Basketball

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Chaffee’s Douglas Lands hit seven 3-pointers as the Red Devils used a big fourth quarter to defeat visiting Scott County Central 64-54 on Friday night. Lands hit two of his 3-pointers in the final frame, finishing with a game-high 26 points, as Chaffee pulled away in a game they led just 47-45 after three quarters...

SIKESTON — Each game, Sikeston continues to prove why they are one of the best teams in the state of Missouri at Class 4. On Friday night, the Bulldogs continued their undefeated season, by defeating Notre Dame 90-53, in front of a full crowd at the Sikeston Field House...

CLARKTON, Mo. — The Neelyville varsity boys basketball team spent the final three quarters of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament championship working to erase a horrific start against Risco. After outscoring Risco in the final three quarters, Wyatt Russom sank a late three-pointer to tie the game at 58-all with just seconds left to play, forcing overtime...

From the opening tipoff, Jackson boys basketball dominated. The Indians scored on the opening possession and then played solid defense in the first quarter, holding Vianney scoreless for the entire period. That defensive intensity propelled Jackson to a 50-30 win over the Golden Griffins on Senior Night at Jackson High School...

DONIPHAN, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team outscored the Doniphan Dons by single digits in each of the third three quarters to build a 44-29 lead by the start of the fourth period on its way to a 61-48 road victory. Kennett (4-3), which led 14-8 after one quarter and 32-21 after two quarters, hit seven of its eight 3-pointers in the first half...

RISCO, Mo. — The red-hot Risco boys basketball team continued its winning form on Thursday, defeating Portageville 58-49. Nathan Burnett had a game-high 19 points, while Garrett Young added 15 and Treston Meese had 10. For Portageville, Jacob Carter had 16 points, while Bub Lance finished with 12, as the second and third quarters loomed large for the Bulldogs. They scored 17 points total in both quarters, and the Tigers were able to capitalize, scoring 31 in that period...

SIKESTON — So far this season, Park Hills Central has been able to defeat teams with ease — winning each of its six games by nearly 16 points per contest. On Thursday night, though, the Sikeston girls basketball team did not seem to phased, losing 58-57 to the undefeated Lady Rebels...

SENATH, Mo. - The grand finale lived up to its billing Thursday night at the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament. After seven of the first eight games at the event were decided by double digits the title game between the No. 1 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions and No. 2 seeded Campbell Camels came down to the wire...

DEXTER – The Dexter Bearcats dictated the tempo and snapped a three-game losing streak with a 79-46 SCAA victory over Richland on Thursday night at Dexter High School. Richland’s win streak ended at four. “We let Dexter get us in a hurry,” Richland coach Marc Crane said. ...

This time a week ago, Kiley Bess mentioned she missed “a ton” of free throws after Poplar Bluff lost to Tupelo (Miss.) by 14 points in the SEMO Border Challenge at Dexter. Bess went 8 for 14 from the line in that game. Six days later, she was 22 for 25 and finished with 32 points, but Poplar Bluff still lost to Greene County Tech 55-51 on Thursday at the Senior High Gym...

Emma Brune scored 19 points as the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team cruised to a home win over Chester (Ill.) on Thursday. Alice Hogendobler totaled 14 points, knocking down four 3-pointers, and Bri Jenkins added 13 points for Saxony Lutheran (6-1), which led 35-24 at halftime...

Drew Dirnberger scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Kelly boys basketball team to a razor-thin 60-59 victory over Leopold on Wednesday in Benton, Mo. Bryce Morgan added 13 points for the Hawks, who trailed 25-9 after the first quarter and 37-22 at halftime. Kelly cut the deficit to 45-41 by the start of the fourth quarter, then overtook the Wildcats over the final eight minutes...

SENATH, Mo. - The Campbell Camels varsity boys basketball team experienced little difficulty booking a spot in the championship of the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament Wednesday night. Fresh off a 79-18 victory against No. 6 seeded North Pemiscot in its first pool play contest Monday No. 2 seeded Campbell secured another lopsided victory against No. 3 seeded Armorel, Ark., 74-41 Wednesday night...

