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2012 Dunklin County American Legion baseball schedule released, tryouts May 19-20 (05/12/12)
The 2012 Dunklin County Post 303 Legacy Equipment American Legion baseball schedule has been released. Dunklin County is slated to open its season with a home doubleheader against Blytheville, Ark., on June 2. The first pitch is slated for 2 p.m. at the Senath-Hornersville High School baseball field...

Kennett, Portageville advance to Bootheel Conference softball championship (05/09/12)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs and Kennett Lady Indians are set to meet in the Bootheel Conference Tournament softball championship for a second straight season. Top-seeded Portageville punched its ticket to Wednesday's championship with a 7-1 win against No. 5 seeded South Pemiscot Tuesday...

Perfect day: Grantham's gem propels Kennett to Bootheel Conference title (05/04/12)
Adam Grantham struck out Malden's first 11 batters on his way to a 17-strikeout performance and the first perfect game of his high school career.

Kennett, Malden advance to Bootheel Conference baseball championship (05/03/12)
KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians and Malden Green Wave are set to collide in the Bootheel Conference baseball championship for a third straight season. Top-seeded Kennett earned its spot in Thursday's final with a 16-6 five-inning win against fourth-seeded South Pemiscot Wednesday afternoon...

Scott City boys and Chaffee girls win SEMO South meet (05/01/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- For the fourth straight year, the Chaffee Lady Devils won the SEMO South conference track meet Monday at East Prairie High School. Chaffee scored 177 points to beat out the remaining seven schools. "We talked about that before the meet and to win four in a row is just a huge accomplishment," Chaffee track coach Travis Caulkins said. "I'm very proud of the girls."...

SHS golfers take second in the SEMO Conference (05/01/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Sikeston golf team finished second during the SEMO Conference tournament Monday as Kirk Hoggatt led the Bulldogs to a 329 finish. Hoggatt scored a 77, which tied him for second overall. "It was really good to see Kirk get out and have a good day," Sikeston golf coach Andy McGill said. "He's struggled a bit during his last few tournaments and to see him shoot well was a good sign."...

High school roundup: Notre Dame boys track and field team runs to conference championship (05/01/12)
All the scores from Monday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

SHS soccer falls at Marion; Jays' baseball snaps losing streak (04/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com MARION, Ill. -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs fell to Marion, Ill., Thursday 3-1. Madison Chaney scored her 14th goal of the season in the loss. Sikeston (5-9) fell behind 2-1 at the half in another windy contest. With the assist from Monica Carter, Chaney punched in the Lady Bulldogs' only goal in the 35th minute...

Red Devils Invitational (04/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Red Devils track team swept their own meet Thursday during the Chaffee Red Devil Invitational. The boys scored a total of 139 while the girls finished with 133. Through balanced scoring and three first place finishes, the Chaffee boys ended up well ahead of their closest competitor, Charleston, who scored 79.5 points...

SHS soccer falls at Marion; Jays' baseball snaps losing streak (04/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com MARION, Ill. -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs fell to Marion, Ill., Thursday 3-1. Madison Chaney scored her 14th goal of the season in the loss. Sikeston (5-9) fell behind 2-1 at the half in another windy contest. With the assist from Monica Carter, Chaney punched in the Lady Bulldogs' only goal in the 35th minute...

Holland, Braves slip past Hayti 6-4 (04/25/12)
SIKESTON -- Scott County Central senior Nathan Holland has seen both sides of Braves baseball in just two short years. Holland is one of three players returning from the Braves' record breaking 11-8 season a year ago in which they won their first district tournament game in recent memory...

Kennett track teams place third at Riverbend (04/23/12)
NEW MADRID -- The 28th Annual Riverbend Invitational track meet saw the Chaffee Red Devils and Dexter Lady Bearcats put up strong showings to win their respective sides of the meet. On the boy's side the Red Devils posted a team score of 88 points to best Caruthersville, who had 85, for the top spot...

Dexter girls, Chaffee boys earn wins in Riverbend Invitational (04/20/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- The 28th Annual Riverbend Invitational track meet saw the Chaffee Red Devils and Dexter Lady Bearcats put up strong showings to win their respective sides of the meet. On the boy's side the Red Devils posted a team score of 88 points to best Caruthersville, who had 85, for the top spot...

NMCC softball team edges Twin Rivers; SHS boys track team wins meet (04/19/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- The New Madrid County Central softball team edged past Twin Rivers 7-6 on Wednesday to stay unbeaten on the season. The Lady Eagles scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth for a 7-2 lead and held on to beat the Lady Royals, improving to 11-0 on the season and notching their 54th straight win...

Risco one-hits Gideon for conference win (04/13/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com GIDEON -- The Risco Tigers allowed just one hit in a 13-0 win over Gideon in a Tri-County Conference game on Thursday. Matt Cummins earned the win, pitching four innings, allowing just one hit while Chris Pavy finished the game by striking out the side in the fifth...

Rosters set for BA Sports All-Star Extravaganza (04/07/12)
The 2012 BA Sports All-Star Extravaganza is slated for Apr. 14 at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter, Mo. The event will feature top high school seniors from over 65 southeast Missouri schools competing in volleyball and basketball competitions. The games start at 9 a.m...

Charleston boys, Chaffee girls win meet (04/06/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Led by five first place finishes, the Charleston Bluejays boys track and field team won their own meet Thursday at the Charleston Invitational at Charleston High School. The Chaffee Lady Devils took the girls team title with a total of 140 points...

MBCA all-district basketball teams (04/04/12)
Missouri Basketball Coaches Association All-District Teams Note: Indicates player was also selected to MBCA All-State Team Boys Basketball Class 1, District 1 Luke Bixler - Risco Andy Rinehart - Gideon Mikey Jones - Clarkton Logan Blackburn - Clarkton...

Eva G. Hinshaw Memorial: Chaffee Lady Devils take first place (04/01/12)
EAST PRAIRIE -- The Chaffee Lady Devils took first place at the 2nd Annual Eva G. Hinshaw Memorial Track & Field Tournament Friday at East Prairie High School. Chaffee, who scored a total of 133 points, had six first place finishes. "I'm very happy with these girls tonight," Chaffee girls coach Travis Caulkins said. "The thing was, it was every event. We had a couple standouts but it was just points all over the place. That's what makes it great."...

2012 sportswriters all-region basketball team (03/30/12)
The 2012 southeast Missouri sportswriters all-region basketball team voted on by southeast Missouri media. BOYS BASKETBALL CLASS 5 First Team: Jamal Cox, 6-5, soph., Cape Central Karson King, 6-5, soph., Jackson Kendric McCain, 6-0, sr., Poplar Bluff...

Bootheel Conference girls basketball awards released (03/30/12)
The Kennett Lady Indians girls basketball program took home the top awards in the Bootheel Conference in the 2011-2012 basketball season. Kennett senior center Audrey Wynne was selected as the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Wynne averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks per game...

Bootheel Conference boys basketball awards released (03/29/12)
The awards continue to stack up for the Hayti Indians boys basketball program even after the conclusion of the 2011-2012 basketball season. Hayti senior forward Jerome Thomas has been selected as the Bootheel Conference boys basketball Player of the Year and Hayti coach Philip Taylor has been selected as the Bootheel Conference Coach of the Year...

