Meadow Heights

Kennett trailed for much of the game Monday, as the Indians hosted a 9-13 Saxony Lutheran squad, looking desperately for a road victory. But a 20 to eight, fourth quarter-point margin helped the home team sustain the comeback, defeating the Crusaders, 46-45...

High School boys and girls basketball district tournaments are finally upon us. Fans, players, and coaches have had to endure a strange, but sometimes fun, basketball season, which was filled with many postponements and/or cancellations due to Covid-19, as well as the weather. However, we can say that the 2020-2021 season has been one of the more entertaining ones in recent years.

The seedings have been released for the Class 1-3 boys and girls district basketball tournaments. Postseason play begins Feb. 20 for schools in Class 1-3. Higher seeds are slated to host quarterfinals and semifinals. Some districts will also have the highest remaining seed host their district championship. Other districts have elected to designate a neutral host site for their district final...

Landon Zoll connected on nine 3-pointers, and the Bernie Mules shot past Twin Rivers 62-39 Thursday night at Broseley. The Mules (16-5) sank 13 3-pointers and Zoll finished with a game-high 29 points. Noah Foster added 13 points and Tyler Suiter had 10...

Camden Conner scored a team-high 20 points and Mark Panagos added 18 points to lead Scott City past Delta in the second round of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament at Oran Tuesday. The duo scored 16 points between them in the third quarter, outscoring the entire Delta squad by five in the quarter...

In the opening round of the MVC Tournament Monday, Meadow Heights led from the opening tip, outscoring Marquand (0-7) 55 to 17 at halftime, and continued their assault toward the century mark, beating the Tigers, 100-31. The Panthers stretched their lead to 57 points by the end of the third quarter...

Since the start of 2021, the Notre Dame girls basketball team has fallen on difficult times, due to the fact that their competition has drastically improved since the beginning of the season. Saturday proved to be their toughest opponent yet, as they took on the undefeated class six, number one ranked Incarnate Word Academy in St. Charles...

Camden Conner poured in 13 of his game-high 27 points in the third quarter, leading Scott City to a 62-47 win over Saxony Lutheran Thursday. Conner added 10 more in the fourth quarter, and four points in the opening frame. He didn't score in the second period...

Cape Central advanced to the championship game of the Hillsboro Girls Invitational with a 45-40 win over Herculaneum Thursday. The Tigers led 11-8 after the opening quarter and carried that lead into halftime, outscoring the Blackcats, eight to six, in the second quarter...

Coach Darrin Scott might've seen his team lose a very tough matchup in the Hall of Fame Classic Saturday to the #1 team in Class 5 Cardinal Ritter Lions but he can't say his team didn't compete. His team was very much in the game, even tied with the highly touted Lions at halftime...

Lexi Rubel proved to be too much for Kennett Monday as the junior standout not only dominated inside but drained two, three-point shots as she scored a game-high 22 points and also grabbed 13 rebounds to lead her Bulldogs past Kennett on the road, 46-32...

To say Notre Dame's guard Hayden Jansen was feeling it Friday night is putting it lightly. To say Jansen was near unconscious is more fitting. Jansen not only broke his personal record but he shattered the school record for most three-point field goals in a game as he nailed nine of them en route to an 83-31 decimation of Saxony Lutheran...

Jackson volleyball coach Dave Mirly wasted no time – none – in allowing Hannah Shinn to get a taste of varsity volleyball action.

The Kelly Hawks picked up a road win Friday by beating an upstart Chaffee team 60-54, improving their season record to 7-7. Kelly, who had previously only won one of their last 4 games, got a game-high 24 points from junior Gavin Jansen, who recently picked up his 1,000th career point this past week...

Chase Conrad scored a game-high 19 points, and the Meadow Heights boys basketball team beat the Wildcats 61-48 Monday night at Bloomfield High School. Tristen Mayfield added 14 points and Kade Lindgren had 10. Lane Bader paced Bloomfield (1-9) with 11 points, and Jeffrey Jarrell had 10...

Two state ranked titans took the court against each other Thursday as undefeated Notre Dame, the #5 ranked girls high school basketball team in Class 5, traveled to Park Hills Central, the #1 Class 4 team in the state. What fans were allowed in the stands were not disappointed as both teams fought, clawed, and tried to impose their will on each other.

Emma Brown scored 19 points to lead the Woodland Cardinals to a 63-29 win over the Scott County Central Braves in the opening round of the Delta New Year’s Tournament on Monday at Delta High School. Eight of Brown’s 19 points came in the first quarter to help the Cardinals take an 18-2 lead...

Don’t let the MSHSAA classification fool you in this week’s Delta New Year’s Girl’s Basketball Tournament.

At the start of this month, the Cape Central boy’s basketball team was an inexperienced group floundering its way – unsuccessfully – through the SEMO Conference Tournament. The Tigers became the first top seed in that event to lose on opening night since the tournament had restarted back in 2006.

Oran made a seeming blowout loss to Jackson interesting midway through the final quarter, as the Eagles cut their deficit from 34-21 to 36-30 with a 9-2 run. However, the Indians regrouped, as Oran missed some critical shots and ultimately prevailed 46-35 in the fifth-place game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Wednesday at the Show Me Center.

