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The Bobcats put up a whopping 92 points in the first half, which tied a MSHSAA record, on the way to a 132-61 home win over the Tigers.

HOLCOMB, Mo. - It came down to the wire but the Holcomb Hornets varsity boys basketball team found a way to secure its third conference win of the week Friday night. Holcomb’s Nate Rhew penetrated to the basket and hit a 2-point jumper to put Holcomb on top 68-67 with seven seconds left in overtime. Risco pushed the ball to the other end after Rhew’s clutch shot but was unable to score before time expired, allowing Holcomb to escape with a 68-67 overtime victory...

Six Semoball boys basketball teams and two Semoball girls basketball teams are ranked in the latest state rankings provided by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (14-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, is ranked No. 8 in the Class 1 boys poll...

It took an hour for Reiley Calvert’s family to drive from Risco, Mo. to Monday’s Cardinal Caravan. “I’m here to see the players and get my baseball signed,” said Reiley, 12. “I think (the Redbirds) are going to make it to the World Series,” young Reiley added...

Hayti 61, Campbell 56 HAYTI, Mo. - The Hayti Indians varsity boys basketball team snapped the Campbell Camels’ eight-game winning streak with a 61-56 home win Friday night. Campbell led 18-10 after one quarter, Hayti led 25-24 at halftime, and things were tied at 43-all at the end of the third quarter before Hayti won the fourth quarter 18-13...

Risco 63, Clarkton 52 CLARKTON, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team built a 29-14 lead by halftime on its way to a 63-52 road win against the Clarkton Reindeer Tuesday night. Evan Pipkin hit four of the Tigers’ five treys on his way to a team-high 20 points. Andrew Rodgers added 18 points. Kamron Meese and Hayden Ludwig both scored nine points for Risco...

RISCO, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team built a 24-11 by the end of the first quarter on its way past the visiting Bell City Cubs 92-55 Thursday night. Four Risco players recorded at least 18 points. Andrew Rodgers tallied a team-high 26 points, Evan Pipkin added 22 points, Hayden Ludwig put up 19 points, and Kamron Meese scored 18 points for the Tigers...

Risco 57, South Pemiscot 51 STEELE, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team won the final eight minutes of regulation by nine points as it rallied past South Pemiscot 57-51 Tuesday. South Pemiscot led 15-12 after one quarter, Risco led 29-25 at halftime, and South Pemiscot led 43-30 at the end of the third quarter of the see-saw battle...

CAMPBELL BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT CAMPBELL, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Southland Rebels booked a spot in the championship semifinals of the Campbell Tournament by beating the No. 6 seeded Delta C-7 Chargers 72-68 Tuesday night. Delta C-7 jumped out to a 21-15 lead after one quarter before Southland rallied to tie things up at 36-all by halftime. The quarterfinal remained tied at 52-all at the end of the third quarter before Southland won the fourth quarter 20-16...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell Camels experienced little difficulty reaching the semifinals of its own varsity boys basketball tournament Monday night. No. 1 seeded Campbell built a 56-9 lead by halftime on its way past the No. 8 seeded North Pemiscot Bulldogs 83-18 in a quarterfinal...

ORAN, Mo. — Continuing its winning ways, the Oran boys basketball team routed Risco on Tuesday night. The Eagles outscored the Tigers 22-9 in the fourth quarter on their way to an 87-57 win at Oran High School. Tyson Goodale led all scorers with 30 points...

Senath-Hornersville 60, Gideon The Senath-Hornersville Lions trailed by single digits much of the first three quarters but managed to rally late and walk away with the consolation championship at the Gideon Bulldog Classic Thursday. No. 6 seeded Senath-Hornersville outscored No. 5 seeded Gideon 24-8 in the fourth quarter to secure 60-51 victory...

Notre Dame 46, Kennett 25 Leah Jansen scored seven of her game-high 12 points in the opening quarter as the No. 1 seeded Notre Dame Bulldogs beat No. 8 seeded Kennett 46-25 in a quarterfinal of the SEMO Conference varsity girls basketball tournament Monday at Cape Central High School...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The Risco Tigers boys basketball team recovered quickly after falling behind Roosevelt 15-11 after one quarter of play at the Riverbend Classic in New Madrid Saturday. Risco outscored Roosevelt 26-5 in the second quarter to move ahead 37-21 by halftime. The success continued for Risco in the second half as it won the third quarter 19-5 and the fourth quarter 8-6 on its way to a convincing 64-31 victory...

High school basketball teams throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin play in opening-season basketball tournaments Monday.