Dexter rallies past Oran; NMCC rolls (03/28/12)
DEXTER -- The Dexter Bearcats scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and got past visiting Oran 8-5 on Tuesday. The Bearcats took advantage of five Oran errors while committing only one of their own. Brad Potts had two hits to lead Dexter (2-1) while Alex Cliff had a two-run home run in the first inning...

Tribe run-rules Hayti Indians (03/27/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians baseball team scored a season-high 11 runs on its way to a convincing 11-1 win against the Hayti Indians Monday afternoon. Kennett, which improved to 3-1 on the season and 1-0 in regular-season Bootheel Conference play with the win, never trailed in the five-inning contest...

Kennett baseball team run-rules Hayti (03/27/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians baseball team scored a season-high 11 runs on its way to convincing 11-1 win against the Hayti Indians Monday afternoon. Kennett, which improved to 3-1 on the season and 1-0 in regular-season Bootheel Conference play with the win, never trailed in the five-inning contest...

Kennett baseball team run-rules Hayti (03/27/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians baseball team scored a season-high 11 runs on its way to a convincing 11-1 win against the Hayti Indians Monday afternoon. Kennett, which improved to 3-1 on the season and 1-0 in regular-season Bootheel Conference play with the win, never trailed in the five-inning contest...

Kennett boys and girls place first at track meet (03/23/12)
The Kennett track team hosted New Madrid County Central, East Prairie and Hayti for a practice meet Tuesday. Kennett had seven female athletes finish first in their respective individual events and two relay teams take first place. The Kennett girls team finished first with 83 points. Hayti finished second with 82 points. New Madrid County Central calculated a third-place score of 32 points and East Prairie finished fourth with 12 points...

Hayti boys beat Osceola 78-53 in Class 2 third-place game (03/16/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Hayti Indians boys basketball coach Philip Taylor wanted all of his players to leave the state tournament with unforgettable memories of the program's first trip to the final four in 29 years. All 12 players received playing time on the Indians roster in Friday's Class 2 third-place contest against Osceola...

Class 2: Hayti rolls to third place finish (03/18/12)
COLUMBIA -- Hayti made a complete turnaround from their Thursday disappointment. Unlike their semifinal game, the Indians created turnovers, shot well and played their style which led to a 79-54 win over Osceola and a third place finish on Friday during the Class 2 state tournament at Mizzou Arena in Columbia...

Hayti boys beat Osceola 78-53 in Class 2 third-place game (03/18/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Hayti Indians boys basketball coach Philip Taylor wanted all of his players to leave the state tournament with unforgettable memories of the program's first trip to the final four in 29 years. All 12 players received playing time on the Indians roster in Friday's Class 2 third-place contest against Osceola...

Strong second half pushes Billings past Hayti boys in Class 2 state semifinal (03/16/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. --- Hayti Indians boys basketball coach Philip Taylor liked his team's chances of advancing to the Class 2 state championship at halftime of Thursday's state semifinal contest against the Billings Wildcats.

Big 2nd half lifts Billings over Hayti (03/16/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. --- Hayti Indians boys basketball coach Philip Taylor liked his team's chances of advancing to the Class 2 state championship at halftime of Thursday's state semifinal contest against the Billings Wildcats. "I really thought we had momentum and control," Taylor said of entering halftime trailing Billings by just one point at 29-28. ...

Second half swoon sinks Hayti title hopes (03/16/12)
COLUMBIA -- Outscored 50-32 in the second half, the Hayti Indians couldn't punch their ticket to the Class 2 finals on Thursday falling to Billings 79-60 their semifinals game at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Maurion Newbill led Hayti with 12 points off the bench while Jerome Thomas added 10 points and 11 rebounds...

VIDEO: Press conferences from the final four (03/16/12)
Video of Scott County Central, Hayti and Charleston players and coaches talking about their games Thursday at the final four.

Strong second half pushes Billings past Hayti boys in Class 2 state semifinal (03/16/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. --- Hayti Indians boys basketball coach Philip Taylor liked his team's chances of advancing to the Class 2 state championship at halftime of Thursday's state semifinal contest against the Billings Wildcats.

Briefly: Billings defeats Hayti boys basketball team 79-60 in Class 2 state semifinal contest (03/15/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Hayti Indians boys basketball team suffered a 79-60 loss to the Billings Wildcats in its Class 2 state semifinal contest Thursday afternoon. Hayti (21-10) trailed Billings (28-3) by one point at halftime. Billings went on a 22-2 run in the third quarter and led 55-43 entering the final period. The Indians never trimmed the margin to single digits in the four the quarter...

Hayti boys cruise past Oran, advance to state final four for first time since 1983 (03/13/12)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Hayti Indians boys basketball coach Philip Taylor tried to instill confidence in his shooters heading into Saturday's state quarterfinal contest against the Oran Eagles. "We were one of 16 from 3-point range Wednesday night," Taylor said of Hayti's triple overtime state sectional win against state-ranked Thayer. ...

Huge second half lifts Hayti over Oran (03/12/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- The Hayti Indians are known for being an athletic team that crashes the boards hard. Combine that aspect with accurate perimeter shooting and it's a combination that proved to be too much for Oran to overcome as Hayti rolled to a 74-48 victory in a Class 2 quarterfinal game at Dexter High School...

Briefly: Hayti boys basketball team advances to state final four (03/11/12)
The Hayti varsity boys basketball program advanced to the state final four for the first time since 1983 with a convincing 74-48 win against the Oran Eagles in a Class 2 quarterfinal contest Saturday. Hayti improved its record to 21-10 with the victory...

Oran boys basketball team's charge to final four falls short (03/11/12)
The Oran boys basketball team fell to Hayti 74-48 in a Class 2 state quarterfinal Saturday.

Oran's charge to final four falls short (03/11/12)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Both the Hayti and Oran boys basketball teams were surprise participants in the Class 2 quarterfinal round. Only the Indians will get to continue their storybook season following Saturday's 74-48 romp at Dexter High School. "Unbelievable," Hayti coach Phillip Taylor said after the Indians secured their first trip to the final four since the 1983 squad claimed a state title. "My heart's beating 100 miles an hour."...

March 10, 2012 Scoreboard (03/10/12)
Boys Basketball Class 2 state quarterfinal Hayti 74, Oran 48 Class 1 state quarterfinal Scott County Central 65, Eminence 51

Hayti boys move one step closer to state final four with triple OT win against Thayer (03/08/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Hayti Indians varsity boys basketball coach Phillip Taylor used two words to describe his team's third straight dramatic playoff victory Wednesday evening "Cardiac kids," Taylor said of his team. "They are the 'cardiac kids.' We come out a little flat the first half and then for some strange reason we turn it on and decide to play. ...

Local teams seeking to advance to semifinals (03/09/12)
davidj@standard-democrat.com POPLAR BLUFF -- Several local boys teams will be fighting to make it to the state semifinals this weekend in Classes 1, 2 and 3. Here is a breakdown of the games featuring local teams. 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Poplar Bluff High School...

Hayti boys move one step closer to state final four with triple OT win against Thayer (03/09/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Hayti Indians varsity boys basketball coach Phillip Taylor used two words to describe his team's third straight dramatic playoff victory Wednesday evening "Cardiac kids," Taylor said of his team. "They are the 'cardiac kids.' We come out a little flat the first half and then for some strange reason we turn it on and decide to play. ...

