Malden

The Bobcats put up a whopping 92 points in the first half, which tied a MSHSAA record, on the way to a 132-61 home win over the Tigers.

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity girls basketball team locked up the No. 2 seed in next week’s Bootheel Conference Tournament with its sixth straight conference victory Monday night. Malden made 22 of 32 free-throw attempts as it beat the Campbell Camels 47-42...

The Advance Hornets outscored the Meadow Heights Panthers 33-13 in the second half en route to a 49-37 come-from-behind home victory.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Down three points and time winding down, the Portageville boys basketball team had a pair of chances to tie the game up, against Malden, on Friday. Sophomore Alex Winsor drove into the lane, drew the defense in, and kicked it out to junior Kelan Bills for a three-pointer in the right corner. ...

Scott County (11-2) got a victory at Scott City (7-7) on Thursday.

Six Semoball boys basketball teams and two Semoball girls basketball teams are ranked in the latest state rankings provided by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (14-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, is ranked No. 8 in the Class 1 boys poll...

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The Bobcats held the Hornets to one point in the first quarter and never looked back as they picked up a 63-33 home victory.

Hayti 61, Campbell 56 HAYTI, Mo. - The Hayti Indians varsity boys basketball team snapped the Campbell Camels’ eight-game winning streak with a 61-56 home win Friday night. Campbell led 18-10 after one quarter, Hayti led 25-24 at halftime, and things were tied at 43-all at the end of the third quarter before Hayti won the fourth quarter 18-13...

MALDEN, Mo. - The success continued for the Malden Green Wave varsity girls basketball team in Bootheel Conference play Thursday night. Malden improved to 4-1 in regular-season conference play as it beat the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 58-26. “Every game our defense should set the tone for our offense,” Malden coach Josh Herring said. ...

Risco 63, Clarkton 52 CLARKTON, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team built a 29-14 lead by halftime on its way to a 63-52 road win against the Clarkton Reindeer Tuesday night. Evan Pipkin hit four of the Tigers’ five treys on his way to a team-high 20 points. Andrew Rodgers added 18 points. Kamron Meese and Hayden Ludwig both scored nine points for Risco...

Malden 46, South Pemiscot 44 MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team rallied from three down in the fourth quarter to edge the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 46-44 Friday night. South Pemiscot lead 12-11 after one quarter before Malden tied things up at 21-all by halftime. South Pemiscot moved back ahead 38-33 by the end of the third quarter before Malden rallied for a win...

MALDEN, Mo. - Hot-shooting by junior Caroline Patton set the tone for the Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team from the get-go Thursday night. Patton opened the game with three consecutive 3-pointers as Kennett surged ahead of the host Malden Green Wave 9-5 by the 4:31 mark the first quarter...

Risco 57, South Pemiscot 51 STEELE, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team won the final eight minutes of regulation by nine points as it rallied past South Pemiscot 57-51 Tuesday. South Pemiscot led 15-12 after one quarter, Risco led 29-25 at halftime, and South Pemiscot led 43-30 at the end of the third quarter of the see-saw battle...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 12 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs fell behind a few points early but responded with the finish it needed to upset the No. 8 seeded Malden Green Wave in a consolation semifinal at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Saturday afternoon...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 8 seeded Malden Green Wave rebounded nicely less than 24 hours after suffering a 56-54 upset loss to No. 9 seeded East Prairie in an opening-round contest at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Thursday. Malden built a 45-22 lead by halftime on its way past No. 16 seeded Richland 70-32 in a consolation quarterfinal Friday afternoon...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Trailing by two points with one possession left, Malden head coach Cole McBroom designed a play that gave his team a chance to send the game into overtime. Sophomore Marques Jones caught the ball on the right block, pump-faked, and got the East Prairie defender to bite, and drew a foul with just under one second left to play...

No. 9 Holcomb 45, No. 16 Greenville 25 BROSELEY, Mo. - The No. 9 seeded Holcomb Hornets rallied from an 8-6 deficit after the first quarter to beat the No. 16 seeded Greenville Bears 45-25 in a consolation quarterfinal at the Lady Royals Classic Monday morning...