NEW MADRID, Mo – It didn’t take long for Charleston to get its first gut-check of the year. In their season-opener against Memphis Day Academy, the Bluejays surrendered a double-digit second-half lead before a late stand helped Charleston emerge victors 76-71 Friday at the Riverbend Shootout...

The Risco Tigers high school boys basketball team enters the 2019-20 season hoping for repeat success with a new group after graduating all of its starters off of last season’s squad that finished 24-6 and advanced to the Class 1 state quarterfinals...

The Missouri High School Activities Association released district assignments for the 2019-20 season for basketball and wrestling Friday. Kennett is headed back to Class 2 in wrestling after competing in Class 1 last season. Kennett is slated to compete in Class 2, District 1 with Affton, Park Hills Central, Dexter, John Burroughs, Miller Career Academy, Normandy, Notre Dame Cape Girardeau, Potosi, Roosevelt, Soldan International Studies, St. ...

SIKESTON — District assignments for boys’ and girls’ basketball and wrestling were released on Friday. Sikeston will be a part of Class 4, District 1, with Cape Central, Notre Dame, Dexter, Perryville, and Ste. Genevieve. Class 3, District 1 consists of Charleston, New Madrid County Central, East Prairie, Caruthersville, Doniphan, Malden, Kennett, and Twin Rivers. ...

The 2019 Tri-County Conference volleyball awards have been released. Clarkton senior Kayla Gentry is the 2019 Tri-County Conference Volleyball Player of the Year. Gentry finished with 36 ace serves, 188 digs, 22 assists, nine blocks, and 254 kills her senior season...

Class 2, District 1 at Malden The district championship is set at the Class 2, District 1 volleyball tournament following quarterfinal at semifinal action Monday. No. 2 seeded Twin Rivers will take on No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville in the title game Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Malden...

Volleyball squads throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin postseason play Monday. Holcomb, South Pemiscot, Southland, North Pemiscot, Hayti, Delta C-7, and Cooter are in Class 1, District 1 at Holcomb. Defending champion Holcomb has received the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye...

The Tri-County Conference baseball awards have been released. Cooter’s Lane McLevain is the Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. “Tyler batted .475 with 21 RBIs, one home run, and 21 runs scored this fall,” Cooter coach Davis Mathis said of McLevain. “He also went 6-0 on the mound with a 0.56 ERA in 37.2 innings pitched.”...

STEELE, Mo. - The Campbell Camels and Malden Green Wave are set to collide in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity volleyball tournament for a third straight season after both squads collected semifinal wins Wednesday night. No. 1 seeded Campbell beat No. 4 seeded Caruthersville 25-8, 25-12 in the first varsity semifinal Wednesday night at South Pemiscot High School...

The brackets are set for the Tri-County Conference volleyball tournaments. The tournaments take place Oct. 15-18 at Gideon High School. Varsity quarterfinals are on Oct. 15. No. 1 seeded Gideon plays No. 8 seeded Cooter Oct. 15 at 4 p.m., No. 4 seeded North Pemiscot plays No. ...

CLARK TON, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Cooter Wildcats are set to take on the No. 2 seeded Holcomb Hornets in the championship of the Tri-County Conference baseball tournament after both teams collected semifinal wins Tuesday at Clarkton. Cooter (21-1) beat No. 4 seeded Gideon 16-0 in its semifinal and Holcomb (13-5) beat No. 3 seeded Risco 9-5 in its semifinal Tuesday...

Winning the Tri-County Conference is a top priority for the Cooter baseball program every fall. “We play a bunch of games in the fall and hopefully that makes us better for the spring,” Cooter coach David Mathis said. “But our main goal in the fall is to learn how to play the game the right way and win the Tri-County title.”...

Top volleyball teams from the Missouri Bootheel are set to collide this weekend at the Gideon Invitational. Four of the 15 teams in the varsity tournament are enjoying winning records following play Monday. Host Gideon, which won the Gideon Invitational in 2018, is off to a 13-1-2 start. Its only loss this season is to Southern Reynolds (Ellington) in the championship of Dig for Life Classic Sept. 14...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell Camels baseball team scored all of its runs in the first two innings as it knocked off the previously unbeaten South Pemiscot Bulldogs 5-1 Monday afternoon. South Pemiscot took a brief 1-0 lead when Noah Willingham drove home a run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Gideon Bulldogs finished a win shy of taking home the top prize in the Black Division of the Dig for Life Challenge Saturday in Cape Girardeau. Gideon, which entered the tournament supporting a perfect 5-0 record, collected six wins, two ties, and suffered one loss at the two-day Dig for Life Challenge...

Sixty area volleyball teams took part in the Dig For Life Challenge Volleyball Tournament at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and Show Me Center Friday and Saturday.