March 7, 2012 Scoreboard (03/07/12)
Girls Basketball Class 2 sectional New Haven 49, Meadow Heights 48

SCC-Risco highlights sectional play (03/06/12)
davidj@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- Several local teams will be taking part in playoff basketball this week, beginning with sectionals in Class 1 today and Class 2 and 3 Wednesday. Here is a breakdown of the games featuring local teams. 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Bearcat Event Center (Dexter)...

Hayti boys claim district championship with overtime win against Holcomb (03/04/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- For a second consecutive night overtime was required to determine a winner at the Class 2, District 1, boys basketball tournament. The second-seeded Holcomb Hornets and fourth-seeded Hayti Indians were tied at 44 at the end of regulation after the Indians' Jerome Thomas had a 2-point shot inside the free-throw line rim out at the buzzer...

Hayti boys claim district championship with overtime win against Holcomb (03/03/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- For a second consecutive night overtime was required to determine a winner at the Class 2, District 1, boys basketball tournament. The second-seeded Holcomb Hornets and fourth-seeded Hayti Indians were tied at 44 at the end of regulation after the Indians' Jerome Thomas had a 2-point shot inside the free-throw line rim out at the buzzer...

Holcomb boys advance to district final with double overtime win against Bernie (03/03/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- Two overtimes were necessary Thursday night to determine if the Bernie Mules or Holcomb Hornets would reach the Class 2, District 1, boys basketball championship. The Mules maintained a double-digit lead twice in the 40-minute classic, while the Hornets largest lead was six in the fourth head-to-head meeting between the two squads...

Hayti boys upset top-seeded Portageville at the buzzer (03/02/12)
HAYTI -- Despite the fact that Hunter Turner went into the final seconds of Thursday's Class 2, District 1 semifinals without a field goal, the Hayti Indians entrusted the senior with the most important shot of their season. With the Indians knotted up with Portageville and inbounding the ball on their own baseline with 3.6 seconds remaining, Keenon Norris kicked the ball out to the right side of the arc where Turner was waiting for an open shot...

Holcomb rallies to end Mules' season in double overtime (03/02/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- Two overtimes were necessary Thursday night to determine if the Bernie Mules or Holcomb Hornets would reach the Class 2, District 1, boys basketball championship. The Mules maintained a double-digit lead twice in the 40-minute classic, while the Hornets' largest lead was six points in the fourth head-to-head meeting between the two squads...

Turner's trey at buzzer lifts Hayti to upset of top-seeded Bulldogs (03/02/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- Despite the fact that Hunter Turner went the final seconds of Thursday's Class 2, District 1 without a field goal, the Hayti Indians entrusted the senior with the most important shot of their season. With the Indians knotted up with Portageville and inbounding the ball on their own baseline with 3.6 seconds remaining, Keenon Norris kicked the ball out to the right side of the arc where Turner was waiting for an open shot...

Hayti hits three at buzzer to end Portageville's season (03/02/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com HAYTI -- Despite the fact that Hunter Turner went into the final seconds of Thursday's Class 2, District 1 semifinals without a field goal, the Hayti Indians entrusted the senior with the most important shot of their season...

March 1, 2012 Scoreboard (03/01/12)
Boys Basketball Scott City vs. Saxony Lutheran, 7:30 p.m. Portageville vs. Hayti, 6 p.m. Holcomb vs. Bernie, 7:30 p.m. Class 2 District 2 Winona vs. Thayer, 7:30 p.m. Advance vs. Oran, 8 p.m. Risco vs. Gideon, 7:30 p.m. Scott County Central vs. Oak Ridge, 7:30 p.m...

Prep schedule (02/29/12)
CLASS 4 SECTIONAL at Mineral Area College Sikeston v. De Soto, 7:45 p.m. CLASS 3, DISTRICT 1 TOURNAMENT at Bloomfield Charleston v. Caruthersville, 6 p.m. Kennett v. Doniphan, 7:30 p.m. CLASS 4 SECTIONAL at Mineral Area College Dexter v. Park Hills Central, 6 p.m...

H.S basketball roundup: Portageville, Holcomb and Hayti boys collect district quarterfinal wins (02/28/12)
No. 1 Portageville 67, No. 8 Campbell 30 The top-seeded Portageville Bulldogs boys basketball team held eighth-seeded Campbell to two first-quarter points and never looked back on its way to a 67-30 win in quarterfinal action at the Class 2, District 1, tournament in Hayti Monday...

February 27, 2012 Scoreboard (02/27/12)
Girls Basketball Class 3 District 3 West County 56, Scott City 30 Saxony Lutheran 49, Woodland 35

February 21, 2012 Scoreboard (02/21/12)
Boys Basketball Scott City 60, Portageville 56 Oran 79, Woodland 56 Delta 56, Bell City 49 Kennett 78, Scott County Central 63 Bernie 56, Holcomb 48 Girls Basketball...

NMCC falls in OT; Risco tops Hayti (02/11/12)
JACKSON -- The New Madrid County Central Eagles rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit but fell in overtime to the Jackson Indians 54-50 on Friday night. Jackson raced to a 19-6 lead after one quarter and held a 34-25 at the half but NMCC held the Indians to just eight points in both the third and fourth quarter, tying the game at 50-50...

State-ranked Bernie snaps Hayti's 7-game winning streak (02/08/12)
BERNIE, Mo. -- The Hayti Indians boys basketball team ran into a buzzsaw when it visited the state-ranked Bernie Mules Tuesday night. Bernie outscored Hayti in every quarter on its way to a convincing 71-43 win. "I'm real proud of our team tonight," Bernie coach Brad Botsch said. "Hayti is coming off the Bootheel Conference Championship and we really stepped up and played well. We've faced some adversity lately, and our kids really bought in and stepped up."...

State-ranked Bernie snaps Hayti's 7-game winning-streak (02/08/12)
BERNIE, Mo. -- The Hayti Indians boys basketball team ran into a buzzsaw when it visited the state-ranked Bernie Mules Tuesday night. Bernie outscored Hayti in every quarter on its way to a convincing 71-43 win. "I'm real proud of our team tonight," Bernie coach Brad Botsch said. "Hayti is coming off the Bootheel Conference Championship and we really stepped up and played well. We've faced some adversity lately, and our kids really bought in and stepped up."...

February 7, 2012 Scoreboard (02/07/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com

Top seeds advance to semifinals of Bootheel Conference girls basketball tournament (02/07/12)
No. 1 Kennett 64, No. 8 Hayti 17 The defending champion Kennett Lady Indians defeated the Caruthersville Lady Tigers 64-17 in its opening-round contest Monday at the Bootheel Conference Tournament. No. 1 seeded Kennett outscored No. 8 seeded Caruthersville in every quarter to improve its record against Bootheel Conference teams to 12-0...

Hayti beats Kennett 53-51, wins BHC tournament for first time since 1997 (02/04/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti coach Philip Taylor was uncertain how his team would respond with a title on the line in the closing minutes of regulation entering Friday night's Bootheel Conference Tournament championship against two-time defending champion Kennett...

