Malden

PARK HILLS, Mo. - Malden cleanup hitter Gavin Bristow knew it was his time to shine when he stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning of a tie game against the West County Bulldogs Wednesday evening. “The tensions were high,” Bristow said. “I knew I had to do it [now] or we were going to have trouble coming back because we were getting to the bottom of our lineup. I knew if anyone was going to start it off it had to be me because I was leading off the inning.”...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Scott City's shortstop and third baseman bowed their heads as the green jerseys poured out of the opposing dugout, unable or unwilling to watch the celebration. Instead, they focused their eyes on the ground. The Rams' season had just ended in excruciating fashion, a four-run lead heading into the seventh inning turning into a walk-off loss. So all the left side of the infield could do in the aftermath of a crazy finish was stare at the ground...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave baseball team has been no stranger to mounting comebacks in the 2018 state playoffs. Malden entered Monday afternoon’s Class 3 state sectional fresh off rallying from behind to beat Clearwater 7-6 in its district semifinal and Doniphan 9-5 in its district championship last week...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden shortstop Lexi Campbell is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Campbell batted .530 with four home runs and 26 RBIs her senior season. She also went 3-0 in the circle with a 3.62 ERA in 19 1/3 innings pitched...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave high school baseball team is developing a familiar post-game routine after championship games. 1. Wait for the first-place trophy 2. Lineup up in two rows 3. Hold up one finger 4. Look at the camera for a team photo...

The top-seeded Notre Dame boys tennis team only dropped one match in the singles in its 5-1 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded North County to advance to today's Class 1 District 1 Team Tournament championship. The Bulldogs will host second-seeded Dexter at 4 p.m. today for the district title. The Bearcats downed third-seeded Sikeston in their semifinal to proceed to the championship match...

PARK HILLS, Mo. – The Park Hills Central Rebels improved from a narrow 2-1 triumph on Apr. 8 against the Malden Green Wave to achieve a 16-0 victory in a Class 1 softball sectional on Monday. Park Hills senior Caitlyn Holmes notched her first home run against Malden to gain a 4-0 lead for Central in the third inning. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave high school baseball team has won a variety of ways this season. “We tell our guys good teams find a way to win,” Malden baseball coach Tim Harmon said. “We’ve done that this year with pitching, hitting and defense. We’ve won just about every way possible.”...

BERNIE — The Malden Green Wave overcame a pair of two-run deficits Wednesday to capture their fifth straight district softball championship. The second-seeded Bernie Mules built leads of 3-1 and 4-2 before the top-seeded Green Wave scored six unanswered runs to win the MSHSAA Class 1 District 3 championship 8-4 at Bernie High School...

KENNETT, Mo. - Kennett Indians softball coach Laurie Vaughan emphasized putting the ball in play and making defensive plays behind their pitcher before the start of Wednesday’s Class 1, District 2 championship against the Holcomb Hornets. The Indians appeared to take both messages to heart from start-to-finish. The Kennett offense never struck out and the Kennett defense did not commit an error behind its pitcher...

The winter sports season is one of the most passionate in Southeast Missouri, and this winter there were plenty of performances deserving of that passion. On Tuesday, 40 more individuals were announced as winter sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards...

Rylee Venable had a home run and four RBIs to lead the top-seeded Scott City softball team to a 13-3 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Advance in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Oran. Kaileigh Dirden was the winning pitcher and also doubled and drove in three runs for Scott City (16-3). She threw a complete game and allowed three earned runs with eight strikeouts and no walks...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

SENATH, Mo. - It took a late offensive spurt but the Kennett Indians softball team found a way to repeat as champions at the Bootheel Conference Tournament late Wednesday night at Senath. No. 2 seeded Kennett scored all six of its runs after the fifth inning as it rallied from a 2-0 deficit to upend the No. 1 seeded Malden Green Wave 6-2 in the title game of the Bootheel Conference Tournament...

SOFTBALL: Kennett wins BHC tournament, Holcomb and Southland reach Tri-County finals SENATH, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Kennett Indians took home the top prize at the Bootheel Conference softball tournament late Wednesday night at Senath. Kennett rallied from a 6-4 deficit to defeat No. 6 seeded Campbell 11-10 in its semifinal. Kennett then overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat No. 1 seeded Malden 6-2 in the championship...

MALDEN, Mo. - Malden track talents Aylexus Leshay and Jaycee Jones have decided to display their skills at the next level after visiting nearby colleges. Both seniors signed with four-year colleges in Missouri Friday. Leshay has elected to attend Southwest Baptist University in Springfield, Missouri...

