Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament

Southeast Missourian Christmas ALL-TOURNEY TEAM (12/29/07)
The 10 players selected to the team:

Consolation final: Kelly's fast finish wears down Advance (12/29/07)
Levi Felter scored nine points and had a dramatic assist for the Hawks in the final period.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT LEADING SCORERS (12/28/07)
Leading scorers on the third day of the tournament, with leading total scorers:

Fifth-place semifinal 2: Scott City bounces back, Bell City does not (12/28/07)
The Scott City Rams sent No. 2 seed Bell City home from the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament with a 53-55 victory in a fifth-place bracket semifinal. Shae Simmons scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Rams. Jay Simmons added 18, including one trey...

Fifth-place semifinal 1: Scott County Central takes out frustration on Oran (12/28/07)
Scott County Central bounced back in a big way from its late night defeat against Notre Dame. The Braves jumped to an early leading against cross county rival Oran and never looked back on their way to an 82-48 victory. D.D. Gillespie led Scott County Central with 27 points, while Drew Thomas added 16. In all, 12 players scored for the Braves...

Consolation semifinal 2: Kelly pulls away from Oak Ridge (12/28/07)
Kelly 69, Oak Ridge 50 By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com Kelly coach Nathan Wills was not surprised to see his team challenged by the Oak Ridge Blue Jays in the first half of Friday's consolation semifinal in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament...

Cape Central upsets defending tournament champs (12/28/07)
Central is back on the map. Persistence pays off. Bell City has one incredible player, and he can, despite reports to the contrary, be stopped. These were the lessons in the chaos that surrounded the 58-54 upset of the second-seeded and defending champion Bell City Cubs by Central on Thursday night at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament...

Consolation semifinal: Advance picks up second win season (12/28/07)
By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com After both posted their first wins of the season Thursday, Advance and Delta searched for a second Friday in the consolation bracket at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday. Advance pulled away in the second half for a 66-46 victory as David VanGennip scored 16 and Jacob Bond added 12...

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT LEADING SCORERS (12/28/07)
Leading scorers after the second day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament: Day 2 Overall...

Christmas tourney Quarterfinal 1: Charleston hammers Oran 76-45 (12/27/07)
By RACHEL CRADER ~ Semoball.com The top-seeded Charleston Bluejays scored the first eight points of their quarterfinal game with Oran and never stopped filling the basket in a 76-45 victory. Charleston's Donald Dixon led the charge of nine different scorers for Charleston with 30 points. The junior put up 26 points in the first half alone. Also in double digits were Antonio Riggens and Brian Parham with 13 points each...

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT LEADING SCORERS (12/27/07)
Leading scorers in the second day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament: Day 2 Overall...

Christmas tourney Consolation 4: Delta earns first victory of season (12/27/07)
By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com The Delta Bobcats, who were seeded at the bottom of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, defeated the Leopold Wildcats 61-48 for their first victory of the season on Thursday. Leopold led by a point entering the final quarter of play but the Bobcats outscored them by 14 in the fourth. They will face Advance tomorrow in a semifinal game in the consolation bracket...

Christmas tourney Consolation 3: Kelly overwhelms Meadow Heights (12/27/07)
By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com The Kelly Hawks were able to make big runs early in both halves and record a 78-42 victory over Meadow Heights in the third consolation game Thursday at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. The Hawks, who led 14-2 early on, held an eight-point lead at halftime, but an 18-2 run to start the third quarter helped put the game out of reach...

Consolation 2: Oak Ridge tops Woodland in overtime (12/27/07)
Woodland's Caleb Lee hit a 3-point shot with 6 seconds remaining in the game to force overtime with Oak Ridge in a consolation bracket game at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, but his team was unable use its momentum to win in overtime...

Consolation 1: Ware's basket lifts Advance past Chaffee (12/27/07)
Advance sophomore reserve Matt Ware grabbed an offensive rebound and banked it in with just seconds to go to give his Hornets a 59-58 victory over the Chaffee Red Devils. The Hornets led 10-6 early in the first quarter but did not take the lead again until Ware scored to begin the forth quarter...

Game 8: Oran completes sweep for higher seeds (12/26/07)
The Oran Eagles completed a first day sweep for the higher seeds by beating the Leopold Wildcats 78-62 in the match-up between eight and nine seeds. Oran never trailed after the first quarter. The Eagles, who were led in scoring by Cody Romas with 23 points and Kody Campbell with 22, will now face top-seeded Charleston on Thursday...

GAME 7: Cape Central pulls away from Woodland (12/26/07)
By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com For the first time in the seven games that had been played in the 2007 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, the number of points separating the two teams was less than 10 after one quarter of play. The seventh-seeded Cape Central Tigers led 10th-seeded Woodland by just three points after one period...