Hayti beats Kennett 53-51, wins BHC tournament for first time since 1997 (02/05/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti coach Philip Taylor was uncertain how his team would respond with a title on the line in the closing minutes of regulation entering Friday night's Bootheel Conference Tournament championship against two-time defending champion Kennett...

Hayti upsets Caruthersville 62-54, advances to conf. final for first time since 2000 (02/03/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti players struggled to remain seated on its bench Thursday as the final minute ticked off the clock in its semifinal contest at the Bootheel Conference Tournament against the state-ranked Caruthersville Tigers. The excitement was fitting for a fourth-seeded Hayti Indians team, which had suffered a 66-52 loss to top-seeded Caruthersville 21 days earlier, but led by single digits as the clock approached zero Thursday night...

Scott City, Risco cruise to easy wins (02/04/12)
SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Rams improved to 15-6 with an easy 62-30 win over East Prairie on homecoming Friday night. Scott City led 21-9 after one quarter and 34-15 at the half before running away with the game in the third quarter. "We had a to play without our starting point guard, but I thought we played well," said Scott City coach Mark Dannenmueller. ...

Hayti upsets Caruthersville 62-54, advances to conf. final for first times since 2000 (02/04/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti players struggled to remain seated on its bench Thursday as the final minute ticked off the clock in its semifinal contest at the Bootheel Conference Tournament against the state-ranked Caruthersville Tigers. The excitement was fitting for a fourth-seeded Hayti Indians team, which had suffered a 66-52 loss to top-seeded Caruthersville 21 days earlier, but led by single digits as the clock approached zero Thursday night...

Kennett boys win third meeting against Portageville 54-43 (02/04/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball coach Jim Vaughan was confident his team would experience success in the paint entering Thursday night's Bootheel Conference semifinal contest against the second-seeded Portageville Bulldogs...

Briefly: Hayti defeats Kennett 53-51 in BHC boys championship (02/03/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The fourth-seeded Hayti Indians boys basketball team defeated the third-seeded Kennett Indians 53-51 Friday night in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship. Two-time defending tournament champion Kennett trailed Hayti 32-22 at halftime...

February 3, 2012 Scoreboard (02/03/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com

Briefly: Hayti defeats Kennett 53-51 in BHC boys championship (02/03/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The fourth-seeded Hayti Indians boys basketball team defeated the third-seeded Kennett Indians 53-51 Friday night in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship. Two-time defending tournament champion Kennett trailed Hayti 32-22 at halftime...

Kennett receives No. 1 seed in BHC girls basketball tournaments (02/02/12)
The Kennett Lady Indians have received the No. 1 seed in the upcoming varsity and junior varsity girls basketball tournaments. The tournaments will take place Feb. 6-9 at Campbell. The junior varsity championship will be played Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. and the varsity final will follow at approximately 7:30 p.m...

Varsity semifinals set after Tuesday's action at the BHC boys hoops tournament (02/02/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The top four seeds - No. 1 Caruthersville, No. 2 Portageville, No. 3 Kennett and No. 4 Hayti - avoided upsets in the opening-round of the Bootheel Conference varsity boys basketball tournament at Caruthersville Monday and Tuesday...

Kennett, Portageville advance to semifinals at varsity BHC boys tournament (02/01/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The top four seeds - No. 1 Caruthersville, No. 2 Portageville, No. 3 Kennett and No. 4 Hayti - avoided upsets in the opening-round of the Bootheel Conference varsity boys basketball tournament at Caruthersville Monday and Tuesday...

Caruthersville, Kennett boys advance to junior varsity conference title game (02/01/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The top-seeded Caruthersville Tigers and second-seeded Kennett Indians booked their tickets to the junior varsity Bootheel Conference championship with semifinal victories Tuesday. Caruthersville trailed fifth-seeded Malden 27-20 at halftime before it outscored Malden 18-6 in the third quarter on its way to a 53-46 win...

Bootheel Conference Basketball History: 1905 to present (01/31/12)
The origin of organized basketball in southeast Missouri actually began at Caruthersville in 1905 with some scattered towns teams for competition to the Tigers. Senath began play in 1906, Kennett had its first team in 1908 and Hayti started in 1910. ...

Day 1 Results: Bootheel Conference Boys Basketball Tournament (01/31/12)
Note: A complete photo gallery of Day 1 of the tournament is available at this linke Tournament Photos CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- A strong first half helped the Hayti Indians defeat the Malden Green Wave 68-53 in the only varsity contest at the Bootheel Conference boys basketball tournament at Caruthersville Monday...

Bootheel Conference Basketball History: 1905 to present (01/31/12)
The origin of organized basketball in southeast Missouri actually began at Caruthersville in 1905 with some scattered towns teams for competition to the Tigers. Senath began play in 1906, Kennett had its first team in 1908 and Hayti started in 1910. ...

Risco scores 117; Oran and Kelly fall (01/28/12)
RISCO -- The Risco Tigers put six players in double figures and rolled to a Homecoming win 117-56 over Southland on Friday night. Risco led 32-11 after one quarter and 64-36 at halftime before building a huge 106-46 lead after three quarters. "It was Homecoming so it was good to see us get a big lead early," said Risco coach Brandon Blankenship. "Our intensity was good and we came out with a lot of fire. When we have everybody clicking, we can be pretty tough."...

Caruthersville boys draw No. 1 seed in upcoming Bootheel Conference boys basketball tournament (01/27/12)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The luck of the draw went to Caruthersville Thursday morning when the Bootheel Conference coaches met to finalize next week's Bootheel Conference varsity and junior varsity boys tournament brackets Seedings for the 7-team Bootheel Conference basketball tournaments are determined by regular-season conference standings...

Caruthersville boys draw No. 1 seed in upcoming Bootheel Conference boys basketball tournament (01/26/12)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The luck of the draw went to Caruthersville Thursday morning when the Bootheel Conference coaches met to finalize next week's Bootheel Conference varsity and junior varsity boys tournament brackets Seedings for the 7-team Bootheel Conference basketball tournaments are determined by regular-season conference standings...

Miller's 29 helps push Senath-Hornersville girls past Hayti (01/24/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- The Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions varsity girls basketball program moved above the .500 mark in conference-play Monday night, collecting a 60-47 Bootheel Conference win against Hayti. "We did a really good job of handling the press and running the floor against them," Senath-Hornersville coach Jamie Johnson said. "Reagan had a good night with 29. We got good looks and was patient with the ball."...

January 19, 2012 Scoreboard (01/19/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

28 athletes make first ever volleyball Academic Bootheel All-Conference Team (01/13/12)
The Bootheel Conference has founded an additional all-conference award. Varsity athletes competing in volleyball, basketball, softball and baseball will be selected to the first ever Academic Bootheel All-Conference Teams in the 2011-2012 school year...

Basketball state rankings: Risco and Charleston ranked No. 1 in Missouri, Kennett girls ranked No. 4 (01/12/12)
Two southeast Missouri schools are projected to win it all at the end of the season in the latest basketball state rankings released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. The Risco Tigers boys basketball team remains unbeaten and is currently ranked No. 1 in Class 1. Scott County Central's boys basketball team is ranked No. 7...

Malden J.V. boys basketball tournament schedule (01/07/12)
The seedings have been released for the Malden junior varsity boys basketball tournament. The eight-team tournament will be played Jan. 9, 12 and 14. The championship is scheduled for Jan. 14 at 12:30 p.m. See a complete schedule for the tournament below:...

