Malden

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.”...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - It took most of three quarters but the New Madrid County Central varsity girls basketball team finally got the pace of the game the way they wanted it. Fast. “It’s no lie we want to play a fast-paced game and try to get steals and move it up and down the floor,” NMCC coach B.J. ...

No. 2 seeded Malden increased the number of points it scored in every quarter as it rallied from an early 10-0 deficit to beat No. 3 seeded East Prairie 68-55 in a Class 3, District 1 semifinal at New Madrid County Central High School Tuesday night.

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Malden Green Wave trailed the No. 7 seeded Kennett Indians 14-7 after one quarter of play but played lockdown defense the rest of the way.

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team moved one step closer to a repeat district championship Saturday afternoon.

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team topped the Holcomb Hornets 79-41 Thursday, marking an end to the regular season as both teams look forward to their respective district tournaments. Malden guard Dushawn Butler scored a game-high 24 points while Jalen Miller scored 16 points. Chience Booker added 15 points for the Green Wave — all from beyond the 3-point line...

The seedings have been released for the Class 3, District 1 boys and girls basketball tournaments. The tournaments take place Feb. 17, Feb. 19, Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 at New Madrid County Central High School. Portageville has received the No. 1 seed in the girls bracket and Charleston has received the No. 1 seed in the boys bracket...

Another year, another group of superb performances by area student-athletes, the most outstanding of which are being recognized. On Wednesday, 55 individuals were announced as fall sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards. The selections were presented during a live radio show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team proved it could hang with the state-ranked Charleston Bluejays but finished a 3-pointer shy of walking away with a double overtime victory Tuesday night. Charleston, which is ranked No. 7 in the latest Class 3 state poll, rallied from a 77-75 deficit in the final minute to collect an 81-79 double overtime win at Malden...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Nobody expected this. With its 15-point halftime lead disappearing in the opening minutes of the third quarter, Malden put together a massive and perpetual run to beat Portageville 65-31 and win its first Bootheel Conference Tournament since 2007...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The third time proved to be the charm for the Portageville Bulldogs varsity girls basketball team at the Bootheel Conference Tournament. After dropping the 2016 and 2017 conference tournament championships to the Malden Green Wave Portageville turned the tables Friday night...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Malden Green Wave and No. 2 seeded Portageville Bulldogs are set to collide in the Bootheel Conference varsity girls basketball championship after putting together strong third quarters against their semifinal opponents Monday night...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team trailed by as much as 14 points in the opening quarter of play but refused to be denied an opportunity to play in the championship of the Bootheel Conference Tournament. No. 4 seeded Malden outscored the No. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 4 seeded Malden Green Wave closed out the fourth quarter on a 28-12 run to beat the No. 5 seeded Caruthersville Tigers 74-58 in the nightcap quarterfinal at the Bootheel Conference varsity boys basketball tournament Saturday at Portageville...

Updated Varsity Boys Tournament Bracket No. 2 Portageville 61, No. 7 Campbell 41 CHS 12 6 9 14 - 41 PHS 12 23 12 14 - 61 CAMPBELL (41) - Blake Fowler 16, Jacob Vines 10, Kaden Siebert 5, Skylar Morrison 4, Noah Edwards 2, Robert Hirtz 4. FG 15, FT 4/5, F 13. (3-pointers: Fowler 4, Vines 2, Siebert 1; Fouled out: None)...

The brackets are set for the highly anticipated Bootheel Conference boys and girls basketball tournaments. The tournaments will take place Jan. 27 - Feb. 2 at Portageville High School All first round games take place Jan. 27. Semifinals are Jan. 29, Jan. 30 and Jan 31. Championship games are slated for Feb. 2...