Twin Rivers

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...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 12 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs fell behind a few points early but responded with the finish it needed to upset the No. 8 seeded Malden Green Wave in a consolation semifinal at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Saturday afternoon...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 8 seeded Malden Green Wave rebounded nicely less than 24 hours after suffering a 56-54 upset loss to No. 9 seeded East Prairie in an opening-round contest at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Thursday. Malden built a 45-22 lead by halftime on its way past No. 16 seeded Richland 70-32 in a consolation quarterfinal Friday afternoon...

Through the first two days the average margin of victory at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic was somewhere close to 30 points. That changed quickly Friday in the semifinals of the fifth-place bracket. The Twin Rivers Royals and Kennett Indians both survived down-to-the-buzzer finished to earn another game in the 16-team tournament field...

BLOOMFIELD - Doniphan trailed for just one possession. Had there been a second it may have cost them the win. After taking control early, the sixth-seeded Dons narrowly held off 11th-seeded Twin Rivers to win 59-54 in the opening round of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Thursday in Bloomfield...

BROSELEY, Mo. - It took a little bit of time to have an impact put the defensive pressure the Twin Rivers Royals applied finally created havoc for the Malden Green Wave. After falling behind 8-5 after one quarter of play, No. 6 seeded Twin Rivers outscored the No. ...

PARK HILLS, Mo. — A lackluster second-quarter spurned the Sikeston girls basketball team on Thursday against Park Hills Central. After trailing by one point after the first quarter, Sikeston got outscored 25-14 in the second, in the Lady Bulldogs 76-46 loss to the Rebels...

Hannah Cunningham, of Naylor, led Crowley’s Ridge in scoring twice in the last week. She had 14 points on 6 for 14 shooting in a 93-68 loss to Southwest (N.M.) on Monday. Cunningham also led the team with seven rebounds and five assists before fouling out. The next day, she had 16 points, five steals, four assists and three rebounds in a 64-36 win against Faith Baptist Bible...

DONIPHAN — When a defense forces 32 turnovers good things normally happen. Senior post Emily Ederer scored 26 points and the defense averaged creating one turnover per minute for four quarters as the Doniphan Donettes opened Ozark Foothills Conference play with a 62-29 win over the East Carter Lady Redbirds...

BROSELEY, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball squad enjoyed a strong start to each half as it won at Twin Rivers 54-49 Tuesday night. Malden led 13-6 after one quarter 28-20 at halftime, and 43-33 at the end of the third quarter before Twin Rivers won the final quarter by five points...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Oran dominated it’s way past Puxico in the first round of the Chaffee Lady Red Devils Invitational on Monday. The Lady Eagles won 65-1, as three players reached double-figures in scoring. Kaylee Payne led the way with 13 points, two rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Katie Webb had 12 points, four rebounds, and two steals, and Heather Gosche added 10 points, to go along with one rebound, three assists, and three steals...

High school basketball teams throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin play in opening-season basketball tournaments Monday.

SIKESTON — District assignments for boys’ and girls’ basketball and wrestling were released on Friday. Sikeston will be a part of Class 4, District 1, with Cape Central, Notre Dame, Dexter, Perryville, and Ste. Genevieve. Class 3, District 1 consists of Charleston, New Madrid County Central, East Prairie, Caruthersville, Doniphan, Malden, Kennett, and Twin Rivers. ...

Poplar Bluff moved up to the largest class in wrestling and will face the same opponents in basketball while hosting the district this winter. Poplar Bluff Athletic Director Kent Keith announced in a statement that the school’s bid to host the MSHSAA Class 5 District 1 boys and girls basketball tournament had been accepted...

MALDEN — A year after winning just one match, the Twin Rivers volleyball team is headed to the state playoffs. The second-seeded Royals outlasted the fifth-seeded Senath-Hornersville 25-19, 25-22 in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 championship at Malden High School on Wednesday...

MALDEN, Mo. - Senath-Hornersville volleyball coach Alex Glover was confident her squad was ready to make noise in Class 2, District 1 even after it received the No. 5 seed in the seven-team tournament “I knew we could make a run in this tournament,” Glover said...

Class 2, District 1 at Malden The district championship is set at the Class 2, District 1 volleyball tournament following quarterfinal at semifinal action Monday. No. 2 seeded Twin Rivers will take on No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville in the title game Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Malden...

Volleyball squads throughout the Missouri Bootheel begin postseason play Monday. Holcomb, South Pemiscot, Southland, North Pemiscot, Hayti, Delta C-7, and Cooter are in Class 1, District 1 at Holcomb. Defending champion Holcomb has received the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye...