Clarkton

The 2019 Tri-County Conference volleyball awards have been released. Clarkton senior Kayla Gentry is the 2019 Tri-County Conference Volleyball Player of the Year. Gentry finished with 36 ace serves, 188 digs, 22 assists, nine blocks, and 254 kills her senior season...

Class 2, District 1 at Malden The district championship is set at the Class 2, District 1 volleyball tournament following quarterfinal at semifinal action Monday. No. 2 seeded Twin Rivers will take on No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville in the title game Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Malden...

Volleyball squads throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin postseason play Monday. Holcomb, South Pemiscot, Southland, North Pemiscot, Hayti, Delta C-7, and Cooter are in Class 1, District 1 at Holcomb. Defending champion Holcomb has received the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye...

Dexter's Carter Dorton and Clarkton's Taylor Earnheart were voted the male and female Semoball athlete of the Week, respectively, in online voting that concluded Wednesday night. Dorton, who had 498 votes, had a second-place finish at the Stoddard County Activities Association Conference cross country meet and broke the school record with a time of 17 minutes, 34 seconds with a 10th-place finish at the Farmington Invitational. ...

CLARKTON, Mo. - Clarkton Reindeer coach Amy Cowart believes her varsity volleyball squad can enjoy big-time success moving forward if they play well defensively and offensively at the same time. "We have a good offense with kids that can score and our defense has improved throughout the season,” Cowart said. ...

GIDEON, Mo. - The top-seeded Gideon Bulldogs varsity volleyball squad fell behind early in both sets but refused to let the No. 2 seeded Clarkton Reindeer end its decade-long streak of success in the Tri-County Conference Tournament Friday night...

The Tri-County Conference baseball awards have been released. Cooter’s Lane McLevain is the Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. “Tyler batted .475 with 21 RBIs, one home run, and 21 runs scored this fall,” Cooter coach Davis Mathis said of McLevain. “He also went 6-0 on the mound with a 0.56 ERA in 37.2 innings pitched.”...

STEELE, Mo. - The Campbell Camels and Malden Green Wave are set to collide in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity volleyball tournament for a third straight season after both squads collected semifinal wins Wednesday night. No. 1 seeded Campbell beat No. 4 seeded Caruthersville 25-8, 25-12 in the first varsity semifinal Wednesday night at South Pemiscot High School...

The brackets are set for the Tri-County Conference volleyball tournaments. The tournaments take place Oct. 15-18 at Gideon High School. Varsity quarterfinals are on Oct. 15. No. 1 seeded Gideon plays No. 8 seeded Cooter Oct. 15 at 4 p.m., No. 4 seeded North Pemiscot plays No. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Winners of its last four matches, the Sikeston volleyball team traveled to Portageville on Tuesday night, hoping to make five-straight victories. Sikeston got just that, as they swept Portageville 25-19, 25-16. Emily McHaffie led the team with eight kills and tied for the team-lead with 11 digs. Khrystionna Swann also had 11 digs...

CLARK TON, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Cooter Wildcats are set to take on the No. 2 seeded Holcomb Hornets in the championship of the Tri-County Conference baseball tournament after both teams collected semifinal wins Tuesday at Clarkton. Cooter (21-1) beat No. 4 seeded Gideon 16-0 in its semifinal and Holcomb (13-5) beat No. 3 seeded Risco 9-5 in its semifinal Tuesday...

Winning the Tri-County Conference is a top priority for the Cooter baseball program every fall. “We play a bunch of games in the fall and hopefully that makes us better for the spring,” Cooter coach David Mathis said. “But our main goal in the fall is to learn how to play the game the right way and win the Tri-County title.”...

GIDEON, Mo. - Gideon Bulldogs volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner had to make a few adjustments to her rotation before the start of bracket play on Saturday after her squad secured a first-place finish in pool play Friday night. “We had some injuries late on Friday,” Ashabranner said. ...

Top volleyball teams from the Missouri Bootheel are set to collide this weekend at the Gideon Invitational. Four of the 15 teams in the varsity tournament are enjoying winning records following play Monday. Host Gideon, which won the Gideon Invitational in 2018, is off to a 13-1-2 start. Its only loss this season is to Southern Reynolds (Ellington) in the championship of Dig for Life Classic Sept. 14...

CLARKTON, Mo. - Clarkton volleyball coach Amy Cowart has two things on her squad many local coaches dream about. Depth and size Both were on full display as the Clarkton Reindeer pounded its way past the Malden Green Wave in varsity volleyball action Tuesday night...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett varsity girls tennis team suffered a 5-4 loss to the visiting Notre Dame Bulldogs Tuesday afternoon. Kennett, which suffered an 8-1 loss to Notre Dame two weeks ago, managed to win two singles and two doubles matches in the second head-to-head meeting with undefeated Notre Dame...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell Camels baseball team scored all of its runs in the first two innings as it knocked off the previously unbeaten South Pemiscot Bulldogs 5-1 Monday afternoon. South Pemiscot took a brief 1-0 lead when Noah Willingham drove home a run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning...

