Twin Rivers

NEW MADRID — The Dexter Lady Bearcats used superb free throw shooting, high-pressure defense and were able to capitalize on second-chance opportunities during a 76-34 win at New Madrid County Central on Monday. “Our energy was good,” said Dexter coach Eric Sitze. “But I’d like to see us move our feet a little bit better and keep the basketball out of the paint. We got a lot of girls involved offensively tonight, so that was good for us.”...

PIEDMONT — The East Carter Lady Redbirds jumped out to a 22-point lead after the opening period and never looked back as they rolled to a 73-22 win over the Clearwater Lady Tigers Thursday night. East Carter (2-0) led 28-6 after the first quarter and extended its lead to 48-16 by halftime. The Lady Redbirds led 66-20 by the start of the fourth quarter...

Oak Ridge (3-1) won three quarters at home on Tuesday night to get past Puxico (0-3) with a 40-31 win. Sophomore Reagan Howe led the Bluejays with 25 points and 12 rebounds in the win, both team highs. Oak Ridge is next in action at home against Grandview at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday...

This week's Holcomb Invitational Tournament is proving to be not just many players' first venture into varsity basketball, but it's also a test that will shed a glimpse into what the season might look like come February. Monday night brought about four games that all finished within a ten point margin and the tournament could be anyone's to claim...

Districts for winter sports were released on Friday morning, with New Madrid County Central dropping to Class 3 for the 2022-23 season. NMCC finished third in Class 4 last season and return juniors Jadis Jones and AJ Ruff while junior BJ Williamson also returns after missing last season...

The Kennett Lady Indians showed off some familiar defensive muscle and perhaps some new offensive strength at the girls high school basketball jamboree hosted by Kennett High School on Thursday, winning all three games against Holcomb, Twin Rivers and Portageville...

DONIPHAN — What an ideal way to go into the postseason. Both Doniphan and Ellington will head into district tournament play on the heels of a nip-and-tuck five-set thriller at the home of the Donettes, as the hosts held on for a 20-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-7 win...

GREENVILLE — It may have not been the ideal result, but the performance still went a long way for the Twin Rivers volleyball team Monday night. The Lady Royals (3-19) dropped a four-set match at Greenville (25-15, 25-21, 22-25, 26-24) and now it comes down to Tuesday’s finale 6:30 p.m. at Gideon to get prepped for the Class 2 District 1 tournament that begins Saturday...

POPLAR BLUFF – The stage is set for the Ozark Foothills Conference baseball championship at Three Rivers College with defending champion Greenville taking their spot in the final defeating Naylor 13-0 and Doniphan upsetting top-seeded Twin Rivers 6-4...

So, admittedly, East Carter softball head coach Teresa Kirby has seen better days on the diamond. Having finished fourth in Class 2 fall softball three of the last four years, that would not be an understatement in comparison to this fall’s 8-18 record that is a byproduct of a much younger roster...

POPLAR BLUFF – The Ozark Foothills Conference baseball tournament kicked off on Monday at Three Rivers College and already had some exciting contests to set up the semifinals on Tuesday. The best game of the day came first as No. 6 seed Naylor upset No. 3 East Carter 3-1. The Eagles broke through in the fourth with a 2-run single by Caleb Moore to make it 2-0 and added one more run in the fifth on a single by Nathan Lunsford...

Woodland (12-3) took a mercy-rule victory following a six-run fifth inning to take down the Twin Rivers Royals (20-3) at home on Tuesday. Senior Josy Cook led Woodland’s offense with a two-hit, four-RBI and one-run performance for the game. Senior Grainger Yurevich and freshman Colton Jordan both finished in a tie with Cook in hits with two...

Neelyville (20-3) scored eight runs across the first two innings to put Chaffee (12-7) down early, winning 11-6. Sophomore Reese Van Pelt led Chaffee on offense with three hits and five RBIs. Van Pelt pitched six innings, allowing 13 hits and seven walks on four earned runs and six strikeouts...

GREENVILLE – Despite being down by five, Twin Rivers completed the comeback tying the game up in the sixth and two runs scored on a squeeze play in the seventh as the Royals upset Greenville on their home turf with a 7-5 win on Monday. "We didn't play well to start out (Monday), but the guys kept battling and stuck with the approach," Twin Rivers coach Chris Newman said. "We found a way to get it done late in the game."...

BENTON, Mo. — The Kelly softball team stayed white hot with a 7-2 victory over Twin Rivers on Tuesday, Sep. 20. It took a few innings for the offense to heat up, but Lady Hawks (15-4) roasted the Lady Royals’ (3-7) hopes of an upset with a five-run third inning...

