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Host sites are set for most district tournaments if spring sports resume in Missouri. Missouri high schools remain out of session and all springs sports activities and practices are currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indiana High School Athletics Association canceled spring sports in Indiana Thursday due to the VOVID-19 pandemic...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association issued an update regarding the status of spring sports amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. “While schools across the state are determining the best course of action during this unprecedented time, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) office staff continues to prepare for Spring Championships,” MSHSAA said in a press release. ...

The preseason Missouri high school baseball state rankings were released Wednesday by the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association. Six baseball teams from the semoball.com coverage area are state-ranked. Cooter, which placed third in Class 1 last spring and finished 22-1 in its fall campaign, is ranked No. ...

A slew of basketball players from the Missouri Bootheel have been named to all-district teams. Listed below are the boys and girls all-district basketball teams for Class 1, District 1; Class 2, District 1; and Class 3, District 1. Class 1, District 1 All-District Team...

The 2020 Bootheel Conference Boys Basketball Awards have been released. Campbell junior Blake Fowler has been selected all-conference and Bootheel Conference Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Fowler averaged 27 points, three rebounds, four assists, and three steals per game. He shot 82 percent from the free-throw line, made 64 percent of his 2-point shots, and knocked down 39 percent of his 3-pointers...

Spring sports for Missouri high schools will start as planned next week, MSHSAA announced Friday after releasing district assignments. "We re monitoring what is happening from the Missouri Department of Health, the Governor's Office, and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education," MSHSAA said in a statement Friday...

The Campbell Camels baseball program enters the 2020 season with the luxury of having a surplus of upperclassmen on its roster. Campbell has eight juniors, one senior, two sophomores, and two freshmen out for high school baseball. “We’ve got everyone back from last year with the exception of Ben Barnett who graduated,” Campbell coach Joe Campbell said. “We’ve got the same players but hopefully they’ve gotten a little bit bigger and a little bit stronger since last year.”...

Good Sports is a column appearing weekly in the Southeast Missourian and Semoball.com. The purpose is to get to know the people who impact the sporting life of our region in a more complete way. Responses have been edited for clarity and brevity. Today: Chris Hahn, 30, head coach, Delta Bobcats boys basketball. ...

The 2020 Bootheel Conference Girls Basketball Awards have been released. Hayti sophomore Amiya Johnson has been selected all-conference and Bootheel Conference Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Johnson averaged 34 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, and six steals per game as a sophomore...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Neelyville never trailed to get itself one win away from another district title. The Tigers put of numbers in bunches with its relentless press and went on to win (xx-xx) in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinals Tuesday in Campbell...

St. Vincent (19-6) will advance to semi-final action in Class 2, District 3 at Bloomfield after a forty-point blowout over Puxico (8-16).

Five boys basketball teams and two girls basketball teams from the Semoball.com coverage area are ranked in the final regular-season state poll released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (21-5), which is the No. 1 seed in Class 1, District 2, drops two spots to No. 9 in the Class 1 boys poll...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell Camels varsity boys basketball team closed out its regular season on a high note Thursday night. Campbell became only the third squad this season to hold the visiting Gideon Bulldogs to less than 40 points. The defensive success helped Campbell snap Gideon’s 16-game winning streak as it collected a 53-39 home victory...

The Kelly Hawks trailed at halftime, but outscored Delta 22-5 in the third quarter to edge out the Bobcats 76-66 to pick up the home win in both teams regular season finale.

After a tight first quarter in which Notre Dame lead 13-12 after the buzzer the Bulldogs would outscore Carbondale (Ill.) 40-24 over the next three quarters pulling out 53-36 victory on the road. Notre Dame would hold the Terriers to just two points in the final period.

Oran (20-4) gained a victory from St. Vincent (15-5) on Wednesday. The Indians ended the first quarter in the lead, but the Eagles stepped up and nearly evened the score by halftime (23-24). Oran ended only six points ahead (57-51) Langdon Scheeter scored 15 points for Oran, including a 3-pointer...

The postseason for MSHSAA basketball is nearing and the seedings and schedule for District play throughout Southeast Missouri were recently set.

Six boys basketball teams and three girls basketball teams from the Semoball.com coverage area are ranked in the latest state poll released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Thursday. Delta (19-4), which has won nine of its last 10, drops a spot to No. 7 in the Class 1 boys poll...

PUXICO, Mo. - Campbell senior Gabrielle Nielson reached a scoring milestone in Monday’s night’s varsity girls basketball game against Puxico. Nielson, who scored a game-high 33 points, tallied the 1,000th point of her varsity girls basketball career. She received a ball for achieving the feat at the game...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The points keep piling up for Campbell Camels junior Blake Fowler. The standout guard scored the 1,500th point of his varsity boys basketball career in a home game against East Prairie Thursday night. Campbell improved to 15-5 as it beat East Prairie 68-35...

Gabby Nielson scored a game-high 33 points for the Campbell Camels (6-13) and outscored the Puxico Indians (0-16) by herself as the Camels picked up a 61-25 road victory on Monday.

Six boys basketball teams and two girls basketball teams from the Semoball.com coverage area are ranked in the latest state poll released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta, which had won nine straight as it beat Oak Ridge 105-86 in the semifinal of the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament Friday, remains No. 6 in the Class 1 boys state poll. Oak Ridge (12-9) moves into the rankings at No. 10 in the Class 1 boys state poll...

