South Pemiscot

Winter sports have come to an end in Southeast Missouri and for many of the schools in the area, successful seasons. New Madrid County Central won the Class 3 State Championship and the Notre Dame girls and Jackson boys each captured fourth in the state in Class 5 and 6, respectively...

The boy’s basketball season may have ended for all MSHSAA Class 2 programs, however, the postseason recognition has just begun for Cooter High School senior Luke Barnes.

HOLCOMB – The Cooter Wildcats proved that they’re the No. 1 seed for a good reason in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 tournament semifinals Wednesday night. Cooter downed fourth-seeded South Pemiscot, who beat fifth-seeded Holcomb on the Hornets’ own court by 21 points Monday, in a 60-32 rout to earn their place across from Neelyville Friday night in the district championship...

With the Cooter High School boy’s basketball squad being the top seed in Wednesday’s MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinals, the Wildcats are expected to advance to the championship game on Friday after beating No. 4-seed South Pemiscot. However, history shows that this “rivalry,” as veteran Cooter coach David Mathis said of facing the Bulldogs, has been dominated by South Pemiscot, not Cooter.

(3) Neelyville vs (6) Campbell Number three-seeded Neelyville (13-12) secured a 53-37 win over number six-seeded Campbell (8-18) Monday in the opening round of the Class 2 District 1 tournament at Holcomb High School. With a contentious, albeit relatively slow, start to Monday night’s game, Neelyville and Campbell tied at 9-9 in the waning minutes of the first quarter with a two-point jumper by the Camels’ Sam Bunting...

Tipping off Monday, the newest edition of the state high school basketball postseason will begin with the boys taking center stage.  A number of area teams will begin their quest in first-round contests while a small group has been awarded byes into the semifinals with only two wins needed to advance to their respective sweet 16s. ...

ELLSINORE — Kasen McCarty and Hunter Croy each scored 15 points and teammate Micah Thompson added 14 as the East Carter Redbirds defeated Eminence Redwings 62-58 here Tuesday night. The game was neck-and-neck throughout, but East Carter's strong offensive efforts gave them the edge they needed to come out on top...

ELLSINORE — The East Carter Lady Redbirds got 29 points from Brooklyn Kearbey and took a resounding 68-46 victory over the Class 4 Kennett Lady Indians Monday night “Kennett is a more physical team than we’re used to and that’s something we need to get better at playing through,” said East Carter coach Angela Rodgers. “It was not one of our smoothest games, but I’m proud that we didn’t roll over.”...

East Prairie comeback falls short at South Pemiscot STEELE, Mo. — South Pemsicot upset East Prairie 71-59. The Eagles (18-6) won an earlier-season matchup by 16 points, but couldn’t overcome a 41-20 deficit on Thursday, Feb. 9. “South Pemiscot wanted it more in the first half,” said East Prairie coach Gary Scott. ...

The No. 2 seeded Holcomb girls basketball team (10-9) has now won four games in a row and they hope to keep going and advance in the Bootheel Conference Tournament following Friday night’s 49-35 win over No. 7 South Pemiscot (2-8). As with most teams at the tournament, Holcomb’s last game was last Thursday and the team hadn’t picked up a ball together in five days. While the Hornets started the game strong, that break was apparent to head coach Alexa Stockton...

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...

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...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The Portageville girls’ basketball team defeated South Pemiscot 52-38 on Thursday, Jan. 5. Portageville (7-4) was led by Ja’Niyah Smith and Amiyah Saxton, who scored 15 and 13, respectively. Laney Stone added 10. “I was proud of the way the girls played tonight,” said Portageville coach Kellye Fowler. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — East Prairie advanced to the final day of the 66th annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament with a 61-45 win over South Pemiscot on Thursday, Dec. 29. The ninth-seeded Eagles (6-4) will face second-seeded Bernie (8-1) in the fifth-place game at 4:30 p.m., while the 12th-seeded Bulldogs (3-5) were eliminated from the tournament...

BLOOMFIELD — The Dexter Bearcats survived a last-second 3-point attempt that bounced off the rim to defeat the Malden Green Wave 55-53 in the first semifinal game of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Thursday. The Bearcats will play for the tournament championship at 8:30 p.m. Friday against Doniphan, who defeated Kennett in the late semifinal. Malden will play Kennett for third place at 7 p.m. Friday...