January 6, 2012 Scoreboard (01/06/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

January 3, 2012 Scoreboard (01/03/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

2011 Top Ten Dunklin County sports stories (12/31/11)
The accomplishments by Dunklin County athletes in 2011 were unprecedented and at times unheard of before this year. Three teams advanced to the state tournament in their respective sport. The number of Kennett athletes who signed athletic scholarship reached double digits...

Finals set at Twin Rivers (12/29/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Looking for their first trip to the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament finals since 2008, it would have been easy for Portageville to come into overtime deflated after watching Doniphan erase a four-point deficit in the final 12 seconds of regulation...

Kennett boys beat Hayti, advance to semifinals of BCT for third straight season (12/28/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program secured a spot in the championship semifinals of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament for a third straight season Tuesday afternoon, collecting a 55-46 victory against Bootheel Conference rival Hayti in its quarterfinal contest at the 16-team tourney...

Portageville reaches title game; Bernie, Bloomfield, Holcomb pick up tournament victories (12/29/11)
A steal under the basket on the inbounds pass by Doniphan's Brain Patterson capped an improbable comeback by the Dons in the final minute of play that sent their semifinal game against Portageville into overtime, tied at 53-all. But the Bulldogs were not to be denied and regrouped in the extra four minute overtime session to advance to the title game of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament with a 65-62 decision...

Finals set at Twin Rivers (12/29/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Looking for their first trip to the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament finals since 2008, it would have been easy for Portageville to come into overtime deflated after watching Doniphan erase a four-point deficit in the final 12 seconds of regulation...

Holcomb advances to fifth-place final with 50-44 win against Hayti, improves to 4-1 against Class 2 teams (12/29/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets boys basketball program continues to experience success against Class 2 schools in the 2011-12 season. The Hornets improved to 4-1 against Class 2 schools Wednesday afternoon, defeating district rival Hayti 50-44 in its fifth-place semifinal contest at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament...

Bloomfield Christmas Tournament: Day 2 Box Scores (12/28/11)
CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS No. 1 Kennett 55, No. 8 Hayti 46 Top-seeded Kennett defeated No. 8 seeded Hayti 55-46 in its quarterfinal contest Tuesday. Box Score HHS 11 13 13 9 - 46 KHS 16 13 12 14 - 55 HAYTI (46) - Maurion Newbill 4, Jermel Covington 5, Keydric Dillard 2, Hunter Turner 9, Austin Watkins 2, Karnard Humes 3, Jerome Thomas 12, Demetrius Luster 9. FG 19, F/T 6/10, F 14. (3-pointers: Covington 1, Turner 1. Fouled out: None)...

Kennett boys beat Hayti, advance to semifinals of BCT for third straight season (12/28/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program secured a spot in the championship semifinals of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament for a third straight season Tuesday afternoon, collecting a 55-46 victory against Bootheel Conference rival Hayti in its quarterfinal contest at the 16-team tourney...

First round features only one upset (12/27/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield Christmas Tournament got off to a strong start on Monday, with only one upset on the day. The seeds held true except for host Bloomfield, who lost to Saxony Lutheran 46-30 in the tournament's next-to-last game...

Bloomfield Christmas Tournament: Day 1 Results (including box scores) (12/26/11)
Monday's box scores and Tuesday's schedule for the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.

Holcomb boys sneak past Hayti 43-36 (12/16/11)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The Holcomb varsity boys basketball program collected a key 43-36 win against Class 2 district rival Hayti Tuesday. Holcomb led 14-6 after the first quarter and entered halftime with a 24-16 lead. Hayti outscored Holcomb 11-6 in the third quarter, but Holcomb won the fourth quarter by four points...

Kennett boys basketball team defeats Hayti in home opener (12/14/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Kennett Indians boys basketball coach Jim Vaughan targeted an area he said his team must improve in following its 69-54 win against the Hayti Indians in Kennett's home opener Tuesday evening. "I thought we had good stretches," Vaughan said of his team's Bootheel Conference win against Hayti. ...

Breakdown: Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Seedings (12/13/11)
For the second consecutive season the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program has been identified as the favorite to win the 16-team Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Kennett, which has won the tournament each of the last two seasons, was voted the No. 1 seed by the coaches at Monday's seed meeting...

Defending champs Kennett voted team to beat (12/13/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- For the second consecutive season the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program has been identified as the favorite to win the 16-team Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Kennett, which defeated Dexter in the finals last season and has won the tournament each of the last two seasons, was voted the No. 1 seed by the coaches at Monday's seed meeting. Dexter enters the tournament seeded No. 5...

Kennett girls remain perfect, romp Hayti 62-28 (12/13/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball program improved to 3-0 in regular-season Bootheel Conference play Monday night with a 62-28 conference win against the Hayti Indians. "Tonight we were working on some specific things defensively and offensively to try to get better," Kennett coach Spencer Hoffman said. "I was pleased with the effort tonight. So far we've had a great start to the season. We are just trying to get better."...

Breakdown: Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Seedings (12/13/11)
For the second consecutive season the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program has been identified as the favorite to win the 16-team Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Kennett, which has won the tournament each of the last two seasons, was voted the No. 1 seed by the coaches at Monday's seed meeting...

Kennett RB Warren among All-SEMO Conference football selections (12/10/11)
Kennett RB Darius Warren was among the players selected to the All-SEMO Conference football team. Warren was selected Central offensive team. "Darius had a big season for us statistically," Kennett football coach Corey Adkisson said. "He might have been the second leading rusher in the conference. He was an outstanding player...

Kennett and Hayti win varsity girls basketball games (12/09/11)
The Kennett Lady Indians varsity basketball team collected a 71-24 against Portageville Thursday. Kennett recorded 10 3-pointers in the game, The Hayti varsity girls beat Malden 40-14. Kennett is back in action Dec. 12 when it hosts Hayti.

Kennett 7th and 8th grade boys basketball teams win conference tourney (12/09/11)
MALDEN, Mo. -- The Kennett middle school boys basketball program took home first place in the seventh and eighth grade division at the Bootheel Conference Tournament in Malden, Mo., Thursday. 7th Grade Championship The top-seeded Kennett seventh grade collected a 36-31 win against second-seeded Hayti...

December 8, 2011 Scoreboard (12/08/11)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

Kennett, Hayti and Senath-Hornersville advance to middle school hoops finals (12/08/11)
MALDEN, Mo. -- All four top seeds walked away victorious in the semifinal round of the middle school Bootheel Conference boys basketball tournament Wednesday at Malden. The results guarantee the top seeds will battle it out in the 7th and 8th grade conference championships Thursday at Malden...

Boys Bootheel Conference middle school hoops basketball tourney schedule (12/06/11)
The semifinals of the boys Bootheel Conference middle school basketball tourney are slated for Wednesday in Malden. The finals will be played Thursday. Wednesday's Schedule: 7th grade: No. 1 Kennett vs. No. 5 Caruthersville, 4 p.m. 8th grade: No. 1 Kennett vs. No. 4 Caruthersville/No. 5 Hayti winner, 5:15...