Woodland (9-1) rallied from a two-run hole in the top of the seventh to win 7-6 in eight innings over host Meadow Heights (5-3). Junior Seth Abernathy led Woodland's offense, finishing with a team-high two hits, an RBI and a run scored. On the mound, senior Lane VanGennip finished with four innings of two-run ball with seven strikeouts and just two hits allowed...

BROSELEY — There was plenty of offense with 23 hits between Doniphan and Twin Rivers with the Donettes able to push more runs across as they took a 14-9 victory in Monday's high-scoring affair. The turning point for the Donettes was a 12-run fourth inning in which seven of those runs came with two outs...

The Clarkton volleyball squad not only had a hugely successful night of confidence and explosive offense against Twin Rivers on Monday. The victory also propelled Clarkton head coach Amy Cowart to hit a milestone in her coaching career – 300 varsity wins...

NEELYVILE — Both offenses were clicking with a combined 25 hits for the game, but the home-standing Neelyville Tigers were able to push across more runs with a 12-3 victory over Twin Rivers on Thursday. It was also a family affair with Neelyville coach Cindy Siebert going up against her mother, Twin Rivers coach Lisa Boyer, for the second time...

DONIPHAN – The Doniphan volleyball team was able to hold off Twin Rivers in a close third set to complete a sweep Thursday night. The Royals were threatening to rally late following a slow start, but Camiella Pendergrass was able to get the winning kill in order for Doniphan to take a 25-15, 25-15, 25-22 victory...

Softball has returned for the fall and Neelyville is looking to build off of its Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament title from the spring with a returning cast. "We have a lot of returning players," Neelyville coach Cindy Siebert said. "They know how to play together and the chemistry team wide has been really good so far."...

By ROBERT AUGSDORFER Sports Writer Fall baseball in the Ozark Foothills Conference will look a little different this year with the return of Doniphan in the mix for the first time since 2020 after COVID-19 canceled the previous spring season. "It's going to be nice to be able to compete in our conference tournament that's usually held in the fall," Doniphan coach Daniel Pennington said. "We've missed out on that. I feel like our guys have been cheated slightly in the all-conference meetings...

If you really want to know the origins of Joe Baldwin passing judgment on pitchers’ accuracy throughout Southeast Missouri, you’d have to go all the way back to the dusty dirt fields of the Marston Little League in the early 1960s.

MALDEN, Mo. — New Madrid County Central used patient at-bats, smart base running and timely hitting to knock off Twin Rivers in a quarterfinal of the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 Tournament. The fifth-seeded Eagles (9-12, 1-4 SEMO Conference) won 7-1 over the Royals (12-9, 1-2 Ozark Foothills Conference) at Malden High School on Saturday, May 14...

Baseball Ellington - Batting: 2B - Tucker Dement. Multiple hits: Tyler Hackworth (3-4, RBI, Run), Evan Weaver (2-4, Run), Dement (2-5, Run), Jakob Farmer (2 RBIs). Pitching: WP - Dement (4.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 5 K). Meadow Heights - Batting: Multiple hits - Koby Cook (2-4, RBI), Chase Conrad (2 RBIs)...

With all seven softball teams heading into the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament with limited playing or outdoor practice time the pervious week, there will be an emphasis on pitching and defense to step up. East Carter, the defending champion, is one of the favorites as the top seed with a first-round bye and the Redbirds are undefeated at 10-0. ...

PIEDMONT — Becca Brewington and her Clearwater teammates didn’t look rusty playing for the first time in nearly a week Thursday. Brewington struck out eight and the Tigers played clean defense behind the senior while freshman Kristin Street drove in four runs with two hits and scored twice in a 12-1 win over Twin Rivers...

Delta’s most recent college signee Lanson Cox pitched a complete game on the hill for the Bobcats, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out seven, to lead Delta to a 7-1 victory over Charleston at Capaha Field Thursday afternoon. Cox also delivered at the plate for Delta, driving in a run on a triple in the top of the third inning that scored Mason Dozier...

The bracket for the 2022 Ozark Foothills Conference softball tournament was decided Wednesday as the teams get ready to play each other next week.  The first round will be on Monday at McLane Park in Poplar Bluff while the semifinals, third place and championship games will be played at Three Rivers College...

BROSELEY – Both teams battled some unfavorable elements, but Neelyville came out on top as they defeated Twin Rivers 3-1 Thursday. The Tigers took advantage of a two-run third inning and the Royals didn't have a response offensively. "We weren't taking good at-bats, plain and simple," Twin Rivers coach Chris Newman said. "The team that hit more line drives was going to win this one and it wasn't us."...

With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Meadow Heights senior slugger Chase Conrad singled sharply to right field, scoring Will Green to beat Crystal City by walk-off 3-2 Monday at Meadow Heights High School. Green started the inning off with a base hit off of Hornet’s pitcher Robert Schaumberg that trickled by the Hornet’s shortstop Ian Kirn. ...

