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There are only 40-some girls enrolled at Oran High School, however, 10 percent of that number just happens to be pushing 6-feet in height (if not at it) and athletic.

PERRYVILLE – Veteran Oran boy’s basketball coach Joe Shoemaker was initially happy on Friday that his team actually was getting to play at St. Vincent. “Six of the past eight years, this game has been snowed out,” Shoemaker laughed afterward.

Oran's Rylee Boshell recently signed a National Letter of Intent to further her education and softball career at Williams Baptist University out of Walnut Ridge, Ark. Boshell, a multi-sport athlete who plays softball, basketball and volleyball for the Eagles, is a four-year starter behind the plate as a catcher...

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Notre Dame continuously battled adversity against Oran in Tuesday night's battle between the two unbeaten teams. The Bulldogs played their first game without starting guard Leah Jansen — who is out with an undisclosed knee injury she sustained in practice — and Tori Rubel injured her ankle in the first quarter and wouldn't re-enter the contest...

Physical defense, solid rebounding and Cecil Abernathy's hot hand gave Woodland the advantage in a Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament consolation semifinal. Woodland was able to keep Oran's Seth Cauble in check and three Cardinals scored in double figures in a 71-48 win on Wednesday afternoon at the Show Me Center...

Happy Semifinal Day here at the 77th Annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. We're about to find out today who will go to each respected final game, whether it be on the consolation side or the championship side of the bracket. Stay with Semoball.com for all your Christmas Tournament coverage!...

Welcome to the second day of the 77th Annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. We will start off with consolation quarterfinal matchups in the morning session and finish the day with quarterfinal games on the winner's side of the bracket.

Chaffee opened Tuesday morning's matchup with Oran on a 5-0 run, but that's as large of a lead as the Red Devils would get. Seth Cauble led the Eagles with 16 points as Oran rolled to a 58-35 victory over Chaffee in a consolation quarterfinal at the 77th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament at the Show Me Center...

Good morning and welcome to the 77th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. We are live here at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau anxiously waiting for the tip-off of the 1 seed Charleston Blue Jays and the 16 seed Bell City Cubs. Please join us all week long as we crown a new tournament champion on Friday...

A matchup that featured solid defense went in favor of the Kelly Hawks as they knocked off the Oran Eagles 50-36 behind 10 points from junior guard Drew Klipfel on Monday night at the Show Me Center. Oran held an 11-7 lead after the first quarter before Kelly opened the second quarter on a 9-0 run that gave the Hawks a 16-11 lead...

The wait is nearly over. The 77th annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament begins Monday at the Show Me Center with eight games from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Charleston has claimed the top seed this year, with Jackson, defending champions Cape Central and Notre Dame rounding out the top four...

The Oran Eagles are out of the First State Community Bank Holiday Classic, forcing the tournament to go to a full round-robin format. Oran's entire team is being quarantined due to potential exposure to COVID-19. The tournament will be played round-robin style, with the two teams finishing the tournament 2-0 meeting in the championship, the two one-win teams will meet for third place and both two-loss teams will face off in the consolation final...

The Notre Dame girls basketball team received the top seed for this year's First State Community Bank Holiday Classic. The Bulldogs quest to win their third straight tournament championship begins at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Show Me Center against undefeated KIPP — Knowledge is Power Program, a charter school out of St. Louis — which drew the No. 7 seed...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Oran appears to enjoy playing at Chaffee in December, and this year is no different. The top-seeded Eagles took care of business Thursday night at Chaffee High School, defeating the second-seeded Scott City Rams 65-34 to capture their seventh straight Lady Devil Tournament championship...

The Bloomfield Wildcats received contributions from up and down their roster in a 72-39 rout of Gideon on Tuesday night at Gideon High School. Nine different Bloomfield players scored with Andrew Francis producing a team-high 14 points. James Barks and Dawson Hill added 10 each. Hill made a team-high three 3-pointers...

Four Scott City players scored in double digits and the Rams cruised to a 73-43 win over Meadow Heights at Chaffee High School to advance to the championship game of the Lady Devil Invitational. Senior Kacie Daigger led Scott City for the second straight night with 19 points. She went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line and hit three 3-point baskets...

Charleston is the team to beat in the 2021 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament. The Blue Jays were selected as the tournament's top seed during Sunday's selection meeting at Century Casino. "The Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament is one of the really special events in this area," Jon K. Rust, publisher of the Southeast Missourian and co-president of Rust Communications, said. "We are proud to continue our longstanding support of this area tradition."...

Wyatt Williams scored 23 points to lead East Prairie to a 56-54 victory over Clarkton on Thursday. The Eagles tied the game at the end of the first period and fell behind the Reindeer by eight points at the half. East Prairie began to make its comeback by the end of the third period, trailing by one. The Eagles out-scored Clarkton by three in the final quarter...

Gavin Jansen scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed four offensive rebounds to lead Kelly to a 56-46 victory over Oran JV on Monday at the Oran Invitational Tournament. The Hawks shot an outstanding 71% from the field, making 25 of 35 shots. Bryce Phelps and Drew Klipfel added four steals each for Kelly (1-0)...

Alandry Below went an astounding 15-16 from the field on Tuesday, scoring 35 points at home to lead the Hornets past St. Vincent, 68-54. Below started the scoring barrage by netting eight points in the opening quarter, 10 points in the second period, six points in the third, and wrapped up by producing 11 in the final frame...

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...

Coach: Joe Shoemaker Years coaching team: 14 Key returners: Diesel Cato, Samuel Shoemaker Graduation losses: Ty Johnson, Langdon Scheeter, Cooper Priggel, Dane Shands 2020 record: 15-8 The Oran Eagles return just two starters in coach Joe Shoemaker’s 15th season with the team...

Several local volleyball players received SEMO Conference honors, including Cape Central senior Ella Vogel and Kennett senior Macy New who were named North and South Division players of the year. Vogel — who was also named the North division's hitter of the year — and senior Ava Nelson made the all-conference first team for the Tigers...