Basketball

There has been no shortage of college basketball programs in pursuit of Chicago high school guard Ramean Hinton.

Fifth-year Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball coach Rick Ray has instilled a successful culture off the court in his program. On Monday, he added a piece that will strengthen the success of the Redhawks off the court even further, but also on the court.

Poplar Bluff’s Kiley Bess verbally committed Monday to play basketball for Saint Louis University. “Through this whole process, I have continued to ask God to open and close the right doors for me. My goal has always been to play Division 1 basketball and He has made that dream come true,” Bess said in a statement on Twitter. ...

SIKESTON — Every summer, coaching changes tend to occur. In the area, there will be multiple new faces on the sidelines for their respective programs. At Sikeston, Terry Flannigan returns to the Bulldogs football team, after his previous stint at Chaffee. He replaces Kent Gibbs who, after 12 years with Sikeston, heads to Cape Central...

A few weeks before the start of the 2019-20 school year the Senath-Hornersville Lions girls basketball program is headed to Branson, Missouri, to fine-tune its skills under a new head coach. Senath-Hornersville is scheduled to play two scrimmage games on Wednesday, four games on Thursday, and three games on Friday under new head coach Nicki Pierce...

Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate Chancey Hughes will attend Colby Community College in Kansas on a basketball scholarship. "It feels great to have my schooling paid for and not have to worry about it," Hughes said. "Colby is known for basketball, and the head coach (Rusty Elmore) reminds me of my old coach, Drew Church. It also has a family-type environment similar to Cape, and it's a school that'll help me focus."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Leah Cauble added placed another trophy on her mantle on Saturday night. The all-time leading scorer in Missouri history won the Girls Basketball Athlete of the Year award at the Semoball Awards. Cauble led the Oran Lady Eagles to the Class 2 Quarterfinals, where they lost to Thayer 58-28. For her senior season, she averaged 37 points per game, 7.5 rebounds, and shot 62 percent from the floor...

Flashbulbs and excitement were in heavy supply as student-athletes from Southeast Missouri were honored for their achievements Saturday at the biggest sports awards show in the region. The Sixth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH honored more than 120 athletes from over 50 schools in 25 different categories.

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

Olivia Ward isn’t a complicated young lady. That isn’t to say she isn’t busy, but the Jackson High School junior keeps her focus on what is important in life and isn’t easily distracted from those priorities.

SIKESTON — One of Scott County Central’s own is returning to the sidelines this winter for the boys' basketball team. Tim Carlisle, who spent last season as an assistant coach under Matt Cline, takes the reigns of the Braves basketball program this season. His first basketball head coaching position that he has ever held...

Dunklin County native Ty’re Washington was unsure what career he wanted to pursue when he graduated from Southland High School in Cardwell, Missouri, in 2006. “When I graduated high school I was like a lot of others and didn’t know what I wanted to do so I started working in a factory,” Washington said. “One day as I was working it became crystal clear to me that something had to change. That day I decided I’m going to go back to school.”...

ORAN, Mo. — A decorated career on the basketball court for Oran’s Leah Cauble ended on a personal high note for the senior. Cauble earned another spot on the Class 2 All-State team — the fourth time in her career she accomplished that — and was also Class 2 Player of the Year...

Two proposals passed at the 2019 Missouri High School Activities Association Election in May will alter the postseason playoff field for local high schools in the Missouri Bootheel beginning in the 2020-21 school year.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — East Prairie football and basketball player Derez Tipler signed with Black Hawk College in Moline, Ill., on Tuesday, at East Prairie High School. Tipler averaged 18.7 points per game, 8.2 rebounds, and 5.2 assists for the Eagles during his senior season. He also provided a boost on the defensive end of the floor, averaging 3.4 steals per contest...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Middle school and high school basketball players are using their summer to improve their game. Since May 28, approximately 15 to 20 Central Middle School athletes and 25 to 30 Central High School athletes have honed their skills on the court. Assistant Coach Dontre’ Jenkins said he and the other coaches are pleased with the outstanding attendance and the hard work put in by the students...

