Basketball

CHARLESTON, Mo – For the 17th time in the last 18 year the top-seeded Charleston Bluejays find themselves competing in the district championship game. They’ll get the chance to secure their 15th title since 2001 on Friday after defeating fourth-seeded Kennett 65-50 Tuesday in the Class 3, District 1 semifinals...

The Scott County Central high-powered offense led the way, as the second-seeded Braves cruised to a 93-55 win over No. 6 Gideon in a Class 1 District 1 semifinal Tuesday at Gideon High School. SCC went into the half with a 14-point advantage that it continued to exploit as it ran away with a 38-point victory over the host school...

GIDEON, Mo. - The Risco Tigers and Scott County Central Braves boys basketball programs are set to battle for a district title yet again after both squads won their respective Class 1, District 1 semifinal Tuesday night at Gideon High School. The first semifinal proved to be the closest with No. 1 seeded Risco edging the No. 4 seeded Delta Bobcats 60-55...

SIKESTON – Two years ago the Jackson Indians came into the Sikeston Field House and ruined the Bulldogs’ Senior Night with a shocking upset victory. Bulldog senior Kevin Jones remembered the game well and wanted to be sure no such upset would happen on his Senior Night. Not on his watch...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — It has been eight years since Portageville boys basketball last played for a district championship. On Thursday night, the Bulldogs will have another crack at continuing their season, after beating Campbell in the semifinals, Tuesday night, 56-52...

Junior Jack Below scored a game-high 29 points as a strong first half kept the Advance boys basketball team's season alive in its 74-56 upset victory over third-seeded St. Vincent in Monday's opening round of the Class 2 District 3 Tournament at Chaffee High School...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Leading from start to finish the Charleston girls basketball team did not find it easy to close the door on Twin Rivers in the first round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament on Monday night. The Lady Bluejays led by nine points heading into halftime, and six points to start the fourth quarter, but Twin Rivers made them earn their 43-40 victory...

CHARLESTON, Mo – The Kennett varsity boys basketball team's season ended a win shy of reaching the district title game Tuesday night. The No. 1 seeded Charleston Bluejays beat the No. 4 seeded Kennett Indians 65-50 to book a spot in the district final for the 17th time in the last 18 years...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Campbell Camels jumped out to an early lead and hung on to beat the No. 3 seeded Portageville Bulldogs 63-51 in the nightcap semifinal at the Class 2, District 1 girls basketball tournament Monday at Portageville High School...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team experienced little difficulty booking a spot in the semifinals of the Class 3, District 1 tournament Monday night. No. 2 seeded Kennett won every quarter against No. 7 seeded East Prairie as it cruised to a 70-31 mercy-rule victory...

GIDEON, Mo. — Without Nathan Burnett in the lineup, Risco was still able to cruise to a 91-35 opening round win of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament, at Gideon High School. EJ Myers led the team with 20 points, while Garrett Young pitched in with 19...

JACKSON — The Jackson Indians survived a pair of Chaylea Mosby 3-point tries in the closing seconds to beat Dexter 47-44 Monday night and win the SEMO Conference girls basketball championship outright. Madison Lambert gave the Indians a 47-44 lead with a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left in a game played at Jackson High School...

After staking its first double-digit lead of the night, the Poplar Bluff girls basketball team didn’t score again for the next 2 ½ minutes Monday night. Fortunately for the Mules, neither did Farmington. The Knights managed just four field goals in the second half as Poplar Bluff secured rebound after rebound for a 46-33 win at the Senior High Gym...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Postseason basketball got underway for Class 3, District 1 on Saturday afternoon, at Charleston High School. The host Bluejays opened up the first round slate, taking on No. 8 Malden (2-21) in a game that got decided after the first quarter ended...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The No. 4 seeded Kennett Indians jumped out to an early 10-2 lead and needed every bit of the early insurance to withstand multiple rallies by the No. 5 seeded East Prairie Eagles in the final Class 3, District 1 boys quarterfinal Saturday night at Charleston High School...

Neelyville led by 12 at the half but scored three points in the first five minutes of the third quarter as Greenville cut the lead to two points. McKenzie Miller made a 3 to start the second half for the Bears, who were still down seven midway through the quarter. Then Mattie Allen got a three-point play and Miller sank a long 2 to cut Neelyville's lead to 37-35 with three minutes left in the third quarter...