BLOOMFIELD — The Dexter Bearcats showed East Prairie why they are the top seed in the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament in their quarterfinal matchup Wednesday. The Bearcats scored 14 out of 15 points to close the first half on the way to a 59-23 win over the ninth-seeded Eagles in the the tournament's first quarterfinal of the day...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Portageville, the defending Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Champions, bounced back from a disappointing opening-round loss with a win over Richland in the consolation bracket on Wednesday, Dec. 28. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs (5-4) won 81-63 over the 12th-seeded Rebels (6-2) and had four players reach double-digit scoring...

BLOOMFIELD — Big meals and NFL football took up plenty of the Christmas holiday for numerous people over the holiday weekend — and it’s likely the Doniphan Dons basketball team had many, if not all, enjoy themselves. So, a sluggish start as the No. 3 seed in this week’s 66th annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament would be understandable and predictable...

The Kennett Indians (3-3) defeated South Pemiscot (2-3) at home Tuesday night with a last minute surge, pulling ahead in the final 30 seconds of play to win 66-64. Kennett already defeated South Pemiscot once this season as the Indians took a 77-69 victory at the Gideon Bulldog Classic, and according to Kennett head coach Noll Billings, things looked much the same for his young team...

ELLSINORE — Led by the dual 28-point performances by Emmitt Jones and Max Owen, the Doniphan Dons bounced back big from a loss earlier in the week to Greenville with an 84-65 win at East Carter Friday. The Dons (3-1) also got 17 points from J.D. Burton as the team made only seven 3s, but were able to score in huge bunches after being stymied at home by Greenville Tuesday...

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...

ORAN, Mo. — The Oran baseball team finished the 2022 fall season off with a bang when Carson Kern jacked a walk-off home run on Saturday, Sep. 24 at Oran High School. Although it wasn’t all that dramatic, the Eagles (12-2) led 8-0 when Kern hit the three-run bomb over the left field fence to inflict the mercy rule for an 11-0 win over South Pemiscot (7-9) in six innings...

Oran (10-2) jumped on Woodland (9-2) early at home with eight runs in the first two innings to cruise to an 11-0 five-inning win. The Eagles finished with just five hits as a team. Sophomore Parker Bryant’s three RBIs on one hit led Oran, while the tandem of junior Gabriel Dirnberger and senior Nick Massey combined for five innings pitched, allowing just one hit, one walk and nine strikeouts...

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.

Three players from Portageville's state runner-up baseball team received first-team All-State honors in Class 2. Junior catcher Trey Benthal, sophomore infielder Mason Adams and senior outfielder Alex Winsor each garnered first-team honors for their performances in 2022. The Bulldogs placed five players across first, second and honorable mention teams...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The Portageville baseball team claimed its fourth district crown in the past five seasons with an emphatic win over South Pemiscot on Wednesday, May 18. The top-seeded Bulldogs (28-3, 4-1 Bootheel Conference) stayed in control from start to finish during the six-inning 11-1 victory over the second-seeded Bulldogs (13-8, 4-1 Bootheel Conference) in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Championship at Meatte Park in Portageville, Mo...

Class 2 District 1 Championship @ Portageville South Pemiscot (13-8) - Batting: Zachary Southern (1-3, RBI), Steven Henley (1-3, 2B, Run). Pitching: LP - Henley (2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 K). Portageville (28-3) - Batting: Ronald Adams (3-4, 2 3B, 5 RBIs, Run), Conner Johnson (1-2, 2 RBIs, 2 Runs), THomas Frakes (2-2, RBI, Run). Pitching: WP - Donney Benthal (6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 6 K)...

STEELE, Mo. — Portageville (22-3, 4-1 Bootheel Conference) avenged an early loss with 6-0 win over South Pemiscot (12-3, 4-1) in the semifinals of Bootheel Conference Tournament at South Pemiscot High School on Wednesday, May 4. “Today we had great pitching and defense,” said Portageville coach Tyler Trover. ...

MHSBCA Rankings (April 19) Records as of April 18 Class 1 Others receiving votes: Norwood (6-5), Weaubleau (7-3), Community (5-1), Advance (8-4) Class 2 Others receiving votes: Holcomb (9-2), Lone Jack (11-3) Class 3 Others receiving votes: West County (7-1)...

Class 1 St. Elizabeth 2-2 Oran 3-2 Cooter 3-3 Northwest (Hughesville) 6-2 Leeton 2-2 Pilot Grove 5-1 Northeast (Cairo) 2-1 Community 2-0 LaPlata 4-1 Green City 1-0 Others receiving votes: Knox County (2-1), Norwood (3-1 Class 2 Marionville 4-0 Putnam County 2-0...