Senath-Hornersville

Senath-Hornersville senior Jose Andrade received an invitation to travel to Kansas for a baseball workout at Ottawa University earlier this school year. “I went and worked out there in late November,” Andrade said. “It was a really nice campus and gave off a good vibe.”...

SENATH, Mo. - The January success continued for the Portageville Bulldogs varsity girls basketball team Tuesday night against the Senath-Hornersville Lions. Portageville improved to 5-1 on the month with a 54-46 road victory against the Senath-Hornersvile Lions...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team struggled for offense most of the way against the Portageville Bulldogs but still managed to make things interesting in the closing minute of regulation Tuesday night. Senath-Hornersville center Isai Lopez recorded an offensive stickback with 16 seconds left to cut what was once 14-point point Portageville lead to 44-41...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team lost the first quarter by a point but played lockdown defense against the Senath-Hornersville Lions the rest of the way Saturday afternoon. Kennett allowed only two field goals after the first period as it built a mercy-rule lead by late in the fourth quarter on its way to a 54-17 victory against nearby rival Senath-Hornersville...

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...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville varsity boys basketball team trailed by a few points much of the second half but came up with the defensive stops it needed late to pass the Gideon Bulldogs Thursday night. Senath-Hornersville allowed only one field goal in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter, helping it erase a 47-46 deficit and rally past Gideon 53-49...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team returned to its winning ways Tuesday night after suffering a 56-34 loss to Kelly Friday. Senath-Hornersville scored the first eight points of the first quarter and added a separate run of 18 unanswered points later on as it beat the Malden Green Wave 62-41...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville varsity girls basketball team is heading into the Christmas break on a high note after collecting a key district win Tuesday night. Senath-Hornersville outscored the visiting Hayti Indians by single digits in every quarter as it moved back to the .500 mark with a 64-53 home victory...

SENATH, Mo. - Hayti boys basketball coach Aaron Bidewell has placed an increased emphasis on shot selection and sharing the basketball with his squad in recent days. “We took a ton of bad shots at the start of the season and that was my fault because I was giving them too much freedom,” Bidewell said. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity girls basketball team cut a 32-14 halftime deficit as close as 41-34 with seven minutes left in regulation but never caught the Meadow Heights Panthers after a dismal first half Saturday afternoon...

SENATH, Mo. - The grand finale lived up to its billing Thursday night at the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament. After seven of the first eight games at the event were decided by double digits the title game between the No. 1 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions and No. 2 seeded Campbell Camels came down to the wire...

SENATH, Mo. — Senath-Hornersville earned its place in the championship of its own Christmas Tournament Tuesday night with a towering 82-37 win over the Delta C-7 Chargers. “Another good chance for us tonight,” said Lions coach Corbin Clark after the game. “We got a chance to get a lot of guys in early and a chance to work on some things and hopefully get us ready for Thursday night.”...

SENATH, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions jumped out to a 20-5 lead by the one-minute mark of the first quarter and led by double digits the rest of the way as it beat the No. 5 seeded Southland Rebels 90-41 Monday night. A dozen players recorded at least one field goal for the Lions as they improved to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in pool play at their own six-team varsity boys basketball tournament...

COOTER, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team outscored the host Cooter Wildcats in every quarter on its way to a 67-40 road victory Thursday night. Senath-Hornersville led 28-19 at halftime before it won the third quarter 27-11 to build a comfortable 55-30 lead by the start of the fourth quarter...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - Senath-Hornersville Lions basketball coach Corbin Clark placed an increased emphasis on pounding the ball in the paint after his varsity squad suffered a 63-55 loss to host Gideon in the third-place game of the Bulldog Classic Friday night...

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...

The Bootheel Conference middle school boys basketball tournament brackets have been released. The tournaments take place Dec. 3-8 at Kennett Middle School Gymnasium. The seventh grade championship is Saturday at noon. The eighth grade championship is Saturday at 1:15 p.m...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference all-conference volleyball team has been released. Malden’s Gracie Thomas is the 2018 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Thomas recorded 87 blocks, 180 kills and had 19 ace serves for the Green Wave. “She has been a key player in our success here at Malden,” Malden coach Brittany Crane said. ...

GIDEON, Mo. - The No. 5 seeded Clarkton Reindeer held its own for the opening quarter of play against the No. 4 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions Monday night. Caleb Plunkett knocked down a 2-pointer in the closing seconds of the opening quarter to put Clarkton on top 17-14 entering the second period...

The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team enters the 2018-19 season with its fair share of depth and experience. Senath-Hornersville has six seniors, five juniors, four sophomores and seven freshmen on its high school rosters. The Lions also have the luxury of returning four of its five starters off of last season’s varsity squad that finished 12-11...

The Senath-Hornersville Lions girls basketball program enters the 2018-19 season with a new group of leaders. The Lions graduated five players, including four starters, off of last season’s varsity squad that finished 8-15. Senath-Hornersville has a good supply of upperclassmen remaining in its high school program despite the players it lost to graduation. The Lions have four seniors, three juniors, one sophomore and six freshmen on its high school roster...

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 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...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett varsity volleyball team extended its winning streak to four games when it beat Senath-Hornersville 25-10, 25-12 Tuesday afternoon. Kennett (7-8) visits Poplar Bluff Thursday. Senath-Hornersville (3-11-1) begins play in the Gideon Invitational Friday. Senath-Hornersville plays Southland Friday at 5 p.m., Clarkton Friday at 7 p.m. and Holcomb Friday at 9 p.m. at Gideon...

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...

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. ...

