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Bernie BB takes 'business-like' attitude to 3-0 start (3/20/24)The varsity baseball squads at Bernie and Woodland high schools split a pair of games during the 2023 calendar year.
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C3D2: The 'District of Death' lives up to the hype (2/21/24)The Class 3 District 2 boys basketball tournament lived up to the hype as the "District of Death." The first round saw Scott City (22-5) narrowly defeat Woodland (21-6) and Kelly (21-5) edge Saxony Lutheran (17-10) on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Notre Dame Regional High School...
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C3D2 GBB: Woodland has tough task against talented, experienced Saxony (2/21/24)The Woodland High School varsity girl’s basketball program has enjoyed a stellar 2023-24 season, as its 18 victories are the most by the program in over a decade. However, that doesn’t make tonight’s match-up with Saxony Lutheran in the semifinal round of the MSHSAA Class 3 District 2 Tournament at Bloomfield (6 p.m.) any less daunting.
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C3D2GBB: Woodland gets defensive in 2H for W over hot Bloomfield (2/20/24)BLOOMFIELD – There weren’t very many girl’s basketball squads that entered the 2023-24 postseason on Monday playing better than Bloomfield.
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Inside “District of Death,” challenging road to Class 3 District 2 boys title (2/12/24)One of the most anticipated parts of every preseason for local schools, players and fans is the release of MSHSAA’s class and district assignments. It gives you a great representation of what to expect in the postseason, giving out the teams, location and your paths to a district and state title...
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Meadow Heights GBB withstands furious Woodland rally (2/6/24)PATTON – Nearly two months ago, the Woodland High School girl’s basketball team unleashed an effective triangle-and-two defense in its game against Meadow Heights, and first-year Panther coach Tim Winkler fell on the proverbial sword in recalling his team’s 44-30 loss to the Cardinals in the Chaffee Invitational in December.
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Woodland coach wants more despite road rout of Meadow Heights (2/6/24)PATTON – If you want evidence of why it won’t be easy to face the Woodland High School boy’s basketball squad in the ever-nearing MSHSAA State Tournament, there is the fact that the Cardinals are seven points shy of having won 10 consecutive games, or that Woodland is 16-5 overall, but it is mostly this: After beating a solid Meadow Heights team in Patton on Monday 89-67, third-year Cardinal coach Shawn Kinder spent several minutes in the hallway with his coaching staff dissecting all that his team did WRONG in the road rout.
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SCAA: Woodland regroups following dramatic defeat to claim 3rd place (1/29/24)BLOOMFIELD – It is typically a coach’s job to teach his/her players lessons. However, in the case of the Woodland High School varsity boy’s basketball squad, the young Cardinals helped third-year Cardinal coach Shawn Kinder through some trying moments recently.
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SCAA: Rebels get past Cardinals in dramatic, final moments for shot at title (1/27/24)BLOOMFIELD – When Woodland High School sophomore guard Korbin Kinder rose for a game-tying 3-point shot in the final seconds, fifth-year Richland (Essex) boy’s basketball coach Matt Cline clutched his bottle of Diet Mt. Dew a little tighter.
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Donettes lock up OFC, go to 16-0 (1/27/24)NEELYVILLE — The Doniphan Donettes claimed the regular-season championship in the Ozark Foothills Conference Friday night with a 63-36 road victory over the Neelyville Lady Tigers. Doniphan extended its undefeated season record to 16-0 and claimed the OFC championship for their fourth consecutive year...
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SCAA: Woodland makes effective use of its time in tourney rout (1/24/24)BLOOMFIELD – With only a month remaining before MSHSAA boy’s basketball squads enter postseason play, coaches throughout the state are trying to remedy the weak spots in their teams with the remaining opportunities to do so in game situations.
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Young Bloomfield coach has 'Cats playing 'fundamental' hoops entering SCAA Tourney (1/22/24)History says that the Bloomfield High School boy’s basketball squad won’t make much noise in this week’s Stoddard County Athletic Association Tournament, which will be played in the Wildcats’ iconic gymnasium beginning today.
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Woodland GBB enjoying another strong season via senior leadership (1/20/24)MARBLE HILL – The magic number for the Woodland High School girl’s basketball program this winter would be 15. If the Cardinals can reach that amount of victories, it would match the program’s top mark for success over the past eight seasons.
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Woodland shoots down Kelly in battle of C3 ranked squads (1/20/24)MARBLE HILL - Noel Trimmer knew full well how tough of a game his Kelly High School varsity boy’s basketball squad would have at Woodland on Thursday. “That senior group,” Trimmer said of the six senior Cardinal players, “when they played JV for me, they went 22-0. The junior group was 16-1 at one point.”
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BCS GBB Tournament: Woodland dominates (again) en route to third title (1/13/24)PATTON – Each varsity boy’s basketball season, the team at Woodland High School hosts the Woodland Invitational Tournament early in its season. The Cardinals’ girl’s program is seemingly doing something similar in mid-season, but it goes by the name of the Bollinger Cape Scott Conference Tournament, as Woodland has absolutely dominated this event since its inception three years ago.
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Woodland hoops look to rebound - literally and figuratively - against Notre Dame (1/8/24)MARBLE HILL – There have only been three teams that have found success against a talented and balanced Woodland varsity boy’s squad this season, and one of those is Notre Dame.
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Woodland jumps all over Richland (Essex) quickly in hoop rout (1/4/24)MARBLE HILL – So much for momentum in sports meaning much. The Woodland High School varsity boy’s basketball squad recently concluded its three-day jaunt to the Show Me Center for the annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament with a pair of losses to Notre Dame and Scott City following an opening win over Meadow Heights.
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2023 Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament: Top performers from each team (12/31/23)After four days (Dec. 26-30), 26 games, and 40 hours of listening to fans at the Show Me Center scream, "Get the rebound!" and "That's a foul!" the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament is now in the books. Cape Central has once again claimed the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament championship by defeating Jackson. ...