Portageville

The Bobcats put up a whopping 92 points in the first half, which tied a MSHSAA record, on the way to a 132-61 home win over the Tigers.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Down three points and time winding down, the Portageville boys basketball team had a pair of chances to tie the game up, against Malden, on Friday. Sophomore Alex Winsor drove into the lane, drew the defense in, and kicked it out to junior Kelan Bills for a three-pointer in the right corner. ...

Scott County (11-2) got a victory at Scott City (7-7) on Thursday.

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...

BENTON, Mo. — Kelly outscored Chaffee by 20 points, 26-6, in the third quarter to push its lead even further on Friday night at Thomas W. Kelly High School. Joel McClain led the charge, scoring nine of his 17 points in the frame. He tied Gavin Jansen for most points on the team as well...

ADVANCE, Mo. — Another strong night from Scott County Central senior Samantha Coffee lifted the Bravettes to a win over Advance on Thursday. Coffee had 17 points, on 6 of 13 shooting, and seven rebounds, as Scott County Central defeated Advance 46-35, at Advance High School...

Risco 63, Clarkton 52 CLARKTON, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team built a 29-14 lead by halftime on its way to a 63-52 road win against the Clarkton Reindeer Tuesday night. Evan Pipkin hit four of the Tigers’ five treys on his way to a team-high 20 points. Andrew Rodgers added 18 points. Kamron Meese and Hayden Ludwig both scored nine points for Risco...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Opening up strong, the East Prairie boys basketball team outscored Scott County Central 21-9 in the opening period, en route to a 66-44 win over the Braves on Tuesday night. Harrison Moore led all scorers with 20 points. Jase Aycock and Jack Scruggs each had 11 for the Eagles, while Evan Howell and Hayden Ellis had seven...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - Like most squads, the Holcomb Hornets varsity girls basketball team doesn’t thrive when it has to play from behind. “We’ve put an emphasis on not coming out slow in games because having to play the catchup game is always a struggle for us,” Holcomb coach Alexa Stockton said...

SIKESTON — After falling to Delta in the Delta New Year’s Tournament last Thursday, the two teams met again at Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium at Scott County Central High School on Monday. Samantha Coffee proved to be a problem for the Bravettes, finishing with a monster double-double, in their 52-46 win over the Lady Bobcats...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — What looked like a blowout between Portageville and Caruthersville was the exact opposite on Friday night at Portageville High School. After a first half where the Bulldogs only made two field goals, the second half proved to be a much different story, albeit in a 54-47 loss...

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...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Three Portageville players reached double-figures in the scoring column on Thursday night against Scott County Central. Kelan Bills’ 12 points led the team, with Brendan Garmon and A.J. Hicks following behind with 11 each, in the Bulldogs 58-39 win over the Braves...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — From the beginning of Monday night’s fifth-place game at the 63rd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, Portageville never seemed to be able to string multiple positive plays together. The Bulldogs were down 15-1 in the game’s opening minutes and didn’t convert a field goal until the 4:27 mark of the second quarter, as they fell to Doniphan 65-52...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — One quarter separated Hayti from Portageville in Friday’s semifinal game at the 63rd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. After trailing 13-8 at the end of the first, the Indians outscored the Bulldogs 24-12 in the second and ended the first half up by seven points en route to a 62-53 win...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo – What looked to be another opening round blowout turned into anything but when fourth-seeded Portageville took on the host and 13th-seeded Bloomfield on Thursday in the 63rd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. After holding a double-digit first-quarter lead, the Bulldogs had to mount a second-half comeback to advance to the quarterfinals, 57-50, and avoid the first upset of the tournament...

BROSELEY, Mo. - The No. 5 seeded Kennett Indians didn’t put together its best performance of the season but still found a way to escape with a win against the No. 12 seeded Portageville Bulldogs in an opening-round contest at the 16-team Lady Royals Classic Saturday...

PARK HILLS, Mo. — A lackluster second-quarter spurned the Sikeston girls basketball team on Thursday against Park Hills Central. After trailing by one point after the first quarter, Sikeston got outscored 25-14 in the second, in the Lady Bulldogs 76-46 loss to the Rebels...

MALDEN, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Malden Green Wave jumped out to a 21-7 lead by end of the first quarter and led by double digits the rest of the way as it beat No. 4 seeded Portageville 52-39 in the eighth grade title game of the Bootheel Conference Tournament Thursday at Malden...

WARDELL, Mo. — Three East Prairie players reached double-figures in scoring on Friday night against North Pemiscot. Jack Scruggs led the team with 14 points, draining a pair of three-pointers in the process. Jase Aycock had 13 points and made three three-pointers, while Harrison Moore added 13 points as well, in the Eagles 68-24 win over North Pemiscot...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Drew Irby and A.J. Hicks each scored 20-plus points for Portageville, as the Bulldogs defeated East Prairie 71-61 at East Prairie High School. Irby led the team with 24 points, while Hicks had 23. Brendan Garmon added 16, while Lamonte Dixson had four, Joey Chamberlain three, and Alex Winsor one...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Oran dominated it’s way past Puxico in the first round of the Chaffee Lady Red Devils Invitational on Monday. The Lady Eagles won 65-1, as three players reached double-figures in scoring. Kaylee Payne led the way with 13 points, two rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Katie Webb had 12 points, four rebounds, and two steals, and Heather Gosche added 10 points, to go along with one rebound, three assists, and three steals...

