Twin Rivers

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. ...

It was a good week for Notre Dame athletes both on AND off the field, as a pair of Bulldogs earned success in their athletic quests, as well as proved to be popular with Southeast Missouri fans.

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.

BROSELEY, Mo. — Twin Rivers already has “Windshield Whitney.” Allie Kacynski just made an argument for her own nickname. Bottom of the seventh, two on, Kacynski at the plate. Royals down by one after being shutdown by Neelyville pitcher Payton Reinbott for most of the game...

Twin Rivers softball player Abbey Hester and Notre Dame swimmer Nick Landewe were strong in their competitive sports last week and popular off them, as the two earned the latest Semoball.com Athletes of the Week honors.

HOLCOMB, Mo. - It took a late rally but the Twin Rivers Royals found a way to hand the Holcomb Hornets it first loss Tuesdady night. Twin Rivers rallied from a 5-0 deficit to edge Holcomb 15-12 in the decisive set as it won a five-set marathon 3-2. “We’ve been working really hard on being mentally strong,” Twin Rivers coach Whitney Edington said. ...

Notre Dame’s bats came out red hot, scoring four runs in the first inning, six runs in the second, and one each in the third and fourth innings to win a lop-sided, 10-run rule contest at home Tuesday 12-0. Sophomore third-baseman Ainsley Burnett led the charge for the host Bulldogs...

Cape Central, trailing by a run going into the fourth inning, finally gained control, scoring three runs in the fourth and added two more runs an inning later, beating St. Dominic 6-2 Saturday morning. The Tigers led the game off with a single run in the top of the first, but after the Crusaders answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of inning three, suddenly found themselves on the losing end...

NEELYVILLE — Twin Rivers senior Abbey Hester hit her first home run of school ball Thursday. She was inches away from hitting two. Hester smacked a long fly ball to left field in the top of the third that hit the top of the fence and bounced back in for a double. As she stood on second, assistant coach Jack Childress jokingly called out “warning track power” from his spot behind first base...

Bell City’s Easton Newell and Bryson Maddox combined to pitch a five-inning no-hitter Thursday in the Mules’ 14-0 victory over Gideon. Newell secured the win, striking out seven and walking five in four innings of a game played at Gideon. Maddox retired the side in the fifth on only five pitches...

Chaffee scored nine runs in the bottom half of the first inning to set the tone early and would never falter as they won going away 12-0. The Devils ran three more across the plate in the fourth frame to push the final tally to 12. The Lady Devil offense was paced by leadoff hitter Abby Cowell. She recorded two hits in three at-bats, scoring twice and finished with three RBI...

BROSELEY — It took Twin Rivers a little while to overcome an unusual atmosphere Thursday. With the COVID-19 pandemic perpetually threatening to end a team’s season, the Royals chose to have their senior night early instead of risking not having it at all...

BROSELEY, Mo. — Through the first set, the New Madrid County Central volleyball team looked to be in an apparent mismatch. The Lady Eagles struggled to get into a groove early, dropping the first set 25-7 to Twin Rivers, Tuesday evening, in Broseley. The Lady Royals went on to win in three sets to improve to 2-0 on the young season...

It’s been a roller coaster couple of years for Twin Rivers volleyball. In 2018, they won just one game. There were a pair of ties at the SEMO Dig for Life Tournament, but all said and done, the Royals won seven total sets and finished 1-24-2. On top of that the gym flooded, causing extensive damage that required a full replacement of the wood floor. What home games they played were held at the middle school in Fisk...

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...

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.

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...

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. ...

SIKESTON — Multiple Standard-Democrat area basketball players earned spots on their respective All-District teams recently. Sikeston seniors Payton Howard and Clark Steward both made the team for Class 4, District 1. Senior Taydrianna Barnett and sophomore Karris Allen both made it on the girls’ side as well...

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...

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...

KENNETT, Mo. — Christen Phillips had no intention of ending his senior season on-the-court Saturday afternoon. The 6-0 guard scored a game-high 28 points, as the No. 2 seed New Madrid County Central routed No. 7 seed East Prairie 76-45 in the first round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament at Kennett High School, in Kennett, Mo...

KENNETT, Mo. - Heading into the fourth quarter, the No. 4 seeded Twin Rivers Royals were leading the No. 5 seeded Malden Green Wave girls basketball team 49-37 in their Class 3, District 1 girls basketball quarterfinal Twin Rivers had commanded a decent margin throughout the entire game but things changed quickly...

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...

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...

NEELYVILLE - Naylor's defense allowed just four field goals the entire game. The stifling defense limited Twin Rivers to 13 points in the first half, nine of them from the free-throw line, to take a commanding lead and go on to win 56-24 in the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament third-place game Thursday in Neelyville...

