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When the Class 1 boys basketball tournaments finally get underway the favorites to secure district titles will find themselves waiting a little longer for an opponent. The No. 1 seeded Risco Tigers have received a first round bye in Class 1, District 1 and are awaiting the winner of district quarterfinal between No. 4 seeded Delta C-7 and No. 5 seeded Scott County Central...

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.

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...

ORAN, Mo. — Excitement filled the gym, and smiles ran across every Kelly player’s face Friday night after the final buzzer sounded and the championship plaque was in their grasps. For the second-straight year, the Hawks won the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament...

The highly acclaimed and 100 percent accurate (see the sarcasm) girls basketball rankings are out for the second edition. Did your team move, drop, or enter the coveted top-10? Here is the top-10 girls' team, as of Friday: New Madrid County Central (14-3)...

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...

Since the start of 2021, the Notre Dame girls basketball team has fallen on difficult times, due to the fact that their competition has drastically improved since the beginning of the season. Saturday proved to be their toughest opponent yet, as they took on the undefeated class six, number one ranked Incarnate Word Academy in St. Charles...

ORAN, Mo. — Saturday was the first day of the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament at Oran High School. There were three games played, with the No. 1 seed Scott City earning a bye after No. 7 seed Scott County Central dropped out. No. 3-seeded Kelly had little to worry about against No. 6 seed Chaffee...

SIKESTON – Oran High School girl’s basketball coach Amy Pobst was an accounting major in college, not a psychology major, but she did a masterful performance of rewiring her players’ minds following an 18-point loss to Delta just five weeks ago.

Lexi Rubel proved to be too much for Kennett Monday as the junior standout not only dominated inside but drained two, three-point shots as she scored a game-high 22 points and also grabbed 13 rebounds to lead her Bulldogs past Kennett on the road, 46-32...

ORAN, Mo. — Revenge avenged. One month ago, Delta (15-3; 6-1 Scott-Mississippi County Conference) proved to be too much of a mismatch against Oran (9-3; 4-0 Scott-Mississippi County Conference) in the First State Bank Holiday Classic. The Lady Bobcats won handily over the Lady Eagles, 54-36...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — If there was one regular-season game that New Madrid County Central girls basketball coach Toby Heeb had circled on his calendar, it was Jan. 18. A battle between two brothers ended with the younger one on top, as NMCC defeated Delta 77-59...

Drum roll, please. After seeing a lot of chatter on who the top-10 boys and girls basketball teams are in the region, I have put together a list of who I think deserves to be mentioned. Here is the absolutely accurate (see the sarcasm) boys’ list: New Madrid County Central (9-0)...

Alandry Below scored 13 of game-high 35 points in the first quarter, and the Advance girls basketball team beat Eagle Ridge Christian 64-46. The Hornets jumped ahead 24-7 after one quarter of a game played Monday night at Advance High School. Advance led 38-26 at halftime and 54-35 after three quarters...

It took mere seconds into its opening possession before the Woodland girl’s basketball team felt the repercussions of playing Delta, as the two teams battled in the championship game of the New Year’s Tournament hosted by the Bobcats on Thursday.

DELTA — The Delta New Year Tournament opened with the host Bobcats winning 109-19 against the Puxico Indians on Monday at Delta High School. However, late in the fourth quarter, the Indians bench started the cheer louder than at any other time during the game...

Don’t let the MSHSAA classification fool you in this week’s Delta New Year’s Girl’s Basketball Tournament.

At the start of this month, the Cape Central boy’s basketball team was an inexperienced group floundering its way – unsuccessfully – through the SEMO Conference Tournament. The Tigers became the first top seed in that event to lose on opening night since the tournament had restarted back in 2006.

Oran made a seeming blowout loss to Jackson interesting midway through the final quarter, as the Eagles cut their deficit from 34-21 to 36-30 with a 9-2 run. However, the Indians regrouped, as Oran missed some critical shots and ultimately prevailed 46-35 in the fifth-place game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Wednesday at the Show Me Center.

The Delta Bobcats beat the Bell City Cubs 92-73 in the consolation semifinal round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. Evan Bartels scored a game high 37 points. Bartels said it was the best game he’s had all season...

The No. 16 seeded Bell City Cubs were eliminated from the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Tuesday after falling to the Delta Bobcats 92-73 in the consolation semifinal round at the Show Me Center. Bell City exits with two losses to Delta and top seeded Cape Central. The Cubs was given a bye in the quarterfinal round due to Scott City having to quarantine...

Advance kicked off the second day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament with redemption. Led by senior Landon Daily's 30 points, the Hornets beat the Oak Ridge Blue Jays 66-46 on Monday at the Show Me Center to advance to the consolation semifinal...

