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The Webster Groves Statesman did not have a double-digit scorer, but eked out a 41-34 home victory over the Jackson Indians.

Six Semoball boys basketball teams and two Semoball girls basketball teams are ranked in the latest state rankings provided by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (14-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, is ranked No. 8 in the Class 1 boys poll...

The Blue Jays used a 20-9 third quarter to pull away from the Hornets and pick up the home victory.

The Notre Dame girl’s basketball team hasn’t lost a game in over a month and the Bulldogs showed Cor Jesu Academy why Friday – eventually – as it prevailed comfortably 61-42.

Saxony Lutheran (9-4) got a home victory in girls basketball winning 65-38 against Woodland (5-9) on Thursday.

Saxony Lutheran got a pair of first-place finishes from Savannah Spencer in a girl’s swim meet Tuesday at Poplar Bluff.

The Notre Dame boys basketball dominated host Springfield Catholic from the outset Friday in the second round of the Houlihan's Invitational in Springfield, Missouri, and eventually won 67-58. The Bulldogs (11-4) took a 17-9 lead in the opening quarter, stretched it to 32-20 at the break, and never were threatened in the second half...

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly’s Alaney Moore scored her 1,000th career point Friday night in a 55-30 win over Advance. Moore finished with a game-high 29 points, including 17 fourth-quarter points as Kelly (7-6) pulled away in the final frame. Allison Owens added 16 for the Lady Hawks while Alandry Below led Advance (7-5) with 12 points...

DELTA — The third-year Advance girls basketball program is beginning to accumulate a list of accomplishments. The Hornets’ most recent achievement was a 55-32 win over Oak Ridge on Thursday in the consolation championship game of the Delta New Year’s Tournament...

Tied at 66 in the final minute of overtime, Oak Ridge forced Meadow Heights into four turnovers throughout the remainder of the game, as well as grabbed a pair of offensive boards to pull away for a 72-68 win in the consolation semifinal of the Delta New Year’s Tournament on Tuesday.

Poplar Bluff captured first in 7-of-11 events to defeat the Cape Central 113 to 57 in girl’s swim action Tuesday at Poplar Bluff.

In several ways, the Notre Dame boy’s basketball squad defied logic in its victory over Cape Girardeau Central Saturday in the semifinals of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. Of the 22 games that had been played through three days of the event, not a single lower-seeded team had prevailed until the Bulldogs demolished the Tigers 70-54.

Advance took a nine-point lead into the final quarter of its consolation bracket championship game with Kelly Monday in the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center. However, it almost wasn’t enough, as the Hornets had to overcome some late turnovers and missed shots to hold on and beat the Hawks 60-55...

Advance boy’s basketball coach Dennis “Bubba” Wheetley has appeared to be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to the postgame assessment of his team.

Kelly jumped on Meadow Heights right from the opening tip to start the third day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center. The Hawks (8-4) outscored the Panthers 14-3 in the opening quarter and cruised to a 52-37 win in the consolation semifinal...

If you are curious about the maturity of the Cape Girardeau Central boy’s basketball squad, all you had to do was witness the opening quarter of its game Friday against Oak Ridge.

The No. 7-seed Oak Ridge boy’s basketball squad defied logic in its 79-63 win over No. 10-seed Advance in the opening round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center.

The second round of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament got underway Friday with four games in the consolation bracket and four in the championship bracket.

It may have been hard to assess just how good of a basketball player Bell City junior guard Luke Nichols was Thursday. After all, his team ended up losing 75-25 to Jackson in the opening round of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center. However, after watching the 5-foot-11 athlete score 19 of his team’s 25 points, it wasn’t difficult for veteran Indian coach Darrin Scott to evaluate Nichols.

Cape Girardeau Central boy’s basketball coach Drew Church has been at this thing long enough (14 years) to know how to manage his team through the various stages of a season and this week he has asked varying things from his athletes.

Over the next five days (no games on Sunday) there will be 26 high school basketball games played at the Show Me Center as part of the 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.

Editor's note: This is a series of articles leading up to the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Thursday. The 75th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament will get underway Thursday at the Show Me Center and consist of 34 games being played over the course of four days (no games will be played Sunday)...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — With just under one minute left in regulation, neither seniors David Layton nor Zach LeGrand had the ball in either of their hands for Oak Ridge. Instead, it was Montana Schaumburg who made crucial plays down the stretch for the Bluejays, in their 68-64 win over East Prairie (2-3) on Friday night at East Prairie High School...

The St. Vincent boys basketball team took a consistent approach to a home victory, scoring at least 18 points in each quarter of an 82-54 victory Friday over visiting Oak Ridge in Perryville, Missouri. St. Vincent (4-0) scored 20 points in each of the first two quarters for a 40-37 lead at halftime and outscored Oak Ridge 24-12 in the third quarter for a commanding 15-point lead...

The Jackson Indians, Cape Central Tigers and Farmington Knightettes all finished within nine points of each other in a girls swimming tri-meet. Jackson won the meet with a score of 142 with Cape Central ending at 137 and Farmington at 133. Cami Brazel and Courtney Huckabee finished first in two individual events to lead the way for Jackson. ...

Notre Dame, Jackson, and Saxony Lutheran all competed in the Ladue Girl’s Swim Invitational with the Bulldogs finishing fourth, the Indians finishing 11th and the Crusaders finishing 13th.

It’s been four years since Scott City and Kelly matched up in their opening boy’s basketball games of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.

The St. Vincent boys basketball team rode a balanced attack to a 69-50 victory over Scott City to successfully defend their title Friday night at the Rolla “Duke” Herbert Tournament in Crystal City, Missouri.

High school girl's basketball teams throughout Southeast Missouri recently opened their 2019-20 seasons. Here is a look at the area teams covered by the Southeast Missourian.

High school boy's basketball teams throughout Southeast Missouri recently opened their 2019-20 seasons. Here is a look at the area teams covered by the Southeast Missourian. CAPE CENTRAL Class 4 District 1 Conference: SEMO Head coach: Drew Church (14th year)...

SIKESTON — District assignments for boys’ and girls’ basketball and wrestling were released on Friday. Sikeston will be a part of Class 4, District 1, with Cape Central, Notre Dame, Dexter, Perryville, and Ste. Genevieve. Class 3, District 1 consists of Charleston, New Madrid County Central, East Prairie, Caruthersville, Doniphan, Malden, Kennett, and Twin Rivers. ...

Oak Ridge cross country runner Tanner Schamburg and Dexter cross country runner Margo Nea were voted the male and female Semoball Athletes of the Week, respectively, in balloting that concluded Wednesday night. Schamburg collected 393 votes after capturing all-state honors at the Class 1 Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Columbia, Missouri. Schamburg finished 14th in a time of 17 minutes, 29.7 seconds in helping Oak Ridge to its first ever team title...

Notre Dame senior Blake Morris did not achieve his goal of first place but did finish in the Top 10 at Saturday’s MSHSAA Class 3 Boys Cross Country State Finals at the Gans Creek Recreational Area in Columbia, Mo.