Gideon tourney roundup: Hayti boys, South Pemiscot and Caruthersville girls end tourney with victories (12/06/11)
No. 3 Hayti 69, No. 4 North Pemiscot 40 (Boys Consolation Championship) The third-seeded Hayti Indians rebounded from an opening-round loss at the Gideon boys basketball tournament to take home the consolation championship Saturday. Hayti defeated fourth-seeded North Pemiscot 69-40 in the final...

Gideon surpasses Hayti in closing seconds at Gideon tourney (12/01/11)
GIDEON, Mo. -- Gideon Bulldogs' junior forward Zach Ingram controlled his team's fate in the closing seconds of its quarterfinal contest against the Hayti Indians at the Gideon Tournament Wednesday afternoon. Sixth-seeded Gideon trailed third-seed Hayti 66-65 when Ingram was fouled inside the paint and just to the left of the basket as he attempted a shot with seven seconds remaining in regulation. The foul sent Ingram to the line to shoot two free throws...

Basketball Roundup: Holcomb and Bernie to meet in Bernie Inv. semifinals Thursday (11/30/11)
The stage is set for a 7:30 p.m. showdown Thursday evening between the Bernie Mules and Holcomb Hornets boys basketball programs. Both teams collected wins Tuesday evening in the quarterfinals of the Bernie Invitational Tournament. The No. 2 seeded Mules placed three players in double figures on its way to a convincing 81-23 win against the Campbell Camels. Troy Kirkpatrick led the Mules in scoring with 26 points. Jesse Shelton added 24 and Sam Turner tallied 14...

Preview: Senath-Hornersville girls basketball team (11/26/11)
The Senath-Hornersville Lions girls basketball program enters the 2011-12 season looking to build on a historic 2010-11 season. The Lions finished 21-7 in 2011, won its first district title in school history in girls basketball and graduated an all-state basketball player in Seleena Neal, who later signed to play basketball at Crowder Community College...

Preview: Kennett Indians boys basketball team (11/26/11)
The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program enters the 2011-12 season with a new look following a successful varsity and junior varsity season last year. Kennett, which is coming off back-to-back seasons of at least 20 wins at the varsity level, graduated nine seniors in 2011. Kennett's junior varsity went 19-2 last season...

Kennett sweeps Hayti in boys hoops in front of near capacity crowd (11/22/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians middle school basketball program collected its second sweep in a 24-hour period Tuesday afternoon. Kennett, fresh off a sweep against Malden in middle school hoops Monday evening, took to the floor Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. against the Hayti Indians...

Kennett sweeps Hayti in middle school boys hoops (11/23/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians middle school basketball program collected its second sweep in a 24-hour period Tuesday afternoon. Kennett, fresh off a sweep against Malden in middle school hoops Monday evening, took to the floor Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. against the Hayti Indians...

Bootheel Conference basketball finals set following Crossno's buzzer beater (11/19/11)
HAYTI, Mo. -- Down by one point with less than 10 seconds remaining in Thursday's night seventh grade Bootheel Conference semifinal match between Senath-Hornersville Lions and Campbell Camels the Lions' Maggie Crossno remained determined to extend her team's season...

Bootheel Conference basketball finals set following Crossno's buzzer beater (11/18/11)
HAYTI, Mo. -- Down by one point with less than 10 seconds remaining in Thursday's night seventh grade Bootheel Conference semifinal match between Senath-Hornersville Lions and Campbell Camels the Lions' Maggie Crossno remained determined to extend her team's season...

Grantham, Dollins and Warren among players selected to all-region football team (11/17/11)
The 2011 media all-region football team has been released. Three Kennett athletes were selected to the Class 3 all-region team. Kennett running back Darius Warren and quarterback Adam Grantham were selected first-team all-region. Kennett's Logan Dollins was selected second-team all-region...

Kennett 8th grade girls advance in BHC basketball tourney (11/16/11)
HAYTI, Mo. -- The Kennett eighth grade girls basketball team collected a 31-23 victory against Caruthersville in the opening-round of the Bootheel Conference Tournament Tuesday. Third-seeded Kennett trailed sixth-seeded Caruthersville 5-2 after the opening quarter of play, but rallied to take an 11-9 lead into halftime. Kennett's offense tallied a quarter-high 14 points in the third period to build a 23-16 lead heading into the final period...

Kennett sweeps Hayti in middle school boys hoops (11/16/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The success continues for the Kennett middle school boys basketball program. Kennett's seventh grade and eighth grade both collected home conference victories against the Hayti Indians Tuesday evening. Kennett's seventh grade overcame an early 19-11 first-half deficit on its way to a 51-37 win...

Bootheel and Tri-County Conference volleyball awards released (11/15/11)
School officials recently released the Tri-County Conference and Bootheel Conference all-conference awards. South Pemiscot's Heather Yarbrough was selected as the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Yarbrough finished the season with over 200 assists...

Bootheel Conf. middle school girls hoops tourney schedule set (11/14/11)
The schedule for the 2011 girls middle school basketball tournament has been released. The tournament is scheduled to be played at Hayti Nov. 14-18. See a complete schedule for the tournament below: 7th Grade Quarterfinals (Nov. 14) 4. Malden vs. 5. Portageville, 5 p.m...

High School Football Statistics: Week 10 (11/02/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics Individual statistics...

High School Football Statistics: Week 9 (10/26/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics Individual statistics...

High School Football Statistics: Week 8 (10/24/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics Individual statistics...

Hayti football team overcomes early errors to stop Cabool (10/22/11)
HAYTI, Mo. -- Cabool kept it close in the first half, thanks to several Hayti miscues, but the Indians got on track and rolled to a 36-12 victory over the visiting Bulldogs Friday night in Class 1 District 1 action. Hayti (6-2, 1-1) gave up a long interception return to set up one score and muffed a punt to set up another to keep Cabool (3-6, 1-1) in the game early but used a strong running attack led by quarterback Kanard Humes and Dylan Riddick to take a 22-12 halftime lead. ...

Kennett middle school ends first week of girls hoops with split against Hayti (10/21/11)
The Kennett Indians middle school girls basketball program concluded its first week of play Thursday afternoon against the Hayti Indians. The Kennett seventh grade notched its third straight victory, defeating Hayti 37-14 to improve to 3-0. "I've got a good bunch of girls that are quick," Kennett middle school basketball coach Janet Hilburn said of the seventh grade. ...

Semoball.com Football Five: Oct. 18 (10/18/11)
The Sikeston Bulldogs' hold on the top of the semoball.com Football Five is perhaps as strong as it has been all season entering their Week 9 contest with No. 4 Cape Central.

High School Football Statistics: Week 7 (10/14/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics Individual statistics...

High school football preview capsules for Week 8 games (10/14/11)
A look at the Week 8 football games involving teams from the Southeast Missourian's coverage area.

Championship set at Bootheel Conference volleyball tourney following three upsets (10/12/11)
SENATH-HORNERSVILLE, Mo. -- It was a night of upsets in the Bootheel Conference volleyball tournament at Senath-Hornersville school Tuesday. The lower seeded team walked away victorious in three of the five varsity contests, including both semifinal games...

Missouri State Football Rankings: Oct. 11 (10/11/11)
Dexter, Caruthersville and Hayti remain state ranked.

Semoball.com Football Five: Oct. 11 (10/11/11)
Dexter jumped up two spots to No. 2 in this week's Southeast Missouri football rankings.

