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BENTON, Mo. — Heading into Monday night’s contest against Kelly, Sikeston junior Karris Allen only needed five points to achieve a milestone. With 1:24 left in the first quarter, Allen rebounded her own missed shot and took it right back up to put the Lady Bulldogs ahead 13-12. That shot marked the 1,000th point of the junior's career...

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...

The highly acclaimed and 100 percent accurate (see the sarcasm) boys' basketball rankings are out for the second edition. Did your team move, drop, or enter the coveted top-10? New Madrid County Central (15-0) The skinny: Two freshmen are standing tall over everyone else for the No. ...

As the postseason nears, the individual exploits of the best basketball players throughout Southeast Missouri begin to grow in their ability to impress.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Strong defense from the Portageville boys’ basketball team hurt Kelly on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs forced 11 turnovers en route to a 42-38 win while also holding the Hawks 20 points below their season average of 58 points per contest...

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...

ORAN, Mo – They say the third time is the charm. That was certainly Kelly’s thought process Tuesday night in their semifinal game against Oran in the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament. Having already lost to the Eagles twice this season by a combined five points, the Hawks used key plays on both ends of the court from senior Bryce Morgan to propel themselves to a 35-33 overtime win and a chance at the conference championship...

The Kelly girl’s basketball program has evolved through the four years of being coached by Darrin Pruitt into one that is an exhibition in consistency. Successful consistency.

A lot of things have gone well for the New Madrid County Central girl’s basketball program this season.

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...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The second and third quarters separated Kelly and Neelyville Saturday afternoon. Leading by eight points after the first eight minutes, the Hawks would follow that up by outscoring the Tigers 42-12 over the next 16 minutes in its 61-23 win at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Basketball Classic at Cape Central High School...

BENTON, Mo. — With the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament looming, the Kelly girls basketball team had one last test before Saturday, as it hosted Oak Ridge. The Lady Hawks burst out to a 22-3 lead to end the first quarter and a 35-14 halftime advantage in its 69-33 win over the Lady Bluejays at Thomas W. Kelly High School...

Alandry Below scored a game-high 24 points and two other Advance Hornets scored in double figures as Advance pulled away from Charleston in the last three quarters, winning at home in dominating fashion Monday 63-38 to win their fifth in a row. Kaylee Cline helped the cause for the Hornets scoring 15 points and Danielle Markham added 12 points in the victory...

The Kelly Hawks picked up a road win Friday by beating an upstart Chaffee team 60-54, improving their season record to 7-7. Kelly, who had previously only won one of their last 4 games, got a game-high 24 points from junior Gavin Jansen, who recently picked up his 1,000th career point this past week...

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)...

CHARLESTON, Mo – In a game that resembled more of a free throw shooting contest, the Charleston Bluejays struggles at the line against visiting New Madrid County Central stood out. A combined 72 shots were taken at the foul line, with the Bluejays only hitting on 39 percent of their 31 attempts, allowing the Eagles to stay unbeaten on the season with a 67-55 win...

BENTON, Mo. — Ever since a 30-point win over Kelly in the finals of the 2019 Oran Invitational Tournament, the next three meetings between Oran and the Hawks have come down to two possessions or less. Add Tuesday’s night matchup between the two Scott-Mississippi County Conference rivals to the list as well. ...

The Cape Central girl’s basketball team hosted and defeated Kelly 56-49 on the Tigers’ Senior Night Monday.

BENTON, Mo – Coming into Friday’s contest against Woodland, Kelly junior Gavin Jansen stood just seven points away from joining the exclusive 1,000 point clubs for the Hawks. It took under seven minutes for Jansen to hit that mark, finishing the night with a game-high 27 points to lead Kelly to an 80-52 win, snapping a three-game losing streak...

BENTON — Down by three points, Kelly needed something it struggled to convert the entire game — a perimeter shot.

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 history of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament shows that a team like Kelly is essentially crashing a party in which only the likes of Charleston, Cape Central, Jackson, and Notre Dame ever received an invite.

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...

BENTON – In the friendly confines of its home gym, No. 6-seeded Kelly breezed past No. 11 Meadow Heights 66-38 in the opening round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Sunday.

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.

