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HAYTI - The Class 2, District 1 boys basketball tournament got underway Saturday as the host Hayti Indians found itself with an intriguing first round matchup against the Clarkton Reindeer. These two teams faced off earlier in the season, a semifinal matchup in the Gideon Bulldog Classic, in which Hayti narrowly won 68-62...

High School boys and girls basketball district tournaments are finally upon us. Fans, players, and coaches have had to endure a strange, but sometimes fun, basketball season, which was filled with many postponements and/or cancellations due to Covid-19, as well as the weather. However, we can say that the 2020-2021 season has been one of the more entertaining ones in recent years.

HOLCOMB - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball squad attempted to slow things down early on in the second game of its doubleheader against the Holcomb Hornets Saturday. "We tried to conserve our legs a little bit at the beginning,” Clarkton coach Jordan Bidwell said. ...

Clarkton Reindeer boys basketball coach Jordan Bidewell elected to make a defensive change after the Cooter Wildcats won the first two quarters by single digits to build a 34-26 halftime lead. “I thought our defense was kind of lackadaisical in the first half,” Bidewell said. ...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1-3 boys and girls district basketball tournaments. Postseason play begins Feb. 20 for schools in Class 1-3. Higher seeds are slated to host quarterfinals and semifinals. Some districts will also have the highest remaining seed host their district championship. Other districts have elected to designate a neutral host site for their district final...

DEERING - Cooter Wildcats coach David Mathis issued a strong message to his team at halftime Monday night. “I told them at halftime if we lost this game we were going to practice the rest of the week,” Mathis said. “They turned it on after that. I’m super proud of them. They all played hard and got after it.”...

The Clarkton Reindeer closed out conference play by beating the visiting Southland Rebels 63-32 Friday. Clarkton (12-8) led 18-10 after one quarter, 36-15 at halftime, and 59-25 at the end of the third quarter. Izaya Gorman tallied all but two of his team-high 18 points for Clarkton in the first half. Kade Coleman and Caleb Underwood also finished in double digits with 14 and 13 points respectively for the Reindeer...

The bracket is set for the Tri-County Conference varsity boys basketball tournament following the completion of regular-season conference play Friday night. The eight-team event is slated to begin Monday at Delta C-7 High School in Deering. Holcomb (11-10), which went 7-0 in regular-season conference play, is the No. 1 seed. Holcomb will take on No. 8 seeded North Pemiscot in the first quarterfinal Tuesday at 6 p.m. Holcomb won the first meeting with North Pemiscot 65-23 in Jan. 28...

Camden Conner scored a team-high 20 points and Mark Panagos added 18 points to lead Scott City past Delta in the second round of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament at Oran Tuesday. The duo scored 16 points between them in the third quarter, outscoring the entire Delta squad by five in the quarter...

Coach Darrin Scott might've seen his team lose a very tough matchup in the Hall of Fame Classic Saturday to the #1 team in Class 5 Cardinal Ritter Lions but he can't say his team didn't compete. His team was very much in the game, even tied with the highly touted Lions at halftime...

GIDEON — The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team maintained a substantial, but increasingly narrow lead in all four quarters as it took down rival Gideon 52-44 Friday night Gideon and Clarkton went into the expectedly fierce rivalry game with closely aligned seasonal averages. Clarkton’s record was 5-7 to Gideon’s 5-6. Both teams had also scored an average of 55 points per game prior to the matchup...

Top seeds East Carter, Portageville reach final By Scott Borkgren Sports Writer CLARKTON — After upsetting third-seeded Doniphan in the first round, sixth-seeded Neelyville wasn’t able to pull it off a second time in the Clarkton Christmas Tournament semifinals...

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...

GIDEON - The Caruthersville Tigers varsity boys basketball team rebounded nicely about 24 hours after suffering a heart-breaking one-point overtime loss to the Kennett Indians late Thursday night. No. 3 seeded Caruthersville built a 34-19 lead by halftime and hung on to beat the No. 6 seeded Clarkton Reindeer 63-55 in the third-place game at the Gideon Invitational Friday...

The seedings have been released for the Clarkton Christmas Tournament. The eight-team varsity boys basketball tournament takes place Dec. 14-18 at Clarkton High School. Defending champion East Carter County, which is off to a 1-1 start after beating Willow Springs 70-49 and suffering a 73-62 loss to Park Hills Central, has received the No. ...

GIDEON - TheClarkton Reindeer trailed the South Pemiscot Bulldogs by single digits throughout the first half but still found a way to rally for a win Monday night. No. 4 seeded Clarkton won the second half by 20 points as it overcame a 36-28 halftime deficit to beat No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot 72-60 in a quarterfinal of the Gideon Invitational varsity boys basketball tournament...

Editor’s Note: A team photo was not available to run with the story because the team was conducting virtual preseason practices. The Clarkton Reindeer boys basketball program is blessed with depth and experience entering its 2020-21 campaign...