ORAN, Mo. — Leah Cauble hasn’t had many quiet nights for the Oran girls basketball team so far this season. After the first half of the Eagles game Tuesday night, against Notre Dame though, it looked as if she was bound to have one. Heading into the locker room, Cauble had just 11 points but erupted in the second half — scoring 34 points. That effort, though, proved not to be enough, as the Bulldogs pulled off the 69-67 upset victory, at Oran High School...

ESSEX, Mo. — The Richland Rebels continued the strong start to their season, putting 11 players in the scoring column as they rolled to a 70-19 win over visiting Marquand-Zion Tuesday night. Richland jumped to a 23-3 lead out of the gate and never looked back as the Rebels have already matched their win total from last season...

SENATH, Mo. — Senath-Hornersville earned its place in the championship of its own Christmas Tournament Tuesday night with a towering 82-37 win over the Delta C-7 Chargers. “Another good chance for us tonight,” said Lions coach Corbin Clark after the game. “We got a chance to get a lot of guys in early and a chance to work on some things and hopefully get us ready for Thursday night.”...

FARMINGTON, Mo. — Scoring 18 first-half points the Sikeston girls basketball team lost a tough road game on Monday, at Farmington. Macey Pauls’ 16 points led the Knightettes. McKenna Moore also added 10 points for Farmington. Taydrianna Barnett continued to be the lone scoring option for the Lady Bulldogs, as she finished with 17 points...

ORAN, Mo. — Continuing to build confidence and team chemistry is one thing that the East Prairie boys basketball team is trying to gain after returning a full roster for the third consecutive game on Tuesday, against Oran. The Eagles faced a tough test, as Oran came into the game ranked No. 8 in the updated state polls for Class 2, and would live up to that ranking. Oran scored over 20 points in three of the four quarters, defeating East Prairie 87-74...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team fell behind 14 points in the first quarter but still found a way to walk away with a double-digit victory against the visiting Malden Green Wave Tuesday night. Kennett cut a 16-2 first-quarter deficit to 24-23 by halftime and moved ahead 44-36 by the start of the fourth quarter as it rallied past Malden 67-52 in front of a large home crowd...

CAMPBELL, Mo. — The Campbell varsity girls basketball team narrowly beat Portageville 56-53 on Monday, in a game highlighting Campbell’s athleticism and Portageville’s physicality. Campbell guard Claire Parker scored a game-high 28 points with Adrionna Pearson adding 15 points. Dasmine Johnson led Portageville with 23 points...

SENATH, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions jumped out to a 20-5 lead by the one-minute mark of the first quarter and led by double digits the rest of the way as it beat the No. 5 seeded Southland Rebels 90-41 Monday night. A dozen players recorded at least one field goal for the Lions as they improved to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in pool play at their own six-team varsity boys basketball tournament...

Megan Heisserer sank a game-high 19 points to lead the Notre Dame girls basketball team to a 61-46 victory over Tupelo, Mississippi, in the final day of the SEMO Border Challenge at the Bearcat Event Center on Saturday in Dexter, Missouri. Julia Williams contributed 13 points for the Bulldogs (5-2), who held the Golden Wave to single digits in the middle two frames...

KENNETT, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Caruthersville Tigers upset the No. 1 seeded Kennett Indians 43-35 in the Bootheel Conference eighth grade boys basketball championship Saturday afternoon. Caruthersville lead 9-5 after one quarter, 19-12 at halftime and 30-24 at the end of the third quarter...

KENNETT, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Malden Green Wave rallied from a 44-38 deficit in the closing minute of regulation to beat the No. 2 seeded Kennett Indians 45-44 in the seventh grade championship of the Bootheel Conference Tournament Saturday. Quentin Kilgore knocked down one of three free throws after being fouled with less then one second remaining shooting a 3-pointer to seal the victory for Malden...

