track & field. For the Army, Maurer will compete in the triple jump and potentially the long jump. This summer, Maurer will make the 1000+ mile journey to West Point, New York. S

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Southern Illinois wasn’t letting the wheel stay in Cape Girardeau this year. The 13th-ranked Salukis came into Cape Girardeau Saturday and beat archrivals SEMO 59-31, in the annual War for the Wheel. Right out of the gate, SIU came in looking to dominate. On the first play from scrimmage, quarterback D.J. Williams took off, scoring a 75-yard touchdown, putting the Dawgs out in front 7-0, silencing Houck Field in the process. Things immediately got

DU QUOIN, Ill. (KFVS) - Every year in the middle of July, Du Quoin becomes a nationwide, even worldwide hub for NubAbility’s All-Sports Camp. The camp caters to limb-different youth, with more than a dozen sports featured over several days, from archery to lacrosse and even water skiing. At the head of the operation is Sam Kuhnert. Kuhnert, from Du Quoin, has only one fully formed hand. Despite that, Kuhnert played varsity football and baseball for the Indians, going on to pl

MARBLE HILL, Mo. (KFVS) - Marble Hill’s Woodland Cardinals have made history all season. And with the team in its first State Semifinal this week, the entire community sent them off to Columbia in high spirits. Woodland’s boy’s basketball team was greeted by hundreds of fans at their high school Monday afternoon, with a pep rally, in which the players sat down and heard a video put together by their supporters. After the video, celebratory applause for the team rang out of th

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BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Hundreds of soldiers returned to the Gem State, embracing their loved ones as they returned from a lengthy deployment. Around 250 Idaho Army National Guard soldiers returned to Idaho on Tuesday after a yearlong deployment in Southwest Asia. The soldiers were from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, supporting Task Force Rattler. Idaho soldiers accounted for over half of the task force this year, with soldiers from Montana, Ohio, Oregon and South Carol

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The CEO of the world's largest investment bank visited Boise Tuesday, speaking with local company management and several other leaders throughout the Gem State. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., does an annual bus tour, stopping off at several cities and towns around the country. While not his first visit to Boise, Dimon was thoroughly impressed at the state's recent economic boom. "All economies have ups and downs, and agriculture as you kno

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — A Boise cyclist is making his final preparations, ahead of his second Tour de France this weekend. Matteo Jorgenson, a Boise High grad, will ride for Movistar Team in the Tour de France, the most prestigious cycling race in the world, that spans over 21 days for more than 2,000 miles. Jorgenson rode in his maiden Tour de France in 2022, where he achieved a 21st-place finish, a pleasant shock to cycling fans in U.S. and around the globe. Since then, Jorge

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The Idaho Steelheads are four wins away from a trip to the Kelly Cup Finals, but their opponent marks the toughest challenge the team has faced all season. After advancing past the Allen Americans, the Idaho Steelheads are in the Western Conference Finals, where they're pitted against the Toledo Walleye. The Walleye finished third in the regular season, but so far in the playoffs, they've been a step above every other team. Toledo is 8-0 so far in the po

EMMETT, Idaho (CBS2) — Governor Brad Little and fitness legend Jake "Body by Jake" Steinfield cut the ribbon, officially opening the "Don't Quit!" Fitness Center in Emmet Middle School, Tuesday, October 11. The facility is a state-of-the-art $100,000 fitness center. It's a gift and not a grant, with all money coming from the partners of the National Foundation for Governor's Fitness Councils (NFGFC). Emmett Middle School was one of three schools in Idaho to win a fitness cent

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