Briefly: Hayti comes from behind to beat Scott City football team (10/08/11)
Hayti junior quarterback Karnard Humes rushed for four touchdowns and 111 yards in his team's 42-35 home victory against Scott City.

Hayti comes from behind to beat Scott City football team (10/09/11)
Hayti junior quarterback Karnard Humes rushed for four touchdowns and 111 yards in his team's 42-35 home victory against Scott City.

High School Football Statistics: Week 6 (10/07/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics Individual statistics...

High school football capsules for Week 7 (10/07/11)
Last week: Farmington 45, Poplar Bluff 7; St. Charles West 31, Central 14 Last year: Central 52, Poplar Bluff 6 Outlook: Central is coming off its first loss under first-year coach Nathan Norman. The Tigers will be looking to establish some consistency at a critical point of the season. ...

Missouri State Football Rankings: Oct. 4 (10/04/11)
Hayti joined the Class 1 rankings at No. 10.

High School Football Statistics: Week 5 (09/30/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics Individual statistics...

September 29, 2011 Scoreboard (09/29/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

Semoball.com Football Five: Sept. 27 (09/27/11)
After five weeks, there is finally a consensus No. 1 football team for southeast Missouri. The Sikeston Bulldogs got all five first-place votes this week, taking the final top vote away from Cape Central. The overall order of the poll is unchanged. The sports staff at each of the newspapers that contribute to semoball are given a vote -- that includes the Daily American Republic (Poplar Bluff), Daily Dunklin Democrat (Kennett), Dexter Daily Statesman, Sikeston Standard Democrat and Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau). ...

High School Football Statistics: Week 4 (09/23/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics Individual statistics...

Schedule released for 16-team Gideon volleyball tournament (09/22/11)
The schedule for the 16-team Gideon volleyball tourney has been released. Pool-play for the tournament is scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Bracket-play begins Saturday at 11 a.m. The team finishing first and second in each pool qualifies for bracket-play. The championship is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday...

Caruthersville football team prevails over Hayti in Battle of the Bootheel (09/17/11)
For the second week in a row, the Caruthersville Tigers fell behind by two scores only to score 30 plus points in the second half while holding their opponents scoreless.

High School Football Statistics: Week 3 (09/16/11)
Statistics are provided by coaches each week. Statistics must be submitted by 5 p.m. each Tuesday to sports@semissourian.com each week to be included. Team statistics...

Missouri State Football Rankings: Sept. 13 (09/13/11)
Caruthersville moved up a spot in Class 2 while Dexter dropped out of the Class 3 rankings.

Hayti football team dispatches Chaffee in second half (09/11/11)
The Hayti football team defeated Chaffee 26-6 on Friday.

Briefly: Hayti pulls away from Chaffee football team (09/10/11)
Hayti snapped a tie with a pair of touchdowns in the final minute of the third quarter and handed Chaffee its first loss of the season.

High School Football Statistics: Week 2 (09/09/11)
All of the area high school football leaders.

High school football preview capsules for Week 3 (09/09/11)
A look at the Week 3 games involving the Southeast Missourian coverage area's football teams.

Missouri State Football Rankings: Sept. 6 (09/06/11)
Carthersville and Dexter remain in the top 10 of Class 2 and 3 while Hayti received votes in Class 1.

Hayti bests East Prairie with big second half (08/27/11)
Hayti defeated the Eagles 40-10 on their home field to open the high school football season.

Week 1 Football Preview (08/25/11)
A breakdown of all 15 SEMO Conference football teams.

Hayti's Moore living dream as NFL player (08/06/11)
Once a standout wide receiver and cornerback at Hayti High School who earned All-State honors on both sides of the ball, William Moore helped the Indians win three consecutive conference championships from 2001 to 2003. He finished his high school football career with a school record of 74 receptions for 1,768 yards and 34 touchdowns. ...

Updated: 2011 High School Football Schedules (08/11/11)
Complete schedules for all 17 football teams in the semoball.com coverage area.

Kennett's new football coach Corey Adkisson attends Meet and Greet (05/18/11)
The search has ended. The Kennett high school athletic department officially welcomed new head football coach Corey Adkisson with a Meet and Greet at the Kennett High School Cafeteria on Tuesday evening...

Scott City boys, Chaffee girls win conference (05/05/11)
CHAFFEE -- With a consistent showing throughout each event, the Chaffee Lady Devils track team won the SEMO South Conference girls track meet on Wednesday at Chaffee High School. Chaffee had at least one individual or relay team finish within the top three in all but three of the 18 total events...

Homers help Risco down North Pemiscot (04/15/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com RISCO -- The Risco Tigers hit three home runs en route to an 11-1 win over North Pemiscot on Thursday afternoon. Jordon Pavy hit a solo homer in the third while Chris Pavy hit a 3-run shot in the fourth and Kris Walker hit a 2-run blast in the fifth for the Tigers. Walker also knocked in the final run of the game with a single as he finished 2-for-4 on the day along with Jordon Pavy. Zack Brannon finished 2-for-3 at the plate as well...

Sikeston boys, girls win NMCC open meet (04/13/11)
NEW MADRID -- With scores in the triple digits, the Sikeston Bulldogs track team posted easy wins on both the girls and boys side of the New Madrid County Central open track meet Monday afternoon. The Bulldogs scored of 198 on the boys side easily outpaced Scott City, whose 114.5 points left them in second place. Coming in third was Chaffee with 66...

Charleston boys win Invitational (04/10/11)
CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Bluejays' boys squad won their home meet on Friday beating out 10 other teams at the Charleston Invitational at J.H. Marshall Field. Charleston accumulated 127.5 points in their win. Chaffee came away second with 105 points...

Bootheel Conference basketball awards released (04/07/11)
KENNETT, Mo. - The coaches have released the 2010-11 boys and girls basketball Bootheel Conference Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and all-conference team. Fred Garmon, a 5'10 senior guard, was selected as the boys Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Garmon averaged 14.1 points per game, 5.5 assists per game, 4.9 rebounds per game and 3.0 steals per game...

Track meet takes on new meaning (04/01/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- This years East Prairie Track and Field Invitational took on a whole new meaning. The passing of East Prairie athletic director Eva Hinshaw in early November inspired meet officials to make the biggest meet in Southeast Missouri even bigger by having 16 teams attend...

Senath-Hornersville, Holcomb and Kennett collect victories on the diamond (03/29/11)
Senath-Hornersville defeats Campbell 8-0 CAMPBELL, Mo. -- The Senath-Hornersville Lions did not allow a Campbell Camels' runner to cross home plate on Monday afternoon, on its way to a convincing 8-0 road victory. "I didn't think we swung the bats or pitched real well, but we played well enough to win," Senath-Hornersville coach Randy Smith said of contest...

Risco wins first; Oran routs Advance (03/25/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com WARDELL -- The Risco Tigers won their first Tri-County Conference matchup on Thursday defeating North Pemiscot 15-11. Jordan Pavy picked up the win on the mound while Chris Pavy received the save working the last two innings for the Tigers...

