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The Blue Jays used a 20-9 third quarter to pull away from the Hornets and pick up the home victory.

NEW MADRID, Mo – For the second time in four days, New Madrid County Central hosted a state-ranked SEMO Conference rival. A rough start in both games left the Eagles in a big hole at halftime, but against Cape Central Friday night, a resurgent NMCC squad battled back within a possession entering the fourth quarter...

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly outscored Chaffee by 20 points, 26-6, in the third quarter to push its lead even further on Friday night at Thomas W. Kelly High School. Joel McClain led the charge, scoring nine of his 17 points in the frame. He tied Gavin Jansen for most points on the team as well...

ORAN, Mo. — Oran defeated Kelly 53-36 Thursday night in a Scott-Miss Conference girls basketball matchup but without the services of head coach Ethan Evans. Oran superintendent Adam Friga said Ethan’s absence was a personnel issue, and he could not comment any further...

ADVANCE, Mo. — Another strong night from Scott County Central senior Samantha Coffee lifted the Bravettes to a win over Advance on Thursday. Coffee had 17 points, on 6 of 13 shooting, and seven rebounds, as Scott County Central defeated Advance 46-35, at Advance High School...

ORAN, Mo. — Tied at five at the end of the first quarter, the Oran girls basketball team turned up the heat to end the first half on Thursday night. Oran (9-3, 4-0 Scott County-Mississippi County Conference) went on a 14-0 run to start the second quarter, led by the play of senior Kaylee Payne...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team played from behind until the final second of the third quarter but managed to put together the finish it needed to beat the Charleston Bluejays Thursday afternoon. Caroline Patton, who finished with a team-high 17 points, hit a 2-point basket at the end of the third quarter to give Kennett its first lead at 25-24. The Indians also won the fourth quarter by a bucket as it edged visiting Charleston 36-33...

WINDSOR, Mo. — The Sikeston wrestling team lost all three matches on Wednesday, in a quad match, at Windsor (Imperial). The Bulldogs fell to Jackson 75-6 in their first of three duals. Jacob Leavitt earned the only points for the Bulldogs, winning by forfeit, at 106 pounds...

ORAN, Mo – Anyone expecting a repeat of Kelly’s 30-point loss to Oran from earlier this season when the two teams faced off again Tuesday night was in for quite the surprise. Not only did the Hawks control the first 12 minutes of the contest, but with a minute left in regulation, a clutch three had Kelly knotted up with the state-ranked Eagles...

BENTON — Cape Central earned a dominating 54-30 win at Thomas W. Kelly Monday. The Tigers (9-4, 2-0 Class 4, District 1) were paced by 6-foot sophomore Ella Vogel, who came off the bench to score 16 points, with all but four coming in the second half.

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A game that went Charleston’s way early, as well as late, had its fair share of fireworks on Tuesday night at New Madrid County Central High School. The Bluejays rebounded from an emotional loss to Sikeston on Friday night, with a wire-to-wire victory over NMCC, 66-48...

PARK HILLS, Mo. – Coming off an emotional win over arch-rival Charleston on Friday, the Sikeston Bulldogs could not duplicate that same intensity on Tuesday night at Park Hills Central. Park Hills Central blitzed Sikeston from the outset with phenomenal shooting and rolled to an 87-66 victory at Central High School...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Opening up strong, the East Prairie boys basketball team outscored Scott County Central 21-9 in the opening period, en route to a 66-44 win over the Braves on Tuesday night. Harrison Moore led all scorers with 20 points. Jase Aycock and Jack Scruggs each had 11 for the Eagles, while Evan Howell and Hayden Ellis had seven...

PARK HILLS, Mo. — Sikeston wrestlers participated in the Central Rebels Girls Tournament over the weekend at Park Hills Central High School. It was another dominant showing for the Bulldogs Cherei Jones, as she remained undefeated on the season, after picking up three more pins. Jones defeated Ste. Genevieve’s Emma Johns at 1:53, Cape Central’s Tambriya Wilson in 38 seconds, and Blair Oak’s Rylee Robinett in 35 seconds...

Nick Wasilewski’s huge offensive output led the Indians to a 66-42 rout over Riverview Gardens in the Lindbergh Flyer Tournament. The 6-foot-5 junior poured in 29 points as the visitors built a 33-24 cushion by halftime. After the break, the Indians continued to add to their advantage by outscoring the hosts 14-5 during the third period and 19-13 in the final frame for a comfortable 24-point victory. Lane Crowden was also in double figures with 11 points...

