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Tuesday night the Oran Eagles were minus the services of two of their starting five in Langdon Scheeter and Diesel Cato, but the rest of the team stepped up and pulled out a tough, late-season Scott-Mississippi Conference game on the road against Chaffee, winning 49-44...

Alandry Below scored a game-high 24 points and two other Advance Hornets scored in double figures as Advance pulled away from Charleston in the last three quarters, winning at home in dominating fashion Monday 63-38 to win their fifth in a row. Kaylee Cline helped the cause for the Hornets scoring 15 points and Danielle Markham added 12 points in the victory...

The Kelly Hawks picked up a road win Friday by beating an upstart Chaffee team 60-54, improving their season record to 7-7. Kelly, who had previously only won one of their last 4 games, got a game-high 24 points from junior Gavin Jansen, who recently picked up his 1,000th career point this past week...

Valle Catholic pulled out a home win Thursday night defeating the Chaffee Lady Devils 43-41 to earn their sixth win of the season. The game was tied at 15 points a piece after the end of the opening quarter but the Warriors tightened up of the defensive side of the ball, only allowing Chaffee to score three points in the second quarter and took an eight point lead to the locker rooms at halftime...

Cape Central poured in a season high 20 points in the first quarter, outscoring Arcadia Valley 20-5 in the opening frame, and poured it on the rest of the game to defeat the visiting Tigers 60-29 Monday night. Cape Central led at the end of the first half by 26 points...

At the start of this month, the Cape Central boy’s basketball team was an inexperienced group floundering its way – unsuccessfully – through the SEMO Conference Tournament. The Tigers became the first top seed in that event to lose on opening night since the tournament had restarted back in 2006.

Oran made a seeming blowout loss to Jackson interesting midway through the final quarter, as the Eagles cut their deficit from 34-21 to 36-30 with a 9-2 run. However, the Indians regrouped, as Oran missed some critical shots and ultimately prevailed 46-35 in the fifth-place game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Wednesday at the Show Me Center.

The Delta Bobcats beat the Bell City Cubs 92-73 in the consolation semifinal round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. Evan Bartels scored a game high 37 points. Bartels said it was the best game he’s had all season...

Advance kicked off the second day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament with redemption. Led by senior Landon Daily's 30 points, the Hornets beat the Oak Ridge Blue Jays 66-46 on Monday at the Show Me Center to advance to the consolation semifinal...

When you watch the Charleston boy’s basketball squad took the court at the Show Me Center on Saturday to open its defense of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament championship the Bluejays looked markedly different than the title-winning group from a year ago.

Cape Central opened the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament in resounding fashion, as the No. 1-seed Tigers got past No. 16-seed Bell City 106-12. Cape Central scored 37 points in the opening quarter and never looked back. The Tigers (1-2) got 21 points from senior Tyrome Huff and sophomore forward Cameron Williams each.

The COVID global pandemic is trying to force its way into the annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament but the tournament staff is adapting on the fly to keep the virus at bay. The No. 6-seed Kelly boy’s basketball team is currently under quarantine due to the virus through Saturday, which is the opening day of the vent at the Show Me Center. So to solve that dilemma, the Hawks (3-3) will now face No. 11-seed Meadow Heights (5-2) on Sunday AT Kelly High School at 3 p.m.

Meadow Heights jumped all over the host Chaffee Monday night, outscoring the Red Devils 17-6 in the first quarter and never trailed in the game, winning 67-43 to improve the Panthers record to 5-2 heading into the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament Saturday...

Nate Ware scored 31 points Friday night to lead his Zalma Bulldogs to a win over Eagle Ridge, 75-28. Seems like every Zalma game, that is the headline, "Ware leads Bulldogs in scoring ". But Friday night was just a little bit different. As a junior, Ware scored his 1,000th career point, quite the impressive feat...

Junior center Ella Vogel scored 14 of her game high 22 points in the second quarter, leading the Tigers to a blow out win on the road over Soldan International Studies Friday 66-15. Cape Central's defense only allowed 15 points the entire game, a season best...

SENATH - The No. 2 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions outscored the No. 7 seeded Southland Rebels by double digits in every quarter on its way to an 84-29 win Tuesday in a quarterfinal of the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament. Jaxon Layne scored a dozen points in each half to pace Senath-Hornersville with 24 points. Parker Rhew added 21 points, Knolan Hunter tallied 15 points, and Blaze Mears contributed 11 points...

