Advance

CHAFFEE, Mo. — For the first time since 2008, Kelly is the Lady Devils Invitational Champions. The Lady Hawks (3-1) avenged its lone blemish of the young season, winning a rematch against Woodland 47-38 on Thursday at Chaffee High School. ...

Scott City continues its winning ways with a 69-43 win over Advance in the first round of the Red Devil Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 2, in Chaffee, Mo. Gracie Karrenbrock led the Rams with 18 points. Ramsey Spinks scored 13 points for Scott City, who also made 9-of-14 from the free throw line...

For the second straight game, the Delta Ladycats scored over 100 points in a home game, this time in a 116-24 win over East Prairie on Thursday, Nov. 30, in Delta, Mo. Delta was led by Jade Berry, who scored 35 points including 32 in the first half alone. Mya Gillespie scored 17 points, followed by 16 points from Addison Nichols, Grace Ancell, and Presley Holweg. The Ladycats made nine shots from the three-point line and made 9-of-16 from the free-throw line...

ORAN, MO. — Cortavian Banks and Namarius Banks-Warren were the scoring equivalents of inflation, as they constantly made the scoreboard numbers rise in Scott County Central’s overtime win over Advance in the consolation bracket of the 68th Annual Oran Invitational Tournament...

The sheer size of Chaffee senior center Blake Yarbro casted a shadow over everyone in the paint. The big man scored a game high 25 points to lead the Red Devils to a 66-46 win over the Advance Hornets in the opening round of the Oran Invitational Tournament. on Monday, Nov. 27, in Oran, Mo...

The St. Vincent Indians began the 2023-24 season on a high note by defeating Advance on the road 55-32 on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in Advance, Mo. Three St. Vincent players scored in the double digits during the game. Rylee Robinson led the Indians with 12 points, followed by 11 points from Cailyn Prost and 10 from Haley Emmendorfer...

The Scott City girls basketball team’s quest for a third straight winning season began on Monday, Nov. 20, with a 61-44 win on the road over Advance. Lilyan Landis led the Rams with 17 points. Ramsey Spinks and Mackenzie Lawless each scored nine points...

When the 2023 Dexter High School volleyball program opened this past season by losing 6 of its initial 7 matches, the odds that the Bearcats would reach their 13th consecutive winning season didn’t appear to be great. However, first-year coach Haylee Orf got the team pointed in the right direction and guided it to 16 victories in its final 24 matches for a 17-14 season.