Bloomfield Christmas Tournament

Well along into his 70s, Carl Ritter wears the title of mayor of Advance. If law allowed, it's probably a position he could have gotten voted into as a teen while attending Advance High School. As a 17-year-old, Ritter was a sharp-shooting junior guard who helped lead the Advance Hornets boys basketball team to the title in the College Preps 12th annual holiday tournament...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, a wonderful holidays to all! It's that time of year, and with it comes an annual rite of passage — holiday basketball tournaments. We preview and break down two of the area's biggest holiday boys basketball tournaments, as the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament and Bloomfield Christmas Tournament get set to kick off ...

The second-seeded Indians broke Dexter's recent string of upsets at Bloomfield High School by clinching its fifth championship in the last seven years with a 55-50 victory.