Portageville

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — All Portageville had to do to capture the conference championship, was defeat Hayti on Tuesday night, at Hayti High School. Easier said than done. The Bulldogs, though, came in and did just that, defeating the Indians 68-59. Steven Guo led Portageville (14-4) with 26 points. He went 11 of 12 at the free-throw line...

MALDEN, Mo. — Becoming a tougher, grittier team is what Portageville head coach Jason Irby challenged his team to do. On Friday night, the Bulldogs made a step in that exact direction, defeating Malden 48-39, at Malden High School. “We’ve been talking about how we have to be a tougher team, and we can’t be so reliant on the 3-point shot,” Irby said. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Alexis Phillips was a workhorse for New Madrid County Central on Thursday against Charleston. The senior finished with a team-high 14 points, while also securing 12 rebounds, in the Lady Eagles 56-42 win, at Charleston High School...

SENATH, Mo. - The January success continued for the Portageville Bulldogs varsity girls basketball team Tuesday night against the Senath-Hornersville Lions. Portageville improved to 5-1 on the month with a 54-46 road victory against the Senath-Hornersvile Lions...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team struggled for offense most of the way against the Portageville Bulldogs but still managed to make things interesting in the closing minute of regulation Tuesday night. Senath-Hornersville center Isai Lopez recorded an offensive stickback with 16 seconds left to cut what was once 14-point point Portageville lead to 44-41...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Just days removed from a miraculous comeback, the East Prairie boys basketball team returned home on Friday night to take on Caruthersville. The Eagles got off to a fast starting, outscoring the Tigers 19-9 at the end of the first quarter, and did not let off the gas pedal and defeated Caruthersville 77-66...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Bub Lance scored 20 points to lead Portageville past Campbell, in overtime, 61-59. A big fourth quarter from the Bulldogs, helped them get right back into the game, as they outscored Campbell 19-12 in the final period to give the fans in attendance free basketball...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - No. 8 seeded Portageville will take on No. 10 seeded South Pemiscot in the consolation championship of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Saturday at 4 p.m. Both squads won their respective consolation semifinals by double digits Friday...

DELTA DUNKLIN DEMOCRAT BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The consolation semifinals are set at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament following quarterfinal action Thursday. No. 8 seeded Portageville will take on No. 13 seeded Bloomfield in the first consolation semifinal Friday at 1 p.m. The second consolation semifinal between No. 10 seeded South Pemiscot and No. 14 seeded Malden follows Friday at about 2:30 p.m...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The top-seeded Hayti Indians surpassed the century mark before the start of the fourth quarter as it cruised past the No. 16 seeded Holcomb Hornets 115-40 in the first game at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Wednesday morning. Hayti (5-2) led 35-9 after the first quarter, 69-22 at halftime and 94-28 at the end of the third quarter...

Emma Brune scored 19 points as the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team cruised to a home win over Chester (Ill.) on Thursday. Alice Hogendobler totaled 14 points, knocking down four 3-pointers, and Bri Jenkins added 13 points for Saxony Lutheran (6-1), which led 35-24 at halftime...

CAMPBELL, Mo. — The Campbell varsity girls basketball team narrowly beat Portageville 56-53 on Monday, in a game highlighting Campbell’s athleticism and Portageville’s physicality. Campbell guard Claire Parker scored a game-high 28 points with Adrionna Pearson adding 15 points. Dasmine Johnson led Portageville with 23 points...

The schedules are set for three December basketball tournaments. The six-team Senath-Hornersville varsity boys basketball tournament takes place Dec. 10-13 at Senath-Hornersville High School. Pool play is Dec. 10-12 with championship round action Dec. 13...

The Bootheel Conference middle school boys basketball tournament brackets have been released. The tournaments take place Dec. 3-8 at Kennett Middle School Gymnasium. The seventh grade championship is Saturday at noon. The eighth grade championship is Saturday at 1:15 p.m...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference all-conference volleyball team has been released. Malden’s Gracie Thomas is the 2018 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Thomas recorded 87 blocks, 180 kills and had 19 ace serves for the Green Wave. “She has been a key player in our success here at Malden,” Malden coach Brittany Crane said. ...

Class and district assignments have been released for boys and girls basketball in the Missouri Bootheel for the 2018-19 season. Clarkton, Delta, Delta C-7, Gideon, North Pemiscot, Richland, Risco, Scott County Central, and Southland will compete in Class 1, District 1. See teams in all Class 1 districts here: Class 1 Districts...

The schedule have been released for the Bootheel Conference middle school girls basketball tournaments. Hayti is slated to host the tournaments Nov. 12, Nov. 13 and Nov. 15. The eighth grade quarterfinals are Nov. 12. No. 1 seeded Malden plays No. 8 seeded Caruthersville Nov. ...

With the day off from school and a playoff game later that night, the Scott City football seniors had an idea early Friday: playoff mohawks. So the Rams seniors and some juniors took turns shaving each other's heads. Hours later, with the victory secured, that same group of players crowded together, posing for a postgame picture...

The postseason represents a fresh start. After nine weeks of jockeying for seeding position, football teams across the state now throw away their regular-season records. Each week, teams will play an elimination game. Win and advance; lose and the season ends...