STEELE, Mo. - Time after time the Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball squad has displayed the ability to hold its own against Bootheel Conference opponents. “We lost to Campbell by four, South Pemiscot by four, and Hayti by five,” Senath-Hornersville coach Corbin Clark said. “We’ve been right there with what we feel are some of the best teams in the conference in recent weeks. We came up just short against several teams on our regular-season conference schedule.”...

STEELE, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball squad continues to find ways to get the job done in the 2020 portion of its schedule. Such was the case again Saturday afternoon when No. 4 seeded Malden beat the No. 5 seeded Portageville Bulldogs 60-55 in a quarterfinal of the Bootheel Conference for its sixth win in its last eight games...

Addie Cates led St. Vincent (9-8) to dominating 52-8 victory scoring 13 points (including two 3-pointers) against Crystal City (3-12) on Wednesday.

Oak Ridge had to overcome a lot in its 61-60 boy’s basketball home victory over Oran Tuesday, not the least of which was a very strong Eagle team.

The Holcomb Hornets varsity girls basketball team established high exceptions for itself before the start of the 2019-20 season. “We sat down and wrote down a bunch of goals we wanted to achieve before the season started,” Holcomb coach Alexa Stockton said. “We’ve achieved some of our goals and not achieved others. But one of our goals was to win the regular-season Bootheel Conference championship.”...

Seven boys basketball teams and two girls basketball teams from the Semoball coverage area are ranked in the latest state poll released Wednesday by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (16-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, has moved up two spots to No. 6 in the Class 1 boys poll...

The Hayti Indians and Campbell Camels varsity boys basketball teams will share the Bootheel Conference regular-season title after both squads won their conference finale Tuesday night. Hayti beat Portageville 74-56 and Campbell edged Senath-Hornersville 43-39 Tuesday. ...

The Bobcats put up a whopping 92 points in the first half, which tied a MSHSAA record, on the way to a 132-61 home win over the Tigers.

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity girls basketball team locked up the No. 2 seed in next week’s Bootheel Conference Tournament with its sixth straight conference victory Monday night. Malden made 22 of 32 free-throw attempts as it beat the Campbell Camels 47-42...

The Advance Hornets outscored the Meadow Heights Panthers 33-13 in the second half en route to a 49-37 come-from-behind home victory.

Scott County (11-2) got a victory at Scott City (7-7) on Thursday.

Six Semoball boys basketball teams and two Semoball girls basketball teams are ranked in the latest state rankings provided by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (14-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, is ranked No. 8 in the Class 1 boys poll...

The Bobcats held the Hornets to one point in the first quarter and never looked back as they picked up a 63-33 home victory.

Hayti 61, Campbell 56 HAYTI, Mo. - The Hayti Indians varsity boys basketball team snapped the Campbell Camels’ eight-game winning streak with a 61-56 home win Friday night. Campbell led 18-10 after one quarter, Hayti led 25-24 at halftime, and things were tied at 43-all at the end of the third quarter before Hayti won the fourth quarter 18-13...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets varsity girls basketball team improved to 4-0 in Bootheel Conference play as it beat the Campbell Camels 45-35 Thursday. Holcomb built a 24-11 lead by halftime and led throughout the second half. Bailey Cupples paced Holcomb with 15 points...

Risco 63, Clarkton 52 CLARKTON, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team built a 29-14 lead by halftime on its way to a 63-52 road win against the Clarkton Reindeer Tuesday night. Evan Pipkin hit four of the Tigers’ five treys on his way to a team-high 20 points. Andrew Rodgers added 18 points. Kamron Meese and Hayden Ludwig both scored nine points for Risco...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Opening up strong, the East Prairie boys basketball team outscored Scott County Central 21-9 in the opening period, en route to a 66-44 win over the Braves on Tuesday night. Harrison Moore led all scorers with 20 points. Jase Aycock and Jack Scruggs each had 11 for the Eagles, while Evan Howell and Hayden Ellis had seven...

-Hornersville 65, Clarkton 63 SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville varsity boys basketball team rallied from 10 down at the start of the fourth quarter to beat the visiting Clarkton Reindeer 65-63 Monday. Parker Rhew, who finished with 18 points, hit a 2-point shot at the buzzer to secure the victory...

Malden 46, South Pemiscot 44 MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team rallied from three down in the fourth quarter to edge the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 46-44 Friday night. South Pemiscot lead 12-11 after one quarter before Malden tied things up at 21-all by halftime. South Pemiscot moved back ahead 38-33 by the end of the third quarter before Malden rallied for a win...

RISCO, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team built a 24-11 by the end of the first quarter on its way past the visiting Bell City Cubs 92-55 Thursday night. Four Risco players recorded at least 18 points. Andrew Rodgers tallied a team-high 26 points, Evan Pipkin added 22 points, Hayden Ludwig put up 19 points, and Kamron Meese scored 18 points for the Tigers...

Risco 57, South Pemiscot 51 STEELE, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team won the final eight minutes of regulation by nine points as it rallied past South Pemiscot 57-51 Tuesday. South Pemiscot led 15-12 after one quarter, Risco led 29-25 at halftime, and South Pemiscot led 43-30 at the end of the third quarter of the see-saw battle...