St. Vincent

The Woodland girls basketball team has really put together a nice winning streak of winning since mid-January, going 7-0 in that stretch. They continued that streak Wednesday with a semifinal win against Charleston, ending the Blue Jays season with a 70-37 shellacking...

St. Vincent avoided the first round upset as they took down sixth seeded Puxico at home Tuesday in the Class 2, District 3 quarterfinals, 62-47. Puxico brought the fight, staying right with the home Indians, as St. Vincent could never shake Puxico for good...

The Scott City girls basketball team wrapped up their regular season with a victory over St. Vincent Friday by the score of 66-56, ending their season record at 8-11. Junior guard Kaicie Daigger led the Rams in the scoring column, netting 18 points...

St. Vincent outlasted Scott City Friday, winning 62-61 in triple overtime, in what was their last regular season contest before districts start. The Indians jumped ahead early, taking a 26-12 lead into halftime. But the Rams came storming back, outscoring St. Vincent 29-15 in the final two periods, to send the game into OT...

High School boys and girls basketball district tournaments are finally upon us. Fans, players, and coaches have had to endure a strange, but sometimes fun, basketball season, which was filled with many postponements and/or cancellations due to Covid-19, as well as the weather. However, we can say that the 2020-2021 season has been one of the more entertaining ones in recent years.

The seedings have been released for the Class 1-3 boys and girls district basketball tournaments. Postseason play begins Feb. 20 for schools in Class 1-3. Higher seeds are slated to host quarterfinals and semifinals. Some districts will also have the highest remaining seed host their district championship. Other districts have elected to designate a neutral host site for their district final...

The Clarkton Reindeer closed out conference play by beating the visiting Southland Rebels 63-32 Friday. Clarkton (12-8) led 18-10 after one quarter, 36-15 at halftime, and 59-25 at the end of the third quarter. Izaya Gorman tallied all but two of his team-high 18 points for Clarkton in the first half. Kade Coleman and Caleb Underwood also finished in double digits with 14 and 13 points respectively for the Reindeer...

Woodland dominated its girl’s basketball game Thursday with Scott Cunty Central from the opening tip, as it outscored the Bravettes 23-0 in the first quarter, eventually winning 70-12. The Cardinals (11-8) led 39-7 at halftime and 63-12 entering the final period.

Camden Conner scored a team-high 20 points and Mark Panagos added 18 points to lead Scott City past Delta in the second round of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament at Oran Tuesday. The duo scored 16 points between them in the third quarter, outscoring the entire Delta squad by five in the quarter...

Coach Darrin Scott might've seen his team lose a very tough matchup in the Hall of Fame Classic Saturday to the #1 team in Class 5 Cardinal Ritter Lions but he can't say his team didn't compete. His team was very much in the game, even tied with the highly touted Lions at halftime...

There were several great basketball performances throughout Southeast Missouri of late, but East Carter's Kyren West and Holcomb's Macy Houart were recently selected as the top performers over the last week by Semoball.com readers.

The St. Vincent boys basketball team is on a very nice winning stretch, arguably playing their best basketball on the season at the right time. Through the Christmas break, the Indians have a record of 8-2, with their only losses being to a very solid Valle Catholic team(in which they then defeated after the loss) and to the #5 ranked team in Class 2, Oran Eagles, only losing by five points...

Alandry Below scored a game-high 24 points and two other Advance Hornets scored in double figures as Advance pulled away from Charleston in the last three quarters, winning at home in dominating fashion Monday 63-38 to win their fifth in a row. Kaylee Cline helped the cause for the Hornets scoring 15 points and Danielle Markham added 12 points in the victory...

The Kelly Hawks picked up a road win Friday by beating an upstart Chaffee team 60-54, improving their season record to 7-7. Kelly, who had previously only won one of their last 4 games, got a game-high 24 points from junior Gavin Jansen, who recently picked up his 1,000th career point this past week...

PERRYVILLE — There’s a perception in sports that the chemistry between a quarterback and wide receiver in football very well may translate to the basketball court, as well. In the case of St. Vincent basketball, the quarterback and his wide receiver are the top two scorers for that team also.

Nothing has been easy for any high school basketball program this winter, as teams are valiantly trying to remain healthy due to the COVID situation and actually be able to conduct games.

Alandry Below scored 13 of game-high 35 points in the first quarter, and the Advance girls basketball team beat Eagle Ridge Christian 64-46. The Hornets jumped ahead 24-7 after one quarter of a game played Monday night at Advance High School. Advance led 38-26 at halftime and 54-35 after three quarters...

The Woodland Cardinals defeated the St. Vincent Indians 56-34 with ease on Wednesday to advance in the final round of the Delta New Year’s Tournament. The Cardinals were led by Addie Johnson’s best performance of the season. The junior scored a season-high 23 points, including five three-point baskets, to help carry the load in the absence of Woodland’s leading scorer, senior Destinee Cowell...

Two state ranked titans took the court against each other Thursday as undefeated Notre Dame, the #5 ranked girls high school basketball team in Class 5, traveled to Park Hills Central, the #1 Class 4 team in the state. What fans were allowed in the stands were not disappointed as both teams fought, clawed, and tried to impose their will on each other.

