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The Advance boys basketball team pulled away late in the fourth quarter to secure a tightly contested 66-59 victory over host Bloomfield on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the SCAA Conference Tournament. Third-seeded Advance (8-9) had a balanced attack plan, as four Hornets scored in double digits...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — All Portageville had to do to capture the conference championship, was defeat Hayti on Tuesday night, at Hayti High School. Easier said than done. The Bulldogs, though, came in and did just that, defeating the Indians 68-59. Steven Guo led Portageville (14-4) with 26 points. He went 11 of 12 at the free-throw line...

Jersey Black notched a double-double, leading the sixth-seeded Scott City girls basketball team to a 65-62 win over third-seeded Kelly in the quarterfinals of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Monday in Oran, Missouri. Black had 22 points and 17 rebounds for the Rams (6-8), who held off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt from the Hawks and will face No. 2 Scott County Central at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a semifinal...

ORAN, Mo. — Starting the game off as slow, was not what the Kelly girls basketball team envisioned on Monday night in its 65-62 loss to Scott City, in the quarterfinals of the Scott County-Mississippi County Tournament. The Lady Hawks trailed by nine points after the first quarter, and 15 at halftime, to put themselves into a hole...

Emma Brune netted 17 points in a 55-39 conference win over host Cape Central as she eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for her career midway through the second quarter on Thursday. Saxony Lutheran came out firing in the first half, outscoring Cape Central 27-11...

METROPOLIS, ILL. — Brian Visor’s putback with 3 seconds left in overtime lifted the Charleston boys basketball team to a victory in the first round of the City of Metropolis Superman Classic on Monday night. Visor finished with only one bucket in the game, with none more significant than the one he had, as the fifth-seeded Bluejays beat the No. 4 seed Massac County 73-71...

SIKESTON — Once again, the Scott County Central girls basketball team got off to a great start, outscoring Advance 19-6 after the first quarter on Thursday. The Bravettes were led by Bre’asia Jones — who finished with 24 points, six rebounds, and seven steals, as they eased to an 81-15 victory...

Zach LeGrand hit on all six of his 3-point attempts as the Oak Ridge boys basketball team rolled to a 97-49 road victory over Zalma on Thursday. Legrand finished with 30 points and finished one rebound short of a double-double with nine. Teammate David Layton did turn the trick with another big night, netting a game-high 39 points while collecting 10 assists, seven steals and six rebounds...

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...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Taydrianna Barnett and Karris Allen led the way for the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs in Monday’s matchup against New Madrid County Central. Barnett scored 17 points, and Allen had 10 but wound up being too little, as the Lady Eagles defeated Sikeston 59-54...

David Layton put together another stellar performance, notching a double-double as the Oak Ridge boys basketball team outlasted visiting St. Vincent in overtime for a 73-68 win on Monday. Layton had 47 points and 12 rebounds while Brent Seyer also had a double-double with 10 points and 15 boards. Zach LeGrand chipped in nine points and 10 rebounds for the BlueJays (8-4), who outscored St. Vincent 11-6 in the extra period...

DEXTER, Mo. — The Dexter Bearcats shifted into overdrive in the second quarter. After a sluggish start, the Bearcats picked up the tempo in the second en route to an 80-47 victory over the Farmington Knights on Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center...

The Scott City and Kelly boys basketball teams usually need only to cover 14 miles to face each other, but both traveled more than 150 miles Wednesday to square off in the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Scott City, playing for the fourth straight year on the Memphis Grizzlies' home court, prevailed 61-50...

Eric Berry and David Layton went shot-for-shot, but Delta’s supporting staff outperformed Oak Ridge’s as the Bobcats came away with the 80-61 win in a fifth-place semifinal Friday at the Show Me Center. . Berry finished with a game-high 33 points to lead No. 6 Delta down the stretch. He was one of three Bobcats in double digits...

The Woodland boys basketball team battled past a second-half comeback effort by Advance to come away with the 62-58 consolation quarterfinal win. Jack Below powered the comeback attempt for the 13th-seeded Hornets with 23 points. Seth Whittley followed with 10 points in the effort...

It's become a yearly tradition: David vs. Goliath match ups in the first round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. Small, overpowered teams are usually matched against traditional powerhouse programs, such as Cape Central and Jackson. That's especially true for the four games in the morning session of Day 1...

The Kelly girls basketball team rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to tie Chaffee by the end of regulation, then won 61-59 in overtime in a fifth-place semifinal Friday at the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas Classic in Broseley, Missouri. Alaney Moore led the Hawks with a double-double, scoring a team-high 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds...

Payton Salyer netted a game-high 19 points as the Jackson boys basketball team finished the weekend with a 71-53 victory over Lutheran South on Saturday at the Jackson Showcase. Colten Seyer contributed 17 points for the Indians, including five 3-pointers. Chase Robinson and Dalton Tollison tossed in 13 points apiece for Jackson (6-1), which maintained a 12-point lead at halftime...

It was quite a successful fall sports season in the Southeast Missouri area. The Advance volleyball team won its first-ever state championship, and Jackson football finished the regular season undefeated for the first time in over a decade before falling in the quarterfinals to the eventual Class 5 state champions...

Drew Dirnberger scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Kelly boys basketball team to a razor-thin 60-59 victory over Leopold on Wednesday in Benton, Mo. Bryce Morgan added 13 points for the Hawks, who trailed 25-9 after the first quarter and 37-22 at halftime. Kelly cut the deficit to 45-41 by the start of the fourth quarter, then overtook the Wildcats over the final eight minutes...

The top-seeded Oran girls basketball team dominated third-seeded host Chaffee 83-21 to win the Lady Red Devils Invitational behind 40 points from Leah Cauble. Cauble shot 15-for-27 from the floor and 7-for-15 from behind the 3-point arc and also had six rebounds...

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Isaiah Thomas drained 23 points as the fourth-seeded Delta boys basketball team pulled a big 72-64 semifinal upset over top-seeded Perryville on Thursday to reach Friday's championship game of the Woodland Invitational Tournament in Marble Hill, Missouri...

The host Cardinals opened their season with an 82-61 victory over Zalma in the Woodland Invitational Tournament in boys basketball Tuesday in Marble Hill, Missouri. Connor Goodwn led the third-seeded Cardinals with 28 points, while Jamon Frymire added 13 and Kyle Balsman had 12...

Leah Cauble poured in 41 points to go along with six steals and four assists as the Oran girls basketball team opened the season with an 87-19 win over Malden on Monday in Oran, Missouri. Kaylee Payne added 13 points, five steals and four assists for the Eagles (1-0), and Jessie Long chipped in 10 points and six rebounds...

Class and district assignments have been released for boys and girls basketball in the Missouri Bootheel for the 2018-19 season. Clarkton, Delta, Delta C-7, Gideon, North Pemiscot, Richland, Risco, Scott County Central, and Southland will compete in Class 1, District 1. See teams in all Class 1 districts here: Class 1 Districts...

The Jackson girls cross country team finished fourth in a Class 4 Sectional 1 meet Saturday in Washington, Missouri, to qualify for the state championship. Kennedy Bauer led the way with a second-place finish in 19 minutes, 33.56 seconds. Kaylee Wilson was the next-highest finisher for the Indians, coming in 25th in 20:27.72...

The postseason represents a fresh start. After nine weeks of jockeying for seeding position, football teams across the state now throw away their regular-season records. Each week, teams will play an elimination game. Win and advance; lose and the season ends...