Meadow Heights first baseman Chase Conrad had one of those games a high school baseball player dreams of on Friday as the senior recorded three hits, two of those leaving the yard, and drove in five runs to lead the Panthers past Oak Ridge 9-0 at Oak Ridge High School...

On Saturday night, some of the best high school basketball players from Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois will meet on the court. Former Southeast Missouri State and Portageville basketball standout Roy Booker and his SEMO Prep School are hosting the Battle of the Mississippi starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cape Junior High School...

The Chaffee Red Devils opened their 2022 baseball season with a loss to perennial state power Valle Catholic at home, dropping the home opener to the Warriors 7-1 on Monday at Chaffee High School. After a scoreless first inning by both teams, Chaffee scored a run in the bottom of the second when Connor Berry’s sacrifice fly scored Levi McKinnie to make it a 1-0 lead for the Red Devils...

DEXTER – The Twin Rivers girls basketball team saw their season come to an end on Wednesday as they fell to Woodland 41-36 in the sectional round of the Class 3 State Tournament. The Lady Cardinals will face West County in the quarterfinals at the Farmington Civic Center at 1 p.m. on Saturday...

CHARLESTON – For the second straight season, the Twin Rivers Lady Royals are Class 3 District 1 Champions as they defeated Portageville 51-33 on Friday night. Twin Rivers will move on to face Woodland in the sectional round. Twin Rivers coach David Crocket gave credit to his two seniors, Taylor Watson and Brianna South for their district championship as South led the team with 20 points while Watson had 17 points...

The Leopold Wildcats wrapped up their regular season schedule in dominating fashion Tuesday evening with a 41-point win over Zalma. Besides the game being the final regular-season matchup between Leopold and Zalma, it also featured a rather unique and hopeful characteristic Tuesday night...

BROSELEY — Top-seeded East Carter was able to enjoy the first-round bye and the Redbirds advanced to the Ozark Foothills Conference Championship with a 78-47 win over host school Twin Rivers. East Carter will be playing for the OFC title for the third straight year, having won it in 2020...

BROSELEY — Brooklyn Kearbey scored 39 points but the junior and her East Carter teammates set the tone on the other end of the court Tuesday night. Kearbey had seven steals, four in the opening quarter when the Redbirds scored the first nine points and built a 16-point lead. Third-seeded East Carter beat Twin Rivers 68-45 behind 29 points off turnovers in the quarterfinals of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament...

BROSELEY – Despite being down at halftime, Twin Rivers was able to rally in the third quarter to take the lead and edge out Neelyville 50-46 in the first round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament on Tuesday. "We had some guys step up and both teams wanted this one badly," Twin Rivers coach Seth McBroom said. ...

The stage is set for the 2022 Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament as the seedings were decided Wednesday morning for the boys and the girls brackets. The tournament is set to tip off Saturday with the first round at Twin Rivers High School, which will also host the semifinals and third place games later in the week...

St. Vincent coach Bruce Valleroy will be the first one to tell you that this season has been one of the most trying seasons in recent school history but on Saturday the Indians had arguably their best performance of the season beating in-town rival Perryville 72-37...

BROSELEY — Ethan Muse sank three free throws in the final minute as Neelyville spoiled homecoming for Twin Rivers on Saturday night. The Tigers held on for a 51-48 win over their Butler County rivals after taking a seven-point lead into the final quarter...

BROSELEY – Twin Rivers came into Thursday at .500 and they were able to get the win, 48-34, over Kennett on their home court. "I thought we were a little sluggish at first, but we were able to get a good lead," Twin Rivers coach David Crockett said. "Kennett was playing physical and we accepted it. Down the stretch, we showed our grit and showed some maturity to take care of the basketball and come out to the win. We executed our game plan and they did a pretty good job."...

Boys Basketball Roundup, Jan. 4: Scott City pulls out narrow victory over Oak Ridge The Scott City Rams outscored Oak Ridge 27-23 in the second half on Tuesday night and the four-point advantage was good enough for a 50-46 win over the Bluejays at Oak Ridge...

BLOOMFIELD — The Portageville boys basketball team used strong second-half shooting performance to earn a 56-30 victory against Twin Rivers on Monday in the opening round of Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. The game was tied at 17-all early in the third quarter as both teams struggled to get into a rhythm, but the third-seeded Bulldogs (3-3) ended the quarter on a 16-2 run to pull away from the upset-minded Royals...

BROSELEY — Taleigh Harrell's 33 points led Kennett past Chaffee 49-18 in the consolation quarterfinals of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic on Monday. Macy Newhad had eight points while Lani Heeb and Anekia Farmer each had four for Kennett. For Chaffee, Rayney Held was in double figures with 10 points, Hailey Rains recorded four while Paige Hilhite and Lilly Wessel each had two points in the scorebook...