The fourth-seeded Advance Hornets secured a spot in the consolation championship game of the Delta New Year’s girls basketball tournament with a 45-26 win over eighth-seeded Puxico on Wednesday night at Delta. The Hornets will face Oak Ridge at 4:30 p.m. today for the consolation trophy. Oak Ridge beat Scott County Central 63-21 in the other consolation semifinal...

Emma Brown scored 19 points to lead the Woodland Cardinals to a 63-29 win over the Scott County Central Braves in the opening round of the Delta New Year’s Tournament on Monday at Delta High School. Eight of Brown’s 19 points came in the first quarter to help the Cardinals take an 18-2 lead...

Cape Central poured in a season high 20 points in the first quarter, outscoring Arcadia Valley 20-5 in the opening frame, and poured it on the rest of the game to defeat the visiting Tigers 60-29 Monday night. Cape Central led at the end of the first half by 26 points...

It was a disappointing moment for St. Vincent head coach Bruce Valleroy when over the holiday break his Indians lost a semi-final match up with the Valle Catholic Warriors in their host Christmas tournament. IF they had beaten the Warriors that night, they would've went on to play in the championship game. Thus, with the defeat, they had to settle playing Saxony Lutheran for third place, and they did indeed win third place but it left a very sour taste in their mouth...

Don’t let the MSHSAA classification fool you in this week’s Delta New Year’s Girl’s Basketball Tournament.

To get back on the proverbial horse, you have to have a short memory. That is just what the St. Vincent boys basketball team did Wednesday night. After losing the previous night to the host Valle Catholic Warriors, they came out of the gates "guns blazing", nearly shutting out the Crusaders in the first quarter, hold them to just three points. ...

St. Vincent outscored St.Paul from Farmington 32-12 in the first half, never trailing in the game, and easily won in the opening round game of the Valle Catholic Tournament Monday 61-40. Scoring for the Indians was as follows: ohn Wibbenmeyer- 16 Phillip Ernst- 13...

The St. Vincent Lady Indians collected their second victory of the season Monday as Genevieve Lipe led St. Vincent in scoring with seven points, beating Jefferson(Festus) 33-12. Lacey Best and Addie Cates each pitched in six points in the victory. Mary Schwartz collected a team high seven rebounds while Lipe had five steals to lead the Lady Indians(2-3) to the win...

The Kelly girls basketball team were missing four players Thursday night, including three starters(Aleya King, Jada Griggs, and Kiya Lambert) along with Mallory Lemonds due to an undisclosed reason and lost a tough road game to Farmington 65-38. It was all downhill from the opening tip-off, with Kelly falling behind 21-3 by the end of the first quarter...

SENATH - The No. 2 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions outscored the No. 7 seeded Southland Rebels by double digits in every quarter on its way to an 84-29 win Tuesday in a quarterfinal of the Senath-Hornersville Christmas Tournament. Jaxon Layne scored a dozen points in each half to pace Senath-Hornersville with 24 points. Parker Rhew added 21 points, Knolan Hunter tallied 15 points, and Blaze Mears contributed 11 points...

Four Delta players were in double figures Monday night as the Lady Bobcats used a huge first half point margin to dominate Charleston, easily winning 83-28. The Holweg sisters(Kendall and Presley) led the charge with 24 and 19 points respectively. Delta led the game at the by a 47 point margin and coasted after that...

The postseason for winter sports in Missouri will look different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSHSAA announced Friday. MSHSAA released district assignments for winter sports and also announced that it will modify some postseason activities due to concerns with the virus...

Gavin Jansen led his Kelly Hawks with 24 points passed a solid Meadow Heights team on the road Friday beating the Panthers 68-50. Kelly also had three other players on double figures, out-scoring the Panthers 25-14 in the 2nd quarter to pull ahead for good...

By BRIAN ROSENER Sports Editor PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Hannah Corcimiglia sank five 3-pointers as the Poplar Bluff senior scored a career-high 19 points, and the Mules earned their first win of the season Thursday night. After averaging 25 points in their first three games, the Mules got points from six different players in a 45-29 win at St. Vincent...

St. Vincent won a close contest Monday edging out Valle Catholic 50-46, improving the Indians record to 3-0 on the young season. John Wibbenmeyer led all St. Vincent scorers with 19 points while Phillip Ernst added 13. Carter Hoog led all scorers for Valle Catholic pumping in a game high 24 points...

GIDEON - Four players scored in double digits to help carry the No. 6 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions past the No. 7 seeded Gideon Bulldogs 68-48 in a consolation semifinal at the Gideon Invitational Thursday. Senath-Hornersville led 20-12 after one quarter, 30-23 at halftime, and 43-36 at the end of the third quarter before pushing its final margin of victory to double digits...

Delta outscored Eminence 57-40 in the first half and never trailed in the contest, winning in convincing fashion Saturday 92-79. The big story in the game was Delta senior Colby Crader scoring his 1,000 point in his career. Crader led all Bobcat scorers with 29 points while Evan Bartels and Carter Scherer each added 19 each...