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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...

Senath-Hornersville 13, Malden 11 MALDEN, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball team jumped out to a 12-4 lead and hung on to beat Malden 13-11 late Tuesday night. The game was tied 4-4 after two innings before the Lions scored five runs in the third and three more in the top of the fourth inning to move ahead 12-4. Malden added four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and three more in the bottom of the fifth to get as close as 12-11 but never caught Senath-Hornersville...

SIKESTON — 16 teams made up the second annual Sikeston Invitational, and Bulldog Relays on Tuesday, at Sikeston High School. The Bulldogs finished third in 19 boys’ events, while the girls’ finished fourth, as a team, in their events. Keon Graham edged Hayti’s Tylor Wooden in the 300-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 41.24 seconds. Wooden finished in 42.84 seconds...

SENATH, Mo. - The undefeated Holcomb Hornets softball team belted three home runs and four doubles as it pounded its way past the Senath-Hornersville Lions 19-3 Monday afternoon. Holcomb (15-0) scored 10 runs in the first inning, five runs in the second inning, and four runs in the top of the third inning before Senath-Hornersville (6-9) scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the third inning...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Portageville Bulldogs set the tone from the get-go against the host Malden Green Wave in the title game of the Malden Invitational baseball tournament Monday afternoon. Portageville jumped out to a 10-0 lead by the end of the top of the second inning and led by at least eight runs the rest of the way as it run-ruled defending champion Malden 12-2 in five innings...

The Malden baseball tournament is slated to conclude Monday. The nine-team tournament was originally scheduled to conclude on Saturday but was postponed until Monday due to the potential for rain on Saturday. Bernie, Malden, and Portageville will compete in the Golden Pool Monday after winning their respective pool Friday...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave’s quest for a repeat championship at its own nine-team baseball tournament started off on the right foot Friday afternoon. Malden received a complete-game outing from right-hander Griffin Riley as it outlasted Neelyville 7-2 in its first pool play game...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — East Prairie, Kelly, and the Charleston track and field teams all had successful evenings at the Chaffee Invitational, on Thursday, at Chaffee High School. Kelly finished in second place after 18 boys events. The Hawks finished with 100 total points, while Kennett took home top honors — with 181...

The Perryville Pirates came out victorous over the Scott City Rams 6-3 in eight innings in high school baseball Wednesday in Scott City. Perryville pushed one run across in the first, fourth, and fifth innings and led 3-1 at the end of five. Scott City got a run apiece in the sixth and seventh innings to push the game into extra innings...

KENNETT, Mo. — Sikeston finished in second place in both girls and boys’ team events at the Kennett Invitational on Tuesday. The girls lost to Caruthersville, 133-98, while the boys fell to Kennett 176-106. In the high jump for the girls, TK Freeman finished second, while Tyenia Stevens finished third — both with jumps of 4-10...

The stage is set for the Malden Invitational baseball tournament. The nine-team tournament takes place Friday and Saturday at Malden. Malden, Scott City, and Neelyville will compete in Pool A on Friday. Portageville, Doniphan, and Senath-Hornersville will compete in Pool B on Friday. New Madrid County Central, Bernie, and Caruthersville will compete in Pool C on Friday...

POTOSI, Mo. — Sikeston scored in each of the first three innings, on Friday, against St. Louis Home School. Climbing out to an 8-2 lead heading into the fourth, the Bulldogs looked to be on their way to its fourth victory of the season. The end, though, proved to be a little closer, as Sikeston went on to defeat the Patriots 10-9...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden baseball team outlasted the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 10-9 in a see-saw battle late Friday night. Malden led 5-0 after two innings before South Pemiscot scored five runs in the top of the fifth inning to tie things up at 5-all. ...

ANNA, Ill. — Kelsie Anderson, Chelsie Moore, and Karris Allen all scored goals for the Sikeston girls soccer team on Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs defeated Anna-Jonesboro on the road, 3-0, earning their second shutout of the season and limiting Anna-Jonesboro to one shot...

Scott City 5, Kennett 2 SCOTT CITY, Mo. - The Kennett Indians softball team fell to the No. 1 ranked Scott City Rams 5-2 on the road Wednesday afternoon. Scott City (8-0) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when Courtney Enderle delivered a one-out 2 RBI single...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Kennett boys track team enjoyed another top finish at the Malden Invitational Tuesday. Kennett (209) placed first in the boys division. Charleston (85) took second, Caruthersville (84) placed third, East Prairie (75) came in fourth, 5. Delta (48) placed fifth, Malden (42) was sixth, 7. Van Buren (39) and Chaffee (39) tied for seventh, NMCC (20) finished ninth, Zalma (14) and Richland (14) tied for tenth, and Bell City (0) placed twelfth...

MALDEN — The Poplar Bluff Mules had to work to the very end to beat Malden. Poplar Bluff took an early 4-1 lead on Malden, and then held off the defending 3A state champions until the very last out to win 4-3 Monday at Malden. “It is hard enough to win any baseball game. ...

Kennett 12, Senath-Hornersville 2 SENATH, Mo. - The Kennett Indians softball team scored in all five innings it batted as it beat the Senath-Hornersville Lions 12-0 in five innings Monday. Kennett drove home one run in the first inning, five runs in the second inning, two runs in the third inning, three runs in the fourth inning, and one run in the fifth inning...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — It was a successful Eva G. Hinshaw Invitational for the Sikeston boys and girls track and field teams on Thursday. Both teams finished in the top three in total team points, while five individuals won their respective events. Sikeston finished second to McCracken County (139 points) in 18 girls’ events, with 110.50 points...

Sophomore Austin Gast had another big day for the Bulldogs, blasting a home run, a double and driving in five runs as the Notre Dame baseball team trounced visiting Fredericktown 20-10 in six innings to send the Black Cats home with their first loss of the season in Thursday's slugfest...

The Malden Green Wave high school track roster is loaded with underclassmen entering the 2019 season. Four seniors, seven juniors, 16 sophomores, and 11 freshmen are out for track at Malden. Despite the youth, the Green Wave have the luxury of returning five state qualifiers on the girls side...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Kennett baseball team did all of its offensive damage in the first three innings and did not surrender a run after the second inning as it beat the Malden Green Wave 6-4 Tuesday afternoon. The Indians jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning before Malden moved ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the first inning. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell Camels jumped out to a 7-1 lead and hung on to beat the visiting Malden Green Wave 7-5 in varsity baseball action early Monday afternoon. Things were tied 1-1 after the first inning before Campbell scored two runs in the third and four more in the bottom of the fifth inning to move ahead 7-2. Malden added two runs in the sixth and seventh frames but never caught Campbell...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave rallied from a 6-2 deficit to knock off state-ranked Kennett 7-6 late Friday night. Malden scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie things up at 6-6 and another run in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure a walk-off victory...

BENTON, Mo. — Bryce Morgan shut down the New Madrid County Central baseball team on Thursday. Morgan threw six innings, of two-hit, zero earned run ball, while striking out 10, as the Hawks beat the Eagles 8-1. Peyton Eftink and Grant Menz each doubled for Kelly. Menz added three RBI, while Eftink had two...