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Every Saturday at 9am on SEMO ESPN - Rusty Hendricks takes a deep dive into your favorite local sports teams with tons of great interviews! Miss the show this week? Catch the replay here.
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Notre Dame Baseball Dramatic Win over North County
May 3000:03:30Tap to summarizeHighlights from Notre Dame's dramatic win over North County in Sectionals. Day after the traumatic bus incident.
Transcribe →SEMO Scramble May 30, 2026
May 3000:51:55Tap to summarizeKaden Lowery of state bound Scott City joins the show to discuss thrilling Quarterfinal and the Rams first trip to state since 2016 (2:00 minute mark). TJ Bolen of Notre Dame relives traumatic bus incident and describes how he fought through adversity to play in quarterfinal (13:30 minute mark). St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cubs. Nelson Velasquez brought up, makes immediate impact. What will it take for Jimmy Crooks to stay up? Caller joins the show to chat about game 7 of the NBA Western Conference Finals (41:30 minute mark). NHL/Catfish/State Soccer Playoffs as well.
Transcribe →SEMO Scramble May 23, 2026
May 2300:57:58Tap to summarizeOak Ridge (4:45 minute mark) and Kennett Softball (7:25 minute mark) on what it means to go back to the State Final 4. Rusty's Top 10 Players in Southeast Missouri. (13:10 minute mark). Josh Hopkins (Kelly Head Baseball Coach) previews sectional game versus Scott City. Dani Wexelman (Cardinals TV pre/post/sideline reporter) discusses important division stretch, injury updates, and tarps off.
Transcribe →Notre Dame Baseball District Title Highlights
May 2300:04:07Tap to summarizeTina Turner (The Best) a team theme song if you will, was not allowed to be played until their first goal was accomplished (A District Championship). After the team defeated Dexter 7-1, they celebrated with this song. Tom Bolen in his 1st season as the head coach brings Notre Dame its first District title since 2018. TJ Bolen threw a complete game with 10 K's. Chase Lawson went 3 for 3 and tied the single season school record for most triples in a season in the first inning. Notre Dame will play North County on Tuesday May 26 (weather permitting) in sectionals.
Transcribe →SEMO Scramble May 16, 2026
May 1600:59:06Tap to summarizeSkylar Cobb (Scott City Head Baseball Coach) breaks down impressive season. Is this the best Scott City team he has coached? (1:35 minute mark). Recap and Preview of High School Baseball District play. Rusty's Top 10 Baseball Teams in Southeast Missouri (14:00 minute mark). Ryan Schweain (Notre Dame Girls Soccer Head Coach) provides insight on the season and goals for postseason (22:45 minute mark). Chandler Collins (Strategic Communications Assistant for SEMO Athletics) discusses SEMO Baseball chances for #2 seed. How have they been playing of late? (31:00 minute mark). St. Louis Cardinals with a memorable night against Royals. Are we taking our shirts off now? NBA/NHL Playoffs.
Transcribe →SEMO Scramble May 9, 2026
May 901:01:09Tap to summarizeHigh School Baseball Scores and District previews. Rusty's Top 10 High School Baseball Teams for this week (11:30 minute mark). NBA/NHL Playoffs. SEMO Baseball/Softball. Cardinals win again in San Diego. Rob Rain (Editor of STLSportsPage.com) talks Cardinals and prospects Liam Doyle/Tai Peete (30:30 minute mark). Oak Ridge Softball Coach Starla Pulley and player Kaelyn Deckard) discuss success this season and goals. (42:30 minute mark). Kennett Softball coach Logan Dollins previews districts and highlights their top athletes. (52:00 minute mark).
Transcribe →SEMO Scramble May 2, 2026
May 201:03:24Tap to summarizeCardinals get a nice win against the LA Dodgers. Former Cardinals Beat writer now with the Dodgers of "The Athletic" Katie Woo chats about Dodgers season. Compares Dodgers to Cardinals and discusses the Birds hot start. (10:00 min mark). NHL/NBA Playoffs. Rusty's reaction to his Magic blowing game 6. SEMO Conference Baseball update. Josh Roach of Jackson (36:10 min mark) and Tom Bolen of Notre Dame (42:15 min mark) describe the experience of this tournament. Rusty's Top 10 Southeast Missouri Baseball Teams.(46:50 min mark).
Transcribe →SEMO Scramble April 25, 2026
Apr 2501:05:24Tap to summarizeShow some love to High School Softball. Latest rankings. High School Baseball scores from Friday. Rusty's top 10 High School baseball teams this week. (9:30 minute mark). Erik Sean (Voice of SEMO Redhawks) joins to talk SEMO Baseball/Basketball/St Louis Cardinals. Concerned with Walker? Time to call up Jimmy Crooks?/NHL & NBA Playoffs/NFL Draft. (20:20 minute mark)
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Rusty's Top 10 High School Baseball Teams (April 25)
Apr 2500:11:02Tap to summarizeHere are Rusty Hendricks Top 10 High School Baseball Teams in the Southeast Missouri Area courtesy of SEMO ESPN for the week of April 25.
Transcribe →SEMO Scramble April 18, 2026
Apr 1800:55:15Tap to summarizeCardinals win in Houston. Walker with 12 game hit streak. Herrera & Gorman homer. High School Baseball scores for Friday. Rusty's latest Top 10 Baseball Teams in the area. Aaron Horrell (Chaffee Head Baseball Coach) discusses the early success for Red Devils. (14:55 minute mark). Tanner Hendrickson (101 ESPN) puts a bow on the St Louis Blues season. Offseason plans for St. Louis Cardinals? Pitching concerns? Biggest surprise and disappointments. (27:35 minute mark). SEMO Baseball with comeback victory on Friday. NBA Playoffs, NHL Playoffs, and NFL Draft.
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