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BREAKING: Semoball Awards winter sports finalists announced (4/24/24)The Semoball Awards finalists for fall sports were announced Wednesday morning on a selection show broadcast live on SEMO ESPN Radio and streamed on the Semoball.com Facebook page. The finalists were selected by a sports panel made up of representatives from the Southeast Missourian, Standard Democrat, Dexter Statesman, Daily American Republic and Delta Dunklin Democrat...
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C1D1 semifinals decided (2/21/24)CLARKTON – The opening games of the Class 1 District 1 Basketball Tournament here Tuesday resulted in three teams advancing to Thursday's semifinals. No.1-seeded Cooter (16-10) takes on challengers No.4-seeded Delta C-7 (Deering) at 6 p.m. and host team, No.3-seeded Clarkton (8-18) resurrects a three-mile rivalry with No.2-seeded Gideon (8-18) following...
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Risco, Clarkton, Cooter, Gideon advance in Tri-County Conference Tournament (2/7/24)RISCO – Competition was fierce Tuesday at the Roy Hon Gymnasium when eight area high school basketball teams competed in the Tri-County Conference Basketball Tournament preliminary round. The bracket pit the host, first-seeded Risco, against the visiting eight-seed North Pemiscot Mustangs; featured a four-five contest, the Holcomb Hornets against the Clarkton Reindeer; included a two-seven matchup, the Cooter Wildcats against the Southland C-9 Rebels; and found the three-seed Delta C-7 Chargers against the six-seed Gideon Bulldogs.. ...
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Portageville opens Clarkton Christmas Tournament with 106-11 victory (12/12/23)CLARKTON, Mo. — Portageville left North Pemiscot dazed and confused, unsure of what had just transpired. In what can only be described as an unequivocal demolition, the second-seeded Bulldogs (2-1) opened its Clarkton Christmas Tournament campaign with a resounding 106-11 victory over the seventh-seeded Mustangs (0-6) on Monday, Dec. 11...
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Volleyball Roundup: Area teams dive into a new season (8/31/23)Portageville started its season with a 3-1 victory at Gideon (1-1) on Friday, August 25, winning with set scores of 13-25, 25-10, 25-22 and 25-22. Jayla Weddington led the team with an impressive performance, contributing 12 kills, three blocks and two digs. Ja’Niya Smith showcased her skills with 14 digs, 11 kills, four assists, two blocks and an ace...
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All District and State Basketball teams released (3/23/23)Winter sports have come to an end in Southeast Missouri and for many of the schools in the area, successful seasons. New Madrid County Central won the Class 3 State Championship and the Notre Dame girls and Jackson boys each captured fourth in the state in Class 5 and 6, respectively...
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Risco, Clarkton, Naylor advance in C1D1 tournament (2/21/23)GIDEON – Monday's Class 1 District 1 boys basketball tournament pitted six area programs against each other at the Gideon High School Field House. (2) Risco vs (7) North Pemiscot In game one, the Risco Tigers played the North Pemiscot Mustangs for a spot at Wednesday's semifinal matchups...
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Higher seeds prevail on Tri-County Conference Tournament opening night (2/7/23)COOTER – Cooter, Risco, Holcomb and Delta C-7 all advanced as the higher seeds in the opening round of the Tri-County Conference Tournament Monday night. While the field is wide open right now, it's going to be a battle for the next two nights with plenty of parity between each team left in contention for the conference title...
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Win or go home: Tri-County Conference Tournament begins next week (2/3/23)The Tri-County Conference Tournament is nearly upon us once again, and this year there is sure to be plenty of close competition. While the bracket hasn't yet been decided, each and every team in contention, including Clarkton, Cooter, Delta C-7, Gideon, Holcomb, North Pemiscot, Risco and Southland, will have to fight ruthlessly to stay in the tournament every night...
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Fast start powers Jackson past Mules (1/18/23)JACKSON, Mo. — The Jackson Indians held the Poplar Bluff Mules scoreless from the field in the opening period to build up a big early lead on the way to a 67-47 win Tuesday night in SEMO Conference action. Jackson led 14-1 after the opening period, but the Mules (6-8) cut it to 28-20 by halftime. However, Poplar Bluff could get no closer the rest of the way and Jackson outscored the Mules 39-27 after halftime...
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Mules win opener at Route 66 Shootout (12/17/22)WAYNESVILLE, Mo. — The Poplar Bluff Mules had three players in double figures and steadily pulled away after halftime as they defeated the St. Louis Blue Knights 63-49 Friday at the opening day of the Route 66 Shootout. The Mules led just 23-18 at halftime, but outscored St. Louis 20-14 in the third quarter to take an 11-point lead (43-32) by the start of the fourth quarter...
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Top two seeds make final at Clarkton (12/16/22)CLARKTON — The Clarkton Christmas basketball tournament didn’t have any first-round surprises earlier in the week, so when the top four seeds converged for the semifinals Thursday, things got a bit more dramatic. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds Portageville and Doniphan set up a showdown in Friday’s 8:30 p.m. title game as with wins over East Carter and Malden, respectively...
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Portageville thumps North Pemiscot in opening round of Clarkton Christmas Tournament (12/13/22)CLARKTON, Mo. — The Portageville boys’ basketball team steamrolled North Pemiscot in the opening round of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 12. The Bulldogs (3-2) had 11 players who scored six or more points. The team was led by Xayvion Bogan with 10...
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MSHSAA announces winter district assignments (11/18/22)Districts for winter sports were released on Friday morning, with New Madrid County Central dropping to Class 3 for the 2022-23 season. NMCC finished third in Class 4 last season and return juniors Jadis Jones and AJ Ruff while junior BJ Williamson also returns after missing last season...
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Longtime MSHSAA baseball official steps away from the plate (6/27/22)If you really want to know the origins of Joe Baldwin passing judgment on pitchers’ accuracy throughout Southeast Missouri, you’d have to go all the way back to the dusty dirt fields of the Marston Little League in the early 1960s.
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MSHSAA official Joe Baldwin (6/27/22)Various photos capture longtime MSHSAA sports official Joe Baldwin in action throughout his career.
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Boys Basketball Roundup, Jan. 27: Leopold wins home rematch against Meadow Heights (1/28/22)Leopold avenged its early-season loss to Meadow Heights at the Woodland Invitational Tournament with a 62-55 victory Thursday night at Leopold High School. The Wildcats were led by Caleb Schaab's 31-point performance, which included five 3-pointers, and Mason Deck's double-double of 10 points and 16 rebounds...
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North Pemiscot shows growth despite road L to Richland (12/10/21)ESSEX – Watching the scoreboard is the most obvious manner in which you can determine whether a particular team had success in any given contest. However, there are other ways in which a team can measure its achievement and/or growth and for the North Pemiscot boy’s basketball squad, Thursday’s 69-62 loss at Richland (Essex) would hardly leave any of the Mustang followers disappointed.
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North Pemiscot boy's basketball at Richland (Essex) (12/9/21)ESSEX - North Pemiscot fell to Richland (Essex) 69-62 on Thursday in boy's basketball action. To purchase photos from this gallery for personal use, call 573-388-3620 and ask for Sharon or Renda.