Cape Central opened the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament in resounding fashion, as the No. 1-seed Tigers got past No. 16-seed Bell City 106-12. Cape Central scored 37 points in the opening quarter and never looked back. The Tigers (1-2) got 21 points from senior Tyrome Huff and sophomore forward Cameron Williams each.

The COVID global pandemic is trying to force its way into the annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament but the tournament staff is adapting on the fly to keep the virus at bay. The No. 6-seed Kelly boy’s basketball team is currently under quarantine due to the virus through Saturday, which is the opening day of the vent at the Show Me Center. So to solve that dilemma, the Hawks (3-3) will now face No. 11-seed Meadow Heights (5-2) on Sunday AT Kelly High School at 3 p.m.

Twenty-four hours removed from a loss against Jackson in the semifinals of the First State Bank Holiday Classic girl's basketball tournament, Oran didn’t have much time to relax before facing another formidable opponent.

No one should be surprised that No. 1-seed Notre Dame and No. 2-seed Jackson will meet in the championship game of the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic. Those two teams have earned the opportunity to play for a title by advancing through the first two rounds of the tournament. However, the third-place game, which will feature Oran and Delta will be just as entertaining to watch, if not more so.

The Delta girl’s basketball squad has a really big task staring it in the face today at 6:30 p.m. when it faces unbeaten Notre Dame (4-0) in a championship semifinal of the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic at the Show Me Center. However, if you think those within the Bobcat program are fearful of the challenge, well, you’d be wrong.

In what served as a preview for the opening round of the 2020 First State Community Bank Holliday Classic Girls Basketball Tournament, the Delta girl’s basketball team took off early and stayed on top against Saxony Lutheran 60-43 on Thursday at Saxony Lutheran.

SENATH - The No. 2 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions outscored the No. 7 seeded Southland Rebels by double digits in every quarter on its way to an 84-29 win Tuesday in a quarterfinal of the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament. Jaxon Layne scored a dozen points in each half to pace Senath-Hornersville with 24 points. Parker Rhew added 21 points, Knolan Hunter tallied 15 points, and Blaze Mears contributed 11 points...

Going into Tuesday's match-up, visiting East Prairie, the Delta Bobcats girls basketball team was averaging 90.2 points per game. After the matchup with the Eagles, that average went up to 92.3, after decimating East Prairie 103-20. After shutting out the Eagles in the first quarter(31-0), the offense tacked on 27 more points in the second period, building their lead at halftime 58-7...

There are positive and negative aspects to trying to conduct a 16-team high school basketball tournament amid a global pandemic, which is resulting in over 2,200 deaths daily within the United States. However, the overwhelming encouraging factor is that the 76th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament will indeed take place.

It must've felt like the middle of summer in Delta's gymnasium Friday night because that's how hot the Bobcat's offense was as they scorched the Scott County Central defense beating the Braves 107-74. Delta scored 35 points in the opening quarter, outscoring Scott Central by 27 and didn't cool off in the 2nd quarter, scoring 34 more. The Braves made a game of it in the second period, putting up 33 points of their own...

It’s the 25th year for the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic and top seeded Notre Dame will defend its 2019 title during the December 20-22 girls tournament at the Show Me Center. Mark Ruark, principal of Saxony Lutheran High School, has been tournament director for 23 years and said the uniqueness of competing during a pandemic has necessitated changes...

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...

The only certainty throughout the sporting world in 2020 has been complete uncertainty, and the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament isn’t immune to that chaos.

The Kelly Hawks girl's basketball team found the offense quite easy against Bloomfield Monday at the Chaffee Lady Devil girl's basketball tournament as they beat the Wildcats 91-3. Kelly outscored Bloomfield 57-0 by halftime and 73-0 by the end of the third period...

Meadow Heights improved to 3-1 on the young season beating Delta in the third place game at the Woodland Tournament Friday 97-64. Will Green paced the Panthers with 30 points. He also recorded 10 rebounds as well. Tristen Mayfield also pumped in 30 points as well...

MARBLE HILL — The Woodland boys basketball team finished last year with a 6-18 record. The Cardinals have started this season 3-0 and are now in the championship game of their tournament after beating Delta 113-87 on Thursday in the championship semifinal. Woodland coach Paul Lynch said Thursday’s win was the best offensive performance he’s seen from his team.

The Delta girls basketball started their 2020-2021 campaign off with a bang Monday night blowing out Puxico 99-15. Delta got 5 players in double figures, being paced by Allie Hampton and Sierra Berry each scoring 16 points. Puxico didnt have one player in double figures...

Delta outscored Eminence 57-40 in the first half and never trailed in the contest, winning in convincing fashion Saturday 92-79. The big story in the game was Delta senior Colby Crader scoring his 1,000 point in his career. Crader led all Bobcat scorers with 29 points while Evan Bartels and Carter Scherer each added 19 each...