The Delta Bobcats beat the Bell City Cubs 92-73 in the consolation semifinal round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. Evan Bartels scored a game high 37 points. Bartels said it was the best game he’s had all season...

Advance kicked off the second day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament with redemption. Led by senior Landon Daily's 30 points, the Hornets beat the Oak Ridge Blue Jays 66-46 on Monday at the Show Me Center to advance to the consolation semifinal...

BENTON – In the friendly confines of its home gym, No. 6-seeded Kelly breezed past No. 11 Meadow Heights 66-38 in the opening round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Sunday.

Cape Central opened the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament in resounding fashion, as the No. 1-seed Tigers got past No. 16-seed Bell City 106-12. Cape Central scored 37 points in the opening quarter and never looked back. The Tigers (1-2) got 21 points from senior Tyrome Huff and sophomore forward Cameron Williams each.

The COVID global pandemic is trying to force its way into the annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament but the tournament staff is adapting on the fly to keep the virus at bay. The No. 6-seed Kelly boy’s basketball team is currently under quarantine due to the virus through Saturday, which is the opening day of the vent at the Show Me Center. So to solve that dilemma, the Hawks (3-3) will now face No. 11-seed Meadow Heights (5-2) on Sunday AT Kelly High School at 3 p.m.

The COVID global pandemic is trying to force its way into the annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament but the tournament staff is adapting on the fly to keep the virus at bay.

Saxony Lutheran defeated Scott City 48-20 in the fifth place game of the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic on Tuesday at the Show Me Center. Emma Voelker led the Crusaders with 11 points while shooting 6-of-7 from the free throw line. Maddox Murphy scored all of her nine points in the second quarter, propelling the Crusaders to a period in which they scored as many points as the Rams’ entire offensive output...

Scott City girl’s basketball coach Curtis Finley had an idea of what to expect from Jackson in the Rams’ opening game of the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic on Sunday at the Show Me Center.

Meadow Heights jumped all over the host Chaffee Monday night, outscoring the Red Devils 17-6 in the first quarter and never trailed in the game, winning 67-43 to improve the Panthers record to 5-2 heading into the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament Saturday...

Notre Dame breezed through its opening game of the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic girl’s basketball tournament on Sunday at the Show Me Center. However, third-year Bulldog coach Kirk Boeller knows each step forward – in any tournament – gets more challenging.

SENATH - The No. 2 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions outscored the No. 7 seeded Southland Rebels by double digits in every quarter on its way to an 84-29 win Tuesday in a quarterfinal of the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament. Jaxon Layne scored a dozen points in each half to pace Senath-Hornersville with 24 points. Parker Rhew added 21 points, Knolan Hunter tallied 15 points, and Blaze Mears contributed 11 points...

There are positive and negative aspects to trying to conduct a 16-team high school basketball tournament amid a global pandemic, which is resulting in over 2,200 deaths daily within the United States. However, the overwhelming encouraging factor is that the 76th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament will indeed take place.

It’s the 25th year for the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic and top seeded Notre Dame will defend its 2019 title during the December 20-22 girls tournament at the Show Me Center. Mark Ruark, principal of Saxony Lutheran High School, has been tournament director for 23 years and said the uniqueness of competing during a pandemic has necessitated changes...

CHAFFEE, Mo – For the past half-decade, the Oran Lady Eagles have owned the Lady Devils Invitational Tournament. This year was no different. Led by senior Katie Webb’s 14 points, the Lady Eagles sealed their sixth-straight tournament championship Thursday night with a 48-31 win over Woodland in the title game at Chaffee High School...

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 annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament remains two weeks away (Dec. 26 at 8 a.m. is the opening tip) but high school boy’s basketball fans can catch a glimpse of the event tonight when Kelly travels to Meadow Heights.

Gavin Jansen led his Kelly Hawks with 24 points passed a solid Meadow Heights team on the road Friday beating the Panthers 68-50. Kelly also had three other players on double figures, out-scoring the Panthers 25-14 in the 2nd quarter to pull ahead for good...

The only certainty throughout the sporting world in 2020 has been complete uncertainty, and the 2020 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament isn’t immune to that chaos.

Meadow Heights improved to 3-1 on the young season beating Delta in the third place game at the Woodland Tournament Friday 97-64. Will Green paced the Panthers with 30 points. He also recorded 10 rebounds as well. Tristen Mayfield also pumped in 30 points as well...

MARBLE HILL - Leopold rode the hot hand of guard Caleb Schaab to a 64-54 win over Meadow Heights to advance to the championship round of the Woodland Invitational Basketball Tournament for the first time since winning it in 2013.

CARDWELL - The Southland Rebels outlasted North Pemiscot 76-58 for its first varsity boys basketball win. Host Southland trailed 20-19 after one quarter of play but won each of the final three quarters by single digits to secure an 18-point victory...

Delta outscored Eminence 57-40 in the first half and never trailed in the contest, winning in convincing fashion Saturday 92-79. The big story in the game was Delta senior Colby Crader scoring his 1,000 point in his career. Crader led all Bobcat scorers with 29 points while Evan Bartels and Carter Scherer each added 19 each...