Cape Girardeau Central junior Josh Pullen made history Saturday, becoming the first Cape Central wrestler to place at state in eight years. He was also one of five area wrestlers to earn all-state honors. Pullen bounced back from a tough semifinal loss the night before to defeat Fort Zumwalt South's Alex Drmac 14-8 in a consolation semifinal. That set up a Class 3 third-place match with Jesse Cassatt of Carl Junction...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Portageville Bulldogs experienced little difficulty disposing of the No. 8 seeded Holcomb Hornets in the first Class 2, District 1 boys quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Portageville outscored Holcomb by double digits in each of the first three quarters as it cruised to an 82-26 home victory...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Bernie Mules dominated the No. 7 seeded Cooter Wildcats from the get-go in the second Class 2, District 1 boys quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Bernie (21-6) jumped out to a 38-3 lead after one quarter of play, increased its lead to 61-13 by halftime, and led 80-15 by the start of the fourth quarter on its way to a 93-37 victory against Cooter...

Greenville and Ellington traded one run for another, but once the Whippets got the first double-digit lead of the game in the fourth quarter, they didn't allow the momentum to change. By not allowing a run in the fourth quarter, Ellington kept the Bears at a distance and won 60-46 in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 2 quarterfinals Saturday in Van Buren...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 5 seeded Campbell Camels knocked down 11 3-pointers as it rallied from a 37-28 third-quarter deficit to upset the No. 4 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 71-64 in the final Class 2, District 1 boys quarterfinal at Portageville High School Saturday at Portageville High School...

Cape Central junior Josh Pullen advanced the furthest in the winner's bracket out of all area wrestler, winning his quarterfinal bout Friday before falling in the semifinals. Pullen beat Lebanon's Landen Smith in the quarterfinal before losing in a tiebreaker to Brian Boyd of Smithville...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Hayti Indians moved one step closer to a repeat district championship as it beat the No. 6 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions 61-26 in the third Class 2, District 1 boys basketball quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 4 seeded Holcomb Hornets allowed just 12 field goals as it outlasted the No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions 50-32 in the second Class 2, District 1 girls quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Holcomb (12-11) enjoyed an 11-5 lead after one quarter of play before Senath-Hornersville narrowed the deficit to 24-19 by halftime. The Hornets outscored the Lions 12-7 in the third quarter and 14-6 in the fourth period on its way to a double digit victory...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Portageville Bulldogs outlasted the No. 6 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 43-31 in the first Class 2, District 1 girls quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Portageville (9-15) jumped out to an 11-7 lead after one quarter of play, increased its lead to 22-12 by halftime, and led 33-19 at the end of the third quarter before South Pemiscot won the fourth quarter by a basket...

SIKESTON – On Friday, February 7, 1969, the Sikeston Field House was born. That date marked the first-ever game played in the new arena as coach N.P. McDaniel and the Fred Towns-led Bulldogs blew out Dexter to christen Sikeston’s sparkling multi-purpose facility...

SIKESTON — Leading by six points with 30 seconds to go, Charleston looked to be on its way to a gutsy win over a talented Poplar Bluff team on Thursday night at Charleston High School. In those 30 seconds, though, the tables turned on the Bluejays, as they fell to the Mules 92-91...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kate Grubbs won her first match of the Class 1 state tournament on Thursday at Mizzou Arena, in Columbia, Mo. Grubbs won 12-3 in her first match of the day but fell by pinfall in her quarterfinal matchup. She will compete again, today, in the second round of wrestle backs...

SIKESTON – The Sikeston Bulldogs have had some tough battles against Caruthersville over the years. However, on Thursday night Sikeston wanted to put an end to any possibility of an upset with an explosive first half as they cruised to an 86-36 win over the Tigers at the Sikeston Field House...

The Jackson wrestling team got off to a great start at the Class 4 state championship, with four of the team's five state qualifiers winning their first-round bouts in Columbia, Missouri. Riley Wiseman was the first victor, beating David H. Hickman's Ethan Barr 6-1 in the 106-pound match. Alec Bailey (120) earned an 8-2 decision over Ozark's Clayton Moison and Garner Horman (145) picked up a 10-5 win over Nixa's Kolyn Eli for the Indians...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team surrendered 17 3-pointers to the visiting Holcomb Hornets but still found a way to escape with a double digit victory Thursday night. Malden put up 63 points after halftime as it rallied from a 44-42 halftime deficit to beat Holcomb 105-84 on Senior Night at Malden High School...

Kennett senior Trevon Lemons has known for quite some time football was the right sport for him. “The coaches told me from a young age I was big and could really do something with my size,” Lemon said. “They got me interested in football.” Lemons took the next step in his football career Wednesday morning when he made the decision to sign to play college football at Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Mississippi...

The second quarter of the Jackson-Lindbergh duel proved to be the difference maker as the Indians boys basketball outscored the Flyers 12-4 in the second period of the 49-41 victory on Wednesday, claiming third place in the Lindbergh Flyers Invitational...

