Clarkton

The Clarkton Reindeer boys basketball program enters the 2018-19 season with a surplus of underclassmen in its program. Clarkton's roster is composed of five freshmen, seven sophomores, one junior, and three seniors. “We are freshmen and sophomore-heavy,” Clarkton coach Jordan Bidewell said. “We are also lacking a bench so we are going to need some of the underclassmen to step up and provide us some depth.”...

Class and district assignments have been released for boys and girls basketball in the Missouri Bootheel for the 2018-19 season. Clarkton, Delta, Delta C-7, Gideon, North Pemiscot, Richland, Risco, Scott County Central, and Southland will compete in Class 1, District 1. See teams in all Class 1 districts here: Class 1 Districts...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - After a dominant first set, Gideon with Risco looked poised to coast through Friday’s Tri-County Conference Tournament final against Clarkton. But halfway through the second set, the second-seeded Lady Reindeer found the momentum to force the only three-set match of the entire tournament...

The schedules have been released for the Tri-County Conference and Bootheel Conference high school volleyball tournaments. The Bootheel Conference varsity and junior varsity tournaments take place Oct. 9-11 at Senath-Hornersville High School. The Tri-County varsity and junior varsity tournaments take place Oct. 9-12 at Holcomb High School...

The Tri-County Conference baseball awards have been released. Cooter’s Jacob Watkins has been selected Tri-County Conference Baseball Player of the Year. Watkins batted .548 with 24 RBIs, 29 runs scored and one home run. Cooter coach David Mathis has been selected Tri-County Conference Baseball Coach of the Year. Cooter finished its fall campaign 17-1, went undefeated against Tri-County Conference opponents and repeated as champions of the Tri-County Conference Tournament under Mathis...

The schedule has been released for the Gideon Invitational. The 16-team varsity volleyball tournament takes place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Gideon High School. The tournament is divided into four four-team pools. Portageville, Richland, Hayti, and Delta C-7 will compete in Pool 2 and Campbell, New Madrid County Central, Charleston and Cooter will compete in Pool 3 Thursday...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

The Clarkton Reindeer volleyball program enters its 2018 campaign looking to make noise with a young group that has played the game frequently in the offseason. The Reindeer’s high school roster includes only one senior and three sophomores. Clarkton coach Amy Cowart said because of the low number of upperclassmen she will be forced to start four or five sophomores on varsity...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

The Bootheel Best Baseball Camp is slated to take place June 8 and June 9 at Gideon Baseball Park. Under the leadership of Mark Littel and other area coaches, youth baseball players will participate in throwing, fielding, base running, bunting and hitting exercises...

The 2018 Tri-County Conference high school softball awards have been released. Southland freshman Jenna Gibson has been selected as Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Gibson went 10-3 and struck out 142 in 68 innings of work in the circle. Gibson batted .630 with a .735 on-base percentage and 1.49 slugging percentage...

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...

Clarkton 74, East Carter County 70 CLARKTON, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team rallied from a six-point deficit in the final quarter to beat visiting East Carter County 74-70 Monday night. East Carter County led 23-15 after one quarter, 36-28 at halftime and 53-47 at the end of the third quarter before Clarkton put up 27 points in the final eight minutes of play...

HOLCOMB, Mo. — One night after a 33-point victory in the Tri-County Conference semifinals, the top-seeded Risco varsity boys basketball team cruised to its second straight conference title with a 34-point win over No. 2 seeded Clarkton Friday. The Tigers finish undefeated in their 2017-18 conference campaign — a convincing performance from a team looking to end Scott County Central’s dominant run at the top of the district...

By DUSTIN WARD dward@dddnews.com HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Risco Tigers and Clarkton Reindeer are set to collide in the title game of the Tri-County Conference varsity boys basketball tournament for a second straight year following the completion of semifinal action Thursday night...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1, District 1 boys basketball tournament. The eight-team tournament is slated to take place Feb. 17, Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 at Clarkton High School. Risco has received the No. 1 seed. All quarterfinal games are slated for Feb. 17...

Another year, another group of superb performances by area student-athletes, the most outstanding of which are being recognized. On Wednesday, 55 individuals were announced as fall sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards. The selections were presented during a live radio show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

The stage is set for the highly anticipated Tri-County Conference boys basketball tournaments. The varsity boys tournament and junior varsity boys tournament are slated to take place Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at Holcomb High School. Risco was received the No. 1 seed in the varsity tournament and Cooter has received the No. 1 seed in the junior varsity tournament...

COOTER, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team collected its third Tri-County Conference victory of the week when it won at Cooter 84-74 Thursday night. Clarkton outscored Cooter 21-10 in the second quarter and entered halftime with a 41-32 lead. The Reindeer padded its lead to 61-49 by the fourth quarter...

SENATH, Mo. - The success continued for the Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team against non-conference opponents Thursday night. Senath-Hornersville collected its seventh non-conference victory of the season as it beat Clarkton 66-37 at home...

MALDEN, Mo. – The Malden Green Wave closed the fourth quarter on a 15-4 run as it rallied past the New Madrid County Central Eagles 52-46 Tuesday night. New Madrid County Central opened the fourth quarter on a 9-1 run to move ahead 42-37 before Malden followed with its own surge...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team wasted little time getting down to business Saturday night. Clarkton knocked down six 3-pointers in the first quarter as it built a 20-12 lead against Gideon by the start of the second period. The success continued for the Reindeer in the second period as it recorded multiple transition layups off of its pressure defense as it outscored Gideon 22-14 to build a 42-26 lead by halftime...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Risco Tigers quest to defend its title at the Clarkton Christmas Tournament looked to be in initial jeopardy after one half of play in its quarterfinal against the No. 8 seeded Clarkton Reindeer Monday afternoon. Host Clarkton outscored Risco by five points in the first quarter and four points in the second period to build a 33-24 lead by halftime...