Oak Ridge

BENTON, Mo. — With the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament looming, the Kelly girls basketball team had one last test before Saturday, as it hosted Oak Ridge. The Lady Hawks burst out to a 22-3 lead to end the first quarter and a 35-14 halftime advantage in its 69-33 win over the Lady Bluejays at Thomas W. Kelly High School...

The Oak Ridge Blue Jays put up 20 points in the first quarter, outscoring the visiting Puxico Indians by 11, and the Indians were never able to recover, losing to Oak Ridge 59-31 Monday. For Puxico, it was their 11th loss of the season(combined with 2 wins to have their record now 2-11)...

The fourth-seeded Advance Hornets secured a spot in the consolation championship game of the Delta New Year’s girls basketball tournament with a 45-26 win over eighth-seeded Puxico on Wednesday night at Delta. The Hornets will face Oak Ridge at 4:30 p.m. today for the consolation trophy. Oak Ridge beat Scott County Central 63-21 in the other consolation semifinal...

As supporters of Scott City basketball walk through the entrance on their way to their seats at the gym, one of the first things they are greeted with are the trophies and a wall honoring student-athletes in all sports who earn All-State status.

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...

Cape Central poured in a season high 20 points in the first quarter, outscoring Arcadia Valley 20-5 in the opening frame, and poured it on the rest of the game to defeat the visiting Tigers 60-29 Monday night. Cape Central led at the end of the first half by 26 points...

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...

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.

OAK RIDGE -- Oak Ridge girls basketball defeated the Chaffee Red Devils 46-35 on Monday, giving Adam Winkler his first win as head coach of the Blue Jays. Winkler arrived to Oak Ridge after serving as the junior varsity coach at Saxony Lutheran. The Blue Jays were 4-16 last year...

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.

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...

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.

Advance junior Alandry Below scored 13 of her 17 points in the third quarter, helping the Hornets overcome a 12-point halftime deficit and beat Chaffee 38-34 on Thursday in Advance.

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...

The MSHSAA boy's basketball season has already begun for some schools and will be for all in the near future. Here is a look at the basketball programs that comprise the Southeast Missourian coverage area.

The MSHSAA girl's basketball season has already begun for some schools and will be for all in the near future. Here is a look at the basketball programs that comprise the Southeast Missourian coverage area.

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...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Katie Griffin and Kinsley Murphy earned all-state medals to lead the Van Buren cross country team to a second straight fourth place finish at the MSHSAA Class 1 championship meet Saturday at Gans Creek Cross Country Course. Griffin finished ninth, Murphy was 13th and Addison Lewis placed 28th as Van Buren finished with 118 points, two behind Harrisburg and nine ahead of St. Vincent. College Heights Christian won the team title with 91 points followed by Valle Catholic at 109...