SIKESTON — Last Monday, the Sikeston girls basketball team fell to Saxony Lutheran after leading nearly the entire game. Looking for a different outcome, the Lady Bulldogs hosted New Madrid County Central (10-5, 1-2 SEMO Conference) on Monday night, with Sikeston (5-6, 2-0 SEMO Conference) still making it nail-biting down-the-stretch...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - Like most squads, the Holcomb Hornets varsity girls basketball team doesn’t thrive when it has to play from behind. “We’ve put an emphasis on not coming out slow in games because having to play the catchup game is always a struggle for us,” Holcomb coach Alexa Stockton said...

SIKESTON — After falling to Delta in the Delta New Year’s Tournament last Thursday, the two teams met again at Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium at Scott County Central High School on Monday. Samantha Coffee proved to be a problem for the Bravettes, finishing with a monster double-double, in their 52-46 win over the Lady Bobcats...

ORAN — As the Oran boy’s basketball squad was building its 38-18 lead Friday over Meadow Heights, Eagle junior guard Langdon Scheeter was contributing in a number of ways to his team’s success.

The Notre Dame boys basketball dominated host Springfield Catholic from the outset Friday in the second round of the Houlihan's Invitational in Springfield, Missouri, and eventually won 67-58. The Bulldogs (11-4) took a 17-9 lead in the opening quarter, stretched it to 32-20 at the break, and never were threatened in the second half...

SIKESTON – After suffering a disappointing one-point loss to Sikeston in the SEMO Conference Tournament 28 days ago, the Charleston Bluejays were hoping for a little payback on Friday. However, Sikeston once again was ready for the state’s No. 1 ranked Class 3 team as the Bulldogs defeated Charleston 71-63 in front of an energized crowd at a sold-out Sikeston Field House...

NEW MADRID, Mo – So far, New Madrid County Central has made the most of the new year. In their three games since the start of 2020, the Eagles are undefeated, winning each by an average of 21 points. The latest came Friday when NMCC took a 14-point lead into the half against visiting Hayti before pulling away to a 70-50 win...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — What looked like a blowout between Portageville and Caruthersville was the exact opposite on Friday night at Portageville High School. After a first half where the Bulldogs only made two field goals, the second half proved to be a much different story, albeit in a 54-47 loss...

It took a while for top-seed Scott County Central to find its offensive rhythm Thursday against No. 2-seed Delta in the New Year's Tournament championship game hosted by the Bobcats. By the time, the Bravettes were clicking they had dug themselves a huge hole to climb out of...

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly’s Alaney Moore scored her 1,000th career point Friday night in a 55-30 win over Advance. Moore finished with a game-high 29 points, including 17 fourth-quarter points as Kelly (7-6) pulled away in the final frame. Allison Owens added 16 for the Lady Hawks while Alandry Below led Advance (7-5) with 12 points...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Three Portageville players reached double-figures in the scoring column on Thursday night against Scott County Central. Kelan Bills’ 12 points led the team, with Brendan Garmon and A.J. Hicks following behind with 11 each, in the Bulldogs 58-39 win over the Braves...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Sometimes when teams build a hefty lead early, they can tend to let the foot off the gas. For Sikeston, that was not the case on Thursday night against rival Charleston at Charleston High School. After senior Ashanti Jones knocked down a pair of free throws for the game’s first points, the Lady Bulldogs proceeded to go on a 12-0 run that lasted nearly the entire first quarter. With that early lead, Sikeston never looked back and cruised to an 81-30 victory...

SIKESTON — Sikeston senior Emma Drury signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her academic and softball career at Dyersburg State Community College, on Thursday morning, at the Sikeston Field House. Drury finished her senior season with the Lady Bulldogs by hitting .357 with 16 RBIs. She also had an on-base percentage of .493, a slugging percentage of .571, and an on-base-plus-slugging percentage of 1.064...

Second-year Delta girl’s basketball coach David Heeb referred to this year’s squad as “one of the most fun groups that I’ve ever had.”

Tied at 66 in the final minute of overtime, Oak Ridge forced Meadow Heights into four turnovers throughout the remainder of the game, as well as grabbed a pair of offensive boards to pull away for a 72-68 win in the consolation semifinal of the Delta New Year’s Tournament on Tuesday.

Three Rivers has decided freshman point guard Kevin Jones, a Sikeston alum, will redshirt this season due to an injury. In the third game of the season against Indian Hills, Jones injured his wrist going for a rebound. What was initially thought to be a sprain turned out to be a ruptured ligament...

Notre Dame girl’s basketball coach Kirk Boeller’s strategy against Oran Tuesday centered on his team’s defense – all over the court.

