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BERNIE, Mo. - The state-ranked Portageville Bulldogs experienced little difficulty securing the Class 2, District 1 baseball championship Tuesday at Bernie High School. A couple of hours after beating the No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 15-0 in four innings in its district semifinal Tuesday afternoon No. 1 seeded Portageville cruised past the No. 3 seeded Campbell Camels 19-3 in three innings in its district title game Tuesday evening...

ADVANCE, Mo. — The Charleston baseball team rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Advance Hornets 5-4 Monday night at Westfield Park in Advance. The Blue Jays (3-13) scored one run in the sixth and three in the top of the seventh. Stephen Willis picked up the win, allowing one run — none earned — on one hit with two strikeouts and no walks in 1 1/3 innings...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — East Prairie scored nine runs over a two-inning stretch, to defeat Bernie 10-6 at East Prairie on Tuesday. Carson Aycock doubled, scoring two runs, while Lane Moody added a single to score two as well. Jack Scruggs also added a double in his own right, which scored two more runs in the frame...

ADVANCE, Mo. — The Charleston baseball team rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Advance Hornets 5-4 Monday night at Westfield Park in Advance. The Blue Jays (3-13) scored one run in the sixth and three in the top of the seventh. Stephen Willis picked up the win, allowing one run — none earned — on one hit with two strikeouts and no walks in 1 1/3 innings...

CAMDENTON, Mo. — Jade Davis scored the only goal for the Sikeston girls soccer team on Friday, as the Lady Bulldogs fell to Camdenton 2-1 in the Camdenton Lady Lakers Invitational Tournament. BASEBALL Kelly 18, St. Paul Lutheran 8 NEELYVILLE, Mo. — The Kelly baseball team drilled St. Paul Lutheran in the Neelyville Invitational Tournament on Friday...

The Advance baseball team broke a tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 6-4 win over Bernie to claim the Stoddard County Activities Association championship on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Layton Keith got the win in relief for the Hornets (11-3), giving up one run in 3 1/3 innings while Noah Sauceda had a team-high three hits...

The Malden baseball tournament is slated to conclude Monday. The nine-team tournament was originally scheduled to conclude on Saturday but was postponed until Monday due to the potential for rain on Saturday. Bernie, Malden, and Portageville will compete in the Golden Pool Monday after winning their respective pool Friday...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave’s quest for a repeat championship at its own nine-team baseball tournament started off on the right foot Friday afternoon. Malden received a complete-game outing from right-hander Griffin Riley as it outlasted Neelyville 7-2 in its first pool play game...

ANNA, Ill. — Sikeston scored at will on Friday, in the opening round of the Fralish Cup at Bleyer Field in Anna, Ill. The Lady Bulldogs defeated host-Anna 7-2. Karris Allen, Kelsie Anderson, Megan Witt, Chelsie Moore, and Jordi James all netted goals for Sikeston (4-5). Allen, Megan Witt, Anderson, and Moore all contributed with assists as well...

MALDEN, Mo. — Two weeks ago, Portageville and Doniphan matched up with Alabama-commit Jacob Eddington taking the mound for the Dons. He proceeded to strike out 14 Bulldogs over his six innings of work, in their 11-9 win. Fast forward to Friday, and Portageville got even, defeating Doniphan 11-2 in the first day of the Malden Invitational...

KENNETT, Mo. — Sikeston finished in second place in both girls and boys’ team events at the Kennett Invitational on Tuesday. The girls lost to Caruthersville, 133-98, while the boys fell to Kennett 176-106. In the high jump for the girls, TK Freeman finished second, while Tyenia Stevens finished third — both with jumps of 4-10...

Holcomb 4, Bernie 2 BERNIE, Mo. - A day after beating top-ranked Scott City, the Mules softball team fell victim to undefeated Holcomb on Tuesday at Bernie. Bailey Cupples hit a three-run homer in the top of the third to give Holcomb 3-1 lead. The Hornets (13-0) hung on to beat Bernie 4-2...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — New Madrid County Central held on to a 2-1 lead through four innings of play. The late innings, though, came to back to bite the Eagles as Scott city scored 11 unanswered runs to run away with a 12-3 win over NMCC. John Michael Stanley and Caden Howell each had impressive days for the Eagles. Stanley went 2-for-3, while Howell went 2-for-4...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Kennett softball team fell to a pair of state-ranked teams Saturday at the Swing Pink Tournament at Bernie. Kennett was tied with No. 3 ranked Potosi 3-3 after three innings of play but eventually suffered an 11-5 loss in its first game Saturday...

ANNA, Ill. — Kelsie Anderson, Chelsie Moore, and Karris Allen all scored goals for the Sikeston girls soccer team on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs defeated Anna-Jonesboro on the road, 3-0, earning their second shutout of the season and limiting Anna-Jonesboro to one shot...

The Jackson boys tennis team won a dual match for the first time in school history, winning five singles and one doubles match to defeat Poplar Bluff on Tuesday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. This is the second year Jackson (1-1, 1-1 SEMO Conference) has had a boys tennis team. Poplar Bluff dropped to 1-2, 0-2 in conference...

BENTON, Mo. — Sophomore Jordi James scored the first two goals of her varsity career on Wednesday, as the Sikeston girls soccer team upended Kelly 3-2. Emily Boyd also scored on a penalty kick goal, while Audrey Vogel and Jade Davis finished with assists...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — A scoreless game until the fourth inning, the Sikeston baseball team battled with Francis-Howell at Francis-Howell High School, in St. Charles, Mo., on Monday. A pair of runs crossed the plate for the Vikings, though, in the frame, and an additional four came across in the following inning, as Francis-Howell defeated the Bulldogs 6-0 in the first day of the 23rd Annual St. Louis Midwest Classic...

BENTON, Mo. — Bryce Phelps led the Kelly baseball team to a 4-3 comeback win on Friday. Phelps got the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh, as the Hawks erased a four-run deficit in two innings of work. After pitching lights out through five, East Prairie’s Carson Aycock struggled to finish the game. He went 6 1/3 innings, giving up seven hits on four earned runs and eight strikeouts...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — After a tough home loss to Sikeston one day ago, the New Madrid County Central baseball team returned home to face Caruthersville on Tuesday. The result was different in this one, as the Eagles beat the Tigers 12-1 in five innings...

Tanner Walton carded a one-under-par 34 to earn medalist honors as the Jackson boys golf team opened its season with a win over Notre Dame and Cape Girardeau Central on Tuesday at Kimbeland Country Club. Case Engelhart followed up with an even-par 35 for Jackson, which finished 32 strokes ahead of the Bulldogs for the victory...

MEADOW HEIGHTS, Mo. — Kade Lindgren touched base three of his four times at bat as the Panthers rallied in the final inning but could not overcome a seven-run deficit to fall to the undefeated Eagles on the road. Trae Davis pitched 3 1/3 innings to be marked with the loss for Meadow Heights (0-4). He gave up nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits, walked three batters and struck out one...