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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 claims Bootheel Conference Tournament softball title with 7-3 win against Portageville (05/10/12)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- It wasn't a typical day in the circle for Kennett Lady Indians starting pitcher Chandler Essary in Wednesday afternoon's see-saw Bootheel Conference softball championship against the Portageville Lady Bulldogs. "Today was very different," Essary said. "I'm not a crier. I've never cried in a game in my life, but I cried four times today. It's was an emotional game. This is a game we wanted all year and we finally came and got it. I couldn't be more proud."...

Kennett claims Bootheel Conference Tournament softball title with 7-3 win against Portageville (05/10/12)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- It wasn't a typical day in the circle for Kennett Lady Indians starting pitcher Chandler Essary in Wednesday afternoon's see-saw Bootheel Conference softball championship against the Portageville Lady Bulldogs. "Today was very different," Essary said. "I'm not a crier. I've never cried in a game in my life, but I cried five times today. It's was an emotional game. This is a game we wanted all year and we finally came and got it. I couldn't be more proud."...

NMCC blanks Portageville 6-0 (05/09/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- Combining for seven innings of one-hit ball on Tuesday, pitchers Josh Reed and Logan Frazier guided New Madrid County Central to a 6-0 win over Portageville on senior night. "It was a good day for the seniors," NMCC head coach Joseph McClarty said. "Great job by Josh and Logan pitching a combined one-hitter. We had great defense behind them and swung the bats well."...

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...

Portageville shuts down East Prairie in 8-1 victory (04/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- With the pitching combination of Zac Treece and Jansen Darst holding East Prairie to only two hits on Thursday Portageville was able to take and early lead and hold on for a 8-1 win. "We put the ball in play and that's good to see," Portageville assistant coach Ron Riddle said. "Our bats have started to come alive a bit. Zac Treece gave us five good innings and the defense played well behind him."...

All-Standard Democrat Boys Team (04/21/12)
Scott City 6-0, senior Cotner led the Rams with 19 points per game while grabbing 8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per contest as well. The senior was first team all-conference, all-region and was also named to the Class 3 all-state team. Sikeston 5-9, senior...

Portageville ends NMCC winning streak at 54 (04/20/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs ended New Madrid County Central's unprecedented 54-game winning streak Thursday beating the Lady Eagles 7-1. Portageville's Jenna Hawkins picked up the win limiting NMCC to just three hits and striking out 11...

Sikeston soccer team blanked at Saxony 2-0 (04/20/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com JACKSON -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs fell 2-0 to Saxony Lutheran Thursday night at Saxony Lutheran High School. Saxony scored both their goals in the first half. The first came in just the fifth minute from a corner kick, which Sikeston failed to clear...

Portageville ends NMCC winning streak at 54 (04/20/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs ended New Madrid County Central's unprecedented 54-game winning streak Thursday beating the Lady Eagles 7-1. Portageville's Jenna Hawkins picked up the win limiting NMCC to just three hits and striking out 11...

High school roundup: Chaffee boys capture title at Riverbend Invite track and field meet (04/20/12)
All the scores from Thursday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

Submitted Photo: The Portageville Lady Bulldogs end NMCC 54-game winning streak (04/19/12)
On Thursday, April 19th, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs defeated the New Madrid County Central Eagles 7-1 to end the Lady Eagles' 54-game winning streak.

Strong start helps Portageville defeat Kennett softball team 5-3 (04/13/12)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs had the luxury of being able to play with a lead for nearly all of Thursday afternoon's softball contest against the Kennett Lady Indians. "A lead is extremely significant," Portageville Bulldogs coach Candice Harper said. "I preach we need to score in every inning and come out banging. We did that today"...

Chaffee wins in 11 innings over Bears (04/11/12)
GREENVILLE -- The Chaffee Red Devils improved to 11-1 with an exciting 7-1 road win over Greenville in 11 innings on Tuesday afternoon. "It was a good game," said Chaffee coach Brian Horrell. "It was a big game with a lot of big situations. I'm proud of the way our guys battled."...

Local athletes performing in college (04/07/12)
davidj@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Several local athletes have been making an impact on college baseball and softball diamonds this spring. At Southeast Missouri State, Oran's Kody Campbell is a senior first baseman and through 29 games had a .278 average with two doubles, five home runs and 21 RBI. Also playing for SEMO is Scott City's Shae Simmons. The junior pitcher has thrown in seven games with a 1-4 record and 4.15 ERA. In 34 2/3 innings Simmons has walked 22 and struck out 42...

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...

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...

Chaffee baseball, NMCC softball each sweep pair (04/03/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Red Devils took two games on Monday, defeating Leopold 7-1 and Delta 20-1. In the first game against Leopold, Chaffee scored two runs in the first inning and that was enough as Alex Davie tossed 5 1/3 innings allowing only one earned run while striking out 12 and walking three. Cody Payne earned the save striking out three in the last 1 2/3 innings...

Kennett baseball team run-rules Portageville (04/03/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians baseball program continued to experience offensive success against Bootheel Conference teams Monday afternoon. The Indians picked up at least one hit in every inning on its way to a 13-hit performance against the Portageville Bulldogs...

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...

