Twin Rivers

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. ...

Megan Heisserer had an explosive performance on the court, finishing with a game-high 30 points in the Notre Dame girls basketball team's 58-54 win over host Chaffee on Monday. Lexi Welter had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Bulldogs, who trailed by two points at halftime. Julia Williams tallied seven steals and five assists to go along with five points for Notre Dame (3-3)...

PIEDMONT -- Clearwater ended the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament with a win, although it didn't come in the game they Tigers had hoped. Tied at 2-2, third-seeded Clearwater scored seven unanswered runs in the fourth inning to come away with an 8-2 win over No. 4 Twin Rivers and third place in the conference...

The Notre Dame volleyball team overcame a 20-17 deficit in both games to eke out a 25-23, 25-23 conference victory over Poplar Bluff on Tuesday in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Alexa Clark's serve clipped the net and fell in to break a 23-all tie in the first game, while her serve helped the Bulldogs rally in the second game...

Pool A New Haven split Hillsboro 25-13, 21-25 Notre Dame def. NMCC 25-07, 25-08 New Haven def. NMCC 25-04, 25-12 Notre Dame def. Hillsboro 25-21, 25-18 Pool B Farmington def. St. Vincent 25-23, 25-22 Calvary Lutheran def. Gideon/Risco 25-15, 25-11 Farmington def. Gideon/Risco 25-15, 25-18...

Doniphan drops fall baseball as football prepares for comeback

Bridgette Swinford blasted a grand slam to lead the Chaffee softball team to its first win of the season, a 17-6 decision against Jefferson on Thursday in Festus, Missouri. Kylie Wilhite was the winning pitcher and also doubled for Chaffee (1-2). She allowed four earned runs and recorded seven strikeouts and one walk...

From across Southeast Missouri, people descended upon Cape Girardeau on Saturday night for the region's premier sports awards show. More than 150 student-athletes from 57 area high schools were on hand for the Fourth Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, as awards were handed out in 25 sports categories...

Ten months after the high school sports calendar began, we now know all 148 of our on-field nominees for the 2017 Semoball Awards. On Friday, the spring sport finalists for baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls track and field, golf and boys tennis for the event -- to be held Saturday, July 8, at the Bedell Performance Center at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus -- were announced as part of a live selection show on SEMO ESPN Radio...

The top-seeded Notre Dame boys tennis team didn't drop a single match in its 5-0 sweep of fourth-seeded Arcadia Valley in a semifinal of the Class 1 District 1 team tournament on Tuesday at Notre Dame Regional High School. The victory set up a clash of familiar foes, as the Bulldogs (11-1) will go up against second-seeded and two-time defending district champion Dexter at 4 p.m. ...