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The seedings have been released for the Clarkton Christmas Tournament. The eight-team varsity boys basketball tournament takes place Dec. 14-18 at Clarkton High School. Defending champion East Carter County, which is off to a 1-1 start after beating Willow Springs 70-49 and suffering a 73-62 loss to Park Hills Central, has received the No. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — It wasn’t pretty, but the Charleston boys’ basketball found a way to pull out the victory in its season-opener Friday afternoon. Behind double-digit scoring performances by senior EK Davis and sophomore Rico Coleman, the Bluejays staved off Portageville’s second-half rally to squeak by the Bulldogs, 53-50, at Charleston High School. The win was the first as a varsity head coach for Jamarcus Williams as well...

The schedule is set for the first annual Al Jackson Classic. The five-team varsity girls basketball tournament takes place Nov. 30 - Dec. 3 at Hayti High School. Host Hayti has received a first-round bye and will not play until Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Hayti awaits the winner of a quarterfinal between No. 4 seeded Senath-Hornersville and No. 5 seeded Caruthersville that will be played on Nov. 30 at 6 p.m...

Head Coach: Jason Irby, 11th season (142-108) Last Season: 12-14, lost to Bernie in the Class 2, District Tournament Semifinals 56-50 Notes: Portageville head coach Jason Irby is ready for the new season, mainly because he returns a team that knows the system...

Head Coach: Kellye Fowler, ninth season (94-98) Last Season: 8-14, lost to Hayti in the Class 2, District 1 Tournament Semifinals 76-40 Notes: This season will be a rebuilding one for Kellye Fowler’s Portageville Bulldogs. Not one senior is on the roster this year, leaving the nine-year head coach with a younger team that she hopes can develop into quality players...

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...

The 2020 Bootheel Conference Volleyball Awards have been announced. Campbell’s Macy Hendrix and Caruthersville’s Mallory Faulkner have been selected Bootheel Conference Co-Players of the Year. Hendrix collected 206 digs, 296 assists, 221 kills, and 64 ace serves while serving at a 96 percent rate her senior season...

Hey, district football is finally here. Are we excited? Because I am. The playoffs can bring a different edge to a team, so here are my predictions for each matchup for the Standard-Democrat area football squads. Sikeston has North County's number. The Bulldogs are 4-2 all-time against the 'Not Las Vegas' Raiders, with a close, two-point win in their previous meeting in 2018...

Records: Sikeston 2-7; North County 4-3 Series History: Sikeston leads 3-2 Last Meeting: 2018, Sikeston won 32-30 in the Class 4, District 1 Tournament Last Week: Sikeston lost to Kennett 53-14; North County defeated Windsor (Imperial) 56-20, on Oct. 9...

MALDEN — After overcoming a 21-12 deficit that included four straight game points in the second set, the Malden volleyball team couldn’t complete the comeback Monday in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinal. But the Green Wave didn’t let the momentum they built fade, instead leading the entire next set before closing the match with a long run to beat Caruthersville 25-16, 27-29, 25-11, 25-17...

High school football season in Southeast Missouri is nearing the end in the Standard-Democrat area. All six of our schools have at least two more games remaining on the schedule. How will Friday’s games turn out? Let’s take a look at that. Sitting at No. 6 in Class 3 in the recent football polls, the Kennett Indians are once again one of the better teams in the entire SEMO Conference...

Records: Sikeston 2-6; Kennett 8-0 Series History: Sikeston leads 59-10-1 Last Meeting: 2019, Kennett won 36-0 Last Week: Sikeston lost to New Madrid County Central 64-34; Kennett defeated Poplar Bluff 41-19. Notes: Sikeston hasn’t tasted victory since Week 2 against Dexter, and the test doesn’t get any easier in their finale when they face state-ranked Kennett on the road. ...

BENTON, Mo – When you start a game up two scores before the opposing offense can even touch the field you know you’re in for a pretty good night. That was the case Friday for the Kelly Hawks, who thanks to a well-timed onside kick, kept Portageville’s defense on the field on back-to-back possessions that resulted in Hawk touchdowns...

Records: NMCC 3-4; Sikeston 2-5 Series History: Sikeston leads 27-10 Last Meeting: 2019, Sikeston won 28-20 Last Week: NMCC lost to Valle Catholic 62-18; Sikeston lost to Potosi 39-25 Notes: The schedule hasn’t been kind to NMCC in recent weeks. In the last three games, the Eagles have faced three state-ranked teams, losing to all of them. ...

Paige Glueck led Oak Ridge over a win-less Marquand team Tuesday in straight sets, 25-9, 25-16, 25-17. Glueck tied the lead in kills with teammate Erin Urhahn, both recording seven while Zoe Berry added five and Mylee Schilling finished with four. Berry also recorded 11 assists...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has partnered with HomeTown Ticketing to serve as the official digital ticketing partner for MSHSAA state championship events this fall. Digital tickets will also be an option for all other playoff contests, at the discretion of the host manager...

