Charleston

CHARLESTON, Mo – For the 17th time in the last 18 year the top-seeded Charleston Bluejays find themselves competing in the district championship game. They’ll get the chance to secure their 15th title since 2001 on Friday after defeating fourth-seeded Kennett 65-50 Tuesday in the Class 3, District 1 semifinals...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Leading from start to finish the Charleston girls basketball team did not find it easy to close the door on Twin Rivers in the first round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament on Monday night. The Lady Bluejays led by nine points heading into halftime, and six points to start the fourth quarter, but Twin Rivers made them earn their 43-40 victory...

CHARLESTON, Mo – The Kennett varsity boys basketball team's season ended a win shy of reaching the district title game Tuesday night. The No. 1 seeded Charleston Bluejays beat the No. 4 seeded Kennett Indians 65-50 to book a spot in the district final for the 17th time in the last 18 years...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Postseason basketball got underway for Class 3, District 1 on Saturday afternoon, at Charleston High School. The host Bluejays opened up the first round slate, taking on No. 8 Malden (2-21) in a game that got decided after the first quarter ended...

SIKESTON — Leading by six points with 30 seconds to go, Charleston looked to be on its way to a gutsy win over a talented Poplar Bluff team on Thursday night at Charleston High School. In those 30 seconds, though, the tables turned on the Bluejays, as they fell to the Mules 92-91...

In a few days, basketball postseason begins for teams across Missouri, but for an hour Wednesday afternoon, the focus was back on fall sports. In a live one-hour radio show on SEMO ESPN, 55 student-athletes were announced as fall sports finalists for the 2019 Semoball Awards...

You might have felt the ground shake if you were in the area, but it was not an earthquake, it was the roar of the crowd after a huge slam in the final seconds of the first half by Cape Central senior forward Kinyon Hodges gave the Tigers a 17-point lead heading into the break...

CHARLESTON, Mo – With just a week to go before the postseason, the Charleston Bluejays stayed hot Friday night against the Portageville Bulldogs. After letting the Bulldogs close to within a point early in the third quarter, the Bluejays pulled away for their third straight win, 86-68...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1, District 1 basketball tournaments at Gideon High School; Class 2, District 1 basketball tournaments at Portageville High School; and Class 3, District 1 basketball tournaments at Charleston High School...

Ashley Wilthong hit four 3-pointers in a 14-point performance as the Scott City girls basketball team edged Meadow Heights for a 54-49 home win Wednesday. Kacie Daigger added 12 points for the Rams (10-12) and Jersey Black stuffed the stat sheet with 13 rebounds, eight blocks and six points...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Charleston Bluejays used pressure defense to grab an early lead against visiting Malden and won going away 85-38 Tuesday night. Charleston (14-8) jumped out to a 32-7 led to start the game as Bluejay full-court press caused numerous turnovers leading to easy baskets. Terridean Bogan hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 14 points in the frame while teammate Samuel Bledsoe added 10 points, including two 3-pointers...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Forcing 10 first-half turnovers; Charleston’s defense turned up the heat against Lift for Life Academy, at the Sixth-Man Shootout, on Saturday, at Charleston High School. The Bluejays used a 23-13 second quarter to open the gap, as they went into halftime, up 41-24...

Alexis Allstun recorded 19 points as an evenly-distributed scoring pattern helped the Jackson girls basketball team fend off a 3-point crazy Poplar Bluff team in its 57-45 conference win on Thursday at Jackson High School. Kalli Mayfield contributed 12 points for the Indians (15-3, 4-0 SEMO Conference), who were behind four points at the break. Mik Liley netted 10 points as Jackson outscored the Mules by 16 points in the second half to erase the deficit and obtain the victory...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Leah Cauble has been on a tear of late for the Oran Lady Eagles. The senior and Union-commit has averaged 44 points per contest over her last four games and didn’t stop against Charleston on Thursday night, at Charleston High School...

Jacob Shoemaker poured in 32 points as the top-seeded Oran boys basketball team held on to beat fourth-seeded East Prairie 82-75 in a Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament semifinal Tuesday at Scott County Central High School in Morley, Missouri. Tyson Goodale added 21 points for Oran (20-1), which extended its winning streak to 12 games. Todd Priggel chipped in 13 points...

CHARLESTON, Mo – For the better part of the past decade the Charleston Bluejays have had the luxury of a star player leading them on deep postseason runs almost annually. This year’s squad has a different feel, however, eschewing one marquee name in lieu of a deep, consistent lineup capable of riding a different hot-hand on any given night...

Megan Heisserer netted 11 points but the Notre Dame girls basketball team was unable to withstand a strong challenge from Cor Jesu Academy in its 58-45 loss to the Chargers on Tuesday in the suburban St. Louis area. Emily Kellum chipped in 10 points for the Bulldogs (12-5), who trailed by 11 points at halftime...