POPLAR BLUFF — Time was running out in the opening period when Poplar Bluff's Justin Mitchell and Davion Steele finished off their matches Tuesday night. The pair earned consecutive pins for the Mules with just 2 seconds left against their opponents from Marion (Ill.). They needed a little longer against Sikeston, but those pins turned a 16-9 lead midway through the match into a runaway victory...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — For the entire first half Tuesday night, New Madrid County Central and Kennett were neck-and-neck. NMCC (7-5) won the first quarter 15-10, while Kennett (10-4) upended the Eagles in the second quarter, outscoring them 17-12 to end the first half in a stalemate...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Cherei Jones added another pinfall victory to her total on Tuesday night, at a triangular match against Marion, Ill., and Poplar Bluff. Jones pinned Marion’s Haylie Nappier at 3:09, as the Bulldogs went on to win 18-6. Kate Grubbs also picked up a win, in 28 seconds, over McKayla Vavrik...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. – The Oran boy’s basketball team understands how to handle success. After all, the Eagles have won 40 of its last 44 games over two seasons. However, what the Eagle athletes don’t have a lot of experience in is handling defeat.

BROSELEY, Mo. — Allison Owens and Alaney Moore led the Kelly girls basketball team on Monday night, albeit in a losing effort to Twin Rivers. Owens had a team-high 17 points, while also adding five steals, five assists, and four rebounds. Moore secured a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in the Lady Hawks 62-54 loss...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo – A strong defense led to a dominant showing for New Madrid County Central Monday night against host East Prairie. Pressuring East Prairie from the onset, NMCC rode a wave of turnovers to an 18-point lead by the end of the first quarter before rolling to a 69-34 final...

SIKESTON — With just a few seconds left in regulation, Saxony Lutheran didn’t have a whole lot of time to make a decision after Sikeston sophomore Karris Allen made both of her free-throw attempts. Trailing by three points, the game had to come down to a perimeter shot, which the Crusaders got after junior Maddox Murphy drilled a three-pointer from the right-wing — her fourth on the night. ...

Forrest Gump’s “mama” advised her son that life was unpredictable, so he would have never in his wildest dreams concocted the scenario that unfolded at Notre Dame High School Friday.

DELTA, Mo. — Fans and students didn’t have to wait long for the next Oran and Delta matchup on the hardwood. After a 10-point win on Monday, in the third-place game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show-Me Center, the two battled once again on Friday night at Delta High School. This time, though, it was a different result, as Delta (10-3) squeaked out a win over Oran (9-2), 81-78...

SIKESTON — Scott County Central picked up its first win of the season, against Zalma, on Friday night. The Braves bested the Bulldogs in the second quarter, 18-4, on their way to a 73-63 win. Brayln Porter led the way with 26 points, while Kobie Burton had 17, and Keron Banks had 15...

Mackenzie Thomas got her first competitive win this week as a Cape Girardeau Central girl wrestler. She pinned a taller and heavier opponent from Fox High School. Thomas is one of six female Tigers who took part in a meet in the Jungle at Central Monday...

Following Oran’s recent 80-70 boy’s basketball victory over Delta in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, veteran Eagle coach Joe Shoemaker leaned against a wall for support in the hallway of the Show Me Center as he discussed his weariness of having to compete with the Bobcats.

SIKESTON — January in college basketball means that 13 respective area boys’ and girls’ basketball players are opening up their conference slates. Below is how each athlete is fairing heading into a decisive time of the college basketball season. FRED THATCH JR. (SIKESTON, SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY)...

There is no rest for the weary in the case of the Notre Dame boy’s basketball squad.

Oran senior forward Tyson Goodale had four strong performances in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, but he saved his most productive outing for his last. He scored 39 points in helping the Eagles beat Delta 80-70 for fifth place Monday at the Show Me Center...

O’FALLON, Mo. – For the entire decade, Sikeston has dominated the St. Dominic Tournament like no other, winning eight championships in nine years. But Sikeston’s reign was halted on Monday night to the host school, second-seed St. Dominic, who defeated the top-seeded Bulldogs 59-54 to win their first championship in the tournament since 1998...

O’FALLON, Mo. — Taydrianna Barnett led all scorers, with 25, as the Sikeston girls basketball team defeated St. Dominic to win the consolation championship of the St. Dominic Christmas Tournament on Monday. Karris Allen added 13 points, while Amyari Blissett had eight and Camryn Self two, in the Lady Bulldogs 48-36 win...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — From the beginning of Monday night’s fifth-place game at the 63rd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, Portageville never seemed to be able to string multiple positive plays together. The Bulldogs were down 15-1 in the game’s opening minutes and didn’t convert a field goal until the 4:27 mark of the second quarter, as they fell to Doniphan 65-52...