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What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

The list of Semoball Awards finalists is complete. In Tuesday's selection show streamed exclusively on Facebook, the 45 spring sport finalists were revealed, along with the Lifetime Achievement Award winner, 13 nominees in Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Best of Sportsmanship...

Five players from the Missouri Bootheel have been selected to the Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association all-state softball team. Bernie junior pitcher Alyson Marcum, Kennett freshman shortstop Kyra Jaco, Kennett freshman designated player Anelle Harris, and Malden sophomore outfielder Katie Shuffler were selected first-team all-state. Bernie junior catcher Taylor Anthony was selected second-team all-state...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. Malden’s Tye Miller and Portageville’s Bub Lance are the Bootheel Conference Co-Players of the Year. Miller batted .462 with 22 hits, 44 stolen bases, and 43 RBIs this spring. Miller went 7-2 with 2.32 ERA on the mound. He struck out 62 and walked 33 in 54.1 innings pitched...

The all-region softball team has been released. Kennett freshman Kyra Jaco, Oran junior Kaylee Payne, Campbell senior Elizabeth Steward, Puxico senior Bailey Burns, Holcomb sophomore Bailey Cupples, and Malden sophomore Hailey Rojas were selected first-team all-region infielders...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden’s Hope Hartman is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Hartman hit .575 with six home runs and 47 RBIs. She also went 12-3 with a 4.20 ERA and struck out 68 in 73 2/3 innings pitched in the circle...

MALDEN, Mo. -- It took a few extra innings, but the Saxony Lutheran baseball team finally found a way to eliminate defending state champion Malden from the Class 3 state playoffs Monday. Saxony Lutheran scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings. Four innings later, Saxony Lutheran cleanup hitter Austin Fritsche produced a two-out RBI hit to secure an 9-8 walk-off sectional victory over the Green Wave...

MALDEN, Mo. -- It took a few extra innings, but the Saxony Lutheran baseball team finally found a way to eliminate defending state champion Malden from the Class 3 state playoffs Monday. Saxony Lutheran scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning to force extra innings. Four innings later, Saxony Lutheran cleanup hitter Austin Fritsche produced a two-out RBI hit to secure a 9-8 walk-off sectional victory over the Green Wave...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Five Malden track athletes walked away with medals Saturday at the Class 2 state track meet at Adkins Stadium at Jefferson City High School. Malden junior Onerica Reed placed fifth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.68. The 4x100 and 4x200 Malden girls relay teams consisting of Reed, Arionne Ross, Crystal Allen, Shamya Dobbins, and alternate Makinley Walker also brought home medal. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo – To be the best you have to beat the best. So far this postseason nobody’s been able to do that as defending Class 3 state champion Malden continues to find ways to win. Tuesday was the latest example as the top-seeded Green Wave won their second one-run game in as many days, defeating second-seeded East Prairie for the Class 3, District 1 title...

CHARLESTON, Mo – To be the best you have to beat the best. So far this postseason nobody’s been able to do that as defending Class 3 state champion Malden continues to find ways to win. Tuesday was the latest example as the top-seeded Green Wave won their second one-run game in as many days, defeating second-seeded East Prairie 5-4 for the Class 3, District 1 title...

CHARLESTON, Mo – For the first five-and-a-half innings the fifth-seeded Charleston Bluejays looked ready to play spoiler to defending state champion Malden in Monday’s Class 3, District 1 semifinals at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. Four runs in the final two innings, however, erased a three-run Green Wave deficit with a walk-off sacrifice from Dameon Hill sending top-seeded Malden to today’s title game with a 6-5 win...

CHARLESTON, Mo – For the first five-and-a-half innings the fifth-seeded Charleston Bluejays looked ready to play the spoiler to defending state champion Malden in Monday’s Class 3, District 1 semifinals at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. Four runs in the final two innings, however, erased a three-run Green Wave deficit...

PARK HILLS, Mo. - Six Malden track athletes booked their ticket to the state track meet with Top 4 finishes in their respective competition Saturday at the Class 2, Sectional 1 meet at Park Hills Central High School. Malden senior Makenzie Minniefield qualified for state with a fourth-place finish in shot put. She recorded a throw of 31-04.00 at the sectional...

Eight Malden athletes remain in contention for a state title after collecting Top 4 finishes in their respective events at the Class 2, District 1 track meet May 4 at Cape Central High School. Malden’s Lonnie Hamilton, Madison Mittag, Makenzie Minniefield Arionne Ross, Onerica Reed, Crystal Allen, Shamya Dobbins, and Makinley Walker will compete in the Class 2 sectional Saturday...

