South Pemiscot

The South Pemiscot Bulldogs rebounded nicely about 24 hours after suffering a 72-60 quarterfinal loss to the Clarkton Reindeer at the Gideon Invitational. No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot beat No. 8 seeded Delta C-7 56-20 in a consolation semifinal Tuesday at Gideon...

The South Pemiscot Bulldogs varsity boys basketball squad is coming off a 13-12 season in 2019-2020. The Bulldogs are under new leadership this season as head coach Jordan McGowan takes over the coaching duties after a recent stint at Gideon High School...

Trenton Johnson, 17, of South Pemiscot High School recently lost a hard-fought battle with COVID.He was greatly loved by his family, teammates, classmates and teachers and he loved them all just as much. He was a vital part of many families and will be missed by all...

GIDEON - TheClarkton Reindeer trailed the South Pemiscot Bulldogs by single digits throughout the first half but still found a way to rally for a win Monday night. No. 4 seeded Clarkton won the second half by 20 points as it overcame a 36-28 halftime deficit to beat No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot 72-60 in a quarterfinal of the Gideon Invitational varsity boys basketball tournament...

Thursday night was a golden night for the Kennett middle school girls basketball program. The Kennett seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams both took home the top prize at the Bootheel Conference Tournament at Kennett middle school...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association is pushing back the announcement of class and district assignments for winter sports to Friday, December 11. District assignments and classifications were originally scheduled to be released Friday, November 13...

The 2020 Bootheel Conference Volleyball Awards have been announced. Campbell’s Macy Hendrix and Caruthersville’s Mallory Faulkner have been selected Bootheel Conference Co-Players of the Year. Hendrix collected 206 digs, 296 assists, 221 kills, and 64 ace serves while serving at a 96 percent rate her senior season...

Paige Glueck led Oak Ridge over a win-less Marquand team Tuesday in straight sets, 25-9, 25-16, 25-17. Glueck tied the lead in kills with teammate Erin Urhahn, both recording seven while Zoe Berry added five and Mylee Schilling finished with four. Berry also recorded 11 assists...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has partnered with HomeTown Ticketing to serve as the official digital ticketing partner for MSHSAA state championship events this fall. Digital tickets will also be an option for all other playoff contests, at the discretion of the host manager...

The Campbell Camels varsity volleyball squad is once again favored to repeat as champs at the Bootheel Conference Tournament. Campbell (15-5-2), which has won the event at the varsity level each of the last two seasons, has earned the No. 1 seed at next week’s conference tournament after finishing 6-0 in regular-season conference play...

CAMPBELL - Things got interesting late but the top-seeded Campbell Camels found a way to prevail in the title game of its own nine-team baseball tournament.

The semifinals are set at the Campbell Fall Baseball Classic after an exciting opening day Saturday. Four of the five games on Saturday were decided by three runs or less. No. 8 seeded Bernie beat No. 9 seeded Senath-Hornersville 8-5 in a play-in game Saturday morning. ...

The bracket is set for the 2020 Campbell Fall Baseball Classic. The nine-team tournament begins Saturday at Campbell High School and Malden High School. No. 8 seeded Bernie takes on No. 9 seeded Senath-Hornersville Saturday at 10 a.m. at Campbell in a play-in game. The winner plays No. 1 seeded Campbell Saturday at noon in a quarterfinal. The loser of the Bernie/Senath-Hornersville contest is eliminated from the tournament...

Blake Wagster went 2 for 3 with a double, three RBIs and four runs scored to lead the Bloomfield baseball team a 15-0 rout of Risco on Monday at Bloomfield. Will Thorn went 2 for 3 with three runs scored and one RBI, as part of Bloomfield’s seven-hit attack...

A veteran Gideon Bulldogs volleyball squad is learning how to adapt to lineup changes quickly and utilize its depth to its advantage in 2020. “We lost one of our starting middle hitters during PE on Friday,” Gideon volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner said. ...