BROSELEY — Clarkton just needed to trust itself. Starting a freshman for the first time in place of a three-year varsity player, it took a bit for the Reindeer to settle in. They eventually did and beat Twin Rivers 27-25, 25-12 on Monday. “I think there was just a little uncertainty of how they were going to play together with her. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Gideon Bulldogs finished a win shy of taking home the top prize in the Black Division of the Dig for Life Challenge Saturday in Cape Girardeau. Gideon, which entered the tournament supporting a perfect 5-0 record, collected six wins, two ties, and suffered one loss at the two-day Dig for Life Challenge...

Sixty area volleyball teams took part in the Dig For Life Challenge Volleyball Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and Show Me Center Friday and Saturday.

After a three-year hiatus fall baseball is returning to Clarkton High School. For the first time since 2016 Clarkton has enough players out for baseball to field a fall team at the high school level. “We haven’t had an opportunity to play since our eighth grade season,” Clarkton sophomore Anthony Lemus said. “It’s nice to get back on a diamond. We want to slowly build our baseball program back up.”...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...

The pieces appear to be in place for a big year for the Clarkton Reindeer varsity volleyball squad. Clarkton returns nearly all of its players off of last season’s varsity squad that finished 21-11-1. “We only graduated one player and she was injured last season so we’ve pretty much got our same varsity players back again,” longtime Clarkton volleyball coach Amy Cowart said. “I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do this fall. It should be a fun season"...

Volleyball schedules are set for Dunklin County volleyball squads. Senath-Hornersville, Holcomb, and Southland open their season Aug. 30. Holcomb visits Southland Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. Senath-Hornersville visits North Pemiscot Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. Campbell, Kennett, Clarkton, and Malden play their first game Sept. 3. Campbell visits Kennett Sept. 3 at 6 p.m., Clarkton hosts Cooter Sept. 3 at 6 p.m., and Malden hosts Hayti Sept. 3 at 6 p.m...

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

Dunklin County native Ty’re Washington was unsure what career he wanted to pursue when he graduated from Southland High School in Cardwell, Missouri, in 2006. “When I graduated high school I was like a lot of others and didn’t know what I wanted to do so I started working in a factory,” Washington said. “One day as I was working it became crystal clear to me that something had to change. That day I decided I’m going to go back to school.”...

The all-region softball team has been released. Kennett freshman Kyra Jaco, Oran junior Kaylee Payne, Campbell senior Elizabeth Steward, Puxico senior Bailey Burns, Holcomb sophomore Bailey Cupples, and Malden sophomore Hailey Rojas were selected first-team all-region infielders...

The 2019 Tri-County Conference softball awards have been released. Southland’s Jenna Gibson has been selected Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Gibson struck out 124 in 62.2 innings pitched while posting a 1.07 ERA this spring. She batted .815 with six home runs and six doubles...

The 2019 Tri-County Conference boys basketball awards have been released. Clarkton senior Lee Matney has been selected Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Matey averaged 26 points, eight rebounds, and five assists per game his senior season. Clarkton coach Jordan Bidewell has been selected Tri-County Conference Coach of the Year. Clarkton finished 13-13, won the Tri-County Conference regular season title, and finished second in the Tri-County Conference Tournament under Bidewell...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team rallied from an eight-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to edge the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 84-82 Tuesday night. Clarkton’s Lee Matney sank two free throws with about five seconds left to break an 82-all tie and seal the win...

WARDELL, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team is developing the reputation of performing at its best during tournaments in the 2018-19 season. That trend continued Friday night in the championship of the Tri-County Conference Tournament at North Pemiscot School in Wardell, Mo...

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...

The schedule is set for the highly anticipated Tri-County Conference varsity boys basketball tournament. The eight-team event will take place Feb. 4-8 at North Pemiscot School. No. 3 seeded Gideon plays No. 6 seeded Southland Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. and No. 1 seeded Clarkton plays No. 8 seeded North Pemiscot Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team moved one step closer to its quest to win three games in less than 72 hours Friday night. Fresh off a double overtime victory against Clarkton on Thursday, Senath-Hornersville built a 15-point lead by halftime and scored the first 15 points of the second half on its way to an 80-49 victory against the Delta C-7 Chargers on Homecoming Night...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Bub Lance scored 20 points to lead Portageville past Campbell, in overtime, 61-59. A big fourth quarter from the Bulldogs, helped them get right back into the game, as they outscored Campbell 19-12 in the final period to give the fans in attendance free basketball...

The schedules are set for three December basketball tournaments. The six-team Senath-Hornersville varsity boys basketball tournament takes place Dec. 10-13 at Senath-Hornersville High School. Pool play is Dec. 10-12 with championship round action Dec. 13...

GIDEON, Mo. - The No. 5 seeded Clarkton Reindeer held its own for the opening quarter of play against the No. 4 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions Monday night. Caleb Plunkett knocked down a 2-pointer in the closing seconds of the opening quarter to put Clarkton on top 17-14 entering the second period...