By Alex Wallner Standard Democrat SIKESTON — With one week until postseason play begins, the Sikeston girls basketball team looked to end its regular season on a high note, against rival Cape Central, at the Sikeston Field House. Behind a strong defensive performance and three starters scoring in double-figures, the Lady Bulldogs did just that, edging Cape Central 59-51 on Wednesday...

MALDEN, Mo. - After playing with a single digit lead for most of the first three quarters the Malden Green Wave varsity girls basketball team elected to speed things up against the Advance Hornets as the clock got closer to zero Wednesday night. “The tempo was very slow and we didn’t shoot it very well the first three quarters,” Malden coach Josh Herring said. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - It took until the midway point of the fourth quarter but the Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team finally managed to pull away from the Holcomb Hornets Tuesday night. Kennett outscored Holcomb 24-10 over the final eight minutes of play to secure a 59-43 home victory...

MALDEN, Mo. — Leading by 15 points at halftime was all that East Prairie needed to breeze past Malden on Tuesday night. Mason Bryars scored 22 points, while Derez Tipler added 11. Tyler McCurter also reached double-digits in scoring, with 10 of his own, as East Prairie (14-10) defeated the Green Wave 79-43...

NEW MADRID, Mo. – It was a physical, intense game, but the Sikeston Bulldogs kept their undefeated season alive on Tuesday night at New Madrid County Central. The Eagles were fired up on their Senior Night and played with emotional passion in front of the large home crowd, but Sikeston had too many weapons and secured the 83-70 win...

Senior Karson Skinner drained a game-high 21 points as the Woodland boys basketball team ended its regular season on a high note as the Cardinals escaped with a narrow 59-58 conference win over host Puxico on Tuesday. Senior Paul Duncan contributed 15 points for Woodland (11-12, 3-4 SCAA Conference), which was up by 10 points heading into the final quarter and managed to fend off a comeback rally from the Indians...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team rallied from an eight-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to edge the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 84-82 Tuesday night. Clarkton’s Lee Matney sank two free throws with about five seconds left to break an 82-all tie and seal the win...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — It was another breezy night for the Oran girls basketball team on Monday. The Lady Eagles defeated St. Vincent 77-28, behind Leah Cauble’s 43 points. Cauble shot 17 of 28 from the floor, to add to her six rebounds, three steals, and three assists...

You might have felt the ground shake if you were in the area, but it was not an earthquake, it was the roar of the crowd after a huge slam in the final seconds of the first half by Cape Central senior forward Kinyon Hodges gave the Tigers a 17-point lead heading into the break...

SIKESTON — Garry Wilkerson made his presence known early on Tuesday night, against Scott City. The senior finished with 32 points, shooting 13 of 22 (59 percent) from the floor and grabbing seven rebounds. Wilkerson’s performance lifted the Braves to an 89-61 win at Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium to win their second game out of the last five...

Blake Bollinger scored 23 points to push Meadow Heights past Zalma 63-53 despite a strong fourth quarter comeback effort. Bollinger was outdueled by Mayson Casey, who hit six 3-pointers on his way to 24 points in the loss. Zalma outscored Meadow Heights 27-20 in the final quarter but was unable to pull within 10 before the final buzzer...

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County Central did not let lone senior Anna Goering end her home career on a high note. The Bravettes came into Kelly High School, on Monday night, looking to record 18 wins for the first time since the 2015-2016 season, and they went on to do just that...

The Jackson wrestling team had four of its members place second in their respective weight classes as the Indians finished in fourth place in the final team standings at the Class 4 District 1 Tournament on Saturday in St. Louis. The top four wrestlers in each weight class advance to the state championship...

A consistent issue for Poplar Bluff over the past two weeks came to a head Saturday. Poplar Bluff lost at home to Ladue Horton Watkins 73-57, and all of the reasons why come back to effort. "You could probably stretch back to the Cape Central game (Jan. ...

WARDELL, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team is developing the reputation of performing at its best during tournaments in the 2018-19 season. That trend continued Friday night in the championship of the Tri-County Conference Tournament at North Pemiscot School in Wardell, Mo...

SIKESTON — In the most hyped regular season game this season, the Sikeston Bulldogs and Cape Central Tigers did not disappoint on Friday night. The two Class 4 heavyweights battled and traded blows for 32 minutes, but it was the No. 1 ranked Bulldogs that held on to beat the No. 3 Tigers 68-66 in front of a jam-packed Sikeston Field House on homecoming night...

SIKESTON — Oran has had its way with Scott County Central this season. The Eagles have beaten the Braves three times this season, including two times in a matter of seven days. On Friday night, it was another dominant showing, as Oran (23-1) defeated Scott County Central at Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium 87-61...