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PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Portageville’s Jauslyn Johnson earned a spot on the Class 2, District 1 All-District Second Team, and made the Bootheel All-Conference team last week. Johnson was the only Bulldog to earn a spot on the All-Conference team. Campbell swept the major awards for the conference. Gentry Vancil won Coach of the Year, while Anna Beth Vancil won Player of the Year...

The 2019 Tri-County Conference volleyball awards have been released. Clarkton senior Kayla Gentry is the 2019 Tri-County Conference Volleyball Player of the Year. Gentry finished with 36 ace serves, 188 digs, 22 assists, nine blocks, and 254 kills her senior season...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference volleyball awards have been released. Campbell junior Anna Beth Vancil is the 2019 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. “I’m very excited about being chosen for the award and honored that the other coaches selected me as Conference Player of the Year,” Anna Beth Vancil said. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates.”...

BLOOMFIELD — As the fourth seed, the Bloomfield volleyball team was one of only two in the seven-team district with a losing record. The Wildcats finished the MSHSAA Class 1 District 2 without dropping a set and claiming the title for a sixth straight year following a 25-23, 25-13 win over Campbell...

Class 2, District 1 at Malden The district championship is set at the Class 2, District 1 volleyball tournament following quarterfinal at semifinal action Monday. No. 2 seeded Twin Rivers will take on No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville in the title game Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Malden...

Volleyball squads throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin postseason play Monday. Holcomb, South Pemiscot, Southland, North Pemiscot, Hayti, Delta C-7, and Cooter are in Class 1, District 1 at Holcomb. Defending champion Holcomb has received the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye...

CLARKTON, Mo. - Clarkton Reindeer coach Amy Cowart believes her varsity volleyball squad can enjoy big-time success moving forward if they play well defensively and offensively at the same time. "We have a good offense with kids that can score and our defense has improved throughout the season,” Cowart said. ...

STEELE, Mo. - The Campbell Camels varsity volleyball team entered Thursday night’s Bootheel Conference Tournament title game against the Malden Green Wave wanting to limit the number of free balls it sent over the net. “We cannot send any free balls over the net against strong-hitting teams if we want to be successful,” Campbell coach Gentry Vancil said. ...

Parker Rhew was a hit this past week on and off the baseball diamond, as he easily won the Semoball.com Male Athlete of the Week honor.

STEELE, Mo. - The Campbell Camels and Malden Green Wave are set to collide in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity volleyball tournament for a third straight season after both squads collected semifinal wins Wednesday night. No. 1 seeded Campbell beat No. 4 seeded Caruthersville 25-8, 25-12 in the first varsity semifinal Wednesday night at South Pemiscot High School...

The brackets are set for the Bootheel Conference volleyball tournaments. The tournaments take place Oct. 15-17 at South Pemiscot High School. Varsity quarterfinals are on Oct. 15. No. 1 seeded Campbell has received a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Caruthersville plays No. ...

VOLLEYBALL: Campbell 2, Holcomb 0 The Campbell varsity volleyball team extending its winning streak to five games when it beat visiting Holcomb 25-22, 25-17 Thursday night. Campbell improves to 19-3-2 . Holcomb drops to 13-10-2. Campbell hosts North Pemiscot Friday...

BERNIE, Mo. - The third time proved to be the charm for the South Pemiscot Bulldogs baseball team against the Campbell Camels Thursday night. After suffering a 5-1 loss to Campbell on Sept. 16 and a 2-1 loss to the Camels on Oct. 1, South Pemiscot found a way to prevail in the third meeting between the two squads...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Midway into the second set Monday night the Campbell Camels' chances of finishing Bootheel Conference regular-season play perfect looked to be in serious jeopardy. The visiting Malden Green Wave jumped out to an 11-9 lead in the second set after winning the first set 25-16...

The championship is set at the Bernie baseball tournament following a dramatic finish in the second semifinal Tuesday night. No. 3 seeded Campbell tallied three runs in the seventh inning to force extra innings, and scored two more runs in the eighth frame to upset No. 2 seeded Bell City 7-5...

Kennett 2, NMCC 1 The Kennett varsity volleyball team outlasted New Madrid County Central 25-20, 23-25, 25-17 Monday. Kennett improved to 11-6-2 with the victory. Kennett also managed to win the junior varsity contest in three sets against New Madrid County Central 25-19, 20-25, 25-23...

BERNIE, Mo. - The favorite to win the Bernie Fall Baseball Tournament opened with a quarterfinal victory Saturday morning. The No. 1 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs scored in all five innings it battled as it run-ruled the No. 8 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions 11-1 in five innings in the first semifinal Saturday...