The Senath-Hornersville varsity volleyball team enters the 2018-19 season looking to build on last season’s 13-15-2 campaign under a new head coach. Alex Glover takes over for Chelsey Vincent as head coach. Glover is a high school graduate of nearby Holcomb that recently graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau...

The Senath-Hornersville Lions high school baseball squad enters its fall campaign looking to make noise with a slew of returning starters. The Lions return seven starters off of last season’s squad that went 3-11 in the fall and 10-11 in the spring...

Brady Bibbs, who is a 2016 Senath-Hornersville graduate, recently had the opportunity to showcase his talent at the Ohio Valley League All-Star Game at Colonel Field in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Bibbs was a member of the Ohio Valley League West All-Star Team that beat the Ohio Valley League East All-Star Team 7-6 on July 1...

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...

As a youth in the 1980s, being considered a pioneer was something Dunklin County native Dana Ozbun Stillwagon probably never thought about. Dana, who moved away from Dunklin County at a young age, helped lead the nearby Doniphan Donettes to two district volleyball championships before she graduated high school in 1983...

PARAGOULD, Ark. - The early season success continued for Ultimate Baseball in Game 1 of a road doubleheader against Paragould (Ark.) Senior Legion Sunday afternoon. Ultimate Baseball right-handed hurler Ryan White, who is a 2018 Dyer County (Tenn.) graduate who has signed to play baseball at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, was almost perfect on the hill. White limited Paragould Legion to just one hit and faced the minimum while hurling seven innings of shutout ball...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. 2018 Senath-Hornersville graduate Lathan Brooks, who has signed to play baseball at John. A. Logan College in Carterville, Ill., is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Brooks batted .459 with six home runs, 24 RBIs and 25 runs scored for the Lions. He also went 6-1 on the hill with a 1.70 ERA. Brooks struck out 83 in 37 innings of work...

The 2018 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden shortstop Lexi Campbell is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Campbell batted .530 with four home runs and 26 RBIs her senior season. She also went 3-0 in the circle with a 3.62 ERA in 19 1/3 innings pitched...

SENATH, Mo. - Following a week layoff, the Kennett Indians baseball team closed out the regular-season on a high note Tuesday afternoon. Kennett jumped out to a 5-0 lead on its way to a 10-3 road victory against the Senath-Hornersville Lions Tuesday. The victory came about 24 hours after Kennett beat South Pemiscot 16-2 Monday...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians high school softball team will have the opportunity to defend its district title. No. 1 seeded Kennett scored one run in the first inning, four runs in the third inning, one run in the fourth inning, one run in the fifth inning and three runs in the sixth inning as it beat No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville 10-0 in a Class 1, District 2 semifinal Tuesday at Indian Park...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions and Southland Rebels both secured run-rule victories in their opening games at the Class 1, District 2 softball tournament Monday at Indian Park in Kennett. No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville jumped out to a 9-0 lead on its way past No. 4 seeded Campbell 14-3 in six innings in the first district quarterfinal Monday...

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...

SENATH, Mo. - It took a late offensive spurt but the Kennett Indians softball team found a way to repeat as champions at the Bootheel Conference Tournament late Wednesday night at Senath. No. 2 seeded Kennett scored all six of its runs after the fifth inning as it rallied from a 2-0 deficit to upend the No. 1 seeded Malden Green Wave 6-2 in the title game of the Bootheel Conference Tournament...

SOFTBALL: Kennett wins BHC tournament, Holcomb and Southland reach Tri-County finals SENATH, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Kennett Indians took home the top prize at the Bootheel Conference softball tournament late Wednesday night at Senath. Kennett rallied from a 6-4 deficit to defeat No. 6 seeded Campbell 11-10 in its semifinal. Kennett then overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat No. 1 seeded Malden 6-2 in the championship...

Playing college basketball has been on Senath-Hornersville senior Diego Fernandez’s radar screen since he was a child. “I’ve been thinking about it since I was young,” Fernandez said. “I’ve always dreamed of playing college basketball and my coaches have led me on the right path to reach my dream."...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity baseball team erased a 4-2 deficit by putting up six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and hung on to beat Campbell 8-4 Thursday afternoon. Lathan Brooks collected the victory for the Lions. He allowed four runs (three earned), surrendered five hits, struck out 13 and walked four in 5 1/3 innings pitched. Brooks threw 113 pitches...

The schedule has been released for the highly anticipated Bootheel Conference softball tournament. Weather permitting the eight-team event will take place Monday and Tuesday at Senath-Hornersville High School. Quarterfinals take place Monday. No. 1 seeded Malden plays No. ...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity baseball team saved the best for last against the Caruthersville Tigers Tuesday afternoon. Parker Rhew collected a two-out RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to propel Senath-Hornersville past Caruthersville 6-5...

SENATH, Mo. - The Bernie Mules varsity baseball team received a dominant performance from its starting pitcher and generated just enough offense to escape with a road win against the Senath-Hornersville Lions Monday afternoon. Bernie right-hander Gavin Brown allowed only one run in seven innings of work on the mound...

STEELE, Mo. - Lathan Brooks hit a pair of home runs and allowed only two runs in 5 1/3 innings pitched but it wasn’t enough to propel the Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball team to a victory Thursday afternoon. South Pemiscot tallied six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to move ahead 8-3 and hung on to beat visiting Senath-Hornersville 8-6...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity softball team fell behind 5-1 but responded with eight unanswered runs as it rallied past the Senath-Hornersville Lions 9-5 Monday afternoon. Senath-Hornersville jumped out to a 3-0 lead when it tallied three runs in the top of the first inning. Senath-Hornersville’s Aubry Jones and Rebecca Tom collected consecutive RBI hits and another run scored on an outfield error in the frame...