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CAMPBELL - A strong start by the Campell Camels varsity girls basketball squad proved to be the difference in its home contest against the Malden Green Wave Monday night. Freshman guard Marie Wheeler tallied 11 of her team-high 16 points in the first quarter to help Campbell jump out a 17-3 lead. Malden traded points the rest of the way allowing Campbell to hang on for a 57-43 conference win...

Tuesday night the Oran Eagles were minus the services of two of their starting five in Langdon Scheeter and Diesel Cato, but the rest of the team stepped up and pulled out a tough, late-season Scott-Mississippi Conference game on the road against Chaffee, winning 49-44...

KENNETT - The success continued for the Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball squad in non-conference action Thursday night. Kennett improved to 6-2 in non-conference play as it jumped out to a 13-0 lead on its way to a 56-20 home victory against the Malden Green Wave...

When Jeff Bullock stepped down as varsity football coach at Portageville in January 2019 to accept the position of Superintendent at Malden he did not expect to return to the gridiron. “When I got out at Portageville a couple years ago I genuinely thought I was finished coaching,” Bullock said. “But there are just some things that are in your blood. I’m really looking forward to getting back into it again.”...

BLOOMFIELD - The success continued for the South Pemiscot Bulldogs in consolation play at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Wednesday afternoon. No. 9 seeded South Pemiscot improved to 7-2 as it beat the No. 11 seeded Malden Green Wave 60-38 in the consolation title game of the 16-team tournament. ...

BLOOMFIELD — As Hayti watched from the stands, waiting for its game to start, it watched 14th-seeded Gideon take third-seeded Portageville to overtime before losing by two. "We talked about it during the Gideon game," Hayti coach Travis Day said. "When you give the other team opportunities, Murphy's Law is going to get you. It happened in the Gideon/Portageville game, and also happened in our game."...

BROSELEY - Finding a way to get to the charity stripe proved to be golden for the Holcomb Hornets in its first round contest against the Malden Green Wave at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic Saturday. No. 7 seeded Holcomb knocked down 23 free throws, including 12 of 16 in the the fourth quarter, as it overcame a 24-15 halftime deficit to edge No. 10 seeded Malden 46-42...

New Madrid Central has earned the top seed in the Lady Royal Classic with a trio of Ozark Foothills Conference teams behind it. The Eagles, one of three teams in the tournament along with Kelly and Greenville to have played more than five games, earned the top spot after picking up wins against Jackson, Sikeston, Dexter and Kennett with losses against Notre Dame and Cape Central...

The postseason for winter sports in Missouri will look different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSHSAA announced Friday. MSHSAA released district assignments for winter sports and also announced that it will modify some postseason activities due to concerns with the virus...

The finalists for the Carr Trophy given to the top player in the SEMO Conference were announced Wednesday, a week before the award will be presented at the 75th annual Gridiron Banquet. Jordan Jarrett of Kennett, Jackson’s Connor Tollison and Cael Welker are up for the award given annually since 1979...

MALDEN — The McBroom brothers were on opposite ends of the sideline again Tuesday night, their teams meeting for the third time. “Our mother doesn’t like it,” said Twin Rivers coach Seth McBroom. “I don’t even know if she came tonight. Very hard on them...

ALL-SEMO CONFERENCE Members of the All-SEMO Conference football team as selected by the conference coaches with a player's school, year, height and weight listed: NORTH OFFENSE QB — Cael Welker, Jackson, sr., 5-11, 185; RB — Daniel Dickerson, Jackson, sr., 5-11, 200;...

The seedings have been released for the Clarkton Christmas Tournament. The eight-team varsity boys basketball tournament takes place Dec. 14-18 at Clarkton High School. Defending champion East Carter County, which is off to a 1-1 start after beating Willow Springs 70-49 and suffering a 73-62 loss to Park Hills Central, has received the No. ...

The South Pemiscot Bulldogs rebounded nicely about 24 hours after suffering a 72-60 quarterfinal loss to the Clarkton Reindeer at the Gideon Invitational. No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot beat No. 8 seeded Delta C-7 56-20 in a consolation semifinal Tuesday at Gideon...

For the first time in recent years Malden Green Wave girls basketball coach Josh Herring feels like his squad is blessed with experience at the start of a season. “This is one of the first years I feel like we are not rebuilding since I’ve been here,” Herring said. “Coach Chance from Hayti has come in and will serve as my assistant coach this season. We’ve been talking about it and feel like we are strong fundamentally. We’ve just got to get in game mode and get ready to compete.”...

The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball program enters its 2020-21 campaign looking to increase its win total for a third straight season under third-year head coach Cole McBroom. Malden has five seniors, four juniors, two sophomores, and one freshman on its varsity squad that compiled a record of 11-14 last season...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association is pushing back the announcement of class and district assignments for winter sports to Friday, December 11. District assignments and classifications were originally scheduled to be released Friday, November 13...

The 2020 Bootheel Conference Volleyball Awards have been announced. Campbell’s Macy Hendrix and Caruthersville’s Mallory Faulkner have been selected Bootheel Conference Co-Players of the Year. Hendrix collected 206 digs, 296 assists, 221 kills, and 64 ace serves while serving at a 96 percent rate her senior season...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. - Turnovers hurt and speed kills. It was the lesson of Friday’s C1D1 semifinal as unbeaten Hayti (10-0) outlasted St. Vincent, 54-41, in a pitched battle between two teams both called the Indians. Hayti scored its first two touchdowns thanks to interceptions...

The Saxony Lutheran volleyball team’s magical season continued to reach new heights on Saturday. The Crusaders defeated the Malden Green Wave in a three-set sweep to claim their first sectional win in school history. “We made history at Saxony,” Saxony Lutheran head coach Emily Wahlers said. “We won districts for the first time. We won sectionals for the first time. So it’s nothing but up from here.”...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. - Chaffee’s tallest player, 6-foot-6 Jagger Sadler, on the final play of his high school career, scored a touchdown – one of the few bright spots for the Red Devils as host no. 2 seed St. Vincent DePaul (6-2) easily defeated no. 7 seed Chaffee (1-7) in playoff action Friday, 47-12...

HAYTI - The state-ranked Hayti Indians got down to business quickly in its Class 1, District 1football quarterfinal against the visiting Malden Green Wave Friday night. The Hayti defense intercepted two passes, recovered a fumble, and recorded five sacks in the first quarter alone...

When Mallory Perkins rose for the kill that would win the district championship, it was in her home gym, in front of a big crowd, with few people wearing masks. “I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me? We’re trying to keep the season going,’” Perkins said. Doniphan football canceled its final two regular-season games, and with no guarantee players could return to practice, chose on Oct. 19 to cancel its season. Cape Central and Perryville forfeited its playoff games because of its COVID-19 issues...