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

The Advance Hornets baseball team’s seventh-inning rally came up short in a 6-5 loss to SCAA rival Woodland on Tuesday at Marble Hill. Woodland picked off a runner at third base — the potential game-tying run — to end the game. The Hornets had the bases loaded with only one out.

NEW MADRID, Mo. — No matter what threat South Pemiscot threw at New Madrid County Central on Monday, the Lady Eagles responded in their tough, three-set victory at New Madrid County Central High School. The Lady Eagles won the first set 26-24, and the last two 25-23 for their fifth-straight win of the season. During this streak, NMCC has dropped only one set...

The Woodland baseball team lost a very close game to Bloomfield Friday at home by the score of 5-4 to drop their record to 1-2 on the shortened season. The Wildcats jumped out to an early lead, plating two runs in their half of the first inning. The Cardinals answered, scoring one run in the third inning and then three more in the fourth inning, capped off by a 1 out, RBI single by Seth Abernathy...

Malden 13, Campbell 6 The Malden baseball team rallied to beat Campbell 13-6 Tuesday. Campbell led 2-1 until Malden scored eights runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a commanding lead. The outburst was highlighted by RBI singles by Trey Miller, Ethan Campbell, and a 2 RBI single by Griffin Riley...

Jackson would get out to a quick start at home, winning the first set 25-19 over upstart Dexter Thursday night. The next set wouldn’t go as easy as the Bearcats would win the second set 25-21. But Coach Mirly would settle his girls down and would re-gain control the rest of the way, edging out Dexter in the third set 25-23 and would win going away in the final set 25-13 to open the new season with a win...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...

South Pemiscot graduate Emily Harris has considered taking up coaching since she decided to pursue a degree in education. “Being a coach has always been in the back of my mind,” she said. “Especially since I love volleyball and enjoy being around kids. I love the fun atmosphere and competitiveness that comes with coaching. My mom has also worked as a coach for most of her life so that also inspired me to want to coach.”...

Jordan McGowan will not have a chance to repeat as Tri-County Conference Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. McGowan, who was named Conference Coach of the Year after Gideon finished 22-6 and won its conference tournament for the first time since 2016 earlier this year, is departing the Tri-County Conference to coach in the Bootheel Conference...

Each year the Semoball Awards recognizes outstanding high school athletes from around the region. That tradition continues this summer albeit in a different format because of lingering COVID-19 concerns and social distancing requirements.

SIKESTON — Baseball is gearing back up. Practices and drills are starting all in anticipation for the first game for each summer program, and although it may not be the season each team envisioned, there is still going to be a season. After the cancellation of the Missouri American Legion baseball season, Sikeston Silver Sox general manager Craig Templeton was trying to find a different alternative...

Columbia, Mo. - The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors voted to grant relief of portions of the MSHSAA By-Laws that include summer limits on contact between coaches and student-athletes at its April meeting on Thursday...

South Pemiscot senior Noah Willingham received a gracious greeting when he went on a recruiting visit to Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri, last fall. “I got to interact with some of their other players on campus,” Willingham said. “They did a great job welcoming me and made me feel like that’s where I needed to be.”...

Host sites are set for most district tournaments if spring sports resume in Missouri. Missouri high schools remain out of session and all springs sports activities and practices are currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indiana High School Athletics Association canceled spring sports in Indiana Thursday due to the VOVID-19 pandemic...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association issued an update regarding the status of spring sports amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday. “While schools across the state are determining the best course of action during this unprecedented time, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) office staff continues to prepare for Spring Championships,” MSHSAA said in a press release. ...

There are no silver linings to the coronavirus. It is not melodramatic to say COVID-19 has reached its microscopic fingers into every nook and cranny of all our lives. It’s an anxious, worrying time – and for good reason. While there is truly no upside to this existential crisis, there are a few compensations...

The preseason Missouri high school baseball state rankings were released Wednesday by the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association. Six baseball teams from the semoball.com coverage area are state-ranked. Cooter, which placed third in Class 1 last spring and finished 22-1 in its fall campaign, is ranked No. ...

