Senath-Hornersville

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. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Portageville’s Jauslyn Johnson earned a spot on the Class 2, District 1 All-District Second Team, and made the Bootheel All-Conference team last week. Johnson was the only Bulldog to earn a spot on the All-Conference team. Campbell swept the major awards for the conference. Gentry Vancil won Coach of the Year, while Anna Beth Vancil won Player of the Year...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference volleyball awards have been released. Campbell junior Anna Beth Vancil is the 2019 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. “I’m very excited about being chosen for the award and honored that the other coaches selected me as Conference Player of the Year,” Anna Beth Vancil said. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates.”...

MALDEN — A year after winning just one match, the Twin Rivers volleyball team is headed to the state playoffs. The second-seeded Royals outlasted the fifth-seeded Senath-Hornersville 25-19, 25-22 in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 championship at Malden High School on Wednesday...

MALDEN, Mo. - Senath-Hornersville volleyball coach Alex Glover was confident her squad was ready to make noise in Class 2, District 1 even after it received the No. 5 seed in the seven-team tournament “I knew we could make a run in this tournament,” Glover said...

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...

Parker Rhew was a hit this past week on and off the baseball diamond, as he easily won the Semoball.com Male Athlete of the Week honor.

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 Bootheel Conference volleyball tournaments. The tournaments take place Oct. 15-17 at South Pemiscot High School. Varsity quarterfinals are on Oct. 15. No. 1 seeded Campbell has received a first round bye. No. 4 seeded Caruthersville plays No. ...

The championship is set at the Bernie baseball tournament following a dramatic finish in the second semifinal Tuesday night. No. 3 seeded Campbell tallied three runs in the seventh inning to force extra innings, and scored two more runs in the eighth frame to upset No. 2 seeded Bell City 7-5...

BERNIE, Mo. - The favorite to win the Bernie Fall Baseball Tournament opened with a quarterfinal victory Saturday morning. The No. 1 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs scored in all five innings it battled as it run-ruled the No. 8 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions 11-1 in five innings in the first semifinal Saturday...

Campbell 2, Senath-Hornersville 0 CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Campbell varsity volleyball team collected a straight-set 25-9, 25-11 win against the visiting Senath-Hornersville Lions Thursday night. Campbell (17-3-2) improves to 5-0 in Bootheel Conference regular-season play with the win. Campbell hosts Gideon Friday and hosts Malden in its final conference game Monday...

SENATH, Mo. - Kennett Indians volleyball coach Taylor Miller called her squad in for a pre-game practice Tuesday afternoon coming off a 25-19, 26-24 loss to Bernie Monday night. “We played with high intensity against a really good Bernie team on Monday,” Miller said. “But we made too many unforced errors. We worked on cleaning that up Tuesday afternoon.”...

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...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians junior varsity football team finished a defensive stop shy of walking away with a tie against the visiting Jackson Indians Monday night. Jackson completed a 60-yard touchdown with six seconds remaining to break a 26-all tie and secure a 32-26 victory at Kennettt...

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...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to move ahead 5-2 but was unable to withstand the six-run surge that followed by the Bloomfield Wildcats. Bloomfield scored six unanswered runs in the final three innings as it rallied past host Senath-Hornersville 8-5 Thursday...

Cooter 2, Holcomb 0 COOTER, Mo. - The Cooter Wildcats baseball team wrapped up the Tri-County Conference regular season championship by beating the visiting Holcomb Hornets 2-0 Thursday afternoon. Lane McLevain pitched an 83-pitch complete game shutout for Cooter.He allowed two hits, struck out two, and walked two...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett varsity girls tennis team suffered a 5-4 loss to the visiting Notre Dame Bulldogs Tuesday afternoon. Kennett, which suffered an 8-1 loss to Notre Dame two weeks ago, managed to win two singles and two doubles matches in the second head-to-head meeting with undefeated Notre Dame...

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.

SENATH, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets varsity volleyball team continued to make noise a few days before the start of the Dig for Life Challenge Tuesday night. Holcomb improved to 5-0 with a 25-21, 25-9 road victory against the Seanth-Hornersville Lions...

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...

Senath-Hornersville volleyball coach Alex Glover has few complaints about her players’ work ethic as they prepare for the start of the 2019 season. “They play super hard,” Glover said. “I honestly couldn’t ask for a harder-working team. They always come ready to practice.”...

Volleyball schedules are set for Dunklin County volleyball squads. Senath-Hornersville, Holcomb, and Southland open their season Aug. 30. Holcomb visits Southland Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. Senath-Hornersville visits North Pemiscot Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. Campbell, Kennett, Clarkton, and Malden play their first game Sept. 3. Campbell visits Kennett Sept. 3 at 6 p.m., Clarkton hosts Cooter Sept. 3 at 6 p.m., and Malden hosts Hayti Sept. 3 at 6 p.m...

The Senath-Hornersville Lions softball program didn’t look far to find its new head coach. Assistant coach Melani Rooney will be the new head softball coach at Senath-Hornersville for the 2019-20 school year. “I’m super excited about it,” Rooney said. “I have had an interest in being a head coach for some time if the opportunity ever presented itself.”...

A few weeks before the start of the 2019-20 school year the Senath-Hornersville Lions girls basketball program is headed to Branson, Missouri, to fine-tune its skills under a new head coach. Senath-Hornersville is scheduled to play two scrimmage games on Wednesday, four games on Thursday, and three games on Friday under new head coach Nicki Pierce...

