Campbell

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

The annual Kennett High School Boys Basketball Shootout is slated for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Junior varsity squads square off Thursday with varsity teams battling it out Friday and Saturday. Games will last approximately 40 minutes. Each game will have two 16-minute halves with a running clock. The clock will stop the final two minutes of the game on dead balls unless a team is leading by 10 points or more in the final two minutes. Overtime is sudden death...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. Malden’s Tye Miller and Portageville’s Bub Lance are the Bootheel Conference Co-Players of the Year. Miller batted .462 with 22 hits, 44 stolen bases, and 43 RBIs this spring. Miller went 7-2 with 2.32 ERA on the mound. He struck out 62 and walked 33 in 54.1 innings pitched...

The all-region softball team has been released. Kennett freshman Kyra Jaco, Oran junior Kaylee Payne, Campbell senior Elizabeth Steward, Puxico senior Bailey Burns, Holcomb sophomore Bailey Cupples, and Malden sophomore Hailey Rojas were selected first-team all-region infielders...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden’s Hope Hartman is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Hartman hit .575 with six home runs and 47 RBIs. She also went 12-3 with a 4.20 ERA and struck out 68 in 73 2/3 innings pitched in the circle...

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...

BERNIE, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Campbell Camels beat the No. 6 seeded Holcomb Hornets 9-1 in the second Class 2, District 1 semifinal Monday at Bernie. Campbell enjoyed a 5-1 lead after four innings of play before adding its final four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning...

NAYLOR , Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets baseball team moved one step closer to the .500 mark with its fifth straight victory Monday afternoon. Holcomb improved to 7-8 as it outlasted Naylor 5-4. Holcomb jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. ...

MALDEN, Mo. — Down one run heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, the Portageville baseball team couldn’t find a way to get anything going off of Campbell’s Jacob Vines. Up until that frame, the Bulldogs only had one baserunner against the Campbell senior...

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...

MALDEN, Mo. - Top seeds are set to collide in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity baseball tournament following preliminary action Saturday at Malden High School. The No. 1 seeded Portageville Bulldogs will take on the No. 2 seeded Campbell Camels Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the title game at Malden...

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...

SENATH, Mo. - The Campbell Camels baseball team scored multiple runs in the first four innings on its way to a 12-5 road victory against the Senath-Hornersville Lions early Monday afternoon. Campbell (9-4) led 5-1 after one inning, 7-3 after two innings, 10-4 after three innings, and 12-5 after four innings...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The duo of Kile Adams and Connor Barham pitched a combined two-hitter on Wednesday, as the Portageville baseball team defeated Campbell 11-2. Adams went four innings and gave up two hits and two runs — one earned — with one strikeout and one walk...