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DEXTER — The Dexter Bearcats boys basketball team continued its memorable week after a win over No. 1 Charleston with a 72-46 beating of visiting Malden Friday night. Cole Nichols blasted the Malden defense to the tune of 32 points while Truman Krapf added 12...

BLOOMFIELD — Admittedly, the history of Bloomfield girls basketball in recent years has not been synonymous with winning. According to the Missouri State High School Activities Association website, the Lady Wildcats had won only six total games from 2017 to 2022, which included the ominous two-year losing streak heading into this campaign...

PIEDMONT — The East Carter Lady Redbirds jumped out to a 22-point lead after the opening period and never looked back as they rolled to a 73-22 win over the Clearwater Lady Tigers Thursday night. East Carter (2-0) led 28-6 after the first quarter and extended its lead to 48-16 by halftime. The Lady Redbirds led 66-20 by the start of the fourth quarter...

This week's Holcomb Invitational Tournament is proving to be not just many players' first venture into varsity basketball, but it's also a test that will shed a glimpse into what the season might look like come February. Monday night brought about four games that all finished within a ten point margin and the tournament could be anyone's to claim...

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...

BLOOMFIELD — Well, well, what about those girls from Bloomfield? The Lady Wildcats ended a two-year streak of winless basketball by taking down Charleston 47-36 at home Friday night. Bloomfield (1-0) broke away from a 10-all first quarter and methodically pulled away for the win...

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...

The Dexter Bearcats boys cross country team finished second at the Class 3 District 1 championships Saturday at Arcadia Valley High School and is heading to state. Dexter finished just three points out of the top spot, losing to prohibitive favorite and defending state champions Herculaneum...

IRONTON — Arcadia Valley High School will be the place to be Saturday when cross country hopefuls race the final event that will determine which teams and what individuals could qualify for the 2022 state finals. Three districts — Class 1 District 1 (see separate story), Class 2 District 1 and Class 3 District 1 — will all race at Arcadia Valley High School. The top four teams go to state as a group while runners may qualify as individuals if they place in the top 30 of a respective race...

PUXICO – There have been moments throughout this volleyball season in which the Bloomfield High School squad could feel a sense of positivity, though those haven’t occurred in abundance.

It is a nice way to get the postseason volleyball tournaments started with a good-ole fashioned rematch — especially one that could offer some drama. Clearwater, who defeated Greenville in four competitive sets only recently, will get a chance to ward off the Lady Bears when the two square off in a 4-5 match at Saxony Lutheran 5 p.m. Thursday in Class 2 District 2 action...

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?

Meadow Heights defeated Crystal City 23-25, 25-18, 25-14, 25-17 on Thursday at Crystal City High School. Offensively, Meadow Heights was led by junior Cheyanne Tonjum with 12 kills and senior Ashley Allen with 31 assists. Defensively, the Panthers were led by junior Taylor Jones with 20 digs and senior Miranda Green with four blocks...

VAN BUREN — Kastin Cleaver led a pack of Bulldogs across the finish line as the host placed all five scoring runners in the top 10 Wednesday to win the Van Buren Scenic River Run at Big Spring. Cleaver, a sophomore, won the Small Schools Division race in 21 minutes, 42.8 seconds. Van Buren’s Kinsley Murphy placed fourth, Madison Mabry finished sixth followed by Adria Marvin while Ziah Been was 10th...

BLOOMFIELD, MO. — The Sikeston volleyball team won in straight sets at Bloomfield on Monday, Sep. 19, extending the Lady Bulldogs’ (5-7-1) current win streak to three games. Sikeston won with set scores of 25-15, 25-16, and 25-20 and was led by another standout performance from Shania Hodges. The senior middle hitter finished with 10 kills, three aces, an assist, and a block...