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The 2021 Clarkton Christmas Classic had an exciting finish on the last day of competition as the East Carter Redbirds came out on top in the championship by a score of 51-49 over Portageville on Friday. East Carter found themselves in a hole at the start of the ballgame, but were ultimately able to claw their way out of it and take the hard fought win...

CLARKTON — The Clarkton Christmas Tournament tipped off on Monday and it's already shaping up to be a good tournament to keep an eye on this week. Doniphan got things started with a 64-53 win over Neelyville followed by East Carter defeating host school Clarkton 67-55...

The Clarkton boys basketball team picked up a 60-53 home victory on Thursday against Neelyville. Both teams combined for 45 fourth-quarter points, with the Reindeer outscoring Neelyville 26-19 to end the game. Two Clarkton players scored in double figures, with Owen Morgan scoring 19 points — 12 of which coming from 3-point range — and Caleb Plunkett added 10...

Wyatt Williams scored 23 points to lead East Prairie to a 56-54 victory over Clarkton on Thursday. The Eagles tied the game at the end of the first period and fell behind the Reindeer by eight points at the half. East Prairie began to make its comeback by the end of the third period, trailing by one. The Eagles out-scored Clarkton by three in the final quarter...

The Saxony Lutheran Crusaders won their season-opening game in the Rolla “Duke” Herbert Tournament on Tuesday in Crystal City, beating the St. Louis Patriots 86-30. Saxony Lutheran was led in scoring by sophomore Luke Eggemeyer who pumped in 19 points...

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...

The Clarkton boys basketball squad enters its 2021-22 campaign hoping to repeat as Tri-County Conference Tournament champs after securing its first conference title since 2009 last season.

As the five starting seniors for Gideon High School volleyball walked off the court on Saturday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau following the Bulldogs’ loss to Miller in the MSHSAA Class 1 State Final, it marked the end of an era in Bootheel volleyball for one of the most prestigious programs, not just in the area, but in the entire state. However, that moment also marked the start of an opportunity for the remainder of the programs throughout the region, and no program is in a better position to seize that moment than Clarkton.

CLARKTON – The Clarkton and Gideon High School volleyball programs sit less than three miles apart and have won a combined 206 matches over the past four seasons. So, one would think that the Reindeer and Bulldogs would have some intensity to the matches when they battle each other. And they do.

CLARKTON – As it turns out, peanuts and cotton aren’t the only things grown along the Dunklin-New Madrid County lines, hellacious volleyball players are found in abundance, as well, and a whole host of them gathered in the Clarkton High School gymnasium on Monday.

Meadow Heights swept Oran 25-8, 25-8, 25-3 on the road Friday night, winning its 16th game of the season. Ashley Allen led the Panthers (16-7) with 21 assists, two kills and two aces. Halli Bollinger-Yount (seven kills, ace serve), Molly Conrad (five kills, two blocks, seven digs), Kambri Erzfeld (three kills, six digs), Miranda Green (three kills, 2 blocks) and Ashley Gruenke (10 digs, five aces) also contributed in a winning effort...

1. Woodland — Record: 20-3 — Recent wins: Richland (Essex), St. Vincent, Leopold 2. Notre Dame — Record: 14-2-2 — Recent wins: Leopold, Advance, Kennett 3. Jackson — Record: 14-4-2 — Recent wins: Farmington, Hillsboro, Advance 4. Gideon — Record: 21-1-1 — Recent wins: Campbell, Bernie, North Pemiscot, Holcomb...

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.

Prior to the MSHSAA Class 4 Boy’s Soccer state championship game last November in Springfield, Jackson senior goalkeeper Luke Mirly wasn’t exactly feeling great.

The Semoball Cup is presented to the school with the most successful season based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams (WIN) plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams (POST) and individuals (IND). The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Here are the standings with previous rankings from 2020:...

A slew of high school boys basketball squads are competing in a two-day basketball shootout at Kennett High School Tuesday and Wednesday. Rector, Clarkton, Delta C-7, Kennett, Greenville, and Portageville are slated to compete in head-to-head contests that begin at 8 a.m. and conclude around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday...

The best of the best will be recognized at the 2021 Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on July 10 at the Rock N’ Roll Drive-In in Chaffee.

CLARKTON - Educators and the student body gathered at the Clarkton High School Gymnasium earlier this week to recognize three seniors who are preparing for life after high school and another senior who has not missed a day of school. “We’d like to recognize our seniors who are making commitments to various programs,” Clarkton educator Jordan Bidewell said Wednesday. ...

The brackets are set for the Tri- County Conference and Bootheel Conference softball tournaments. Both events begin Monday. Holcomb is the No. 1 seed in the Tri-County Conference Tournament and Kennett is the No. 1 seed in the Bootheel Conference Tournament...

Following a year of missing out on gathering with friends and family due to the COVID pandemic, everyone, including sports fans, is anxious to spend time with those closest to us once again.

The Kennett Indians softball team scored in every inning as it run-ruled Scott City 19-4 in five innings Wednesday. Visiting Kennett (2-2) led 8-2 after one inning, 15-3 after two innings, 17-4 after three innings, and 18-4 after four innings. Adelynn Nelson and Olivia Orf both finished 3 for 4 with four RBIs for Kennett. Nelson had a pair of doubles...

The 2021 Tri-County Conference boys basketball awards have been released.

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...