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EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — It's the end of a long run. For the first time in nine years, the East Prairie football program will look for a new head coach. Current head coach Chad Jamerson accepted a new position at Cape Central and will coach under Kent Gibbs starting in 2021...

CAMPBELL – Blake Fowler grabbed a steal with 3 seconds left and the game tied. As he reached for the loose ball, he looked over his shoulder at the near clock. Then he turned upcourt. The fleet-footed Camel looked at the far-end as he took his first dribble...

THAYER, Mo. — Clicking on all cylinders from the opening tip is what Charleston wanted in its Class 3 sectional matchup against Thayer on Tuesday night. "We wanted to come in here and jump on them," Charleston head coach Jamarcus Williams said. "We knew that with them having home-court advantage was going to be a big factor. So, we wanted to create some space and keep some space, but when you're playing a team like this, obviously, they will go on runs and keep the game close.”...

CEDAR HILL – There are few things in athletic completion that capsulate the emotion of victory quite like winning the match that punches the ticket into the state tournament. Poplar Bluff’s Gavin Hicks placed third in the 126-pound weight class in the Class 4 Section 1 Tournament on Saturday at Northwest High School. The sophomore reached his first state tournament...

NEW MADRID, Mo – It didn’t take New Madrid County Central long to impose their will on Kelly Tuesday in the Class 4, District 1 Tournament semifinals. Forcing eight turnovers in the first quarter alone, the top-seeded Eagles never let the fourth-seeded Hawks get in a rhythm offensive as they rolled to a 72-44 win that puts them in the district title game for the second straight year...

BENTON, Mo. — A decisive third quarter would be the difference between a win and a loss for Kelly on Saturday against Kennett. Ahead 25-23 at halftime, the Hawks caught fire instantly to start the period in their 59-48 win. They erupted for 25 points, thanks to a 19-2 run, to hold a comfortable 14-point advantage heading into the final quarter in the quarterfinals of the Class 4 District 1 Tournament at Thomas W. Kelly High School in Benton...

There has been a recurring theme of disrespect surrounding the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program from the start of the 2020-21 season and it continues to this day, as the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament gets underway in Evansville, Ind.

ELLINGTON — The Whippets crashed the boards to crash Holcomb’s first-ever playoff appearance Wednesday night. Ellington got 12 second-chance points, led by a double-double from Gretchen Hackworth and nine rebounds from sophomore sub Ella Morton, as the host beat the Hornets 58-49 in the MSHSAA Class 2 sectional playoff...

DELTA - It took a massive second-half rally and a couple of clutch shots but the Delta Bobcats boys basketball squad found a way to eliminate the Gideon Bulldogs from postseason play Tuesday night. Delta rallied from a 72-57 deficit in the final six minutes of regulation to force overtime and hit a free throw with one second left in the extra session to edge Gideon 89-88 in a Class 1 sectional at Delta High School...

ZALMA – With the game, and its season, hanging in the balance for Leopold’s boy’s basketball squad, junior point guard Caleb Schaab found himself in the paint with a Delta player driving hard toward the basket.

There has been a recurring theme of disrespect surrounding the Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball program from the start of the 2020-21 season and it continues to this day, as the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament gets underway in Evansville, Ind.

CAMPBELL – Blake Fowler grabbed a steal with 3 seconds left and the game tied. As he reached for the loose ball, he looked over his shoulder at the near clock. Then he turned upcourt. The fleet-footed Camel looked at the far-end as he took his first dribble...

The perception of No. 21-ranked Southeast Missouri State football was pretty impressive even before its opening game of the spring schedule even kicked off on Sunday at Eastern Illinois. Last October, the Redhawks, who had only practiced nine times leading up to the game, battled Southern Illinois on the road to the final gun before losing 20-17.

STE. GENEVIEVE - In the spring of 2019 a sophomore-heavy Campbell boys basketball squad took a field trip to Missouri State University in Springfield to watch the state final four after it was eliminated from the playoffs. “We’ve been talking about playing at the state tournament since our sophomore season when coach took us to watch the final four in Springfield,” Campbell senior Joey Barnett said. “We talked about how we could get there one day.”...

Woodland girls head basketball coach Paul Lynch can attest just how the game of basketball can be a "tale of two halves". The Cardinal's first half of the year started fairly dismal, as they carried a 3-5 record into the Christmas break. From that point on, they went 11-3, winning nine games in a row, and have now found themselves raising the district championship trophy, as they defeated Scott City Thursday, 66-48, behind four players scoring in double figures...

Southeast Missouri State followed its biggest win of the season on Tuesday with an even bigger win on Saturday by defeating Eastern Kentucky 94-72 at the Show Me Center. It was the highest scoring output by the Redhawks (9-14, 7-10 Ohio Valley Conference) all season. SEMO made 35-of-60 shots from the floor including 14-of-15 from the 3-point line...

When the calendar turned recently into the month of February, longtime baseball coach Mark Hogan could feel himself starting to get anxious for the game he has centered his entire life around.