The Jackson boys golf team continued its impressive season by adding more hardware to its case as the Indians edged Marquette by one stroke to capture the championship of the Mehlville Invitational Tournament at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Missouri, on Saturday...

A week ago, Collin Sheridan was frustrated and yelling at his Cape Girardeau Central girls track and field team, something he doesn't enjoy doing as a coach. But the message seemed to resonate. Saturday, the Tigers won their second straight meet, defending their home track and placing first at the Cape Central Invitational. On the boys side, Sikeston won a meet for the second time in a week, as Tyzeek Hill won the 100- and 200-meter races, and David Rowland was first in discus...

The schedule has been released for the highly anticipated Bootheel Conference softball tournament. Weather permitting the eight-team event will take place Monday and Tuesday at Senath-Hornersville High School. Quarterfinals take place Monday. No. 1 seeded Malden plays No. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave softball team jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning and never looked back as it locked up the Bootheel Conference regular-season title by beating Kennett 7-2 Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve kind of been up and down,” Malden softball coach Angela Rodgers said. ...

The schedule has been released for the Old Settlement Softball Tournament. The 12-team tournament will take place Friday and Saturday at four locations near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Ste. Genevieve, Oran and Arcadia Valley will compete in Pool 1 at Leon’s Field at Ste. Genevieve High School Friday. Ste. Genevieve takes on Oran at 4 p.m., Oran takes on Arcadia Valley at 5:30 p.m. and Ste. Genevieve takes on Arcadia Valley at 7 p.m. Friday in Pool 1...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave’s chances of defending its title looked to be in serious jeopardy after it needed 13 innings to dispose of Bernie 4-3 in its opening game at its own nine-team baseball tournament Friday morning. But strong pitching performances kept coming for the Green Wave even after they deployed pitchers Mason Brown and Ethan Bader in their marathon opener...

MALDEN, Mo. — Seven exciting innings were not enough to decide a winner in one of the opening games of the Malden Invitational Tournament Friday morning. Malden surrendered a 2-0 lead to a three-run rally to Bernie, but the Green Wave found a way to tie the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Malden high school baseball team piled five runs off only one hit during the first three innings of Thursday’s clash at Holcomb, providing a cushion that allowed the Green Wave to rest up ahead of a tournament beginning Friday. “We’re trying to save pitching,” said Malden coach Tim Harmon after the game. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - Two Dunklin County squads were among the 13 teams that competed in the annual Kennett Invitational track meet Tuesday. The Malden girls placed second with a team score of 106 and the Kennett girls placed fifth with a team score of 69.5. Dexter won the girls team competition with a team score of 131...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity baseball team saved the best for last against the Caruthersville Tigers Tuesday afternoon. Parker Rhew collected a two-out RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to propel Senath-Hornersville past Caruthersville 6-5...

MALDEN, Mo. - Expectations remain high for the Malden Green Wave high school track team following a big season in 2017.

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity baseball team became the first squad to put together a winning formula against the previously unbeaten Malden Green Wave Tuesday afternoon. Kennett cranked out a season-high 13 hits as it hammered its way past visiting Malden 12-2 in six innings...

MALDEN, Mo. - The success continued for the Malden Green Wave varsity baseball team against Class 3 opponents in a home doubleheader Saturday afternoon. Malden rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to beat East Carter County 11-8 in the matinee Saturday...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference high school boys basketball awards have been released. Hayti senior guard Darius Jones and Malden senior guard Dashawn Butler are Co-Players of the Year in the Bootheel Conference in boys basketball. Jones averaged 17 points and seven rebounds per game. Butler averaged 18 points and six rebounds per game...

The Malden Green Wave softball program enters the 2018 season looking to replace about half of its players from a 2017 squad that finished 21-3 and advanced to a state sectional. “We did graduate six seniors, which cut away half of our team because we only had 13 players last year,” Malden softball coach Angela Rodgers said. “But we have some incoming freshmen that are pretty solid to replace them and a couple other newcomers to the team.”...

The Malden Green Wave varsity baseball team enters the 2018 season with a slew of returning pieces off of last season’s squad the finished 13-15. The Green Wave’s high school baseball roster is composed of five seniors, six juniors, three sophomores and five freshmen...

Washington University is St. Louis has been on Malden senior Jackson Wilson’s radar screen for quite sometime. “I’ve always known it was a renowned program,” Wilson said. “When I went to camp there this past summer me and the coaches hit it off and it felt like home.”...