Campbell 2, Senath-Hornersville 0 CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell varsity volleyball team collected a straight-set 25-9, 25-11 win against the visiting Senath-Hornersville Lions Thursday night. Campbell (17-3-2) improves to 5-0 in Bootheel Conference regular-season play with the win. Campbell hosts Gideon Friday and hosts Malden in its final conference game Monday...

CLARK TON, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Cooter Wildcats are set to take on the No. 2 seeded Holcomb Hornets in the championship of the Tri-County Conference baseball tournament after both teams collected semifinal wins Tuesday at Clarkton. Cooter (21-1) beat No. 4 seeded Gideon 16-0 in its semifinal and Holcomb (13-5) beat No. 3 seeded Risco 9-5 in its semifinal Tuesday...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians junior varsity football team finished a defensive stop shy of walking away with a tie against the visiting Jackson Indians Monday night. Jackson completed a 60-yard touchdown with six seconds remaining to break a 26-all tie and secure a 32-26 victory at Kennettt...

GIDEON, Mo. - Gideon Bulldogs volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner had to make a few adjustments to her rotation before the start of bracket play on Saturday after her squad secured a first-place finish in pool play Friday night. “We had some injuries late on Friday,” Ashabranner said. ...

The Notre Dame tennis team won the SEMO Conference Tournament on Friday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on the strength of its doubles play. Both Bulldogs doubles teams won semifinal matches and will play for the title at date to be determined. Claire Bruenderman and Anna Grace Stroup defeated Dexter's Kyla Propst and Julianna Rivera 6-0, 6-2 in one semifinal, while Claire Southard and Megan Gullette rallied to defeat Cape Girardeau Central's Anita Kellum and Maria Seidu-Sofo 0-6, 6-2, 6-4...

Cooter 5, Oran 2 ORAN - The Cooter baseball team took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning on its way to a 5-2 road victory against OranTuesday. Cooter improved to (20-1) with the win. Cooter leadoff hitter Hayden Nazarenus finished 2 for 3 with a solo home run. Chris Crowder, Preston Hatch, and Luke Barnes also drove home a run for Cooter...

Top volleyball teams from the Missouri Bootheel are set to collide this weekend at the Gideon Invitational. Four of the 15 teams in the varsity tournament are enjoying winning records following play Monday. Host Gideon, which won the Gideon Invitational in 2018, is off to a 13-1-2 start. Its only loss this season is to Southern Reynolds (Ellington) in the championship of Dig for Life Classic Sept. 14...

Cooter 2, Holcomb 0 COOTER, Mo. - The Cooter Wildcats baseball team wrapped up the Tri-County Conference regular season championship by beating the visiting Holcomb Hornets 2-0 Thursday afternoon. Lane McLevain pitched an 83-pitch complete game shutout for Cooter.He allowed two hits, struck out two, and walked two...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett varsity girls tennis team suffered a 5-4 loss to the visiting Notre Dame Bulldogs Tuesday afternoon. Kennett, which suffered an 8-1 loss to Notre Dame two weeks ago, managed to win two singles and two doubles matches in the second head-to-head meeting with undefeated Notre Dame...

SIKESTON — After winning the first set 25-17 on Monday night, the Sikeston volleyball team looked to be well on its way to its first non-tournament victory of the season. However, the match turned to Campbell’s favor after the Camels defeated the Bulldogs 25-17 in the second and easily won the third 25-10...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell Camels baseball team scored all of its runs in the first two innings as it knocked off the previously unbeaten South Pemiscot Bulldogs 5-1 Monday afternoon. South Pemiscot took a brief 1-0 lead when Noah Willingham drove home a run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Gideon Bulldogs finished a win shy of taking home the top prize in the Black Division of the Dig for Life Challenge Saturday in Cape Girardeau. Gideon, which entered the tournament supporting a perfect 5-0 record, collected six wins, two ties, and suffered one loss at the two-day Dig for Life Challenge...

Sixty area volleyball teams took part in the Dig For Life Challenge Volleyball Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and Show Me Center Friday and Saturday.

Bailey Cupples of Holcomb and JD Burton of Neelyville were the Semoball Athletes of the Week in online fan voting that concluded Wednesday night. Cupples, the female winner, finished with 561 votes after finishing with 12 kills, three aces and one block in the Hornets' 25-13, 25-13 season-opening win over Southland on Friday...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Campbell Camels varsity volleyball team went back to the drawing board after dropping the first set to the Kennett Indians 25-20 Tuesday night. “We just had to start playing offense more,” Campbell volleyball coach Gentry Vancil said. “Once we changed things and ran our offense the whole game turned around.”...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...

Participation is sky-high for the Campbell Camels volleyball program coming off its strongest season in recent history last year. “We’ve got more than 20 out for volleyball this season,” Campbell fourth-year volleyball coach Gentry Vancil said. “Right now we are looking at nine playing on varsity and 12 on junior varsity. “We’ve got a lot to live up to because we’ve got a lot of good girls returning."...