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The top-seeded Delta Bobcats picked up their 18th victory of the season in the opening round of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Saturday, defeating eighth-seeded Charleston 88-16 at Kelly High School. Charleston, who defeated East Prairie in the tournament play-in game on Friday, was no match for Delta as the Bobcats held the Blue Jays scoreless in the first quarter...

Class 1 1. South Iron 14-2 2. Mound City 15-0 3. Higbee 14-0 4. Stanberry 12-1 5. St. Elizabeth 7-4 6. Chadwick 9-3 7. Dadeville 11-2 8. Bunker 9-2 9. Winston 14-1 10. Green City 11-3 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Bold denotes Semoball school...

The Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament has come and gone, and the Charleston Blue Jays took home their unprecedented 20th championship. Charleston ( put on a strong showing in the tournament, earning blowout wins over Bell City and Kelly, and close wins over Leopold and Jackson en route to extending their record number of tournament victories...

The top-seeded Charleston Blue Jays proved they were deserving of receiving that distinction by winning their 20th Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament championship over Jackson. The Blue Jays controlled the tempo and forced Jackson into foul trouble in the third quarter en route to a 51-46 victory on Thursday night at the Show Me Center...

After a near-disaster against Leopold on Tuesday, Charleston wasted little time taking it to Kelly during Wednesday night's Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament semifinal. The Blue Jays were efficient from the opening tip, dismantling Kelly's defense and frustrating its offense en route to a 88-64 win at the Show Me Center to return to the championship after failing to reach it in 2020...

Welcome to the second day of the 77th Annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. We will start off with consolation quarterfinal matchups in the morning session and finish the day with quarterfinal games on the winner's side of the bracket.

The Charleston Blue Jays were able to hold off a late rally from the Leopold Wildcats as the Blue Jays advanced to the semifinal round of the 2021 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament with a 61-55 win Tuesday night at the Show Me Center. Charleston held a 55-43 lead with 5:21 to play in regulation when Leopold went on a 10-1 run to cut the lead to three, the closest the Wildcats would get in the fourth...

Good morning and welcome to the 77th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. We are live here at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau anxiously waiting for the tip-off of the 1 seed Charleston Blue Jays and the 16 seed Bell City Cubs. Please join us all week long as we crown a new tournament champion on Friday...

Charleston wasted little time showing why it was named the top seed in the 77th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. The Blue Jays led Bell City 27-12 after the first quarter, and 60-18 at halftime en route to a 107-29 victory on Monday at the Show Me Center...

The wait is nearly over. The 77th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament begins Monday at the Show Me Center with eight games from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Charleston has claimed the top seed this year, with Jackson, defending champions Cape Central and Notre Dame rounding out the top four...

BROSELEY — Taleigh Harrell's 33 points led Kennett past Chaffee 49-18 in the consolation quarterfinals of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic on Monday. Macy Newhad had eight points while Lani Heeb and Anekia Farmer each had four for Kennett. For Chaffee, Rayney Held was in double figures with 10 points, Hailey Rains recorded four while Paige Hilhite and Lilly Wessel each had two points in the scorebook...

BROSELEY -- Greenville was able to cruise into the quarterfinal round of the Lady Royal Christmas Classic with a 73-28 win over Charleston in the opening round on Saturday. However, the blowout didn't come without some bumps in the road. "I feel like we need to work on our offensive execution a little more," Lady Bears head coach Chris Hahn said. ...

The Delta offense lit up Charleston for 110 points on Monday as all-10 players on the Bobcats scored in a 110-17 blowout at Delta High School. The Bobcats had seven players in double figures led by senior forward Kendall Holweg’s 23 points. Addison Nichols added 15 in a winning effort...

Charleston is the team to beat in the 2021 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. The Blue Jays were selected as the tournament's top seed during Sunday's selection meeting at Century Casino. "The Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament is one of the really special events in this area," Jon K. Rust, publisher of the Southeast Missourian and co-president of Rust Communications, said. "We are proud to continue our longstanding support of this area tradition."...

Cole Nichols produced his second-straight 30-point game, and Truman Krapf made six 3-pointers in the Dexter Bearcats’ 73-57 victory over Malden on Friday night at Malden High School. Nichols scored 30 points three days after scoring 31 against Charleston. He scored nine points in the first quarter, as the Bearcats took an 18-15 lead. He scored 19 in the second where they began to pull away. He went 11 of 15 from the free-throw line, including 9 for 9 in the fourth quarter...

Scott City senior guard Kaice Daigger had a huge third quarter where she scored 14 of her game-high 30 points, and the Rams destroyed Charleston 75-21 on the road Thursday. Daigger made six 2-point baskets in the third quarter and drilled 8-of-13 free-throw attempts in the game, often fouled by making a move toward the basket by Blue Jays defenders who were never able to stay with the quick and shifty guard...

One day removed from losing a nail-biter to Dexter in the opening round of the SEMO Conference Tournament, Cape Central edged Saxony Lutheran 43-35 on Wednesday to advance to Thursday's consolation title game. Despite only shooting 50% from the charity stripe (8-16) in the game, Cape Central managed to outscore Saxony Lutheran in every quarter, maintaining a 14-8 lead at halftime, then turning on the offense in the final period, doubling up the Crusaders 24-12...

The finalists for the Carr Trophy and Derland Moore Award are set for the 76th Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet, which will be held Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff. Kennett running back Jordan Jarrett, Hayti quarterback Trayvon Thomas and Poplar Bluff quarterback Kannon Carr are the finalists for the Carr Trophy, presented annually since 1979 to the most outstanding player in the conference...

The Scott City girls basketball team, under new coach Seth Landewee, won its opening season game against Herculaneum at the Amped Lifestyle Shootout held at the Farmington Civic Center on Saturday, 56-55. The Rams opened up a six-point advantage at the end of the first period, leading the Blackcats 16-10. However, Herculaneum gained momentum in the second quarter and took a six-point lead into halftime, 31-25, outscoring Scott City 19-9...

Here are the MSHSAA winter sports district assignments for Semoball area schools. ^-girls only C6D1: Fox, Jackson, Lindbergh, Northwest, Oakville, Poplar Bluff, Seckman, SLUH. Cor Jesu-^ C5D1: Cape Central, DeSoto, Farmington, Festus, Hillsboro, North County Sikeston, Windsor-Imperial...

Several local volleyball players received SEMO Conference honors, including Cape Central senior Ella Vogel and Kennett senior Macy New who were named North and South Division players of the year. Vogel — who was also named the North division's hitter of the year — and senior Ava Nelson made the all-conference first team for the Tigers...

PERRYVILLE — For a quarter, St. Vincent appeared stuck in the mud. The Indians' offense couldn't get much traction in St. Vincent Stadium's soggy conditions, making their district quarterfinal against Charleston a little more arduous. But once St. Vincent's cleats began to plant in the second quarter, a rout ensued...

College Volleyball SEMO 3, Austin Peay 0 High school football Class 1 District Quarterfinals Hayti 68, Chaffee 8 Caruthersville 26, Portageville 20 St. Vincent 43, Charleston 8 Scott City 48, Malden 6 Class 2 District Quarterfinals Lift for Life 1, East Prairie 0 (forfeit)...