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Head Coach: Ethan Evans, eighth season (137-51) Last Season: 22-7 Postseason: Defeated St. Vincent in the Class 2, District 3 championship game 83-28; lost to Thayer in the Class 2 Quarterfinals 58-28. Notes: It will be a different look for the Oran girls basketball team this season...

Head Coach: Dollette Hall, third season (31-21) Last Season: 15-11 Postseason: Lost to New Madrid County Central in the Class 3, District 1 semifinals 64-38 Notes: Looking to change the trend of recent postseasons, the Charleston girls basketball team knows who stands in its way...

Head Coach: Andrew Pullen, second season (20-6) Last Season: 20-6 Postseason: Defeated Delta in the Class 1, District 1 championship 71-32; lost to South Iron in the Class 1 Sectionals 57-48. Notes: Seven players are expected to dress this season for Scott County Central...

Head Coach: Ron Riddle, second season (7-15) Last Season: 7-15 Postseason: Lost to Kennett in Class 3, District 1 quarterfinals 70-31. Notes: East Prairie heads into the 2019-2020 season, looking to post a winning record for the first time since the 2010-2011 season under Riddle...

Head Coach: Kellye Fowler, eighth season (76-69) Last Season: 9-16 Postseason: Lost to Campbell in the Class 2, District 1 semifinals 63-51. Notes: Portageville returns one double-digit scorer from last year’s 9-16 team. Senior Garielle Madison will be the go-to scorer for the Bulldogs this season, after Dasmine Johnson — who led the team in scoring last season — graduated...

Head Coach: Darrin Pruitt, third season (25-27) Last Season: 17-12 Postseason: Lost to New Madrid County Central in the Class 3, District 1 championship game 52-28. Notes: Last season’s 17-12 record was the best mark since the 2014-2015 season for the Kelly girls basketball team...

Head Coach: Toby Heeb, second season (25-3) Last Season: 25-3 Postseason: Defeated Kelly in the Class 3, District 1 championship 52-28; lost to Licking in the Class 3 Sectionals 72-50. Notes: A lot of expectations surround the New Madrid County Central girls basketball team this season...

Head Coach: Alisha Wills, fourth season (37-44) Last Season: 11-16 Postseason: Lost to Notre Dame in the Class 4, District 1 semifinals 54-44 Notes: Only four upperclassmen are on the roster for the Sikeston girls basketball team this season under Wills...

SIKESTON — Kelly junior Alaney Moore earned second-team all-state honors for Class 2 last week. Joining her on the second team were four pitchers, three catchers, five infielders, four outfielders, and one at-large. Moore, an infielder, earned a spot alongside Baylee Jobson (Sr., Marceline), Jodi Polly (Sr., Eugene), Rylee Lunn (Sr., Summit Christian), Aubrie McRoberts (Sr., Warsaw), and Lexus Hagood (So., Neelyville)...

SIKESTON — A sport that requires countless hours of precision, drive, and skill ended on Saturday at the Hyland Arena on the campus of Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri. Both Sikeston and Kelly took home first-place honors at the 2019 Missouri State Cheerleading Championships...

In Class 1 soccer, District 1 champion Saxony Lutheran has not solved the riddle that is Principia. For the third time in six years, the Crusaders squared off Saturday against the Panther in the sectional quarterfinals. Once again, Principia (10-11), the District 2 titleholder, prevailed, 3-1, in a game marked by end-to-end play...

PARK HILLS - After shooting over 50% in wins against John A. Logan on Wednesday and Highland (Ill.) on Friday, the Raiders shot 33.8% in a 72-68 overtime loss to Kennedy-King on Saturday in the Bob Sechrest Classic in Park Hills. Three Rivers (4-3) controlled the game early but had point guard troubles in the second half...

SIKESTON — District assignments for boys’ and girls’ basketball and wrestling were released on Friday. Sikeston will be a part of Class 4, District 1, with Cape Central, Notre Dame, Dexter, Perryville, and Ste. Genevieve. Class 3, District 1 consists of Charleston, New Madrid County Central, East Prairie, Caruthersville, Doniphan, Malden, Kennett, and Twin Rivers. ...

Every November for the last 12 years, Brandon Pylate has climbed into a tree stand to hunt deer. Pylate, 38, of Gordonville, is a commercial loan officer for Montgomery Bank. Pylate, like an estimated 200,000 other Missourians, is hunting whitetail on this first weekend of the 11-day firearms deer season, which ends Nov. 26...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — An 11-year drought ended on Friday at William Wilthong Field in Scott City, Mo. Behind timely scores and effective defense, Scott City upended Caruthersville 35-14 to win the Class 2, District 1 championship. Celebration ensued after the final seconds ticked off the scoreboard, and ended with head coach Jim May getting water poured on him by members of his team...

SIKESTON — 11 area basketball players are making impacts with their respective college programs. Below is a recap of how each one is doing through the first three weeks of the college basketball season. FRED THATCH JR. A sophomore at Saint Louis University, one of the greatest players to come out of Sikeston High School, is averaging 8.7 points per game and five rebounds per contest for an undefeated Billikens team...