GAME 6: Kelly puts up fight but falls to Rams 73-48 (12/26/07)
By RACHEL CRADER ~ Semoball.com At the end of the first quarter, Kelly first-year coach Nathan Wills could be heard screaming at his team from across the Show-Me Center. He wasn't impressed with their defense, or their rebounding, or, seemingly, anything else...

SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT LEADING SCORERS (12/26/07)
Leading scorers in the first day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament:...

GAME 5: Willen leads Notre Dame past Advance (12/26/07)
Ryan Willen poured in 28 points, and Notre Dame's pressure defense forced Advance into turnover after turnover resulting in a 70-29 victory for the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament's fifth seed. Austin Greer, who scored 12 points, was the only other Notre Dame player in double figures. Ten different players scored for the Bulldogs...

Game 4: Scott County Central shuts down Chaffee (12/26/07)
The fourth-seeded Scott County Central Braves rolled up a 55-14 halftime lead and went on to beat Chaffee 94-27 in the first round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. The Braves (7-1) pressured Chaffee into numerous turnovers with a full-court defense led by senior guard D.D. Gillespie, who scored 19 points...

GAME 3: Jackson overwhelms Meadow Heights (12/26/07)
By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com The third-seeded Jackson Indians wasted little time opening up a big lead over Meadow Heights en route to a 91-42 victory. Jackson, behind senior Jake Leets's 15 first-half points, led the overmatched Panthers 53-28 at the break and never looked back...

GAME 2: Bell City opens defense in strong fashion (12/26/07)
Bell City began its Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament Championship defense with an impressive opening quarter against 15th-seeded Oak Ridge. The second-seeded Cubs jumped out to a 24-8 lead behind 13 points from Nick Niemczyk en route to a 75-39 win...

GAME 1: Charleston crushes Delta in Christmas Tournament (12/26/07)
The 63rd annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament got off to a familiar start for the Charleston. Playing the first game of the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the fifth-straight year, the Bluejays rolled past the 16th-seeded Delta Bobcats 97-41...

Bell City eager to defend Christmas tournament title (12/24/07)
Third-year Bell City coach Brian Brandtner says one of the finest moments he has experienced while leading the Cubs came when his team won last year's Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. "Growing up in the area and being around the Christmas tournament as a small child on up, my whole life, the teams you watch only win it so often," he said. "So it's such a great honor to win it. That was absolutely a special moment."...

Top local teams will be on display in Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament (12/23/07)
By Chris Pobst ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- It's Christmas time again, and that can only mean one thing for area high school basketball fans. The Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament has had a tradition of almost always delivering some of the best high school basketball competitions. This year should be no exception...

Bell City eager to defend (12/23/07)
Third-year Bell City coach Brian Brandtner says one of the finest moments he has experienced while leading the Cubs came when his team won last year's Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. "Growing up in the area and being around the Christmas tournament as a small child on up, my whole life, the teams you watch only win it so often," he said. "So it's such a great honor to win it. That was absolutely a special moment."...

Semoball to offer full coverage (12/26/07)
The Semoball Web site took high school basketball coverage to a higher level last winter during the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, providing recaps of each game with video and photo galleries. Readers can count on even more this year. Semoball will deliver the live, wall-to-wall coverage from the Show Me Center all four days of the tournament with game stories, video highlights, photo galleries, a bracket updated throughout the tournament and behind-the-scene interviews. ...

Tournament bracket (12/21/07)

Preview: Kelly Hawks (11) (12/21/07)

Preview: Woodland Cardinals (10) (12/21/07)

Preview: Leopold Wildcats (9) (12/21/07)

Preview: Oran Eagles (8) (12/21/07)

Preview: Cape Central Tigers (7) (12/21/07)

Preview: Scott City Rams (6) (12/21/07)

Preview: Notre Dame Bulldogs (5) (12/21/07)

Preview: Scott County Central Braves (4) (12/21/07)

Preview: Jackson Indians (3) (12/21/07)

Preview: Bell City Cubs (2) (12/21/07)

Preview: Charleston Bluejays (1) (12/21/07)

Preview: Delta Bobcats (16) (12/21/07)

Preview: Oak Ridge Bluejays (15) (12/21/07)

Preview: Meadow Heights Panthers (14) (12/21/07)

Preview: Advance Hornets (12) (12/21/07)

Preview: Chaffee Red Devils (13) (12/21/07)

Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament all-time championship game results (05/03/07)
All-time results in the championship game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament:

LAST YEAR: Bell City caps Cinderella run (12/31/06)
A championship game which garnered David and Goliath comparisons took its ending from the legendary story, as Class 1 Bell City knocked off Class 5 Jackson 84-76 on Saturday in the finals of the 62nd annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center...