By Derek James sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON — So far this season, no team has been able to slow down Sikeston’s explosive offense. The Cape Central Tigers had the solution for a half, but Sikeston’s offense came out of its slumber and erupted for 34 points in the third period to propel the Bulldogs to a 74-67 win to capture their fourth-straight SEMO Conference Tournament championship and their eighth in the 15-year history of the event...

ORAN, Mo. — The Oran Eagles remained unbeaten, taking down visiting Scott-Miss Conference rival Scott City 75-48 Friday night. Jacob Shoemaker had a game-high 21 points for Oran (5-0) as the Eagles jumped out to a 39-13 lead at halftime and were never challenged in the second half...

SIKESTON — Struggling to score has been an early season problem for the Charleston boys basketball so far this season. Those same problems continued on Friday, in the third-place game of the SEMO Conference Tournament, against Poplar Bluff. The Bluejays scored just 11 points in the first quarter — 27 for the first half – and fell to the Mules 79-58...

The Delta boys basketball team probably couldn't have asked for a better week than the one it just completed. The Bobcats, who began the week on Tuesday with a vengeful victory over Oak Ridge just four days after the BlueJays had beaten them for the championship of the Woodland Invitational Tournament, did something they haven't been able to do for more than a decade: they defeated Scott County Central in a thrilling 84-77 overtime victory Friday on their home court to notch their second consecutive conference win this week.. ...

DEXTER — Poplar Bluff went up against a defensively sound team in Tupelo (Miss.), and it showed on the scoreboard and in the execution of the offense. The Lady Mules were trying to feed sophomores Sierra Sievers and Hannah Corcimiglia in the post throughout the night, but the Golden Wave was cutting off the entry lanes and denying passes consistently for all four quarters...

COOTER, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team outscored the host Cooter Wildcats in every quarter on its way to a 67-40 road victory Thursday night. Senath-Hornersville led 28-19 at halftime before it won the third quarter 27-11 to build a comfortable 55-30 lead by the start of the fourth quarter...

KENNETT, Mo. - The New Madrid County Central continued its early-season success with a 48-32 win at Kennett Thursday night, leaving the Lady Indians with their fifth straight loss. The Lady Eagles enjoyed double-digit scoring in every quarter while holding Kennett to single digits in all but the fourth quarter. Alivia Hartman scored a game-high 19 points as part of a strong scoring duo with Avannah Ruff, who added 13 points...

The top-seeded Oran girls basketball team dominated third-seeded host Chaffee 83-21 to win the Lady Red Devils Invitational behind 40 points from Leah Cauble. Cauble shot 15-for-27 from the floor and 7-for-15 from behind the 3-point arc and also had six rebounds...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Leah Cauble had another strong night with 38 points, individually outscoring the Rams in a championship semifinal at the Chaffee Lady Red Devils Invitational. Scott City was led by Aleah Morill who had 12 points, nine of which were from behind the 3-point line...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — It was another remarkable scoring performance from Oran’s Leah Cauble on Thursday night against Chaffee. The senior dropped 40 points on the Lady Red Devils, en route to an 83-21 victory in the championship game of the Chaffee Lady Red Devils Invitational...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- It wasn't the prettiest win, but Cape Central boys basketball did enough to secure a spot in the SEMO Conference Tournament championship. The second-seeded Tigers made just enough free throws in the end, and No. 3 Poplar Bluff missed an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer as Central held on for a 65-62 semifinal win on Thursday at the Sikeston Field House...

SIKESTON — Energized and ready to go right from the tip, Sikeston was able to control the game in its favor against rival Charleston in the semifinals of the SEMO Conference Tournament. The Sikeston Field House was rocking, and the third-ranked Bulldogs put on a show for the fans in attendance, to the tune of 92 points, consistent shooting, and a couple of impressive plays that ended in flushes for senior Trey Jenkins. ...