High school roundup: Notre Dame, St. Vincent to meet in semifinals of Noon Optimist girls soccer tournament (03/25/11)
All the scores from Thursday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian

Bernie rallies to reach Class 2, District 1 title game (03/04/11)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Bernie hit 12-of-16 free throws in the fourth quarter and Sammy Walker recorded a double-double as Bernie rallied for a 63-55 win over Hayti Thursday night at Portageville. The win propelled the Mules to the Class 2, District 1 championship game tonight at 7:30 p. m. against the host Bulldogs, 71-52 winners over Holcomb Thursday night...

March 3, 2011 Scoreboard (03/03/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Portageville rolls into semifinals with 83-20 win (03/01/11)
PORTAGEVILLE -- The Portageville Bulldogs advanced to the semifinals of the Class 2, District 1 Tournament by easily defeating Senath-Hornersville 83-20 on Monday. Portageville built a 50-5 lead at halftime and put 10 players in the scoring column as they eased to the win in the second half...

Sikeston girls down Saxony; Risco, SCC win (02/13/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com JACKSON -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs improved to 14-6 on Friday with a 53-38 road win at Saxony Lutheran. Asia Liggins scored 20 to lead Sikeston as the Lady Bulldogs grabbed a 17-6 lead in the first quarter and led 30-15 at halftime...

February 8, 2011 Scoreboard (02/08/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Kennett boys defeat Hayti (02/03/11)

February 3, 2011 Scoreboard (02/03/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

Hayti upsets Malden in Bootheel Conference tourney (01/31/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The No. 5 seeded Hayti Indians only led for six seconds of the fourth quarter in Monday night's Bootheel Conference quarterfinal contest against the No. 4 seeded Malden Green Wave. But six seconds was long enough for the Indians to leave Kennett with a 51-50 upset victory over the Green Wave...

January 31, 2011 Scoreboard (01/31/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

2010-2011 Hayti Boys Basketball Schedule and Roster (01/11/11)
--- Check back later for the 2010-2011 Hayti Boys Basketball roster...

Lady Eagles' JV holds off Hayti varsity 61-55 (01/04/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com NEW MADRID -- After two weeks off for Christmas break, the New Madrid County Central junior varsity girl's basketball team kicked off the new year with a 61-55 win over Hayti's varsity squad Monday night. "There was some bright spots tonight and there was some really ugly spots tonight," Lady Eagles' coach David Crockett said. "But the bottom line is we're going to get better and that's what we have to keep going for."...

Portageville overcomes slow start to win third place over Twin Rivers (12/31/10)
BLOOMFIELD -- Shrugging off Wednesday's 60-47 loss to Kennett in the semifinals, the Portageville Bulldogs rebounded Thursday night with a strong 62-48 to claim third-place in the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. "I thought our kids responded well," Portageville head coach Jason Irby said. "We got good minutes off the bench from some kids and that helped out...

Bearcats headed to championship (12/30/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BLOOMFIELD -- Able to hold a double-digit lead the entire second half over Twin Rivers Wednesday night, the Dexter Bearcats took down the Royals 63-44 to secure a spot against Kennett in the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship game...

Portageville holds off Crusaders (12/29/10)
BLOOMFIELD -- Building an 18-point lead by the fourth quarter against 12th-seeded Saxony Lutheran Tuesday afternoon at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, the fourth-seeded Portageville Bulldogs were able to hold on for a 66-46 win and secure a spot in the semifinals...

Upset, blowouts highlight first--round action (12/28/10)
BLOOMFIELD -- Upsets and blowouts were the order of the day as the 54th annual Bloomfield Christmas tournament tipped-off Monday. Top seed Kennett, No. 2 Dexter and No. 3 Bernie each had blow-out wins, while No. 4 Portageville produced a workman-like 68-52 decision over No. 13 Malden...

Kennett earns big conference win against Hayti (12/15/10)
HAYTI, Mo. -- It was the fast start and the strong finish that allowed the Kennett Indians to leave Hayti with a victory on Tuesday night. Kennett improved their record to 5-1 after defeating Hayti, 78-44. "Right out of the gates, we were ready to go," said Kennett head coach Jim Vaughan. ...

December 14, 2010 Scoreboard (12/14/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Area's best: Sikeston senior Trey Lewis wins Carr Trophy (12/02/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com POPLAR BLUFF -- For the second year in-a-row, the SEMO Conference Carr Trophy was presented to a Sikeston Bulldog. Senior Trey Lewis was presented the award on Wednesday night at the 65th Annual Poplar Bluff Gridiron Banquet honoring Southeast Missouri High School Football...

Sikeston's Trey Lewis wins Carr Trophy (12/02/10)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Another year, another Carr Trophy winner for the Sikeston Bulldogs. Trey Lewis picked up the award as the most outstanding football player in Southeast Missouri at the 65th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet on Wednesday night...

Media makes all-region football selections (12/02/10)
View a complete list of the Southeast Missouri Sportwriters' picks for all-region football.

Green Wave fall to Herky, 29-18 (11/04/10)
HERCULANEUM -- The Malden Green Wave saw their season come to an end in a Class 2 regional football game on Wednesday night, losing to the Herculaneum Blackcats 29-18. Things seem to be going well for Malden, who led 12-7 at halftime and 18-15 after three quarters, but Herculaneum scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to end the Green Wave season at 8-3...

November 3, 2010 Scoreboard (11/03/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

October 22, 2010 Scoreboard (10/22/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

2010 High School Football District Standings (10/28/10)
Check out which teams have earn their spots in the playoffs.

October 15-16, 2010 Scoreboard (10/15/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Kennett / Senath-H'ville rivalry renewed at Bootheel Conference Tourney (10/14/10)
Wednesday night at the Bootheel Conference Volleyball tournament showcased another intense matchup in the rivalry between Kennett and Senath-Hornersville. Before that game was played, Kennett had to defeat the fifth-seeded Hayti Indians, in two sets, to advance to the semifinals and play the top-seeded Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions for a spot in the championship...

Scott City football team suffers fifth straight loss (10/10/10)
Garett Schaefer didn't take on the entire Hayti football team by himself Friday night. It only seemed that way. Schaefer, Scott City's small but tough and fast senior tailback, rushed for 238 yards and scored two touchdowns. The rest of the Rams managed just 17 yards of offense as Hayti handed host Scott City its fifth straight loss, 52-14...

Briefly: Scott City football finishes winless in conference play (10/09/10)
The Rams suffered their fifth straight loss as visiting Hayti rolled to a 52-14 victory.

October 8-9, 2010 Scoreboard (10/08/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

High school football capsules for Week 6 (10/08/10)
Last week: Malden 27, Kennett 12; East Prairie 42, Chaffee 0 Last year: Malden 7, Chaffee 6 Outlook: As in all games around the state, this will be the final game before the three-game district competition begins next week. Malden has won four games straight since suffering its lone loss, 20-12, to Hayti in Week 2. Chaffee also lost to Hayti, a 42-0 loss in Week 3, a game in which the Red Devils only trailed 8-0 at halftime...

October 1, 2010 Scoreboard (10/01/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

September 24, 2010 Scoreboard (09/24/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

High school roundup: Chaffee's running attack quiet in loss (09/12/10)
All the scores from Friday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

September 10, 2010 Scoreboard (09/10/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

High school football capsules for Week 3 (09/10/10)
A look at this week's matchups for the six teams in the Southeast Missourian's coverage area.

September 3, 2010 Scoreboard (09/03/10)
Nightly high school sports scores.