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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.”...

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...

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. ...

MALDEN, Mo. — Behind strong defense and effective serving, the Sikeston volleyball team defeated Malden in straight-sets, 25-10, 25-19. The Bulldogs served 12 aces, blocked seven shots, and had 30 digs in the match. Emma-Claire Self and Emily McHaffie each had three aces. Khrystionna Swann, Taydrianna Barnett, and Alivia Cobb each had two...

BERNIE, Mo. - The third time proved to be the charm for the South Pemiscot Bulldogs baseball team against the Campbell Camels Thursday night. After suffering a 5-1 loss to Campbell on Sept. 16 and a 2-1 loss to the Camels on Oct. 1, South Pemiscot found a way to prevail in the third meeting between the two squads...

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...

Kennett 2, NMCC 1 The Kennett varsity volleyball team outlasted New Madrid County Central 25-20, 23-25, 25-17 Monday. Kennett improved to 11-6-2 with the victory. Kennett also managed to win the junior varsity contest in three sets against New Madrid County Central 25-19, 20-25, 25-23...

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...

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...

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...

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. — Megan Witt and Emma Drury came up big in a clutch situation on Tuesday night against Cape Central. After Sarah Keller led off the sixth inning with a single, and Jordi James and Naudia Lazcano were promptly hit by pitches, Witt gave Sikeston the 6-5 lead on a sacrifice fly...

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...

ORAN, Mo. — Dawson Menz gave the Oran baseball team the eventual go-ahead run in a three-run third inning for the Eagles. Menz singled in Kole Simms to give Oran (6-0) a 4-2 lead, against St. Paul Lutheran. The Eagles wound up winning 5-3. Menz finished 1-for-3 in the game, with his lone hit being a significant one...

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...

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.

Carrie Shephard has endured quite the journey. The Southeast Missouri State graduate student has seen the highest of highs, as she was named as the Miss Show-Me Basketball Award winner following an outstanding career at South Pemiscot High School. But she has also had to battle through low points such as multiple injuries and – at times – skepticism regarding her ability.

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 state-ranked Portageville Bulldogs experienced little difficulty securing the Class 2, District 1 baseball championship Tuesday at Bernie High School. A couple of hours after beating the No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 15-0 in four innings in its district semifinal Tuesday afternoon No. 1 seeded Portageville cruised past the No. 3 seeded Campbell Camels 19-3 in three innings in its district title game Tuesday evening...

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...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball program sent its seniors out with a victory Tuesday afternoon in its final regular-season home game at Indian Park. Fresh off of a 12-2 home victory against Senath-Hornersville Tuesday afternoon Kennett sprinkled out six runs over the six innings it batted as it shut out the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 6-0...

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...

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...

STEELE, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Kennett Indians experienced little difficulty eliminating the host No. 7 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs in a quarterfinal of the Bootheel Conference softball tournament Monday afternoon. Anelle Harris pitched a three-inning no-hitter to help propel Kennett past South Pemiscot 15-0...

The Chaffee baseball team took a field trip to Capaha Park on Tuesday, and class quickly was in session and dismissed. The Red Devils defeated South Pemiscot (5-8) 10-0 in a five-inning contest ended by the mercy rule. Brevan Yarbro and Andrew Brown both had home runs while Cole Dannenmueller was solid on the mound...

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...

DELTA, Mo. — Grant Coomer and Devon Medley each doubled to pace the Bobcats in their five-inning loss at home to the Blue Jays. Tristan Johnson lasted one inning on the mound and was charged with the loss for Delta (1-9). He allowed four unearned runs on no hits and walked three batters...

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...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — New Madrid County Central held on to a 2-1 lead through four innings of play. The late innings, though, came to back to bite the Eagles as Scott city scored 11 unanswered runs to run away with a 12-3 win over NMCC. John Michael Stanley and Caden Howell each had impressive days for the Eagles. Stanley went 2-for-3, while Howell went 2-for-4...

POTOSI, Mo. — Sikeston scored in each of the first three innings, on Friday, against St. Louis Home School. Climbing out to an 8-2 lead heading into the fourth, the Bulldogs looked to be on their way to its fourth victory of the season. The end, though, proved to be a little closer, as Sikeston went on to defeat the Patriots 10-9...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden baseball team outlasted the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 10-9 in a see-saw battle late Friday night. Malden led 5-0 after two innings before South Pemiscot scored five runs in the top of the fifth inning to tie things up at 5-all. ...

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...

BENTON, Mo. — Sophomore Jordi James scored the first two goals of her varsity career on Wednesday, as the Sikeston girls soccer team upended Kelly 3-2. Emily Boyd also scored on a penalty kick goal, while Audrey Vogel and Jade Davis finished with assists...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference high school girls basketball awards have been released. Campbell senior guard Claire Parker is the 2019 Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Parker averaged 25 points, seven rebounds, and four steals per game her senior season...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference high school boys basketball awards have been released. Hayti senior Ivory Winters is the 2019 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Winters averaged 18 points per game, 10 rebounds per game and two steals per game his senior season...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 5 seeded Campbell Camels knocked down 11 3-pointers as it rallied from a 37-28 third-quarter deficit to upset the No. 4 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 71-64 in the final Class 2, District 1 boys quarterfinal at Portageville High School Saturday at Portageville High School...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Portageville Bulldogs outlasted the No. 6 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 43-31 in the first Class 2, District 1 girls quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Portageville (9-15) jumped out to an 11-7 lead after one quarter of play, increased its lead to 22-12 by halftime, and led 33-19 at the end of the third quarter before South Pemiscot won the fourth quarter by a basket...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kate Grubbs won her first match of the Class 1 state tournament on Thursday at Mizzou Arena, in Columbia, Mo. Grubbs won 12-3 in her first match of the day but fell by pinfall in her quarterfinal matchup. She will compete again, today, in the second round of wrestle backs...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team rallied from an eight-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to edge the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 84-82 Tuesday night. Clarkton’s Lee Matney sank two free throws with about five seconds left to break an 82-all tie and seal the win...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1, District 1 basketball tournaments at Gideon High School; Class 2, District 1 basketball tournaments at Portageville High School; and Class 3, District 1 basketball tournaments at Charleston High School...

Tuesday night was a reunion of sorts for the Poplar Bluff and South Pemiscot boys basketball teams. South Pemiscot’s coach Michael Kilgore grew up and played at Poplar Bluff just as his son Josiah does now. “It was great,” Coach Kilgore said. “I watched these kids grow up and I told these guys it’s a family environment...

South Pemiscot High School volleyball standout Elizabeth Gray signed a letter of intent to accept a volleyball scholarship with Williams Baptist University Jan. 31. With family, friends, and coaches on hand to witness the signing at the South Pemiscot gymnasium lobby, Gray put ink to paper to make her commitment to WBU official...