Eli Brown did not allow a single hit and fanned five batters in the shortened five-inning game as he led Saxony Lutheran in a rout of Malden on Wednesday. Malden's Dylan Bader reached first on a dropped third strike and ran into a double play as Brown faced the minimum number of batters...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave baseball team became the latest victim of the red-hot Saxony Lutheran Crusaders Wednesday evening. Saxony Lutheran, which has won 16 of its last 17 games after a 2-2 start to its spring, jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the top of the first inning and never looked back as it beat Malden 11-0 in five innings...

KENNETT, Mo. - The third time proved to be the charm for the Kennett Indians softball team against the Malden Green Wave. After suffering a pair of one-run losses in the first two meetings against Malden earlier this spring the Indians found a way to walk away with a victory with its season on the line Monday...

Editor's Note: This story and additional photos will also be available in the next print edition of Delta Dunklin Democrat on Tuesday morning. MALDEN, Mo. - It took a slew of runs but the Malden Green Wave softball team found a way to secure its sixth straight district title and knock off the previously unbeaten Holcomb Hornets late Friday night...

MALDEN, Mo. - Holcomb only made one strikeout, and still scored three runs in that particular inning. The undefeated Hornets perpetually put the ball in play and eventually beat Campbell 10-1 in the MSHSAA Class 1 District 2 semifinals on Tuesday in Malden...

ADVANCE, Mo. — The Charleston baseball team rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Advance Hornets 5-4 Monday night at Westfield Park in Advance. The Blue Jays (3-13) scored one run in the sixth and three in the top of the seventh. Stephen Willis picked up the win, allowing one run — none earned — on one hit with two strikeouts and no walks in 1 1/3 innings...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — East Prairie scored nine runs over a two-inning stretch, to defeat Bernie 10-6 at East Prairie on Tuesday. Carson Aycock doubled, scoring two runs, while Lane Moody added a single to score two as well. Jack Scruggs also added a double in his own right, which scored two more runs in the frame...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The SEMO Conference track meet was split into the four cardinal directions/divisions with five teams competing in the east, north, and south divisions, and seven teams in the west division Saturday. The meet was held at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau...

The Jackson track and field team swept the north division titles at Saturday's SEMO Regional Conference Meet at Notre Dame Regional High School. The Indians bested the host Bulldogs by 14 in the North Division to clinch the girls title while the boys finished 38 points ahead of Poplar Bluff for the championship.

MALDEN, Mo. - Top seeds are set to collide in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity baseball tournament following preliminary action Saturday at Malden High School. The No. 1 seeded Portageville Bulldogs will take on the No. 2 seeded Campbell Camels Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the title game at Malden...

CAMDENTON, Mo. — Jade Davis scored the only goal for the Sikeston girls soccer team on Friday, as the Lady Bulldogs fell to Camdenton 2-1 in the Camdenton Lady Lakers Invitational Tournament. BASEBALL Kelly 18, St. Paul Lutheran 8 NEELYVILLE, Mo. — The Kelly baseball team drilled St. Paul Lutheran in the Neelyville Invitational Tournament on Friday...

MALDEN, Mo. — Malden and East Prairie were tied at three heading into the fifth inning, on Wednesday. After the Eagles failed to score in the top half of the frame, though, the Green Wave responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning, which was enough to get the 4-3 win...

STEELE, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave coaching staff encouraged its players not to experience letdowns regardless of what took place in the title game of the Bootheel Conference softball tournament Tuesday. “We told the girls the entire time not to let anything get them down, even if the outcomes didn’t go their way in one inning,” Malden coach Kelsey Snider said. “We told them to take each inning as a new inning and that’s what they went out there and did.”...

BENTON, Mo. -- The Kelly Hawks boys track and field team captured eight titles to win their home meet, the Johnny Merrick Invitational. The host team won with 164 points, nearly doubling second-place Scott City's 85.5 points and Charleston's 84.5. On the girls side, Saxony Lutheran was victorious with a total of 130 points, placing first in six events. Woodland finished second at 95.5 points while Malden had 67. Kelly girls finished in 6th with 45 points...

The Malden Green Wave didn’t have to look far to find its next head football coach. Justin Peden, who has served as an assistant football coach with the Green Wave for the past three seasons, was officially named the new head football coach at Malden earlier this week...

SIKESTON, Mo. — 16 teams made up the second annual Sikeston Invitational, and Bulldog Relays on Tuesday, at Sikeston High School. Kennett took home first place, with 139 points, in the boys’ events. Notre Dame’s 152 points, earned the Bulldogs the top score in girls’ events...