After a decade on the bench as a boys basketball coach in the Missouri Bootheel Aaron Bidewell is preparing for a new role in the world of high school sports. Bidewell, who has served as the varsity boys basketball coach at Hayti the past three seasons, recently accepted the position of athletic director at Holcomb High School for the 2019-20 school year...

Returning to the sidelines, former Sikeston boys’ basketball head coach Fred Johnson will lead the Kelly boys’ program in 2018-2019. At the helm of the Bulldogs, Johnson finished with a 118-82 record. He won three district championships during that time, along with a pair of quarterfinal appearances and a fourth-place finish at the state tournament...

The annual Kennett High School Boys Basketball Shootout is slated for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Junior varsity squads square off Thursday with varsity teams battling it out Friday and Saturday. Games will last approximately 40 minutes. Each game will have two 16-minute halves with a running clock. The clock will stop the final two minutes of the game on dead balls unless a team is leading by 10 points or more in the final two minutes. Overtime is sudden death...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A season to remember was recognized on Saturday evening, as the Charleston Fighting Squirrels season kicked off by celebrating the 2018 Senior Babe Ruth World Series championship, at Hillhouse Park. The introduction of all of the Fighting Squirrels’ affiliated teams, followed by a ceremonial first pitch from former Fighting Squirrel and Sikeston Bulldog Will Pratt— who was a member of the championship team — started the evening. ...

Scott County Central’s Landon Glueck signed with Missouri Valley College on Thursday, at Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium at Scott County Central High School. Pictured from left to right (top row): John Mark-Jones, Tim Carlisle, and Matt Cline; (bottom row): Mother Heather Glueck, Landon Glueck, and father, Travis Glueck...

The all-time leading scorer of the Risco Tigers boys basketball program has made the decision to take his game to the collegiate level. Risco senior guard Nathan Burnett signed to play basketball at College of the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri, Thursday...

The field is beginning to take shape. The second group of Semoball Awards finalists, the winter sports selections, were revealed Wednesday in an hour-long radio show on SEMO ESPN. That group of 30 student-athletes will join the fall sports finalists, announced earlier this year, at the 2019 Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on July 13 at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus...

Chauncey Hughes first touched a basketball when he was 2, beginning a years-long love affair with the game. Without a Nerf Hoop as a youngster, he used a laundry basket and a small ball. As he got older, he started cutting up milk crates and hanging them up on power poles as makeshift baskets...

Get to know the 12 selections to the All-Southeast Missourian girls basketball team. Players in the Southeast Missourian coverage area are eligible for these honors. The players selected are in the running for the Semoball Awards.

For four seasons, Leah Cauble has starred for the Oran girls basketball team, weaving through defenses and firing from beyond the 3-point arc. So when Cauble reflects back on her high school career -- a time she called "the best years of my life" -- sadness comes bubbling up to the surface...

Get to know the 12 selections to the All-Southeast Missourian girls basketball team. Players in the Southeast Missourian coverage area are eligible for these honors. The players selected are in the running for the Semoball Awards.

KENNETT, Mo. - The clutch hitting continued for the Kennett Indians baseball team in a quarterfinal of the SEMO Conference baseball tournament Friday afternoon at Indian Park. Kennett collected a pair of RBI doubles and hit solo home run against the visiting Sikeston Bulldogs...

Former Sikeston basketball player Donnell Cobb signed his National Letter of Intent to Crowley Ridge College on Thursday.

Former Sikeston basketball player Chris Appleton signed his National Letter of Intent with Crowley Ridge College on Monday.

For the first time in five years, the Holcomb Hornets will have a new varsity boys basketball coach. Michael Snider, a 2013 graduate of nearby Twin Rivers High School, accepted the varsity boys basketball job at Holcomb earlier this month. Snider takes over for Chris Hahn who had served as head coach at Holcomb since 2014. Hahn is leaving Holcomb to be the varsity boys basketball coach at Delta High School...