Malden

Malden fall sports schedules have been released. The Malden varsity football team is slated to open its season Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. when it hosts New Madrid County Central. The Malden junior varsity football team is slated to open its season Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. when it hosts Dexter...

Malden Green Wave first-year varsity boys basketball coach Cole McBroom has been more concerned about getting to know his players than determining what basketball plays he is going to run in recent weeks. “This summer my main goal was to build a relationship with the kids,” McBroom said. ...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

Five baseball players from Pemiscot and Dunklin Counties have received recognition on the 2018 Missouri Baseball Coaches Association All-State Baseball Team. Malden junior Gavin Bristow was selected as a first-team all-state catcher in Class 3. Bristow batted .432 with three home runs and 26 RBIs...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

The Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association has released the 2018 Class 1 spring all-state softball team. Four players from the Missouri Bootheel have been selected all-state. Malden senior Lana Reed has been selected as a first-team all-state catcher. Reed hit .645 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs...

O’FALLON, Mo. - Malden senior slugger Dee Triplett never lost hope when the Strafford Indians scored four runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 6-4 lead in the Class 3 state championship Wednesday afternoon. “The way we have been hitting the ball I knew we would score again and get back in the game,” Triplett said. “We’ve just kept hitting and battling all season when we get behind.”...

O’FALLON, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave entered Tuesday’s Class 3 state semifinal looking to do big damage with its bats before the Holden Eagles could implement its small-ball attack. “We’ve been waiting for a big game offensively,” Malden sophomore Shay Amoss said. “We hadn’t put a complete game together offensively in the playoffs. Today we put the ball in play, good things happened and things fell our way.”...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. 2018 Senath-Hornersville graduate Lathan Brooks, who has signed to play baseball at John. A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill., is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Brooks batted .459 with six home runs, 24 RBIs and 25 runs scored for the Lions. He also went 6-1 on the hill with a 1.70 ERA. Brooks struck out 83 in 37 innings of work...