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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...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave volleyball team entered Wednesday’s Class 2, District 1 championship against the Portageville Bulldogs with a simple strategy - trust its defense and try to outhit a familiar opponent. “We went three sets the other two times we met Portageville this year,” Malden coach Brittany Crane said. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo – Before Saturday it had been 55 years since Portageville faced the Perryville Pirates on the gridiron. A hot start allowed the Class 1 Bulldogs to withstand a turnover-filled final three quarters to down their Class 3 opponents 28-14 for their first home win of the season...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave and Campbell Camels are set to collide in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity volleyball tournament for a second straight season after collecting semifinal victories Wednesday night. No. 1 seeded Malden outlasted No. 4 seeded Portageville 25-17, 20-25, 25-12 in the first varsity semifinal Wednesday...

The schedules have been released for the Tri-County Conference and Bootheel Conference high school volleyball tournaments. The Bootheel Conference varsity and junior varsity tournaments take place Oct. 9-11 at Senath-Hornersville High School. The Tri-County varsity and junior varsity tournaments take place Oct. 9-12 at Holcomb High School...

There's no rest for the weary. Jackson football, coming off its first victory over a ranked opponent all season, dives back into the meat of its SEMO Conference North schedule with a home game against Farmington at 7 p.m. today. Last week, the undefeated Indians rode an explosive offense to a 60-33 win over Battle, which entered the matchup ranked No. 7 in the Class 5 media poll. Thanks to the win, Jackson vaulted up three spots to No. 7 in this week's rankings...

The schedule has been released for the Gideon Invitational. The 16-team varsity volleyball tournament takes place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Gideon High School. The tournament is divided into four four-team pools. Portageville, Richland, Hayti, and Delta C-7 will compete in Pool 2 and Campbell, New Madrid County Central, Charleston and Cooter will compete in Pool 3 Thursday...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls volleyball team ended its week on a high note Thursday night. Kennett collected its second victory in as many games when it powered its way past Portageville 25-20, 25-17. “I thought we played really well,” Kennett volleyball coach Taylor Miller said. “We had a hard practice yesterday. We ran some drills and worked on teamwork. I thought it paid off tonight.”...

The Kennett varsity volleyball team beat Portageville 25-20, 25-17 Thursday night. Kennett improved to 6-8 with the victory and Portageville dropped to 8-5-1 with the loss. Kennett also won the junior varsity contest against Portageville 25-9, 23-25, 25-8...

PORTAGEVILLE — Opportunity knocked once again. This time, however, Malden football answered the call. After stopping Portageville on fourth and goal from the 12-yard line with 5:12 left in the fourth quarter and the game tied at 22, Malden was faced with the task of going 88 yards down the field to earn its first win...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...