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.

Two Dunklin County student-athletes have been nominated by Rend Lake College for their high academic achievement for the 2018-19 school year. Kennett graduate Ty Ellis has been nominated for the NJCAA Second-Team Academic Achievement Award. Ellis maintained a 3.81 GPA...

For the first time in four years, the Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball program has a new skipper in its dugout. Chris McLain, who is a 2000 graduate of Senath-Hornersville High School, is returning home to serve as high school baseball coach for the Lions...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference baseball awards have been released. Malden’s Tye Miller and Portageville’s Bub Lance are the Bootheel Conference Co-Players of the Year. Miller batted .462 with 22 hits, 44 stolen bases, and 43 RBIs this spring. Miller went 7-2 with 2.32 ERA on the mound. He struck out 62 and walked 33 in 54.1 innings pitched...

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 Bootheel Conference softball awards have been released. Malden’s Hope Hartman is the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Hartman hit .575 with six home runs and 47 RBIs. She also went 12-3 with a 4.20 ERA and struck out 68 in 73 2/3 innings pitched in the circle...

BERNIE, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Campbell Camels beat the No. 6 seeded Holcomb Hornets 9-1 in the second Class 2, District 1 semifinal Monday at Bernie. Campbell enjoyed a 5-1 lead after four innings of play before adding its final four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning...

Senath-Hornersville graduate Brady Bibbs was one of three Kentucky State University baseball student-athletes to receive superlative awards in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for his performance during the 2019 season. Bibbs was named Starting Pitcher of the Year in the conference. Bibbs was 8-0 with three complete games and a 3.75 ERA when the award was released on May 2. He had struck out 40 in 60 innings of work...

MALDEN, Mo. - Top seeds are set to collide in the championship of the Bootheel Conference varsity baseball tournament following preliminary action Saturday at Malden High School. The No. 1 seeded Portageville Bulldogs will take on the No. 2 seeded Campbell Camels Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the title game at Malden...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The comeback was nearly complete for the New Madrid County Central baseball team on Tuesday. Trailing the entire game, the Eagles tied the game up in the sixth inning, before the Mules used a three-run eighth to take home the win. Gabe York finished with three RBI, going 2-for-4 at the plate, while Austin Davis tacked on two RBI of himself. Davis went 2-for-4 at the plate, with his lone hit coming on a double...

SENATH, Mo. - The Campbell Camels baseball team scored multiple runs in the first four innings on its way to a 12-5 road victory against the Senath-Hornersville Lions early Monday afternoon. Campbell (9-4) led 5-1 after one inning, 7-3 after two innings, 10-4 after three innings, and 12-5 after four innings...

Senath-Hornersville 13, Malden 11 MALDEN, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball team jumped out to a 12-4 lead and hung on to beat Malden 13-11 late Tuesday night. The game was tied 4-4 after two innings before the Lions scored five runs in the third and three more in the top of the fourth inning to move ahead 12-4. Malden added four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and three more in the bottom of the fifth to get as close as 12-11 but never caught Senath-Hornersville...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Nate and Nolan Self each had impressive outings for the Sikeston baseball team on Tuesday, at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Mo. Nate went 2-for-4 with four RBI, on a triple and a double. Nolan went 2-for-3, with four RBI as well. Nolan also hit a triple and a home run to go with it, in Sikeston’s 18-5 five-inning win over Charleston...

SENATH, Mo. - The undefeated Holcomb Hornets softball team belted three home runs and four doubles as it pounded its way past the Senath-Hornersville Lions 19-3 Monday afternoon. Holcomb (15-0) scored 10 runs in the first inning, five runs in the second inning, and four runs in the top of the third inning before Senath-Hornersville (6-9) scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the third inning...

The Malden baseball tournament is slated to conclude Monday. The nine-team tournament was originally scheduled to conclude on Saturday but was postponed until Monday due to the potential for rain on Saturday. Bernie, Malden, and Portageville will compete in the Golden Pool Monday after winning their respective pool Friday...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave’s quest for a repeat championship at its own nine-team baseball tournament started off on the right foot Friday afternoon. Malden received a complete-game outing from right-hander Griffin Riley as it outlasted Neelyville 7-2 in its first pool play game...

MALDEN, Mo. — Two weeks ago, Portageville and Doniphan matched up with Alabama-commit Jacob Eddington taking the mound for the Dons. He proceeded to strike out 14 Bulldogs over his six innings of work, in their 11-9 win. Fast forward to Friday, and Portageville got even, defeating Doniphan 11-2 in the first day of the Malden Invitational...

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...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball team has received solid contributions from the bottom part of its batting order this spring. “The bottom part of our lineup has been doing a good job for us this spring,” Senath-Hornersville baseball coach Corbin Clark said. ...

Kennett 12, Senath-Hornersville 2 SENATH, Mo. - The Kennett Indians softball team scored in all five innings it batted as it beat the Senath-Hornersville Lions 12-0 in five innings Monday. Kennett drove home one run in the first inning, five runs in the second inning, two runs in the third inning, three runs in the fourth inning, and one run in the fifth inning...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — A scoreless game until the fourth inning, the Sikeston baseball team battled with Francis-Howell at Francis-Howell High School, in St. Charles, Mo., on Monday. A pair of runs crossed the plate for the Vikings, though, in the frame, and an additional four came across in the following inning, as Francis-Howell defeated the Bulldogs 6-0 in the first day of the 23rd Annual St. Louis Midwest Classic...