The Campbell Camels varsity volleyball squad is once again favored to repeat as champs at the Bootheel Conference Tournament. Campbell (15-5-2), which has won the event at the varsity level each of the last two seasons, has earned the No. 1 seed at next week’s conference tournament after finishing 6-0 in regular-season conference play...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo – It’s all starting to click for the Portageville Bulldogs. Not too long ago Portageville was the team that lost five-straight to start the season, including three consecutive shutouts in their first three games. Coming off a 50-point outburst against Chaffee, however, the Bulldogs are now a team boasting a two-game winning streak thanks to its two best offensive performances of the season...

Records: Sikeston 2-4; Potosi 3-3 Series History: Sikeston leads 3-0 Last Meeting: 2010, Sikeston won 62-8 in the Class 4 State Tournament Last Week: Sikeston lost to Cape Central 28-19; Potosi beat Perryville 56-15 Notes: After Charleston canceled its home football game against Sikeston on Friday, the Bulldogs had to look for a new opponent. ...

Records: Sikeston 2-3; Cape Central 1-3 Series History: Sikeston leads 54-47-7 Last Meeting: 2019, Cape Central won 33-0 Last Week: Sikeston lost to Jackson 71-0; Cape Central lost to Farmington 37-14 Notes: How do you respond from a 71-0 loss? Sikeston will look to answer that when the Bulldogs travel to Cape Central Friday night for a Class 4, District 1 battle with the Tigers. ...

High school football teams that reach the state championship in their respective class will not have the opportunity to play for a state title at Memorial Stadium located on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia this season. The Missouri High School Activities Association announced earlier this week they are moving the state championships to high school facilities due to venue usage conflicts in Columbia...

It may be a massive understatement to suggest Chaffee coach Will Daffron is looking forward to playing football Friday. Chaffee (1-2, 0-2) hasn’t played a competitive game for nearly three weeks as the team’s last two contests – Sept. 18 against Malden and last Friday at Hayti – were snuffed out by the pandemic...

A veteran Gideon Bulldogs volleyball squad is learning how to adapt to lineup changes quickly and utilize its depth to its advantage in 2020. “We lost one of our starting middle hitters during PE on Friday,” Gideon volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner said. ...

JACKSON AT SIKESTON Records: Jackson 4-0; Sikeston 2-2 Series History: Sikeston leads 56-42-6 Last Meeting: 2019, Jackson won 53-0 Last Week: Jackson defeated Cape Central 63-0; Sikeston lost to Poplar Bluff 30-9 Notes: There are not many flaws when it comes to Jackson. ...

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo – After being held scoreless up to this point of the season, Portageville’s offense showed some signs of life against Scott City Friday on Senior Night. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, they couldn't overcome an early deficit as the Rams broke a two-game skid to move back to .500 on the season with a 42-13 win...

As much as football intellect is needed by all that follow high school football throughout Missouri, organizational skills may be even more critical.

It was the hot hand of Addie Johnson that led the way for Woodland to win rather easily over a scrappy Zalma team Thursday night 25-8, 25-6, and 25-8. Johnson finished the game with 10 kills, eight digs, and three serve aces. Emma Brown recorded eight kills, nine digs, three aces, and three blocks in the well-balanced attack for the Cardinals...

POPLAR BLUFF AT SIKESTON Records: Poplar Bluff 2-1; Sikeston 2-1 Series History: Sikeston leads 56-37-4 Last Meeting: 2019, Poplar Bluff won 61-18 Last Week: Poplar Bluff lost to Jackson 56-7; Sikeston lost to Farmington 25-7. Notes: One week removed from suffering its first loss of the season, Sikeston returns to the field to take on SEMO Conference rival Poplar Bluff on Hall of Fame Night at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Emotions ran high at East Prairie on Friday night. Before the game started, the Eagles honored their senior football players, cheerleaders, and band members, while also remembering the life of Steve Stokes — a lifelong Eagle staff member and coach — who passed away earlier this year. The public address announcer also played sounds from previous games that Stokes called when he was the public address announcer for football games...

In one of the longer Southeast Missouri high school football games in recent memory, Hayti won a shootout with its SEMO South Conference rival and host Scott City Friday, 62-43, behind the outstanding play of 6-foot-2 Indians junior quarterback Trayvon Thomas...

SIKESTON AT FARMINGTON Records: Sikeston 2-0; Farmington 2-0 Series History: Sikeston leads 23-19-1 Last Meeting: 2019, Farmington won 42-0 Last Week: Sikeston beat Dexter 28-21; Farmington beat Potosi 10-6 Notes: Improving to 2-0 on the season last week, Sikeston aims to continue its great start with its second-straight road game at Farmington. ...

PORTAGEVILLE - Last Friday the Hayti Indians loaded up and headed north for a football clash with the Portageville Bulldogs. The offensive game plan was simple, according to Hayti offensive coordinator KC Gilmer, “Our main focus was to offensively execute, and focus on the 'little things', QB reads, O-Line blocking, and wide receiver blocking.”...

Scott City (1-1) faces the only team to blemish its 2019 regular season record Friday as it hosts unbeaten Hayti (2-0) at William Wllthong Field. The Rams were riding high at 6-0 last season when they traveled to Pemiscot County last October 11 and dropped a heartbreaker to the Indians in the final 29 seconds of the contest, 46-41...