Portageville

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...

Sikeston at Dexter Records: Sikeston 1-0; Dexter 0-1 Series History: Sikeston leads 52-21 Last Meeting: 2017, Dexter won 12-0 Last Week: Sikeston defeated Caruthersville 17-6; Dexter lost to Scott City 18-15. Notes: For the first time in three seasons, the Sikeston football team plays Dexter. ...

Portageville picked up its first win of the 2020 season on Tuesday evening at Senath-Hornersville.

CAMPBELL, Mo. — It wasn’t the start of the season that the Portageville volleyball team wanted on Monday night at Campbell. The Bulldogs lost in straight-sets to the Lady Camels. Portageville (0-1) lost the first set 25-3, the second 25-14, and the third 25-12...

Holcomb dominates Hayti to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

PORTAGEVILLE – Things couldn’t have gone better for the New Madrid Country Central Eagles Friday night in their season opener. Dominant on both sides of the ball, the Eagles rolled to a 51-point halftime lead against host Portageville on their way to pitching a 58-0 shutout...

POPLAR BLUFF — The 2020 football has finally arrived and in Missouri (at least for now), Semoball.com-area programs are playing (for the most part).

Caruthersville at Sikeston Records: Caruthersville 0-0; Sikeston 0-0 Series History: Sikeston leads 29–10–1 Last Meeting: 2007, Sikeston won 34-20 Last Week: N/A Notes: Football is back. As Week 1 of the high school season gets underway, we start this week’s Standard-Democrat preview with Sikeston and Caruthersville. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — This season’s Portageville volleyball team will feature a younger group for second-year head coach Sasha Starnes. Only one senior (Jaelyn Milan) and two juniors (Akiyah Jordan and Emma Smith) are the returning upperclassmen. “I got a really good senior,” Starnes said. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — There is a new coach on the sidelines at Portageville Friday nights. Former East Prairie assistant coach Ian Penrod coaches his first game as a head coach next Friday, and knows that it won’t be easy but is still embracing the challenge...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...