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The Scott-Mississippi All-Conference softball team has been released, with East Prairie senior shortstop Tori Stinnett and Scott County coach Tim Carlisle topping the list as the conference player and coach of the year. Stinnett led the Lady Eagles to a 16-8 overall record and conference title and finished the season with a remarkable .645 batting average with 49 total hits including 17 doubles, three triples and eight home runs. ...

Despite the best efforts of Advance in a battle against top-seeded Chaffee, the Red Devils and two-way threat Levi McKinnie proved far too much for the Hornets as Chaffee moved on to the championship game of the Class 2 District 3 tournament with a 7-1 victory...

There are a lot of words to describe Carroll Cookson. He was a son, a father, a brother, a grandfather and a mentor — but to many, he was just coach. Cookson died on Monday at the age of 88, but his impact on basketball in the Bootheel is something that will go on forever...