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Tuesday night the Oran Eagles were minus the services of two of their starting five in Langdon Scheeter and Diesel Cato, but the rest of the team stepped up and pulled out a tough, late-season Scott-Mississippi Conference game on the road against Chaffee, winning 49-44...

Kamron Meese scored five of his game-high 41 points in overtime, and the Risco Tigers denied Bell City its first win of the season. Bell City (0-10) outscored the Tigers 18-14 in the fourth quarter to force overtime but lost 71-69 Thursday night at Bell City High School...

At the start of this month, the Cape Central boy’s basketball team was an inexperienced group floundering its way – unsuccessfully – through the SEMO Conference Tournament. The Tigers became the first top seed in that event to lose on opening night since the tournament had restarted back in 2006.

Oran made a seeming blowout loss to Jackson interesting midway through the final quarter, as the Eagles cut their deficit from 34-21 to 36-30 with a 9-2 run. However, the Indians regrouped, as Oran missed some critical shots and ultimately prevailed 46-35 in the fifth-place game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Wednesday at the Show Me Center.

The Delta Bobcats beat the Bell City Cubs 92-73 in the consolation semifinal round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. Evan Bartels scored a game high 37 points. Bartels said it was the best game he’s had all season...

The No. 16 seeded Bell City Cubs were eliminated from the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Tuesday after falling to the Delta Bobcats 92-73 in the consolation semifinal round at the Show Me Center. Bell City exits with two losses to Delta and top seeded Cape Central. The Cubs was given a bye in the quarterfinal round due to Scott City having to quarantine...

Cape Central opened the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament in resounding fashion, as the No. 1-seed Tigers got past No. 16-seed Bell City 106-12. Cape Central scored 37 points in the opening quarter and never looked back. The Tigers (1-2) got 21 points from senior Tyrome Huff and sophomore forward Cameron Williams each.

The COVID global pandemic is trying to force its way into the annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament but the tournament staff is adapting on the fly to keep the virus at bay. The No. 6-seed Kelly boy’s basketball team is currently under quarantine due to the virus through Saturday, which is the opening day of the vent at the Show Me Center. So to solve that dilemma, the Hawks (3-3) will now face No. 11-seed Meadow Heights (5-2) on Sunday AT Kelly High School at 3 p.m.

There are positive and negative aspects to trying to conduct a 16-team high school basketball tournament amid a global pandemic, which is resulting in over 2,200 deaths daily within the United States. However, the overwhelming encouraging factor is that the 76th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament will indeed take place.

The postseason for winter sports in Missouri will look different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSHSAA announced Friday. MSHSAA released district assignments for winter sports and also announced that it will modify some postseason activities due to concerns with the virus...

The only certainty throughout the sporting world in 2020 has been complete uncertainty, and the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament isn’t immune to that chaos.

ORAN, Mo. — Despite a slow start to Monday’s opener of the 65th Oran Invitational Tournament, the host and second-seeded Oran Eagles still managed to find its groove before halftime hit. With Bell City riding a 21-game losing streak, the Eagles would push that mark to 22, after an 84-36 drubbing of the Cubs at Oran High School...

The SCAA was a top-heavy league last season, but the coach of regular-season champion Bernie, Jason Long, expects a more balanced league this winter. Bernie won the team championship, going 7-0 in league play. Advance beat Dexter 69-64 in the regular season to finish 6-1, one game ahead of the Bearcats (5-2) in the league standings. The conference’s other five teams finished with losing records...

Bell City co-head coaches Matt Asher and Kenyon Wright have begun their mission of rebuilding the school’s boys basketball program. After the resignation of coach Dom Johnson last spring, Asher, the school district’s superintendent, made the decision to hire an assistant coach — Luke Bixler — who will be groomed to be the head coach in a year or two. ...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association is pushing back the announcement of class and district assignments for winter sports to Friday, December 11. District assignments and classifications were originally scheduled to be released Friday, November 13...

The stakes were as high as they could be for area athletes throughout Southeast Missouri last week, as they competed in various MSHSAA postseason competitions.

SIKESTON — Brackets for the 2020 SEMO Conference Girls Basketball Tournament and the 65th Oran Invitational Tournament are out. Sikeston earned the No. 5 seed in the SEMO Conference Tournament, while New Madrid County Central earned the No. 4 seed. Both face-off in a first-round matchup on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. All games are at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter...