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The 2018 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. 2018 Senath-Hornersville graduate Lathan Brooks, who has signed to play baseball at John. A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill., is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Brooks batted .459 with six home runs, 24 RBIs and 25 runs scored for the Lions. He also went 6-1 on the hill with a 1.70 ERA. Brooks struck out 83 in 37 innings of work...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden shortstop Lexi Campbell is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Campbell batted .530 with four home runs and 26 RBIs her senior season. She also went 3-0 in the circle with a 3.62 ERA in 19 1/3 innings pitched...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Going into the Class 3 District 1 tournament, Scott City baseball coach Jim May knew that his team hadn't been an offensive juggernaut; it would have to piece together what offense it could and put a pitcher on the mound that could make that stick. The approach worked to perfection in Saturday's semifinal, as the second-seeded Rams took advantage of the opportunities they had and let senior right-hander Bryan McNeely do the rest, as they eased past third-seeded Caruthersville 5-1 at Benny Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Missouri, and into the tournament title game Monday.. ...

Rylee Venable had a home run and four RBIs to lead the top-seeded Scott City softball team to a 13-3 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Advance in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Oran. Kaileigh Dirden was the winning pitcher and also doubled and drove in three runs for Scott City (16-3). She threw a complete game and allowed three earned runs with eight strikeouts and no walks...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

Caruthersville Tigers basketball standouts Lamonte Bell Jr. and Destine Russell are set to continue their basketball careers at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah. West Kentucky head Coach Michael Chumbler recently added the 2017 Tiger graduates to his roster...

The schedule has been released for the highly anticipated Bootheel Conference softball tournament. Weather permitting the eight-team event will take place Monday and Tuesday at Senath-Hornersville High School. Quarterfinals take place Monday. No. 1 seeded Malden plays No. ...

Three years ago, as Chase Urhahn was spending the spring of his senior year at Notre Dame Regional High School batting .421, setting a school record of 39 stolen bases, matching a school record of 42 runs scored, leading the Bulldogs to a Class 4 state title and being named the 2015 Semoball Awards Baseball Player of the Year, he had a thought in the back of his mind...