ORAN, Mo. — Starting the game off as slow, was not what the Kelly girls basketball team envisioned on Monday night in its 65-62 loss to Scott City, in the quarterfinals of the Scott County-Mississippi County Tournament. The Lady Hawks trailed by nine points after the first quarter, and 15 at halftime, to put themselves into a hole...

The Jackson wrestling team had five of its members take first place in their respective weight divisions as the Indians were once again crowned champions of the SEMO Regional Conference Tournament on Saturday in Farmington, Missouri. Alec Bailey (120), Garner Horman (145), Braden Vaugier (152), Noah Uhrhan (160) and Cole Amelunke (182) all finished at the top of the pack to earn five golds for Jackson, which finished 143 points ahead of the host Knights in the final team standings. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Alexis Phillips was a workhorse for New Madrid County Central on Thursday against Charleston. The senior finished with a team-high 14 points, while also securing 12 rebounds, in the Lady Eagles 56-42 win, at Charleston High School...

METROPOLIS, ILL. — Brian Visor’s putback with 3 seconds left in overtime lifted the Charleston boys basketball team to a victory in the first round of the City of Metropolis Superman Classic on Monday night. Visor finished with only one bucket in the game, with none more significant than the one he had, as the fifth-seeded Bluejays beat the No. 4 seed Massac County 73-71...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Just days removed from a miraculous comeback, the East Prairie boys basketball team returned home on Friday night to take on Caruthersville. The Eagles got off to a fast starting, outscoring the Tigers 19-9 at the end of the first quarter, and did not let off the gas pedal and defeated Caruthersville 77-66...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team enjoyed a 14-8 after one quarter of play but was unable to withstand the Charleston surge that followed Thursday. Charleston (10-5) outscored Kennett 25-16 in the second quarter and 21-19 in the third period to move ahead 54-49 by the start of the fourth quarter and hung on to beat Kennett 61-56...

CHARLESTON, Mo – Coming off a close loss in what many consider their biggest game of the regular season, against rival Sikeston, Charleston head coach Danny Farmer entered Tuesday’s district matchup with New Madrid County Central worried about his team keeping the same level of intensity...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Sikeston Bulldogs have made a living this season by burying opponents by halftime. But for the second straight game, and the third time this season, the Bulldogs were faced with a halftime deficit. Sikeston, as they have done previously, overcame the deficits and rallied for victory, this time defeating arch rival Charleston on Friday night 77-67 in front of a packed house at Charleston High School...

SIKESTON — Back at the Sikeston Field House after a pair of holiday tournaments, the Lady Bulldogs took on Charleston in a contest that went down to the final minute of the game. In the end, the Lady Bluejays came out with the 68-62 win, due in large part to easy looks inside and Sikeston’s inability to stop the driving lanes to the basket — which head coach Alisha Wills was adamant about after the game...

By Alex Wallner Standard Democrat CHARLESTON, Mo. — Making a statement early, Charleston cruised to its first win of 2019, defeating Doniphan at Charleston High School on Wednesday evening. Powered by a 17-4 first quarter mark, and adding on with a 41-12 lead heading into halftime, the Bluejays defense was too much for the Dons to handle...

Having beaten Notre Dame twice already this young season, Charleston boys basketball head coach Danny Farmer expressed concern about a potential letdown before Saturday evening’s third-place game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. When Notre Dame’s Jack Floyd hit back-to-back three-point baskets to cap and 8-0 run and give his team a 35-23 lead with about three minutes left in the first half, it appeared that Farmer’s worst fears had come true...

For two quarters, neither team could buy a bucket. Then the second half started and Jackson boys basketball found its shooting touch. The third-seeded Indians scored 17 points in the third quarter, one more than they scored in the first half, and held on for a 49-44 win over No. 2 Charleston in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament semifinals on Friday at the Show Me Center...

Carter Dame hit some clutch free throws late, and the Notre Dame boys basketball team battled through an overtime period to push past Oran 55-48 in a Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament quarterfinal thriller Thursday at the Show Me Center. No. 5 Notre Dame (4-7), who went 11-20 from the charity stripe, sealed the win at the free-throw line in overtime...

Charleston boys basketball must’ve had a great holiday season because they provided plenty of gifts and much cheer for their fans, winning a 86-56 decision over Leopold in a first-round game in the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Wednesday morning at the Show Me Center...

Isaiah Thomas drained 23 points as the fourth-seeded Delta boys basketball team pulled a big 72-64 semifinal upset over top-seeded Perryville on Thursday to reach Friday's championship game of the Woodland Invitational Tournament in Marble Hill, Missouri...