Bell City

Chaffee boys basketball began its season on Tuesday night with a 73-58 loss to Richland in the opening round of the Oran Invitational Tournament, while Scott County Central scored 72 to push past Bell City in a 72-47 win for a first-round victory. In the first game, Chaffee’s Blake Yarbro led the Red Devils with 20 points in a losing effort. ...

ORAN, Mo. — Kelly opened the season with smothering defense and a lethal offensive attack, obliterating Bell City 95-42 in the opening round of the Oran Tournament on Monday, Nov. 28. The second-seeded Hawks (2-0) led from start to finish and were never seriously threatened by the seventh-seeded Cubs (0-1)...

Meadow Heights (2-0) used a fourth-quarter surge to get by Bismarck (0-1) at home on Tuesday night, winning by eight at 55-47. Junior Rachael Hellebusch’s game-high 20 points led Meadow Heights on Tuesday, followed by freshman Jaycee Shelton’s 18. Meadow Heights next hosts Charleston at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30...

BELL CITY – Luke Bixler is only 28 years old, however, the first-year boy’s basketball coach at Bell City High School has been preparing for this moment for a looooong time.

Delta took down Chaffee in a season-opening game for both teams in Delta, winning by 76 points at 97-21. Junior Addison Nichols led the Bobcats with 26 points, making six 3-pointers in the win. Sophomore Olivia Wagoner’s 19 points for Delta paced Nichols. Junior Ayne’ Held led Chaffee with 13 points in the loss...

BELL CITY – It’s little secret to anyone in Bell City that the boy’s basketball program has struggled in recent seasons.

Districts for winter sports were released on Friday morning, with New Madrid County Central dropping to Class 3 for the 2022-23 season. NMCC finished third in Class 4 last season and return juniors Jadis Jones and AJ Ruff while junior BJ Williamson also returns after missing last season...

BELL CITY, Mo. — In a back-and-forth match that featured two evenly matched teams, it was the Advance Hornets who came away with the Class 1, District 3 championship, defeating Bell City 28-26, 25-20, 25-18 in Bell City Tuesday night. “That’s the way a district championship should be, is two really good teams just battling it out,” said Advance coach Erin Hoffman. “And Bell City is a very talented team.”...

BELL CITY — The Bell City Cubs clinched their spot in the Class 1 District 3 championship game with a 3-1 win over the Leopold on Monday night at Bell City High School. All three of the Cubs’ match wins came by the score of 25-19, but all featured slow starts...

PUXICO – Without question, top-seed Dexter is the favorite to win this year’s SCAA Volleyball Tournament, which is being played this week at Puxico High School. However, currently, there is no hotter team entering today’s semifinals than No. 2-seed Bell City (23-2-1), which has won eight consecutive matches, and the healthy return of junior Maddie Asher is a BIG reason as to why.

The Stoddard County Athletic Association Volleyball Tournament was a lot less chaotic when fans could just assume Advance (titles in 2018, 2019, and 2020) was going to win the event, and the only questions remaining were how was every other team going to fare?

Bell City (17-2-1) hosted Woodland (5-12-1) on Tuesday and took down the Cardinals in four sets, winning the second, third and fourth sets at 25-17, 25-14 and 25-15. Woodland took the first set with a 25-21 win. Senior Caroline Rhodes and sophomore Mallary Barks led in kills with 11 each, while junior Rhodie Long’s 27 assists led Woodland’s offense. Senior Hailey Brotherton’s 18 digs led the Cardinals...

Oran (10-2) jumped on Woodland (9-2) early at home with eight runs in the first two innings to cruise to an 11-0 five-inning win. The Eagles finished with just five hits as a team. Sophomore Parker Bryant’s three RBIs on one hit led Oran, while the tandem of junior Gabriel Dirnberger and senior Nick Massey combined for five innings pitched, allowing just one hit, one walk and nine strikeouts...

Ste. Genevieve (11-2-2) ended Saxony Lutheran’s (13-1-1) unbeaten streak at 14 games with a five-set win on Tuesday in Fruitland. The Crusaders took both even sets at 26-24 and 25-22, while Ste. Genevieve took the odds at 25-20, 25-21 and 15-8 to knock off Saxony Lutheran...

Bell City volleyball notched its 14th victory in 16 matches on Monday with a very competitive 25-22, 25-21, 25-14 win over Puxico in Bell City. The Cubs’ 14-1-1 start is its best in over 13 seasons, which is as far back as MSHSAA has records for the program, and the Cubs’ are doing this on the foundation laid by a talented junior class of seven players who are leading the program.

Bell City baseball (5-4) completed a come-from-behind victory over the Leopold Wildcats (2-5) at home on Monday, bringing home three runs in the sixth inning to ice the ‘Cats. The Cubs scored nine runs through the first three innings, but Leopold’s six-run fourth inning tied the game at 9-9...

Oran baseball had its way as the Eagles traveled to Bell City, scoring 16 and dominating the Cubs in a five-inning effort, eventually winning 16-2. Fueled by a nine-run fourth inning, Oran’s offense received multi-hit nights from four different batters, while senior Luke Peterson’s four RBIs led the Eagles for the game with two hits, one of which went for a home run...

Saxony Lutheran beat Farmington on Saturday to win the Red Division Gold Bracket championship in the 2022 Saint Francis Healthcare Dig For Life Challenge. The Crusaders swept both Northwestern (26-24, 25-17) and Farmington (25-19, 25-18) to claim the title...