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The 2023 Bootheel Conference Tournament, hosted by Hayti High School, has been postponed as a result of the winter storm that rolled through the region last night. The delay pushed back four first round games of the girls tournament which were scheduled to be played Tuesday evening, including (1) Portageville vs (8) Caruthersville, (4) Campbell vs (5) Hayti, (2) Holcomb vs (7) South Pemiscot, and (3) Malden vs (6) Senath-Hornersville...

NEELYVILLE — The East Carter Lady Redbirds had four players in double figures and steadily pulled away in the second and third quarters for a 76-63 win at Neelyville Thursday night. East Carter led 15-13 after the opening period, but pushed its lead to 41-32 by halftime and took a 62-47 lead to the fourth quarter...

A double digit comeback, a team without a head coach, a pivotal defensive adjustment and four Lion players scoring double digits all culminated in Senath-Hornersville’s 81-57 victory over Delta C-7 Thursday night. “Our kids found a way,” Senath-Hornersville head coach Kurt Penn said. “I think the last eight games we’ve found ourselves in a double digit deficit early in the first quarter, but they just don’t quit. That’s been our case all year and we just don’t give up.”...

The Bootheel Conference basketball tournament is here again and the Malden Green Wave are the top seed heading into the event which begins 10:15 a.m. Saturday with the first of three first-round games taking place at Hayti, the site of the competition...

After playing just half of a junior varsity game and dominating every minute she was on the court, Senath-Hornersville (8-7) freshman Halle Jamerson knocked back four 3-pointers opening varsity play to set the tone for the Lions’ staggering 61-35 victory over Puxico (5-11) Thursday night...

ELLINGTON — Thursday was a good night for the top two boys seeds at the Black River League Tournament. The top-seeded South Iron Panthers turned back host Ellington 67-48 in the early semifinal Thursday, then No. 2 Bunker defeated East Carter 66-41 in the late game...

SENATH, Mo. — Not much went right for Portageville at Senath-Hornersville on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The Bulldogs (9-7) fell 63-49 after a big run to finish the first half gave the Lions (10-5) a cushion. Jamarion Smith scored a game-high 21 to lead Portageville, while Shane Townsend added 15...

SENATH, Mo. — The Portageville girls’ basketball team won decisively at Senath-Hornersville on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The Lady Bulldogs (11-4) won 54-24 after jumping out to an early lead and boat-racing the Lady Lions (7-7). “I was just proud of the intensity that the girls played with,” said Portageville coach Kellye Fowler. ...

Senath-Hornersville (9-5) is on a five-game winning streak after hosting Risco (6-7) for the Lions’ intensely close homecoming game Friday night. Three of those five wins have come in the last week, all of which have come down to a combined six points...

ELLSINORE — Nineteen days after the Doniphan Donettes and East Carter Lady Redbirds battled for the Lady Royals Christmas Classic title, the two squads met Monday in a key Ozark Foothills Conference battle. And for the second time in 19 days, the Donettes emerged victorious, this time by a score of 59-49 in a battle of two of the area's best girls basketball teams...

JOPLIN, Mo. — The Poplar Bluff Mules outlasted the Carl Junction Bulldogs 53-45 in the opening round of the Kaminsky Classic Tournament Thursday night in Joplin. Gavin Rivers led the Mules with 12 points, with Dallas Williams and Mar’Lon Hickman-Roberson scoring eight each...

DONIPHAN — Max Owen and Emmitt Jones combined for 46 points and the Doniphan Dons opened the new year with an 80-61 win over Mountain View Liberty Tuesday. Owen (24 points) and Emmitt Jones (22) led the Dons to victory. Doniphan was down in the first quarter, but came back and took the lead from Liberty...

Thick. That would be a good word to describe just how vast the talents go in this year’s boys Bloomfield Christmas basketball tournament that tips off Tuesday morning. When a team enters the field as a No. 12 seed with a 6-2 record, that is arguably the best word to illustrate what this year’s field promises...

The fourth-seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions took down the third-seeded Campbell Camels with on target shots from the floor and an ever-improving defense Friday night to win third place in the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament. “It’s a big win against a conference team,” Senath-Hornersville head coach Kurt Penn said. ...

Thursday night’s match up between the first-seeded Greenville Bears and fourth-seeded Senath-Hornersville was a “redemption game” for the Lions after falling to Greenville in overtime in last year’s Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament championship game. Instead, it turned out to be a “brutal,” shockingly close battle that upheld the Bears’ success when visiting Senath...

The Senath-Hornersville Lions began play in their own Christmas tournament Monday night looking to “prove a point to some people” after being seeded number four. Head coach Kurt Penn said that the plan was to “come out hot” to set the tone, and that's exactly what they did to take down fifth-seeded Piggott 81-53...

CLARKTON — The East Carter Redbirds outlasted Risco 71-68 in overtime in the first round of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament Monday. East Carter outscored Risco 12-9 in the extra session. The Redbirds leading scorers, Kasen McCarty (23 points) and Micah Thompson (20), accounted for nine of East Carter’s 12 overtime points...

