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The Advance boys basketball team pulled away late in the fourth quarter to secure a tightly contested 66-59 victory over host Bloomfield on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the SCAA Conference Tournament. Third-seeded Advance (8-9) had a balanced attack plan, as four Hornets scored in double digits...

David Layton put together another stellar performance, notching a double-double as the Oak Ridge boys basketball team outlasted visiting St. Vincent in overtime for a 73-68 win on Monday. Layton had 47 points and 12 rebounds while Brent Seyer also had a double-double with 10 points and 15 boards. Zach LeGrand chipped in nine points and 10 rebounds for the BlueJays (8-4), who outscored St. Vincent 11-6 in the extra period...

The Notre Dame girls basketball team rang in the new year on a high note. It did something that no other team had been able to do last year: the Bulldogs defeated Park Hills Central 70-61 and handed the Rebels their first loss of the season on Thursday in Park Hills, Missouri...

The Scott City and Kelly boys basketball teams usually need only to cover 14 miles to face each other, but both traveled more than 150 miles Wednesday to square off in the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Scott City, playing for the fourth straight year on the Memphis Grizzlies' home court, prevailed 61-50...

The Jackson wrestling team won the Kinloch Classic on Saturday at Parkview High School in Springfield, Missouri. The Indians had 11 top-six finishes, and Garner Horman was the champion at the 145-pound weight class. Jackson finished 25 points ahead of second-place finisher Raymore Pecuilar...

Emma Brune scored 27 points as the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team opened the Dragon Fire Tournament with a 74-38 win over Craigmont (Tenn.) in Collierville, Tennessee. Bri Jenkins and Cass Wunderlich added 13 points apiece for the Crusaders. SAXONY LUTHERAN (74) – Olivia Spanley 12, Bri Jenkins 13, Macey Smith 2, Cass Wunderlich 13, Sydney Turner 2, Alice Hogendobler 3, Emma Brune 27. FG 28, FT 14-21, F 14. (3-pointers: Hogendobler, Brune. Fouled out: None.)...

Payton Salyer netted a game-high 19 points as the Jackson boys basketball team finished the weekend with a 71-53 victory over Lutheran South on Saturday at the Jackson Showcase. Colten Seyer contributed 17 points for the Indians, including five 3-pointers. Chase Robinson and Dalton Tollison tossed in 13 points apiece for Jackson (6-1), which maintained a 12-point lead at halftime...

It was quite a successful fall sports season in the Southeast Missouri area. The Advance volleyball team won its first-ever state championship, and Jackson football finished the regular season undefeated for the first time in over a decade before falling in the quarterfinals to the eventual Class 5 state champions...

Emma Brune scored 19 points as the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team cruised to a home win over Chester (Ill.) on Thursday. Alice Hogendobler totaled 14 points, knocking down four 3-pointers, and Bri Jenkins added 13 points for Saxony Lutheran (6-1), which led 35-24 at halftime...

The top-seeded Oran girls basketball team dominated third-seeded host Chaffee 83-21 to win the Lady Red Devils Invitational behind 40 points from Leah Cauble. Cauble shot 15-for-27 from the floor and 7-for-15 from behind the 3-point arc and also had six rebounds...

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Isaiah Thomas drained 23 points as the fourth-seeded Delta boys basketball team pulled a big 72-64 semifinal upset over top-seeded Perryville on Thursday to reach Friday's championship game of the Woodland Invitational Tournament in Marble Hill, Missouri...

The host Cardinals opened their season with an 82-61 victory over Zalma in the Woodland Invitational Tournament in boys basketball Tuesday in Marble Hill, Missouri. Connor Goodwn led the third-seeded Cardinals with 28 points, while Jamon Frymire added 13 and Kyle Balsman had 12...

Emma Brune and Briann Jenkins combined for 26 points with 13 apiece as the fourth-seeded Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team erased a six-point deficit and came alive in the final minutes to defeat fifth-seeded Notre Dame 53-47 and avoid an opening-round upset in the Third Annual SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at the Sikeston Field House in Sikeston, Missouri...

Class and district assignments have been released for boys and girls basketball in the Missouri Bootheel for the 2018-19 season. Clarkton, Delta, Delta C-7, Gideon, North Pemiscot, Richland, Risco, Scott County Central, and Southland will compete in Class 1, District 1. See teams in all Class 1 districts here: Class 1 Districts...

Paced by three top-50 finishers, the Oak Ridge boys cross country team finished second at the Class 1 state championships on Saturday in Jefferson City, Missouri Tanner Schamburg led the way in 36th place with a time of 18 minutes, 55.43 seconds, and Philip Marshall was right behind him in 37th. Mason Keith rounded out the trio of top 50 finishers, coming in 48th in 19:08.13...

Jackson football opens the postseason with a matchup against a conference rival tonight. The top-seeded Indians (9-0), who received a bye last week, host No. 4 Poplar Bluff at 7 p.m. today in a Class 5 District 1 semifinal. With a win, Jackson will advance to the district championship for the third consecutive year...

The Jackson girls cross country team finished fourth in a Class 4 Sectional 1 meet Saturday in Washington, Missouri, to qualify for the state championship. Kennedy Bauer led the way with a second-place finish in 19 minutes, 33.56 seconds. Kaylee Wilson was the next-highest finisher for the Indians, coming in 25th in 20:27.72...

The St. Vincent football team scored 30 unanswered points to beat Brentwood 37-6 on Friday in the St. Louis area and claim its first playoff win since 2015. With the win, the fifth-seeded Indians advance to the Class 1 District 1 semifinals next week and will face top-seeded Hatyi, which ended the regular season as the No. 1 team in the Class 1 state media poll...

The postseason represents a fresh start. After nine weeks of jockeying for seeding position, football teams across the state now throw away their regular-season records. Each week, teams will play an elimination game. Win and advance; lose and the season ends...