BROSELEY - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team is heading into the Christmas break on a high note after collecting its third victory in as many days at the Lady Royals Classic at Twin Rivers High School Wednesday.

BENTON, Mo. — There weren’t many defensive plays that Kelly senior linebacker Keaton Fitzgerald wasn’t involved in over his four years on the football field. His senior year was no different, as Fitzgerald guided a defense that allowed 12 points per game and pitched four shutouts. The 12 points against was the lowest in program history, and the four shutouts tied for first with the 2018 team...

School… New Madrid County Central Grade… Junior Position… Defensive back Favorite place to play… New Madrid County Central Favorite warmup song… “Dead Trollz” - YoungBoy NBA Favorite pregame meal… Chicken Favorite memory from football… When Kenyon got ran over by Shawn Long...

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.

School… New Madrid County Central Grade… Junior Position… Quarterback Favorite place to play… New Madrid County Central Favorite warmup song… Any Youngboy NBA song Favorite pregame meal… Spaghetti Favorite memory from football… First touchdown pass at East Prairie last year...

BROSELEY — After suffering a first-round upset, Kennett has cruised to the consolation final of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic. The sixth-seeded Indians will face ninth-seed Kelly in the final at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Kennett previously beat Kelly (8-5) by nine points in its season opener...

BROSELEY — Naylor pitched a perfect game in the first quarter, or about as close you can come to it in basketball. After eight minutes, the Eagles were ahead 19-0 as Kelly struggled with five players and three starters missing because of COVID-19. Alaney Moore drove and scored Kelly’s first points 30 seconds into the second quarter, cutting the lead to 17 points. ...

The Kelly girls basketball team were missing four players Thursday night, including three starters(Aleya King, Jada Griggs, and Kiya Lambert) along with Mallory Lemonds due to an undisclosed reason and lost a tough road game to Farmington 65-38. It was all downhill from the opening tip-off, with Kelly falling behind 21-3 by the end of the first quarter...

SCOTT CITY -- After being on the business end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scott City Rams finally got their season going with a 52-51 win over Kelly in double-overtime. “I would’ve liked to have ended it in regulation,” Scott City head coach Mark Dannenmueller said. “It was just a really fun game and a tough game. We just kept telling them that the tougher team was going to win and I thought we were a little bit tougher so it was a big win.”...

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.

New Madrid Central has earned the top seed in the Lady Royal Classic with a trio of Ozark Foothills Conference teams behind it. The Eagles, one of three teams in the tournament along with Kelly and Greenville to have played more than five games, earned the top spot after picking up wins against Jackson, Sikeston, Dexter and Kennett with losses against Notre Dame and Cape Central...

In the moments following his team completing a season that was dominating of all opposition faced, Jackson High School football coach Brent Eckley could have accepted the praise that was coming his way – and with good reason – he deserved all of it and then some. However, in a brutally honest comment, Eckley, who had just guided the Indians to a 42-7 beating of Platte County in the MSHSAA Class 5 State Final, turned the acclaim towards his players.

CHAFFEE, Mo – For the past half-decade, the Oran Lady Eagles have owned the Lady Devils Invitational Tournament. This year was no different. Led by senior Katie Webb’s 14 points, the Lady Eagles sealed their sixth-straight tournament championship Thursday night with a 48-31 win over Woodland in the title game at Chaffee High School...

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 annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament remains two weeks away (Dec. 26 at 8 a.m. is the opening tip) but high school boy’s basketball fans can catch a glimpse of the event tonight when Kelly travels to Meadow Heights.

Gavin Jansen led his Kelly Hawks with 24 points passed a solid Meadow Heights team on the road Friday beating the Panthers 68-50. Kelly also had three other players on double figures, out-scoring the Panthers 25-14 in the 2nd quarter to pull ahead for good...

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 finalists for the Carr Trophy given to the top player in the SEMO Conference were announced Wednesday, a week before the award will be presented at the 75th annual Gridiron Banquet. Jordan Jarrett of Kennett, Jackson’s Connor Tollison and Cael Welker are up for the award given annually since 1979...

Winter sports are underway in the area and while the whistles are being blown, not everyone will be able to hear them. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most schools are putting restrictions on the number of spectators attending games and enforcing some sort of masking policy...