Twin Rivers

HOLCOMB, Mo. - Risco coach Brandon Blankenship was somewhat concerned his squad might experience a letdown less than 24 hours after knocking off the No. 1 seeded Bernie Mules 60-56 in a semifinal of the Holcomb Invitational Thursday night. “I was a little concerned how we would bounce back after a physical, emotional game last night against Bernie,” Blankenship said. “Sometimes it’s hard to come back the next night and start hot.”...

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...

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...

Hannah Shinn put down nine kills as Jackson volleyball clinched the regular-season conference championship of the SEMO Conference North Division with the 25-13, 25-21 win over Sikeston. Mackenzie Stoner slammed eight kills for Jackson (9-1, 4-0 SEMO North Conference) while Emily Scott added five kills and two aces. Lainey Broussard tallied 20 assists, two kills and two aces for the Indians...

The schedule has been released for the Gideon Invitational. The 16-team varsity volleyball tournament takes place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Gideon High School. The tournament is divided into four four-team pools. Portageville, Richland, Hayti, and Delta C-7 will compete in Pool 2 and Campbell, New Madrid County Central, Charleston and Cooter will compete in Pool 3 Thursday...

Nearly 60 teams participated at the 31st Annual St. Francis Medical Center Dig for Life Volleyball Challenge over the weekend at various venues throughout Cape Girardeau. The program, founded by former Southeast Missouri State University women's volleyball coach Cindy Gannon, raises breast cancer awareness and helps provides mammograms to women in the area who otherwise could not afford such important screening. ...

Sophomore Logan Lemons put up four blocks and hammered three kills to lead host Zalma to a 25-18, 25-15 sweep of South Iron as both teams opened their high school volleyball seasons Friday. Senior Alexus Hubbert contributed three kills and two aces for Zalma (1-0). Junior Haley Gunn and sophomore Harley Littleton served four aces apiece for the Bulldogs...

Student-athletes from across Southeast Missouri were recognized for their outstanding achievements Saturday night at the region’s premier sports award show. More than 150 athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. ...

The wait is finally over. The fifth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH kicks off Saturday. Southeast Missouri's premier sports award show will welcome more than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State's River Campus for an evening of recognition and celebration...

Less than a month ago, Oran baseball and St. Vincent girls soccer won Class 1 state championships, capping off a successful spring for area schools. Four teams, three in girls soccer and one in baseball, advanced to the final four with Jackson girls soccer making history by reaching state for the first time in program history...

After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

Rylee Venable had a home run and four RBIs to lead the top-seeded Scott City softball team to a 13-3 semifinal victory over fourth-seeded Advance in the Class 1 District 4 Tournament at Oran. Kaileigh Dirden was the winning pitcher and also doubled and drove in three runs for Scott City (16-3). She threw a complete game and allowed three earned runs with eight strikeouts and no walks...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Midway through the season opener, Austin Copeland stepped to the plate with Chaffee baseball trailing by a run. The senior had just taken over on the mound, and with that in the back of his mind, he produced a solo home run. That blast energized Copeland and his teammates and was the first of three runs the host Red Devils scored in the fourth and fifth innings as they claimed a 3-1 win over Twin Rivers on Friday in Chaffee, Missouri...

Another year, another group of superb performances by area student-athletes, the most outstanding of which are being recognized. On Wednesday, 55 individuals were announced as fall sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards. The selections were presented during a live radio show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

KENNETT, Mo. - It took a little extra time but the Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team found a way to rally past the visiting Twin Rivers Royals in the closing minutes Thursday night. Kennett overcame a 36-30 deficit in the closing six minutes of the fourth quarter to force overtime and scored the final five points of the extra session as it outlasted visiting Twin Rivers 46-43...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Portageville Bulldogs and Twin Rivers Royals are set to square off in the consolation championship of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Friday at 4 p.m. No. 13 seeded Twin Rivers beat No. 8 seeded South Pemiscot 50-42 in the first consolation semiinal Thursday...

From Staff Reports BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The consolation semifinals are set at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament following consolation quarterfinal play Wednesday afternoon. No. 13 seeded Twin Rivers will take No. 8 seeded South Pemiscot in the first consolation semifinal Thursday at 1 p.m. The second consolation semifinal between No. 7 seeded Portageville and No. 11 seeded Puxico will follow at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday...

BROSELEY, Mo. -- Down 15 with 10 1/2 minutes remaining Friday night, Twin Rivers rallied to finish third in the Lady Royals Christmas Classic. The host Royals put together a 30-8 run to end the game to stun Chaffee 48-41. "We just really worked aggressive pressure (defense)," Twin Rivers coach Kelly Westerfield said of the comeback...

BROSELEY, Mo. -- Lexi Liau's putback off a missed 3-pointer to start the game Tuesday was a preview of what was to follow. Neelyville crashed the boards and any hopes of an upset by seventh-seeded Doniphan as the Tigers advanced with a 74-44 win in the Lady Royals Christmas Classic quarterfinal at Twin Rivers High School...

BROSELEY, Mo. -- Twin Rivers picked up its effort from recent games, and consequently, improved its play on the boards, on defense and in transition. The trio of boosts catapulted the No. 3 Royals to a 57-26 win over No. 14 Malden in the first round of the Lady Royals Classic on Saturday...

Dexter is the top seed once again in the Lady Royals Christmas Classic. The Bearcats have won the tournament four of the past five years and eight of the past 12. They received 10 first-place votes as they look to continue their run on top. After coming off a third-place finish at state, the Bearcats brought back most of their firepower from last year's team. ...