The Bootheel Conference middle school boys basketball tournament begins Saturday at Malden. Quarterfinals are Saturday, semifinals are Monday, and championship games are Thursday. See the schedule below: QUARTERFINALS ON DEC. 7 GAME 1: 3-Caruthersville vs. 6-Portageville, 10:30 a.m...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Tigers outscored Sikeston 18-8 in the fourth quarter to rally for victory in the consolation championship of the SEMO Conference Tournament on Thursday. Ella Vogel scored six of her 11 points in the final period, and Taylor Horton tallied five of her team-high 12 points...

POPLAR BLUFF — Jimmy May scored more points than any player in SEMO Conference history and the Scott City senior was presented with the Carr Trophy as the conference's most outstanding player Wednesday night at the 74th Poplar Bluff Gridiron Banquet...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Sikeston advanced to the consolation championship game of the Girls SEMO Conference Tournament after a 50-26 win over Kennett on Tuesday. Taydrianna Barnett let the Lady Bulldogs with 24 points. Karris Allen added 12, and Amyari Blissett finished with 10...

ORAN, Mo. — The 64th Annual Oran Invitational Tournament kicked off Monday with No. 1-seed Oran facing No. 8-seed Bell City. Oran stepped on the gas pedal quickly, leading 30-6 after the first quarter and 52-16 at halftime, in the Eagles 81-34 win. Langdon Scheeter led Oran (1-0) with 21. Cooper Priggel and Tyson Goodale added 15 points each, while Ty Johnson had 14 and Todd Priggel 11 to round out the double-digit scorers for the Eagles...

Head Coach: Jason Irby, 10th season (129-94) Last Season: 22-7 Postseason: Beat Bernie in the Class 2, District 1 championship game 47-43; lost to Oran in the Class 2 Quarterfinals 49-46. Notes: Returning one double-digit scorer from last year’s district-winning team Portageville is looking to repeat its fortunes under Irby, who begins his 10th season as Bulldogs head coach...

Head Coach: Kellye Fowler, eighth season (76-69) Last Season: 9-16 Postseason: Lost to Campbell in the Class 2, District 1 semifinals 63-51. Notes: Portageville returns one double-digit scorer from last year’s 9-16 team. Senior Garielle Madison will be the go-to scorer for the Bulldogs this season, after Dasmine Johnson — who led the team in scoring last season — graduated...

The Bootheel Conference seventh and eighth grade girls basketball tournaments begin Monday at Holcomb. South Pemiscot is the No. 1 seed in the seventh grade bracket and Holcomb is the No. 1 seed in the eighth grade bracket. Quarterfinals are Monday, semifinals are Tuesday, and championship games are Wednesday...

The Missouri High School Activities Association released district assignments for the 2019-20 season for basketball and wrestling Friday. Kennett is headed back to Class 2 in wrestling after competing in Class 1 last season. Kennett is slated to compete in Class 2, District 1 with Affton, Park Hills Central, Dexter, John Burroughs, Miller Career Academy, Normandy, Notre Dame Cape Girardeau, Potosi, Roosevelt, Soldan International Studies, St. ...

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. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Portageville’s Jauslyn Johnson earned a spot on the Class 2, District 1 All-District Second Team, and made the Bootheel All-Conference team last week. Johnson was the only Bulldog to earn a spot on the All-Conference team. Campbell swept the major awards for the conference. Gentry Vancil won Coach of the Year, while Anna Beth Vancil won Player of the Year...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference volleyball awards have been released. Campbell junior Anna Beth Vancil is the 2019 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. “I’m very excited about being chosen for the award and honored that the other coaches selected me as Conference Player of the Year,” Anna Beth Vancil said. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates.”...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Portageville saw their season end Friday night with a 48-22 road loss to St. Vincent in the first round of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament. Portageville fell behind early 7-0, giving up a 6-yard touchdown run to St. Vincent quarterback Garrett Dobbelare...

St. Vincent scored on its first three possessions and rolled to a 48-22 victory over Portageville in a quarterfinal football game in the Class 1 District 1 Tournament on Friday in Perryville, Missouri. Senior quarterback Garrett Dobbelare rushed for one touchdown and threw for three more as the Indians rolled out to a 48-8 lead by halftime...

A week after dropping out of the top spot, Kennett returns to lead the Semoball Power Rankings to end the regular season.

No football coach throughout Missouri is more in tune with the tradition of his program than that of St. Vincent second-year coach Tim Schumer. The former Indian quarterback can recall plays and players who have built the St. Vincent program, and his 2019 roster has an opportunity to add a chapter in the Indians' history book with a victory tonight against Portageville (2-7) to open the Class 1 District 1 postseason...