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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...

ORAN, Mo. — Racing out to a 33-7 first-quarter lead the Oran boys basketball team dismantled Bell City on Friday night 83-19. Oran (16-1) got contributions from Jacob Shoemaker and Cooper Priggel, whom each finished with 18 points. Ty Johnson and Tyson Goodale also added 14 and 12 points, respectively, for the Eagles...

JACKSON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team moved back above the .500 mark with a 69-48 road victory against the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders Tuesday night. Kennett (9-8) led 18-11 after one quarter, 29-19 at halftime and 54-35 at the end of the third quarter...

SIKESTON — Bre’asia Jones and Samantha Coffee continue to score and score in bunches for the Scott County Central girls basketball team. That trend continued on Tuesday night, as the Bravettes hosted East Prairie (3-8), annihilating the Eagles 71-25...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team found itself trailing by just a few points in the closing minutes of regulation for a second straight game Friday night. And for a second straight night, the Lions found a way to rally past its opponent for a victory...

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...

CLARKTON, Mo. — The Neelyville varsity boys basketball team spent the final three quarters of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament championship working to erase a horrific start against Risco. After outscoring Risco in the final three quarters, Wyatt Russom sank a late three-pointer to tie the game at 58-all with just seconds left to play, forcing overtime...

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...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - Risco coach Brandon Blankenship was somewhat concerned his squad might experience a letdown less than 24 hours after knocking off the No. 1 seeded Bernie Mules 60-56 in a semifinal of the Holcomb Invitational Thursday night. “I was a little concerned how we would bounce back after a physical, emotional game last night against Bernie,” Blankenship said. “Sometimes it’s hard to come back the next night and start hot.”...

CALDWELL, Mo. - The Southland Rebels varsity boys basketball team outlasted North Pemiscot 64-36 to secure its first win since 2016 Monday. Cyrus Luke paced Southland with 20 points. Shayne Tomblin added 16 points and Williams Tomblin contributed eight points...

Friday November 23rd 2018 2:00pm Risco VS Covington TN 3:30pm Kennett VS Lake County TN 5:00pm Charleston VS West Memphis AR 6:30pm NMCC VS Cairo IL

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...

RISCO, Mo. - The pieces appear in place for another big year for the Risco Tigers boys basketball program. Traditional Tri-County Conference powerhouse Risco returns four of its five starters off of last season’s varsity squad that went 19-8 and won the Tri-County Conference Tournament for a second straight season...

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...

The Tri-County Conference baseball awards have been released. Cooter’s Jacob Watkins has been selected Tri-County Conference Baseball Player of the Year. Watkins batted .548 with 24 RBIs, 29 runs scored and one home run. Cooter coach David Mathis has been selected Tri-County Conference Baseball Coach of the Year. Cooter finished its fall campaign 17-1, went undefeated against Tri-County Conference opponents and repeated as champions of the Tri-County Conference Tournament under Mathis...

GIDEON, Mo. - A season-long streak of success continued for the Cooter Wildcats baseball program in the Tri-County Conference Monday afternoon. Cooter beat No. 4 seeded Gideon 15-0 in a semifinal and knocked off No. 3 seeded Risco 10-0 in the title game to repeat as champions of Tri-County Conference Tournament...

The stage is set for the Tri-County Conference baseball tournament. The five-team event takes place Wednesday and Thursday at Gideon High School. No 5 seeded Southland plays No. 4 seeded Gideon in quarterfinal Wednesday at 4 p.m. The winner plays No. 1 seeded Cooter in a semifinal Thursday at noon. The other semifinal between No. 2 seeded Holcomb and No. 3 seeded Risco takes place Thursday at 2 p.m...

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. ...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

The 2018 Tri-County Conference high school softball awards have been released. Southland freshman Jenna Gibson has been selected as Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Gibson went 10-3 and struck out 142 in 68 innings of work in the circle. Gibson batted .630 with a .735 on-base percentage and 1.49 slugging percentage...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

CLARKTON, Mo. — Both Risco and Scott County Central (SCC) carried lofty expectations into the Class 1, District 1 championship Thursday night. For Risco, it was the promise of another dominant conference run with the hope of finally breaking through the district tournament. SCC, meanwhile, was virtually a lock to cruise on through to another strong run at state...

Megan Heisserer had 16 points and seven rebounds as the Notre Dame girls basketball team defeated host Poplar Bluff 57-47 on Thursday in its SEMO Conference and regular-season finale. Julia Williams added 16 points, and Lexi Welter had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Riley Burger chipped in eight points and seven rebounds for Notre Dame (12-13, 3-4 SEMO Conference)...

HOLCOMB, Mo. — One night after a 33-point victory in the Tri-County Conference semifinals, the top-seeded Risco varsity boys basketball team cruised to its second straight conference title with a 34-point win over No. 2 seeded Clarkton Friday. The Tigers finish undefeated in their 2017-18 conference campaign — a convincing performance from a team looking to end Scott County Central’s dominant run at the top of the district...

By DUSTIN WARD dward@dddnews.com HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Risco Tigers and Clarkton Reindeer are set to collide in the title game of the Tri-County Conference varsity boys basketball tournament for a second straight year following the completion of semifinal action Thursday night...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1, District 1 boys basketball tournament. The eight-team tournament is slated to take place Feb. 17, Feb. 20 and Feb. 22 at Clarkton High School. Risco has received the No. 1 seed. All quarterfinal games are slated for Feb. 17...

Another year, another group of superb performances by area student-athletes, the most outstanding of which are being recognized. On Wednesday, 55 individuals were announced as fall sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards. The selections were presented during a live radio show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

The stage is set for the highly anticipated Tri-County Conference boys basketball tournaments. The varsity boys tournament and junior varsity boys tournament are slated to take place Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at Holcomb High School. Risco was received the No. 1 seed in the varsity tournament and Cooter has received the No. 1 seed in the junior varsity tournament...