BROSELEY, Mo. - It took a little bit of time to have an impact put the defensive pressure the Twin Rivers Royals applied finally created havoc for the Malden Green Wave. After falling behind 8-5 after one quarter of play, No. 6 seeded Twin Rivers outscored the No. ...

PARK HILLS, Mo. — A lackluster second-quarter spurned the Sikeston girls basketball team on Thursday against Park Hills Central. After trailing by one point after the first quarter, Sikeston got outscored 25-14 in the second, in the Lady Bulldogs 76-46 loss to the Rebels...

MALDEN, Mo. - After enduring a close first half against the Malden Green Wave the Kennett Indians defense stepped up in a big way early in the second half in a varsity boys basketball game at Malden High School Tuesday night. Kennett limited the Green Wave to just four 2-point field goals in the third quarter as it outscored Malden 21-8 to build a 44-25 lead by the start of the fourth quarter and played Malden even the rest of the way on its way to a 56-37 road victory...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Brayon Hamilton and Creighton Sarakas led the Sikeston freshman boys’ basketball team to a double-digit win over New Madrid County Central on Monday night. Both Hamilton and Sarakas had 12 points. Mike Coaker added 11 points, while Justice Taylor had seven and Harrison Arndt six, in the Bulldogs 57-35 win...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Campbell Camels varsity boys basketball team has played its fair share of close games on the road the first couple weeks of the season. The Camels had already played three games on the road decided by single digits entering Friday...

MALDEN, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Malden Green Wave jumped out to a 21-7 lead by end of the first quarter and led by double digits the rest of the way as it beat No. 4 seeded Portageville 52-39 in the eighth grade title game of the Bootheel Conference Tournament Thursday at Malden...

BROSELEY, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball squad enjoyed a strong start to each half as it won at Twin Rivers 54-49 Tuesday night. Malden led 13-6 after one quarter 28-20 at halftime, and 43-33 at the end of the third quarter before Twin Rivers won the final quarter by five points...

Senath-Hornersville 60, Gideon The Senath-Hornersville Lions trailed by single digits much of the first three quarters but managed to rally late and walk away with the consolation championship at the Gideon Bulldog Classic Thursday. No. 6 seeded Senath-Hornersville outscored No. 5 seeded Gideon 24-8 in the fourth quarter to secure 60-51 victory...

The Bootheel Conference middle school boys basketball tournament begins Saturday at Malden. Quarterfinals are Saturday, semifinals are Monday, and championship games are Thursday. See the schedule below: QUARTERFINALS ON DEC. 7 GAME 1: 3-Caruthersville vs. 6-Portageville, 10:30 a.m...

ORAN, Mo. — Free throws can make or break a team down-the-stretch of a game. An unguarded shot can cause teams trouble, but for Kelly senior Devin Heuring, that was not the case, in the Hawks 87-84 overtime win over Advance in the semifinals of the Oran Invitational Tournament on Thursday night...

POPLAR BLUFF — Jimmy May scored more points than any player in SEMO Conference history and the Scott City senior was presented with the Carr Trophy as the conference's most outstanding player Wednesday night at the 74th Poplar Bluff Gridiron Banquet...

High school basketball teams throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin play in opening-season basketball tournaments Monday.

The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team enters the 2019-20 season hoping to pound the ball inside frequently. “We are definitely post-heavy,” Malden coach Cole McBroom said. “We are long and lanky. If we settle for jumpers and 3-pointers we are hurting ourselves. We are a team that has to get to the basket and the free-throw line.”...

PIGGOTT, Ark. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team opened its season on a high note Friday night. Senath-Hornersville rallied from a 19-10 deficit at the end of the first quarter to win at Piggott (Ark.) 72-69 in overtime. Piggott maintained a 36-31 lead at halftime and led 46-42 at the end of the third quarter before the Lions rallied to tie things up at 58-all by the end of the fourth quarter and won the overtime session 14-11...

MALDEN, Mo. — Katie Webb recorded a monster double-double in Oran’s 70-31 win over Malden on Friday night. Webb finished with 30 points, on 13 of 18 shooting, and 13 rebounds. Kaylee Payne added 18 points, on 6 of 11 shooting, to go along with six rebounds and five steals as well. Both her and Webb were the lone Lady Eagles to reach double-digits in scoring...