Kennett 2, Oran 0 KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity volleyball team outlasted Oran 25-11, 25-20 for its second straight SEMO Conference victory Monday.

SIKESTON — The Sikeston softball team opened up its season on Tuesday afternoon, against Naylor at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. Leading 5-0 after three innings of play it looked like the Bulldogs were bound for a victory. The Eagles, though, had other plans, scoring seven unanswered runs to defeat the Bulldogs 7-5 and spoil the home-opener...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

The annual Kennett High School Boys Basketball Shootout is slated for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Junior varsity squads square off Thursday with varsity teams battling it out Friday and Saturday. Games will last approximately 40 minutes. Each game will have two 16-minute halves with a running clock. The clock will stop the final two minutes of the game on dead balls unless a team is leading by 10 points or more in the final two minutes. Overtime is sudden death...

The all-region softball team has been released. Kennett freshman Kyra Jaco, Oran junior Kaylee Payne, Campbell senior Elizabeth Steward, Puxico senior Bailey Burns, Holcomb sophomore Bailey Cupples, and Malden sophomore Hailey Rojas were selected first-team all-region infielders...

The 2019 Tri-County Conference softball awards have been released. Southland’s Jenna Gibson has been selected Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Gibson struck out 124 in 62.2 innings pitched while posting a 1.07 ERA this spring. She batted .815 with six home runs and six doubles...

The all-time leading scorer of the Risco Tigers boys basketball program has made the decision to take his game to the collegiate level. Risco senior guard Nathan Burnett signed to play basketball at College of the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri, Thursday...

The field is beginning to take shape. The second group of Semoball Awards finalists, the winter sports selections, were revealed Wednesday in an hour-long radio show on SEMO ESPN. That group of 30 student-athletes will join the fall sports finalists, announced earlier this year, at the 2019 Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on July 13 at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets baseball team scored the final three runs to knock off the visiting Risco Tigers 6-3 Tuesday. Wilson McGee collected the go-ahed RBI hit for Holcomb with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Eli Bader added an RBI double and Austin Wallace collected a sacrifice fly to pad Holcomb’s lead to the final score in the bottom of the sixth inning...

Holcomb 4, Bernie 2 BERNIE, Mo. - A day after beating top-ranked Scott City, the Mules softball team fell victim to undefeated Holcomb on Tuesday at Bernie. Bailey Cupples hit a three-run homer in the top of the third to give Holcomb 3-1 lead. The Hornets (13-0) hung on to beat Bernie 4-2...

SIKESTON — Several local basketball players earned a spot on the All-State team, which got announced on Wednesday. Sikeston senior Trey Jenkins earned a spot on the Class 4 list. Jenkins had a significant hand in the Bulldogs 25-1 record this season...

MEADOW HEIGHTS, Mo. — Kade Lindgren touched base three of his four times at bat as the Panthers rallied in the final inning but could not overcome a seven-run deficit to fall to the undefeated Eagles on the road. Trae Davis pitched 3 1/3 innings to be marked with the loss for Meadow Heights (0-4). He gave up nine runs (eight earned) on nine hits, walked three batters and struck out one...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets softball team hit the ball hard from the get-go in its season opener against the Risco Tigers Friday afternoon. Holcomb sent 18 batters to the plate in the first inning and 10 more to the plate in the second frame as it pounded its way past Risco 21-3 in three innings...

The 2019 Tri-County Conference boys basketball awards have been released. Clarkton senior Lee Matney has been selected Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Matey averaged 26 points, eight rebounds, and five assists per game his senior season. Clarkton coach Jordan Bidewell has been selected Tri-County Conference Coach of the Year. Clarkton finished 13-13, won the Tri-County Conference regular season title, and finished second in the Tri-County Conference Tournament under Bidewell...

VAN BUREN, Mo. - The Risco Tigers boys basketball program finished a win shy of making its first trip to the state final four Saturday afternoon. The Dora Falcons, which are ranked No. 1 in the latest state poll, outscored Risco in every quarter on its way to a convincing 74-37 victory in a Class 1 quarterfinal at Van Buren High School...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - It took a few extra minutes and an unforgettable comeback but the Risco Tigers boys basketball team found a way to earn its first birth in the state quarterfinals since 2010. Risco rallied from a 62-58 deficit in the final 23 seconds of overtime to edge the South Iron Panthers 63-62 in a Class 1 sectional Tuesday night at Bloomfield High School...

GIDEON, Mo. — With time ticking down in regulation, Risco’s entire season laid in the hands off senior Nathan Burnett. Burnett had all eyes glued to him in the most crucial point of Thursday night’s Class 1, District 1 Tournament championship game. He drove down the lane, found an opening and his floater dropped in...