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BENTON, Mo. — It was a great day to be a Dexter Bearcat and Lady Bearcat. Both the Dexter boys and girls track teams earned first-place honors at the Johnny Merrick Invitational at Thomas W. Kelly High School, Thursday, in Benton. On the boys' side, Dexter edged Scott City by two points, 105-103. Kennett finished in third with 86 points...

The Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association released its first state rankings for the 2021 season earlier this week. Oran and Kennett are favored to win state titles in their respective classes. Oran is ranked No. 1 in Class 1 and Kennett is ranked No. 1 in Class 4...

Junior center fielder Riley Massa recorded a game-high five RBIs en route to leading her Woodland Cardinals past Valle Catholic Thursday, 15-4, in five innings.

Following a year of missing out on gathering with friends and family due to the COVID pandemic, everyone, including sports fans, is anxious to spend time with those closest to us once again.

Bell City scored two runs in the first inning, and three more runs in the second inning to take an early lead, but lengthened that lead in the bottom of the fifth, scoring eight runs, to put the game away Monday, winning 14-4 at home. Nate Stone recorded three hits in three at-bats, one of those being the long ball variety, as the senior drove in a run and scored four runs, leading the Cubs (2-1) offensively...

Saxony Lutheran earned their second win of the season Wednesday, defeating Meadow Heights, 7-3.

The Bell City Cubs opened their 2021 Baseball campaign with a lopsided home win Monday, beating Leopold, 10-0. The story of the game was the pitching of Bell City starter Austin Hunt, who totally shut down the Wildcats offense, limiting them to just three hits the entire six-inning contest...

ZALMA – With the game, and its season, hanging in the balance for Leopold’s boy’s basketball squad, junior point guard Caleb Schaab found himself in the paint with a Delta player driving hard toward the basket.

High School boys and girls basketball district tournaments are finally upon us. Fans, players, and coaches have had to endure a strange, but sometimes fun, basketball season, which was filled with many postponements and/or cancellations due to Covid-19, as well as the weather. However, we can say that the 2020-2021 season has been one of the more entertaining ones in recent years.

The seedings have been released for the Class 1-3 boys and girls district basketball tournaments. Postseason play begins Feb. 20 for schools in Class 1-3. Higher seeds are slated to host quarterfinals and semifinals. Some districts will also have the highest remaining seed host their district championship. Other districts have elected to designate a neutral host site for their district final...

The Clarkton Reindeer closed out conference play by beating the visiting Southland Rebels 63-32 Friday. Clarkton (12-8) led 18-10 after one quarter, 36-15 at halftime, and 59-25 at the end of the third quarter. Izaya Gorman tallied all but two of his team-high 18 points for Clarkton in the first half. Kade Coleman and Caleb Underwood also finished in double digits with 14 and 13 points respectively for the Reindeer...

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...