Numbers are on the rise for the Malden Green Wave girls basketball program entering its 2019-20 campaign. “We’ve got a larger group this season,” Malden coach Josh Herring said. “Last year we had around 12 girls in our high school program and this season we have 18.”...

The Missouri High School Activities Association released district assignments for the 2019-20 season for basketball and wrestling Friday. Kennett is headed back to Class 2 in wrestling after competing in Class 1 last season. Kennett is slated to compete in Class 2, District 1 with Affton, Park Hills Central, Dexter, John Burroughs, Miller Career Academy, Normandy, Notre Dame Cape Girardeau, Potosi, Roosevelt, Soldan International Studies, St. ...

SIKESTON — District assignments for boys’ and girls’ basketball and wrestling were released on Friday. Sikeston will be a part of Class 4, District 1, with Cape Central, Notre Dame, Dexter, Perryville, and Ste. Genevieve. Class 3, District 1 consists of Charleston, New Madrid County Central, East Prairie, Caruthersville, Doniphan, Malden, Kennett, and Twin Rivers. ...

Poplar Bluff moved up to the largest class in wrestling and will face the same opponents in basketball while hosting the district this winter. Poplar Bluff Athletic Director Kent Keith announced in a statement that the school’s bid to host the MSHSAA Class 5 District 1 boys and girls basketball tournament had been accepted...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Portageville’s Jauslyn Johnson earned a spot on the Class 2, District 1 All-District Second Team, and made the Bootheel All-Conference team last week. Johnson was the only Bulldog to earn a spot on the All-Conference team. Campbell swept the major awards for the conference. Gentry Vancil won Coach of the Year, while Anna Beth Vancil won Player of the Year...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference volleyball awards have been released. Campbell junior Anna Beth Vancil is the 2019 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. “I’m very excited about being chosen for the award and honored that the other coaches selected me as Conference Player of the Year,” Anna Beth Vancil said. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates.”...

The next step in MSHSAA football team's quest for a championship will be taken tonight throughout Southeast Missouri. Here is "What 2 Watch 4" throughout the area.

LAST MEETING: Kennett beat Potosi 48-9 LAST WEEK: Kennett beat Doniphan 56-0; Potosi beat Perryville 20-14 HEAD TO HEAD STREAK: Kennett won the only meeting in the last decade last season. ABOUT POTOSI: Potosi (6-4) beat Owensville 44-28 in Week 1, St. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo – Less than a month ago, the Charleston Bluejays traveled to Malden and used some last seconds heroics to down the Green Wave 28-20. On Friday, with their season on the line, Malden returned the favor. After trailing the entire game, a fateful connection from quarterback Shay Amoss to Drew Blankinship in the final minutes of regulation helped the Green Wave down the hosting Bluejays 18-13 on the road in the opening round of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament...

A week after dropping out of the top spot, Kennett returns to lead the Semoball Power Rankings to end the regular season.

Sikeston at Hillsboro Records: Sikeston 3-6; Hillsboro 3-6 Series History: Tied 2-2 Last Meeting: 2016, Hillsboro won 72-46 Last Week: Sikeston lost to Kennett 36-0; Hillsboro lost to Poplar Bluff 39-26 Notes: The wait is over, the postseason is here, and for Sikeston flipping the script is something this team needs to do. ...

LAST MEETING: Kennett beat Doniphan 41-6 LAST WEEK: Kennett beat Sikeston 36-0; Scott City beat Doniphan 49-6 HEAD TO HEAD STREAK: Kennett has won the only meeting against Doniphan. in the last decade ABOUT DONIPHAN: Cabool beat Doniphan 52-2 in Week 1, Thayer beat Doniphan 50-19 in Week 2, Charleston beat Doniphan 20-0 in Week 3, NMCC beat Doniphan 54-6 in Week 4, Dexter beat Doniphan 32-0 in Week 5, Kelly beat Doniphan 42-6 in Week 6, Doniphan beat Chaffee 19-0 in Week 7, Fredericktown beat Doniphan 54-11 in Week 8, and Scott City beat Doniphan 49-6 in Week 9. ...