Malden

Junior Rayney Held scored a game-high 21 points and three other Red Devils scored in double figures, leading Chaffee to an 81-27 win over Malden on Monday at Chaffee High School. Ayne Held and Lily Wessel each contributed 14 points and Jayden Welch added 13 points to give the Red Devils their most lopsided victory of the season...

BLOOMFIELD — The Green Wave closed each of the first two quarters with a run to comfortably advance in the 65th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament with a 73-50 win over Holcomb. Seventh-seeded Malden outscored 10th-seeded Holcomb 8-2 in the closing possessions of the first quarter, and 10-0 to finish the second. Trey Miller's 3 to open the second half put the Green Wave ahead by 20 and they led by at least 14 the rest of the game...

BROSELEY — Taleigh Harrell's 33 points led Kennett past Chaffee 49-18 in the consolation quarterfinals of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic on Monday. Macy Newhad had eight points while Lani Heeb and Anekia Farmer each had four for Kennett. For Chaffee, Rayney Held was in double figures with 10 points, Hailey Rains recorded four while Paige Hilhite and Lilly Wessel each had two points in the scorebook...

The 2021 Clarkton Christmas Classic had an exciting finish on the last day of competition as the East Carter Redbirds came out on top in the championship by a score of 51-49 over Portageville on Friday. East Carter found themselves in a hole at the start of the ballgame, but were ultimately able to claw their way out of it and take the hard fought win...

CLARKTON – Late in the third quarter of its boy’s basketball semifinal of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament game against Portageville, things looked swimmingly for the Green Wave.

This story will be updated. POPLAR BLUFF — When he was a freshman, Tray’von Thomas watched Ivory Winters lead the Hayti football team to a state championship and win the Carr Trophy. Wednesday night at the 76th Gridiron Banquet presented by the Poplar Bluff Letter Club, Thomas joined Winters, becoming Hayti’s second player named most outstanding in the SEMO Conference...

CLARKTON — The Clarkton Christmas Tournament tipped off on Monday and it's already shaping up to be a good tournament to keep an eye on this week. Doniphan got things started with a 64-53 win over Neelyville followed by East Carter defeating host school Clarkton 67-55...

Area coaches released their All-Region football team on Wednesday morning. The team is made up of players nominated by their coach. The number of players named to the team is based upon the team’s seed in district. They are: 1st Place: 8 Offense, 8 Defense, 3 roving nominations...

Cole Nichols produced his second-straight 30-point game, and Truman Krapf made six 3-pointers in the Dexter Bearcats’ 73-57 victory over Malden on Friday night at Malden High School. Nichols scored 30 points three days after scoring 31 against Charleston. He scored nine points in the first quarter, as the Bearcats took an 18-15 lead. He scored 19 in the second where they began to pull away. He went 11 of 15 from the free-throw line, including 9 for 9 in the fourth quarter...

After a neck-and-neck first quarter that saw Eagle Ridge deadlocked with Legacy Christian (Fairview Heights, Ill.) at 14-points each, the Eagles outscored the Fire 28-21 in the second and third periods to pull away and pick up a 53-47 win at home on Tuesday...

The finalists for the Carr Trophy and Derland Moore Award are set for the 76th Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet, which will be held Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff. Kennett running back Jordan Jarrett, Hayti quarterback Trayvon Thomas and Poplar Bluff quarterback Kannon Carr are the finalists for the Carr Trophy, presented annually since 1979 to the most outstanding player in the conference...

Incoming coach Bart Chance has the luxury of inheriting a squad that is blessed with experience as he takes over the Malden Green Wave girls basketball program. Malden returns all but one of its starters off of last season’s varsity squad that finished 12-11.

First-year Malden Green Wave boys basketball coach Mike Kilgore wants his players to display enthusiasm when they step onto the court this season. “I want our guys to be excited and be happy to be on the floor,” Kilgore said. “I want them to represent their school more than anything. If they work hard for their school I think we will be alright.”

Here are the MSHSAA winter sports district assignments for Semoball area schools. ^-girls only C6D1: Fox, Jackson, Lindbergh, Northwest, Oakville, Poplar Bluff, Seckman, SLUH. Cor Jesu-^ C5D1: Cape Central, DeSoto, Farmington, Festus, Hillsboro, North County Sikeston, Windsor-Imperial...

SCOTT CITY – The football programs at Malden and Scott City high schools met on Friday in the opening round of the MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 playoffs and it was obvious quickly that they were heading in different directions.

College Volleyball SEMO 3, Austin Peay 0 High school football Class 1 District Quarterfinals Hayti 68, Chaffee 8 Caruthersville 26, Portageville 20 St. Vincent 43, Charleston 8 Scott City 48, Malden 6 Class 2 District Quarterfinals Lift for Life 1, East Prairie 0 (forfeit)...