The seeding have been released for the Gideon Invitational varsity boys basketball tournament. The event is currently scheduled to take place Nov. 30 - Dec 4 at Gideon High School. Hayti has received the No. 1 seed in the eight-team tournament. Hayti is slated to play No. 8 seeded Delta C-7 in a quarterfinal Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. No. 4 seeded Clarkton will take on No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot in the other quarterfinal on Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m...

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...

The 2020 Tri-County Conference volleyball awards have been announced. Holcomb senior Bailey Cupples is the 2020 Tri-County Conference Volleyball Player of the Year. Cupples compiled 221 kills, 45 blocks, and 44 aces while serving at 97 percent rate her senior season...

GIDEON, Mo. - The top-seeded Bernie Mules and No. 2 seeded Gideon Bulldogs are set to collide in the Class 1, District 2 volleyball championship after both squads won their respective semifinals in straight sets Monday. Bernie was the first to punch its ticket in the title game. The Mules led most of the way in each set as it eliminated No. 4 seeded Clarkton 25-12, 25-16, 25-15 in the first semifinal...

Cape Central finally got the proverbial “monkey off their back” Thursday as they beat Notre Dame for the first time in over a decade, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-25, 17-15, in a five set thriller! Nine different Tigers got into the stat line, as Ella Vogel finished with 25 kills, seven blocks, and 11 digs...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has partnered with HomeTown Ticketing to serve as the official digital ticketing partner for MSHSAA state championship events this fall. Digital tickets will also be an option for all other playoff contests, at the discretion of the host manager...

The longtime defending champion Gideon Bulldogs are once again favored to win the Tri-County Conference varsity volleyball tournament. Gideon, which has won the tournament each of the last 10 seasons, is the No. 1 seed at its conference tournament that begins Tuesday at Clarkton High School...

There have been no shortage of stellar athletic performances throughout Southeast Missouri of late and that was evident last week, as Bernie baseball player John Nimmo and Meadow Heights volleyball player Kylee Denman excelled in their efforts. Both were recognized Wednesday as this week's Semoball.com Athletes of the Week by Semoball.com readers...

A veteran Gideon Bulldogs volleyball squad is learning how to adapt to lineup changes quickly and utilize its depth to its advantage in 2020. “We lost one of our starting middle hitters during PE on Friday,” Gideon volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner said. ...

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

The Dexter volleyball team stretched its win streak to four matches with a 25-22, 25-17, 25-16 victory over Woodland on Monday night at Marble Hill. Chloe Thurmon paced Dexter with 13 kills. Bailey Chamberlain had nine, Dulcie Pullen eight and Mikayla Dodson seven. Pullen and Thurmon had two blocks apiece.

It was a barrage of extra base hits for the home team Cooter in the shortened contest that would spell doom early for Clarkton.

The Clarkton Reindeer volleyball program is blessed with experience entering its 2020 campaign. Clarkton has five returning varsity starters on last season’s varsity squad that finished 23-7-3. “We been really young the past few years,” Clarkton coach Amy Cowart said. “This group of seniors has played varsity since they were freshmen. We’ve finally matured. Most of the players on the varsity squad have played varsity for multiple seasons. They are very seasoned players.”...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...

Each year the Semoball Awards recognizes outstanding high school athletes from around the region. That tradition continues this summer albeit in a different format because of lingering COVID-19 concerns and social distancing requirements.

Columbia, Mo. - The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors voted to grant relief of portions of the MSHSAA By-Laws that include summer limits on contact between coaches and student-athletes at its April meeting on Thursday...

Host sites are set for most district tournaments if spring sports resume in Missouri. Missouri high schools remain out of session and all springs sports activities and practices are currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indiana High School Athletics Association canceled spring sports in Indiana Thursday due to the VOVID-19 pandemic...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association issued an update regarding the status of spring sports amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. “While schools across the state are determining the best course of action during this unprecedented time, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) office staff continues to prepare for Spring Championships,” MSHSAA said in a press release. ...

The preseason Missouri high school baseball state rankings were released Wednesday by the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association. Six baseball teams from the semoball.com coverage area are state-ranked. Cooter, which placed third in Class 1 last spring and finished 22-1 in its fall campaign, is ranked No. ...

A slew of basketball players from the Missouri Bootheel have been named to all-district teams. Listed below are the boys and girls all-district basketball teams for Class 1, District 1; Class 2, District 1; and Class 3, District 1. Class 1, District 1 All-District Team...

Spring sports for Missouri high schools will start as planned next week, MSHSAA announced Friday after releasing district assignments. "We re monitoring what is happening from the Missouri Department of Health, the Governor's Office, and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education," MSHSAA said in a statement Friday...

The 2020 Tri-County Conference Boys Basketball Awards have been released. Cooter senior Jacob Watkins has been selected first-team all-conference and Tri-County Conference Basketball Player of the Year. Watkins, who scored 643 points his senior season, averaged 30 points per game in conference play and 25 points per game overall. He hit 122 3-pointers, brought down four rebounds per game, collected two steals per game, and averaged two assists per game...