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Six Semoball boys basketball teams and two Semoball girls basketball teams are ranked in the latest state rankings provided by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (14-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, is ranked No. 8 in the Class 1 boys poll...

The Bobcats held the Hornets to one point in the first quarter and never looked back as they picked up a 63-33 home victory.

The Blue Jays used a 20-9 third quarter to pull away from the Hornets and pick up the home victory.

ADVANCE, Mo. — Another strong night from Scott County Central senior Samantha Coffee lifted the Bravettes to a win over Advance on Thursday. Coffee had 17 points, on 6 of 13 shooting, and seven rebounds, as Scott County Central defeated Advance 46-35, at Advance High School...

After all of her teammates headed to the sideline with less than 2 minutes left before tipoff of the Advance Hornets’ recent girls basketball game against Oak Ridge, sophomore Alandry Below grabbed a teammate to rebound, as she shot a few free throws...

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly’s Alaney Moore scored her 1,000th career point Friday night in a 55-30 win over Advance. Moore finished with a game-high 29 points, including 17 fourth-quarter points as Kelly (7-6) pulled away in the final frame. Allison Owens added 16 for the Lady Hawks while Alandry Below led Advance (7-5) with 12 points...

DELTA — The third-year Advance girls basketball program is beginning to accumulate a list of accomplishments. The Hornets’ most recent achievement was a 55-32 win over Oak Ridge on Thursday in the consolation championship game of the Delta New Year’s Tournament...

Tied at 66 in the final minute of overtime, Oak Ridge forced Meadow Heights into four turnovers throughout the remainder of the game, as well as grabbed a pair of offensive boards to pull away for a 72-68 win in the consolation semifinal of the Delta New Year’s Tournament on Tuesday.

St. Vincent used a 16-7 second quarter advantage to eventually knock off Valle Catholic 58-40 in boy's basketball action in Ste. Genevieve. The Indians (9-2) continued their positive momentum into the second half and outscored the Warriors 29-21. Three St. Vincent players were in double figures led by Shawn Koishor and Colby Hager with 14, while Garrett Dobbelare notched 11...

There is no rest for the weary in the case of the Notre Dame boy’s basketball squad.

In several ways, the Notre Dame boy’s basketball squad defied logic in its victory over Cape Girardeau Central Saturday in the semifinals of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. Of the 22 games that had been played through three days of the event, not a single lower-seeded team had prevailed until the Bulldogs demolished the Tigers 70-54.

Advance took a nine-point lead into the final quarter of its consolation bracket championship game with Kelly Monday in the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center. However, it almost wasn’t enough, as the Hornets had to overcome some late turnovers and missed shots to hold on and beat the Hawks 60-55...

Advance boy’s basketball coach Dennis “Bubba” Wheetley has appeared to be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to the postgame assessment of his team.

Kelly jumped on Meadow Heights right from the opening tip to start the third day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center. The Hawks (8-4) outscored the Panthers 14-3 in the opening quarter and cruised to a 52-37 win in the consolation semifinal...

The No. 7-seed Oak Ridge boy’s basketball squad defied logic in its 79-63 win over No. 10-seed Advance in the opening round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center.

The second round of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament got underway Friday with four games in the consolation bracket and four in the championship bracket.

Over the next five days (no games on Sunday) there will be 26 high school basketball games played at the Show Me Center as part of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.