SIKESTON — Sikeston senior baseball player Payton Howard signed his National Letter of Intent with Saint Louis University on Tuesday at the Sikeston Field House. Howard batted .308 for the Bulldogs in his junior season. He also scored 25 runs, had three triples, two home runs, and 11 RBIs...

The Bloomfield boys basketball team will host a four-team jamboree Saturday, Nov. 23. Here’s the schedule: Bloomfield vs. Risco, 2 p.m.; Leopold vs. Puxico, 2:30 p.m.; Risco vs. Leopold, 3 p.m.; Bloomfield vs. Puxico, 3:30 p.m.; Risco vs. Puxico, 4 p.m.; Bloomfield vs. Leopold, 4:30 p.m...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Portageville’s Jauslyn Johnson earned a spot on the Class 2, District 1 All-District Second Team, and made the Bootheel All-Conference team last week. Johnson was the only Bulldog to earn a spot on the All-Conference team. Campbell swept the major awards for the conference. Gentry Vancil won Coach of the Year, while Anna Beth Vancil won Player of the Year...

SIKESTON — Sikeston’s Alivia Cobb garnered some more awards last week, as the Class 4, District, and SEMO Conference teams got announced. Cobb earned the SEMO Conference North Defensive Player of the Year after setting the single-season record for digs in her senior season. She also earned a spot on the first-team as well...

After recently winning a fourth consecutive MSHSAA Class 1 District title, Oak Ridge boy's cross country coach Kristi Seyer was "hopeful" heading into Saturday's state finals at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Mo. However, every coach is cautious before big competitions.

Spencer Stratman wasn't going to let his senior season end on his home turf Friday night. The signal-caller paced the Scott City offense and added a pair of big defensive plays in the Rams' 52-14 win over New Madrid County Central in the Class 2 District 1 semifinals at Scott City High School...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — Trailing 29-28 with 38 seconds remaining in a Class 2, District 1 semifinal game, it looked as if Caruthersville’s season was near the end. Quarterback Devin Russell had other plans. The junior signal caller led his team down the field 70 yards in just 31 seconds and Caruthersville escaped a St. Pius X upset bid 40-29 Friday night...

HAYTI, Mo. — The Hayti Indians steamrolled visiting St. Vincent 60-14 in a Class 1, District 1 semifinal Friday night. Hayti (10-1) intercepted a St. Vincent pass on the opening drive and scored two plays later when Elijah Burnett scored on a 34-yard run...

SIKESTON — Blake Angle enters his first season as the Sikeston wrestling head coach this season, and after one week of looking over his group, he said that he likes what he sees out of a young and hungry bunch. “I’m pretty excited,” Angle said. “We got a good group of kids. ...

Three Rivers lost its first big test of the season, but the freshmen got indoctrinated to college basketball in the process. Facing 20th-ranked Wabash Valley, the 19th-ranked Raiders fought back from multiple double-digit deficits, but faded in the fourth quarter and lost 92-81 Friday at the Libla Family Sports Complex...

SIKESTON — All-District teams from Class 2 and Class 3, along with the Class 2 All-Region, were announced last week. Starting with the All-District rosters, in Class 3, District 1, Sikeston senior Emma Drury made the first team, while senior Naudia Lazcano, junior Jordi James, and freshman Nayla Bonner were honorable mentions...

New Madrid County Central vs. Scott City Records: NMCC 6-4; Scott City 9-1 Series History: Scott City leads 4-1 Last Meeting: 1985, NMCC won 20-7 Last Week: NMCC defeated Kelly 48-18; Scott City defeated Herculaneum 49-8 Notes: The last time these two schools met was in the mid-80s. ...

Dylan Cisne and the Mineral Area cross country team won the NJCAA Division III national championship Saturday at Stanley Park in Westfield, Massachusetts. Cisne, a Poplar Bluff alum and a freshman with the Cardinals, finished 27th in 28 minutes, 20.70 seconds to average 5:42 per mile in the 8,000-meter race...

Top-seeded Notre Dame and second-seeded Perryville advanced to the finals of the Class 2 District 1 boys soccer tournament Monday in Perryville, Mo. Notre Dame defeated fourth-seeded St. Pius X (Festus) 4-0, while Perryville blanked third-seeded Fredericktown 6-0. Both teams were up 1-0 at halftime before pulling away in the second half...

The St. Vincent cross country team had all of its members finish in the Top 30 in both gender divisions with the boys winning the title and the girls taking third place to highlight the Class 2 District 1 meet on Saturday at Notre Dame Regional High School.