A slew of basketball players from the Missouri Bootheel have been named to all-district teams. Listed below are the boys and girls all-district basketball teams for Class 1, District 1; Class 2, District 1; and Class 3, District 1. Class 1, District 1 All-District Team...

The 2020 Bootheel Conference Boys Basketball Awards have been released. Campbell junior Blake Fowler has been selected all-conference and Bootheel Conference Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Fowler averaged 27 points, three rebounds, four assists, and three steals per game. He shot 82 percent from the free-throw line, made 64 percent of his 2-point shots, and knocked down 39 percent of his 3-pointers...

Spring sports for Missouri high schools will start as planned next week, MSHSAA announced Friday after releasing district assignments. "We re monitoring what is happening from the Missouri Department of Health, the Governor's Office, and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education," MSHSAA said in a statement Friday...

Southeast Missouri State athletics director Brady Barke did not mince words Thursday afternoon as he met with assembled media. “It’s a very bad day,” said Barke, Southeast’s A.D. since June 2016. The fear of the spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus, prompted the cancellation of the NCAA women’s and men’s basketball tournaments – considered the most lucrative event in college sports...

The 2020 Bootheel Conference Girls Basketball Awards have been released. Hayti sophomore Amiya Johnson has been selected all-conference and Bootheel Conference Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Johnson averaged 34 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, and six steals per game as a sophomore...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Notes from Saturday's matchup between Southeast Missouri State University and the University of Tennessee-Martin in the women's Ohio Valley Conference final: Rekha Patterson is glad OVC Tournament MVP Tesia Thompson didn’t bolt when the Redhawks coach spoke bluntly to her three years ago. ...

Southeast Missouri State is within one game of winning an Ohio Valley Conference tournament women’s championship, something SEMO has not done since 2007. The third-seeded Redhawks punched their ticket to the final with a historic 114-99 shootout win over the No. 2 seed, the four-time defending OVC champ Belmont, in Friday’s late semifinal game at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana...

St. Vincent (19-6) will advance to semi-final action in Class 2, District 3 at Bloomfield after a forty-point blowout over Puxico (8-16).

Five boys basketball teams and two girls basketball teams from the Semoball.com coverage area are ranked in the final regular-season state poll released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (21-5), which is the No. 1 seed in Class 1, District 2, drops two spots to No. 9 in the Class 1 boys poll...

Before the largest crowd to see a Southeast women's basketball game this season, the Redhawks routed SIUE Saturday, 80-59, at the Show Me Center. Four Redhawks were in double figures for the winners, led by junior Tesia Thompson with 23. Carrie Shephard added 19 with three 3-pointers; sophomore Taelour Pruitt added 17, with five of her field goals coming beyond the arc; Roshala Scott finished with 11...

In the space of two days, Southeast Missouri women’s basketball is going from the best team in the Ohio Valley Conference to the worst. After their thrilling 71-69 victory over then-OVC leader UT-Martin Thursday, the Redhawks host league cellar dweller SIU-Edwardsville (3-21, 1-12) Saturday...

The postseason for MSHSAA basketball is nearing and the seedings and schedule for District play throughout Southeast Missouri were recently set.

Six boys basketball teams and three girls basketball teams from the Semoball.com coverage area are ranked in the latest state poll released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Thursday. Delta (19-4), which has won nine of its last 10, drops a spot to No. 7 in the Class 1 boys poll...

Six boys basketball teams and two girls basketball teams from the Semoball.com coverage area are ranked in the latest state poll released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta, which had won nine straight as it beat Oak Ridge 105-86 in the semifinal of the Scott-Mississippi County Conference Tournament Friday, remains No. 6 in the Class 1 boys state poll. Oak Ridge (12-9) moves into the rankings at No. 10 in the Class 1 boys state poll...

Southeast Missouri women scored a double-digit win Saturday over Tennessee Tech at the Show Me Center, 87-72. Tesia Thompson, the junior from Memphis, Tn., led all scorers with 28. Carrie Shepherd, the redshirt senior from South Pemiscot High in Steele, Mo., had 18 including two 3-pointers - both of which she hit in the first quarter. She was 0-for-10 from three-point land thereafter...