Van Buren

BROSELEY — Bella Galloway stepped up to the plate with the game-winning run on second base and thought, “I’m going to kill this ball because people think I can’t. So I’m going to do it, prove them wrong.” Galloway came through with a hard hit single to center scoring Abbey Hester in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting the Royals to a 4-3 win over Van Buren on Tuesday...

VAN BUREN — For 35 consecutive years, Van Buren has been represented at the state cross country meet. New coaches Jacob Black and Peyton Bolander seek to take over where former coach Randal Jenkins left off. “Our cross country was very successful during the time he ran it,” said Black, who has been an assistant cross country coach for the past seven years. “We’ve not really changed the way we go about it because he was so successful.”...

VAN BUREN — The Bulldogs lost five seniors and return five starters from a team that won 25 games between the fall and spring combined last year. The Bulldogs last won the Big Springs Conference Tournament in 2016, and won their first district title since 1999 the following spring. ...

A few hours before preseason jamborees got underway Friday night some schools in the Missouri Bootheel learned they will be battling new opponents when the state playoffs begin later this fall. The Missouri High School Activities Association released 2019 class and district assignments for most fall sports Friday...

What I learned from living the initial 52 years of my life in the state of Indiana was that Hoosiers are passionate about three things: religion, farming, and sports. And depending on the time of year and whether the Indiana University men’s basketball team is underachieving or not, the order of those things could fluctuate.

The all-region softball team has been released. Kennett freshman Kyra Jaco, Oran junior Kaylee Payne, Campbell senior Elizabeth Steward, Puxico senior Bailey Burns, Holcomb sophomore Bailey Cupples, and Malden sophomore Hailey Rojas were selected first-team all-region infielders...

Notre Dame secured a share of the SEMO Conference regular-season championship with an 8-6 win over host Sikeston on Tuesday. The Bulldogs finished in a tie atop the standings with co-champion Jackson. Sikeston's Noah Hicks hit for the cycle, but his bat was not enough to overcome Notre Dame...

BENTON, Mo. -- The Kelly Hawks boys track and field team captured eight titles to win their home meet, the Johnny Merrick Invitational. The host team won with 164 points, nearly doubling second-place Scott City's 85.5 points and Charleston's 84.5. On the girls side, Saxony Lutheran was victorious with a total of 130 points, placing first in six events. Woodland finished second at 95.5 points while Malden had 67. Kelly girls finished in 6th with 45 points...

Gabe Hurley hit a double and drove in two runs as the Notre Dame baseball team scored a run in all but one inning and blanked crosstown conference rival Cape Girardeau Central 9-0 on Thursday. Brayden Eftink went six innings on the mound to earn the win for the Bulldogs (9-4, 3-1 SEMO Conference). He gave up no runs on three hits, retired 10 batters and walked two...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — East Prairie, Kelly, and the Charleston track and field teams all had successful evenings at the Chaffee Invitational, on Thursday, at Chaffee High School. Kelly finished in second place after 18 boys events. The Hawks finished with 100 total points, while Kennett took home top honors — with 181...

Nobody held a double-digit lead. For all but two minutes in the second half, nobody held a three-possession lead. For the first six minutes of the second half, nobody even held a two-possession lead. The No.4-No. 5 game of the Ozark Foothills Conference tournament lived up to its billing as fourth-seeded Greenville and fifth-seeded East Carter went back and forth from start to finish...

Down three as the clock passed the minute mark, the Royals got a stop, chased down the long rebound and called a timeout with 48 seconds left. Watson came off a screen and tried for a 3 from the top of the key, but missed and Bangert was fouled on the rebound...

DELTA DUNKLIN DEMOCRAT BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The consolation semifinals are set at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament following quarterfinal action Thursday. No. 8 seeded Portageville will take on No. 13 seeded Bloomfield in the first consolation semifinal Friday at 1 p.m. The second consolation semifinal between No. 10 seeded South Pemiscot and No. 14 seeded Malden follows Friday at about 2:30 p.m...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The top-seeded Hayti Indians surpassed the century mark before the start of the fourth quarter as it cruised past the No. 16 seeded Holcomb Hornets 115-40 in the first game at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Wednesday morning. Hayti (5-2) led 35-9 after the first quarter, 69-22 at halftime and 94-28 at the end of the third quarter...

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...