The number three-seeded Kennett Indians narrowly secured a win over the number five-seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions in a fourth quarter nail biter Friday night to take third place in the annual Bulldog Classic in Gideon, Mo. Playing for third, Kennett had most recently fallen to number two-seeded Cooter while Senath-Hornersville lost to number one-seeded Caruthersville after beating South Pemiscot and Hayti, respectively...

Last year's tournament champions, the number one-seeded Caruthersville Tigers knew coming in that they needed to step up defensively to shut down some of Senath-Hornersville's offensive weapons if they were going to return to the Bulldog Classic championship...

Districts for winter sports were released on Friday morning, with New Madrid County Central dropping to Class 3 for the 2022-23 season. NMCC finished third in Class 4 last season and return juniors Jadis Jones and AJ Ruff while junior BJ Williamson also returns after missing last season...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Despite not playing its best, the Portageville volleyball team advanced the MSHSAA Class 2 District Championship by orchestrating its way to a 3-1 win over Senath-Hornersville at PHS on Monday, Oct. 24. It was the third time the top-seeded Lady Bulldogs (20-10-1) have defeated the fourth-seeded Lady Lions (11-18-1) this season, winning this time with set scores of 25-16, 25-18, 22-25 and 25-23...

VAN BUREN — Kastin Cleaver led a pack of Bulldogs across the finish line as the host placed all five scoring runners in the top 10 Wednesday to win the Van Buren Scenic River Run at Big Spring. Cleaver, a sophomore, won the Small Schools Division race in 21 minutes, 42.8 seconds. Van Buren’s Kinsley Murphy placed fourth, Madison Mabry finished sixth followed by Adria Marvin while Ziah Been was 10th...

Coming off of a five-game losing streak with fierce SEMO Conference matches on the horizon, the Lady Indians volleyball team secured a much-needed straight set win over Senath-Hornersville on Tuesday. “It was a good day to be a Lady Kennett Indian,” Kennett head coach Gentry Vancil said. “We needed that. We have had some really close games and we needed to be able to put somebody away in three, and I’m glad we did.”...

Cape Central swept Perryville on Thursday night 25-20, 25-22, 25-22, starting off strong with an 11-point run in the first set. Madison Phelps and Piper Underwood led the way with eight kills each while Avery Criblez added 20 assists to put Perryville away...

The Senath-Hornersville baseball team have been together all summer, and now they’re gearing up for the fall season with just over a week to go. The Lions have found themselves stuck in a losing streak the past three seasons, concluding the 2021 fall season with a record of 1-12. Despite the rut, head coach Chris McClain said that they’ve been improving each year, and his team are holding themselves to a higher standard this school year...

If you really want to know the origins of Joe Baldwin passing judgment on pitchers’ accuracy throughout Southeast Missouri, you’d have to go all the way back to the dusty dirt fields of the Marston Little League in the early 1960s.

The 2022 MSHSAA baseball season wrapped up last week, but for the fans of Senath-Hornersville High, the 2023 seasons (plural) can’t get here quickly enough.

Former Saxony Lutheran High School pitcher Eli Brown made his debut on Friday for the Cape Catfish with mixed results, but in the end, Catfish infielder J.D. Ortiz made sure every Catfish fan walked out of Capaha Field feeling good. Ortiz smacked three hits and drove in five runs, including three in the eighth inning, to lead Cape to an 8-6 come-from-behind win over Springfield in Cape’s 2022 home opener.

A memo to high school baseball players throughout Missouri: particularly in Southeast Missouri, you are being watched. And not just for your services to be utilized by the next level years from now, but sooner than you realize. The Cape Catfish open their third season of play at Capaha Field on Friday, as they host Springfield at 6:35 p.m., and they’ll have many familiar faces on the field.

PORTAGEVILLE – Ten minutes into its MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinal on Monday against Senath-Hornersville at Meatte Park in Portageville, the Bernie High School baseball squad had produced all of the offense that it would need for the afternoon. Now, all senior pitcher Wyatt Nimmo and his defensive mates had to do was play exemplary baseball for the remainder of the picture-perfect afternoon.

Charleston 7, Oak Ridge 0 Senior Chase Showmaker pitched seven shutout innings as Charleston (6-7, 2-1 Scott-Mississippi Conference) won 7-0 over Oak Ridge (2-9, 1-2 Scott-Mississippi Conference) at Hillhouse Park in Charleston. Showmaker allowed just three hits while striking out eight and walking only one batter...

HOLCOMB — A pair of underdogs advanced in the opening round of the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 playoffs Saturday as each held their opponent to 13 first-half points and weathered a second-half storm. Campbell, the defending Class 2 state champs, knocked off third-seeded Senath-Hornersville 54-49 before fifth-seeded Neelyville held off host Holcomb 54-41...