NEELYVILLE - The 11-time defending champions had to fight off a tough Twin Rivers team just to return to the finals. Neelyville, playing without senior guard Lexi Liau who was out with an injury, was able to turn things around in the second half and went on to beat Twin Rivers 66-42 in the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament semifinals...

The brackets are set for the Class 3, District 1 basketball tournament at Kennett High School. Defending champion Charleston (19-3), which is ranked No. 3 in the latest Class 3 state poll, is seeded No. 1 in the boys bracket. ...

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...

NEELYVILLE - Clearwater used a seven-point run late in the fourth quarter and held on to advance in the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. The fifth-seeded Tigers held fourth-seeded Twin Rivers to five points in the third quarter and went on to win 49-44 in the first round...

Advance (12-8) outscored Puxico (0-15) on Thursday, ending the first half 24-7 and finishing the game 42-21. Alandry Below led the Hornets to a victory by scoring 23 points. Advance will play Holcomb at home on Monday at 6 p.m. Puxico will play Campbell at home on Monday...

Can Neelyville hold serve in the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament? The Tigers are hosting this year and both the boys and girls teams earned the top seed for the third year in a row heading into next week’s tournament, which starts Saturday. The championship will be played at the Libla Family Sports Complex and all other games will be played at Neelyville High School...

Meadow Heights led from the tip outscoring Zalma 41-26 at halftime and never looked back, winning 77-52.

David Layton led Oak Ridge (11-6) to a 70-61 victory with 37 points (including four three-pointers) against Kelly (11-8) Friday.

DONIPHAN — Doniphan will head into next week’s Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament seed meeting with at least a share of the regular-season title. The Donettes completed their regular season OFC schedule Thursday with a 65-34 win over Twin Rivers to finish 5-1 while the Royals will be 2-3. The Donettes lone loss was to Neelyville, while Neelyville lost to Naylor and Naylor lost to Doniphan, creating a potential logjam for the top three seeds in the tournament, which starts Feb. 8...

Seven boys basketball teams and two girls basketball teams from the Semoball coverage area are ranked in the latest state poll released Wednesday by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (16-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, has moved up two spots to No. 6 in the Class 1 boys poll...

BROSELEY - Homecoming was good to the Royals. Twin Rivers, bolstered by homecoming festivities that included a National Anthem rendition by a preschool class and Natalie Baxter being crowned Homecoming Queen, led from its first basket until its last and beat Neelyville 60-39 on Friday...

Six Semoball boys basketball teams and two Semoball girls basketball teams are ranked in the latest state rankings provided by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. Delta (14-3), which is unbeaten in the month of January, is ranked No. 8 in the Class 1 boys poll...

The Bobcats held the Hornets to one point in the first quarter and never looked back as they picked up a 63-33 home victory.

Brooklyn Kearbey scored nine of her game-high 21 points in the opening quarter as the host Redbirds jumped out to a 20-6 lead Tuesday and East Carter earned a 62-43 win over Clearwater in an Ozark Foothills Conference game. Makenna Moore sank four of her five 3-pointers in the third quarter and had 19 points for East Carter (8-6, 1-2 OFC) while Naomi Crowley added eight points...

BROSELEY — Levi Rawlings was in the right spot at the right time Friday night. The Doniphan junior caught a missed shot, turned and sank a jumper just before the buzzer to stun rival Twin Rivers 41-40 in an Ozark Foothills Conference game. “I just went in for a rebound like I usually do, try my hardest,” said Rawlings who had four of his six rebounds on the offensive end...

RISCO, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team built a 24-11 by the end of the first quarter on its way past the visiting Bell City Cubs 92-55 Thursday night. Four Risco players recorded at least 18 points. Andrew Rodgers tallied a team-high 26 points, Evan Pipkin added 22 points, Hayden Ludwig put up 19 points, and Kamron Meese scored 18 points for the Tigers...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Cherei Jones added another pinfall victory to her total on Tuesday night, at a triangular match against Marion, Ill., and Poplar Bluff. Jones pinned Marion’s Haylie Nappier at 3:09, as the Bulldogs went on to win 18-6. Kate Grubbs also picked up a win, in 28 seconds, over McKayla Vavrik...

BROSELEY, Mo. — Allison Owens and Alaney Moore led the Kelly girls basketball team on Monday night, albeit in a losing effort to Twin Rivers. Owens had a team-high 17 points, while also adding five steals, five assists, and four rebounds. Moore secured a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in the Lady Hawks 62-54 loss...

BROSELEY - With both teams coming off exhausting down-to-the-wire losses in Friday's semifinals, Saturday's third place battle at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic could fittingly be called the 'survival of the fittest game.' New Madrid Co. Central took the third-place trophy and the unofficial title of fittest in running past the Naylor Eagles 49-29...