HILLSBORO, Mo. – The Sikeston football season came to an end on Friday night with a 23-6 loss to Hillsboro. The turnover bug reared again for the Bulldogs as Sikeston’s offensive woes contributed to the season-ending defeat to the Hawks. Sikeston’s season ends at 3-7 while Hillsboro (4-6) advances to the Class 4, District 1 semifinals to play at second-seeded Cape Central next Friday...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Portageville saw their season end Friday night with a 48-22 road loss to St. Vincent in the first round of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament. Portageville fell behind early 7-0, giving up a 6-yard touchdown run to St. Vincent quarterback Garrett Dobbelare...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Getting out to an early lead and seizing the momentum to start was what the New Madrid County Central football team game planned to do against Kelly on Friday night. As the first round of the Class 2, District 1 tournament got underway, NMCC (6-4) jumped out to an early lead, thanks to three touchdowns on their first three drives of the night, en route to a 48-18 win over Kelly...

CHARLESTON, Mo – Less than a month ago, the Charleston Bluejays traveled to Malden and used some last seconds heroics to down the Green Wave 28-20. On Friday, with their season on the line, Malden returned the favor. After trailing the entire game, a fateful connection from quarterback Shay Amoss to Drew Blankinship in the final minutes of regulation helped the Green Wave down the hosting Bluejays 18-13 on the road in the opening round of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — The East Prairie Eagles had no answer for the high-powered Caruthersville offense in a 67-20 loss in a Class 2, District 1 game Friday night. The East Prairie defense gave up seven touchdowns of over 30 yards as Caruthersville scored nine times while running just 24 offensive plays on the night...

SIKESTON — The SEMO All-Conference softball teams are here. Sikeston had one member on the first team and four more on the second team. Notre Dame had six nominations on the first team, while Jackson had four. North County and Farmington each finished with three nominees, and Kelly, Chaffee, Cape Central, and Poplar Bluff each rounded out the team with one...

SIKESTON — Building cultural values while participating in a fun, exhilarating sport is how Nick Slinkard, owner of the Sikeston Missouri Taekwondo Insitute, would describe what he wants from his students. Slinkard has owned the Sikeston studio, located just right off of Interstate 60, for 10 years and enjoys every moment he spends with his students...

Sikeston at Hillsboro Records: Sikeston 3-6; Hillsboro 3-6 Series History: Tied 2-2 Last Meeting: 2016, Hillsboro won 72-46 Last Week: Sikeston lost to Kennett 36-0; Hillsboro lost to Poplar Bluff 39-26 Notes: The wait is over, the postseason is here, and for Sikeston flipping the script is something this team needs to do. ...

Cape Girardeau Central won eight of the 12 events at its swimming meet with Notre Dame on Tuesday to pick up the victory 95-85. Jack Maxton and Daniel Seabaugh each won two individual events to lead Cape Central to the victory. Maxton was also a part of two winning relay teams and Seabaugh was on one of the Tigers' winning relay teams. ...

The Advance Hornets, in the words of senior middle hitter Roz Schrader, are "on a mission" to repeat as Class 1 state volleyball champions. On their home court Tuesday, the Hornets defeated Leopold in straight sets, 25-11, 25-20, to win the District 3 championship...

SIKESTON — With district play starting next week, the Sikeston boys soccer team had one last tune-up match before postseason play commenced. The Bulldogs hosted Poplar Bluff on Tuesday night, but it was not a match worth remembering for the home team...

They say that all good things must end. Notre Dame's storybook season was abruptly cut short Monday as it lost its Class 3 quarterfinal softball game to visiting Incarnate Word Academy, 12-7.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- It was all but fitting that two rivals took the court in the first round of the Class 4, District 1 Tournament on Monday evening. Both the Sikeston and Cape Central volleyball teams know each others' strengths and weaknesses -- and entering the third meeting between the two schools this season -- there was more than just bragging rights on the table...

The Leopold volleyball team downed two familiar foes in straight sets during the opening night of the Class 1 District 3 Tournament at Advance High School on Monday to set up a collision course with the top-seeded hosts...

Daniel Seabaugh placed first in two events and also broke the only pool record of the meet in the process to help lead the Cape Girardeau Central boys swimming team to third place at the Springfield Invitational on Saturday at the John H. Foster Natatorium in Springfield, Mo.

CHARLESTON, Mo – Going into the last week of the regular season, the Charleston Bluejays hadn’t lost back-to-back games, compiling a 4-4 record in the process. Coming off last week’s loss to East Prairie, it looked like a distinct possibility the Bluejays might suffer their second straight loss Friday when visiting Herculaneum jumped ahead 14-0 in the first quarter...

Gracie Cook hammered 10 kills as the Meadow Heights volleyball team posted its 12th consecutive win of the season in its 25-16, 17-25, 25-10 victory over St. Paul Lutheran (Farmington) on Friday in both teams' regular-season finale...

HAYTI, Mo. — TreCharles McCoy didn’t mind that the conditions on Friday night were cold and rainy. The Hayti senior had five touchdowns in the first half as the Indians blitzed Portageville on senior night, 62-8, at Hayti High School. The win also resulted in a SEMO West Conference championship for the Indians...

SIKESTON — Heading into Friday night’s regular season finale, the Sikeston Bulldogs had an outside shot of hosting its first round district game next week. But with the undefeated, state-ranked Kennett Indians visiting, the Bulldogs knew it would be a tough row to hoe...