SIKESTON — Wednesday wasn’t the exact way that the Dexter boys basketball team wanted to end their trip at the SEMO Conference Tournament. The Bearcats won one game in the tournament — Monday against Kennett — before losing back-to-back contests by 29 and 34 points respectively. On Wednesday, Dexter (1-3) fell to Notre Dame in the semifinals of the consolation bracket, 68-34...

KENNETT, Mo. - The semifinals are set at the Bootheel Conference seventh and eighth grade boys basketball tournaments following quarterfinal action Monday and Tuesday night. No. 1 seeded Malden will take on No. 5 seeded Portageville in the first seventh grade semifinal Friday at 5:15 p.m. ...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - Senath-Hornersville Lions basketball coach Corbin Clark placed an increased emphasis on pounding the ball in the paint after his varsity squad suffered a 63-55 loss to host Gideon in the third-place game of the Bulldog Classic Friday night...

The schedules are set for three December basketball tournaments. The six-team Senath-Hornersville varsity boys basketball tournament takes place Dec. 10-13 at Senath-Hornersville High School. Pool play is Dec. 10-12 with championship round action Dec. 13...

RISCO, Mo. — Oran used a strong first half and hung on in the second to defeat Risco 75-68 on the road Tuesday night. Oran (4-0) built a 44-31 lead at halftime and held off a Risco second half rally. “Joe (Shoemaker) is such a good coach and you know his teams are always going to be fundamental, tough on defense and shoot the ball well,” said Risco coach Brandon Blankenship. ...

SIKESTON — Behind a hot-shooting night from junior Samuel Bledsoe, the Charleston boys basketball team was able to withstand a Notre Dame comeback on Tuesday night at the Sikeston Field House. The Bluejays held on for a four-point victory, 58-54, to advance to the semifinals of the SEMO Conference Tournament...

SIKESTON — From start to finish, Sikeston was able to do whatever they wanted against Dexter. The Bulldogs won 75-46, to advance to the semifinals of the SEMO Conference Tournament, at the Sikeston Field House, on Thursday, due in large part to excellent outside shooting, and play from senior Trey Jenkins...

SIKESTON, Mo. - The No. 7 seeded New Madrid County Central Eagles beat the No. 8 seeded Kennett Indians 59-37 in an elimination game of the SEMO Conference varsity girls basketball tournament Tuesday night. New Madrid County Central built a 32-12 lead by halftime and also won the second half by two points...

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MALDEN, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets varsity girls basketball team missed the majority of its free throws but found a way to deliver at the charity stripe in the closing seconds of a tie game Monday night. Holcomb forward Hannah Burk knocked down a pair of free throws after being fouled in the paint with nine seconds remaining. The clutch free throws broke a 50-50 tie and sealed a 52-50 road victory for Holcomb at Malden...

The Bootheel Conference middle school boys basketball tournament brackets have been released. The tournaments take place Dec. 3-8 at Kennett Middle School Gymnasium. The seventh grade championship is Saturday at noon. The eighth grade championship is Saturday at 1:15 p.m...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team dropped its fourth straight game at Doniphan 40-34 Monday night. Doniphan outscored Kennett by single digits in each of the first two quarters to build a 23-16 lead by halftime. Kimberly Masching paced Doniphan (4-1) with 12 points. Alexis Day also finished in double digits with 10 points...

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Taydrianna Barnett continues to score, and score in bunches. On Monday, the senior dropped 28 points on Ste. Genevieve (4-1), as Sikeston came away with a 65-60 win. Barnett scored 11 points in the third quarter, as the Lady Bulldogs carried a 10 point lead from that quarter and never let it go...

SIKESTON — At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Poplar Bluff’s Dominique Hardimon held the ball near half court for a solid 3 minutes. The Mules didn’t attempt a shot for 4 minutes in a classic display of old-time basketball. They were clinging to a two-point lead, Jackson went to a zone defense, and Poplar Bluff waited, and waited, and waited some more for that zone to extend. ...