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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. ...

SIKESTON — Multiple Standard-Democrat area basketball players earned spots on their respective All-District teams recently. Sikeston seniors Payton Howard and Clark Steward both made the team for Class 4, District 1. Senior Taydrianna Barnett and sophomore Karris Allen both made it on the girls’ side as well...

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 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...

KENNETT, Mo. - Charleston varsity boys basketball coach Danny Farmer doesn’t count the wins and losses. But he loves winning. “I just go play and try to win,” Farmer said. “I don’t keep up with the numbers. I just love to coach and love to win.” Farmer won again Tuesday night. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team played well from the tipoff and scored 31 points in the first half in its matchup against the No. 6 seeded Caruthersville Tigers on Saturday. Host Kennett rode its lead past Caruthersville to a 49-30 victory in a Class 3, District 1 quarterfinal...

KENNETT, Mo. - The No. 4 seeded Caruthersville Tigers varsity boys basketball team saved one of its best shooting nights of the season for the start of the playoffs Saturday night. Caruthersville hit 30 fields and had four players finish with at least 11 points as it shot its way past the No. 5 seeded Malden Green Wave 77-49 in a Class 3, District 1 quarterfinal at Kennett...

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...

SIKESTON —Even though Tuesday’s win against New Madrid County Central was officially “Senior Night,” the Sikeston Bulldogs still had to strap it up for one final game at the Sikeston Field House on Thursday. Senior Night was a celebration of the seniors, but the real emotions came in Thursday night’s home finale as Sikeston defeated Caruthersville 90-66 at the Field House...

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.

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team finally found a way to pull away from the visiting Caruthersville Tigers Tuesday night. Kennett outscored Caruthersville 26-10 in the final eight minutes of regulation on its way to a 77-55 victory on Senior Night at Kennett High School...

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...

Oran (19-4) gained a victory by outscoring Bloomfield 73-35 on Tuesday. Tyson Goodale scored 30 points for the Eagles, including three 3-pointers. Gage McNeil, Sam Whitaker, and Conner Scott each shot a 3-pointer for the Wildcats (4-17). Bloomfield will play at Richland at 6 p.m. today...

The brackets are set for the Class 3, District 1 basketball tournament at Kennett High School. Defending champion Charleston (19-3), which is ranked No. 3 in the latest Class 3 state poll, is seeded No. 1 in the boys bracket. ...

Puxico outscored Bloomfield in a home victory on Saturday, scoring higher than the Wildcats in every quarter. Ethan Helm scored six 3-pointers, scoring four within the first quarter. Helm contributed 20 points total to the Indians. Jamison Dodd gained 21 points for Bloomfield...

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. - Hayti Indians varsity girls basketball coach Craig Rodgers wanted his squad to reach its full potential by February. "Coming into the season our thing was better by February,” Rodgers said. “I’m not saying November and December don’t matter but they are teaching months. Better by February. That’s when we want to play our best.”...

STEELE, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets varsity girls basketball team dug itself an early hole for the second time in eight days against the Caruthersville Tigers Tuesday afternoon, Caruthersville, which jumped out to a 15-5 lead against Holcomb on Jan. 28, enjoyed an eight-point lead in the first half four times in the second meeting between the two squads...

As a native western Pennsylvanian, I’ve been to Punxsutawney, Pa., and specifically to Gobbler’s Knob, the promontory above the town in which top-hatted men dressed in black drag an unwilling woodchuck out of an enclosure on February 2 each year.

STEELE, Mo. - The South Pemiscot varsity boys basketball team fell behind double digits in the second quarter but found a way to knock off the Caruthersville Tigers for a second time this season Saturday afternoon. No. 6 seeded South Pemiscot outscored No. 3 seeded Caruthersville by single digits in each of the final three quarters as it rallied for a 70-62 home victory in a quarterfinal of the Bootheel Conference Tournament...

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. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo – Ever since their loss to rival Sikeston earlier this month, the Charleston Bluejays have been on a roll. Responding to the setback, the Bluejays have reeled off six-straight wins, claiming the Superman Classic championship in the process and averaging a 30-point margin-of-victory...

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.

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly outscored Chaffee by 20 points, 26-6, in the third quarter to push its lead even further on Friday night at Thomas W. Kelly High School. Joel McClain led the charge, scoring nine of his 17 points in the frame. He tied Gavin Jansen for most points on the team as well...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — What looked like a blowout between Portageville and Caruthersville was the exact opposite on Friday night at Portageville High School. After a first half where the Bulldogs only made two field goals, the second half proved to be a much different story, albeit in a 54-47 loss...

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly’s Alaney Moore scored her 1,000th career point Friday night in a 55-30 win over Advance. Moore finished with a game-high 29 points, including 17 fourth-quarter points as Kelly (7-6) pulled away in the final frame. Allison Owens added 16 for the Lady Hawks while Alandry Below led Advance (7-5) with 12 points...

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...