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BENTON, Mo. — It was a great day to be a Dexter Bearcat and Lady Bearcat. Both the Dexter boys and girls track teams earned first-place honors at the Johnny Merrick Invitational at Thomas W. Kelly High School, Thursday, in Benton. On the boys' side, Dexter edged Scott City by two points, 105-103. Kennett finished in third with 86 points...

Junior center fielder Riley Massa recorded a game-high five RBIs en route to leading her Woodland Cardinals past Valle Catholic Thursday, 15-4, in five innings.

Following a year of missing out on gathering with friends and family due to the COVID pandemic, everyone, including sports fans, is anxious to spend time with those closest to us once again.

Bell City scored two runs in the first inning, and three more runs in the second inning to take an early lead, but lengthened that lead in the bottom of the fifth, scoring eight runs, to put the game away Monday, winning 14-4 at home. Nate Stone recorded three hits in three at-bats, one of those being the long ball variety, as the senior drove in a run and scored four runs, leading the Cubs (2-1) offensively...

The Oran girls softball team won their home opener Monday, defeating Scott City, 12-2, as senior Alyssa Spane went 1 for 4 with a game-high four RBIs in the contest. Spane hit a bases-clearing double in the bottom half of the fourth inning, scoring three Eagles, putting the Eagles up 8-1...

SIKESTON — Two Sikeston Lady Bulldogs’ earned a spot on the Class 5, District 1 All-District team. Juniors Karris Allen and Amyari Blissett both received the honor. Allen finished her junior year averaging a double-double, with 20 points and 10 rebounds, to go along with four assists, four steals, and two blocks per contest. She shot 44 percent from the field, 29 percent from three, and 56 percent at the free-throw line...

There were a ton of great postseason performances on the basketball courts of Southeast Missouri last week.

Woodland girls head basketball coach Paul Lynch can attest just how the game of basketball can be a "tale of two halves". The Cardinal's first half of the year started fairly dismal, as they carried a 3-5 record into the Christmas break. From that point on, they went 11-3, winning nine games in a row, and have now found themselves raising the district championship trophy, as they defeated Scott City Thursday, 66-48, behind four players scoring in double figures...

The Woodland girls basketball team has really put together a nice winning streak of winning since mid-January, going 7-0 in that stretch. They continued that streak Wednesday with a semifinal win against Charleston, ending the Blue Jays season with a 70-37 shellacking...

SCOTT CITY — Six years ago, Scott City High School boy’s basketball coach Mark Dannenmueller reacted to a postseason loss to Charleston by strengthening the Rams’ schedule the following season to an insane degree.

High School boys and girls basketball district tournaments are finally upon us. Fans, players, and coaches have had to endure a strange, but sometimes fun, basketball season, which was filled with many postponements and/or cancellations due to Covid-19, as well as the weather. However, we can say that the 2020-2021 season has been one of the more entertaining ones in recent years.

The seedings have been released for the Class 1-3 boys and girls district basketball tournaments. Postseason play begins Feb. 20 for schools in Class 1-3. Higher seeds are slated to host quarterfinals and semifinals. Some districts will also have the highest remaining seed host their district championship. Other districts have elected to designate a neutral host site for their district final...

As the postseason nears, the individual exploits of the best basketball players throughout Southeast Missouri begin to grow in their ability to impress.

Woodland senior Emma Brown signed a National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Greenville University in Illinois.

Woodland got five points from Emma Brown as part of a decisive fourth quarter to survive against St. Pius X Friday 47-46 in girl's basketball action at Woodland.

Woodland dominated its girl’s basketball game Thursday with Scott Cunty Central from the opening tip, as it outscored the Bravettes 23-0 in the first quarter, eventually winning 70-12. The Cardinals (11-8) led 39-7 at halftime and 63-12 entering the final period.

Woodland girls head basketball coach Paul Lynch saw his team win their fifth game in a row, handing Scott City their eighth loss of the season, Tuesday, in a 54-52 ultra-close contest. The Cardinals found themselves up by 10 points going into the fourth quarter but quickly realized the Rams had no quit in them whatsoever, with Kaicie Dagger leading her Rams with nine points in the final quarter, as Scott City outscored Woodland 19 to 11 to make the outcome razor-thin...

Since the start of 2021, the Notre Dame girls basketball team has fallen on difficult times, due to the fact that their competition has drastically improved since the beginning of the season. Saturday proved to be their toughest opponent yet, as they took on the undefeated class six, number one ranked Incarnate Word Academy in St. Charles...

Lexi Rubel proved to be too much for Kennett Monday as the junior standout not only dominated inside but drained two, three-point shots as she scored a game-high 22 points and also grabbed 13 rebounds to lead her Bulldogs past Kennett on the road, 46-32...

To say Notre Dame's guard Hayden Jansen was feeling it Friday night is putting it lightly. To say Jansen was near unconscious is more fitting. Jansen not only broke his personal record but he shattered the school record for most three-point field goals in a game as he nailed nine of them en route to an 83-31 decimation of Saxony Lutheran...

The Woodland girls basketball team played two games in three days, starting with a matchup Monday with a very solid Perryville team. The Cardinals were able to sneak past the Pirates, 62-38. Emma Brown led Woodland with 22 points while Addie Johnson added 15 and Chloe Goodwin finished with nine points...

Tuesday night the Oran Eagles were minus the services of two of their starting five in Langdon Scheeter and Diesel Cato, but the rest of the team stepped up and pulled out a tough, late-season Scott-Mississippi Conference game on the road against Chaffee, winning 49-44...

Jackson volleyball coach Dave Mirly wasted no time – none – in allowing Hannah Shinn to get a taste of varsity volleyball action.

The Kelly Hawks picked up a road win Friday by beating an upstart Chaffee team 60-54, improving their season record to 7-7. Kelly, who had previously only won one of their last 4 games, got a game-high 24 points from junior Gavin Jansen, who recently picked up his 1,000th career point this past week...