There are positive and negative aspects to trying to conduct a 16-team high school basketball tournament amid a global pandemic, which is resulting in over 2,200 deaths daily within the United States. However, the overwhelming encouraging factor is that the 76th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament will indeed take place.

New Madrid Central has earned the top seed in the Lady Royal Classic with a trio of Ozark Foothills Conference teams behind it. The Eagles, one of three teams in the tournament along with Kelly and Greenville to have played more than five games, earned the top spot after picking up wins against Jackson, Sikeston, Dexter and Kennett with losses against Notre Dame and Cape Central...

The postseason for winter sports in Missouri will look different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSHSAA announced Friday. MSHSAA released district assignments for winter sports and also announced that it will modify some postseason activities due to concerns with the virus...

Gavin Jansen led his Kelly Hawks with 24 points passed a solid Meadow Heights team on the road Friday beating the Panthers 68-50. Kelly also had three other players on double figures, out-scoring the Panthers 25-14 in the 2nd quarter to pull ahead for good...

The only certainty throughout the sporting world in 2020 has been complete uncertainty, and the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament isn’t immune to that chaos.

The finalists for the Carr Trophy given to the top player in the SEMO Conference were announced Wednesday, a week before the award will be presented at the 75th annual Gridiron Banquet. Jordan Jarrett of Kennett, Jackson’s Connor Tollison and Cael Welker are up for the award given annually since 1979...

ALL-SEMO CONFERENCE Members of the All-SEMO Conference football team as selected by the conference coaches with a player's school, year, height and weight listed: NORTH OFFENSE QB — Cael Welker, Jackson, sr., 5-11, 185; RB — Daniel Dickerson, Jackson, sr., 5-11, 200;...

Advance junior Alandry Below scored 13 of her 17 points in the third quarter, helping the Hornets overcome a 12-point halftime deficit and beat Chaffee 38-34 on Thursday in Advance.

GIDEON - Four players scored in double digits to help carry the No. 6 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions past the No. 7 seeded Gideon Bulldogs 68-48 in a consolation semifinal at the Gideon Invitational Thursday. Senath-Hornersville led 20-12 after one quarter, 30-23 at halftime, and 43-36 at the end of the third quarter before pushing its final margin of victory to double digits...

The MSHSAA boy's basketball season has already begun for some schools and will be for all in the near future. Here is a look at the basketball programs that comprise the Southeast Missourian coverage area.

The MSHSAA girl's basketball season has already begun for some schools and will be for all in the near future. Here is a look at the basketball programs that comprise the Southeast Missourian coverage area.

The Missouri State High School Activities Association is pushing back the announcement of class and district assignments for winter sports to Friday, December 11. District assignments and classifications were originally scheduled to be released Friday, November 13...

SIKESTON — Brackets for the 2020 SEMO Conference Girls Basketball Tournament and the 65th Oran Invitational Tournament are out. Sikeston earned the No. 5 seed in the SEMO Conference Tournament, while New Madrid County Central earned the No. 4 seed. Both face-off in a first-round matchup on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. All games are at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter...

SIKESTON — Postseason honors are out for area softball teams. For the SEMO All-Conference First-Team, Kelly had two representatives, while Sikeston had one. Notre Dame had the most, with six. Senior outfielder Kate Hughes and senior infielder Alaney Moore earned spots on the first team for the Lady Hawks, while sophomore pitcher Nayla Bonner earned a spot for Sikeston...

By BRIAN ROSENER Daily American Republic IRONTON, Mo. — Dylan Price wasn’t too sure where to turn during points on the 5,000-meter course at Arcadia Valley Sports Complex. Having not run there before Saturday’s MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 meet, the Ellington freshman came to a near stop with less than 400 meters left looking for the second-to-last turn...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. - Chaffee’s tallest player, 6-foot-6 Jagger Sadler, on the final play of his high school career, scored a touchdown – one of the few bright spots for the Red Devils as host no. 2 seed St. Vincent DePaul (6-2) easily defeated no. 7 seed Chaffee (1-7) in playoff action Friday, 47-12...