Area digest 8/7/08

Southeast volleyball hires assistant coach

Southeast Missouri State volleyball coach Renata Nowacki announced the hiring of Randi Raff as an assistant for the 2008 season.

Raff spent the past two years as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Purdue, where she served as the primary trainer for the Boilermakers volleyball, diving and women's golf teams.

Raff, a native of Rensselaer, Ind., played collegiately at Southern Indiana and helped lead the Screaming Eagles to a pair of NCAA Division II tournament berths.

"Randi brings a tremendous amount of energy to our program," Nowacki said in a release. "She shares the same goals and will complement our staff nicely."

Raff joins second-year assistant Jeremiah Larsen on Nowacki's coaching staff.

Southeast track team earns academic honor

The Southeast women's track team has been named a Scholar Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The Redhawks had the nation's 17th highest grade-point average at 3.379.

There were only two Ohio Valley Conference schools recognized, with Eastern Kentucky (116th) the other. A total of 117 schools with 3.0 or higher GPAs were honored.

"Our athletes do a great job not only on the track, but in the classroom," new Southeast coach Eric Crumpecker said in a release. "It is an honor to be in the academic top 20 nationally."

James fires ace at Kimbeland

Bobby James of Cape Girardeau recently fired his second career hole in one at Kimbeland Country Club.

James used a 9-wood to ace No. 4, a par 3 playing 134 yards. Witnesses were Pete Rhodes and Ronnie Scherer.

Cook part of three winning teams

Lachelle Cook's horseshoe skills earned first-place finishes three times.

Cook teamed with Terri Rose to win the tournament at the Knights of Columbus in Jackson. Randy Grady and Melody Williams took second, followed by Carolyn Schreckenberg and Dawn Morrow.

Cook teamed with Joe Bean to win the tournament at the Oran Jaycees at the Oran City Park.

Gary Glastetter and Martin Williams took second, followed by Brad Miller and Randy Senciboy.

Cook tossed shoes with Edgar Stoverink to win the tournament at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Leopold.

Cori Stoverink and Andrew Jansen took second, while Rick Garland and Senciboy were third.

— From staff reports