Sikeston netters drop match to NDHS (03/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Sikeston Bulldogs tennis team fell to Notre Dame on Monday 6-3. Brandon Goodwin won his singles match against Webb Marshall 8-1 and Layton Jones tied Mason Burdin 8-8 before pulling a 7-1 win in the extra set...

High school roundup: Central baseball team collects first win in 10 innings (03/27/12)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

High school roundup: Oran baseball team debuts with 11-6 win vs. Bloomfield (03/21/12)
All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

Chaffee rolls past Advance; Sikeston golfers win (03/20/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com ADVANCE -- Alex Davie threw four innings of 1-hit baseball and the Chaffee Red Devils tallied 11 hits on Monday to open their 2012 season with a 10-0 rout of Advance. Chaffee (1-0) scored four runs in the first three innings and capped the game with six runs in the fourth, bringing about the 10-run mercy rule...

2012 Spring Sports Preview: Kennett Indians softball team (03/14/12)
2012 Kennett Softball Schedule...

Kennett middle school volleyball team splits Portageville (03/09/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Kennett won its 7th grade volleyball contest against Portageville 25-11, 25-12, and lost the 8th grade game 22-25, 26-28, to Portageville Thursday. Kennett's 7th grade is currently 3-3 on the season. Kennett's 7th grade also beat South Pemiscot 25-20, 25-14, beat Charleston 25-7, 25-10, lost to Caruthersville 19-25, 20-25, lost to New Madrid County Central 14-25, 20-25, and lost to Malden 2-1...

Portageville falls to South Pem in title game (03/03/12)
HAYTI -- A pair of sophomores were too tough for Portageville to handle. South Pemiscot's Carrie Shephard and Alisha Campbell combined for 47 points on Friday night defeating Portageville 81-52 in the Class 2, District 1 championship game at Hayti High School...

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...

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...

Portageville gets past Lady Lions for shot at district title (02/29/12)
HAYTI -- Getting double digits from both Latavia Harris and Taylor McCoy, the third-seeded Portageville Lady Bulldogs advanced to the championship game of the Class 2, District 1 Tournament on Tuesday by defeating Senath-Hornersville 49-37 at Hayti High School...

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

Cotner, Rams shine on Senior Night (02/22/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com SCOTT CITY -- As determined as he usually is, Zach Cotner took his intent to another level on Tuesday night. The senior walked off his home court for the last time scoring 33 points against Portageville as Cotner and the Scott City Rams won their final regular season game 60-56...

High school roundup: Perryville girls basketball team falls in district play (02/22/12)
All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

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...

Portageville downs Lady Hawks 63-53 (02/21/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- Celebrating senior night on Monday, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs rode a strong first half and 25 points from Taylor McCoy to a 63-53 win over the Kelly Lady Hawks. "We came out with the energy level that we needed and we played good defense," Portageville coach Barry Branscum said. "They had size we don't have, but I thought we did a pretty good job of defending inside...

High school roundup: Meadow Heights girls romp past Saxony Lutheran 72-28 (02/21/12)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

Portageville's Walker scores career-high 33 points in 59-50 win over NMCC (02/18/12)
NEW MADRID -- After having to deal with the dismissal of two key players, Dominique Walker has shouldered the load for the Portageville Bulldogs. Walker scored a personal season high 33 points during the Bulldogs' 59-50 win over the New Madrid County Central Eagles on Friday night...

Second half surge lifts Risco over North Pemiscot (02/17/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CLARKTON -- The Risco Tigers came out strong in the second half and downed North Pemiscot 87-70 in the semifinals of the Tri-County Conference Tournament on Thursday. Risco, who earned their 20th win of the season, will now take on Holcomb in the finals tonight at 7:30 p.m. Risco defeated Holcomb 74-64 on Dec. 2 and lost to the Hornets 72-67 on Jan. 20. Holcomb defeated Gideon 66-59 in the other semifinal...

SHS start too much for Portageville (02/15/12)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Stampeding out of the gate, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs made quick work of the Portageville Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday night 63-27 at Portageville High School. Senior Quesha Howard led Sikeston with 17 points and seven steals while Tyangela Gibson added 16 on 8 of 14 shooting. Taneshia Pulley chipped in 10 points and nine rebounds while Aleah Little and Yolanda Johnson each scored seven apiece...

Charleston stays hot and routs Portageville (02/11/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- With only a few weeks left in the regular season, the Charleston Bluejays are showing no signs of slowing down. Shooting 64 percent from the floor and led by a game-high 24 points from Greg Tucker, Charleston picked up its 21st straight win on Friday with a 90-43 rout over Portageville...

Kennett Lady Indians win junior varsity Bootheel Conference Tournament title (02/10/12)
CAMPBELL, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians defeated the Portageville Lady Bulldogs 49-27 in the junior varsity Bootheel Conference Tournament championship Thursday night. Kennett trailed the contest 4-2 early in the first quarter before it went on a 23-0 run to take a 25-4 lead with 37 seconds left in the first half...

Kennett and South Pemiscot girls collect semifinal wins, advance to BHC championship (02/10/12)
CAMPBELL:, Mo. -- The championship is set at the Bootheel Conference varsity girls basketball tournament at Campbell following Wednesday's semifinal contests. For a second straight season the Kennett Lady Indians will take on the South Pemiscot Lady Bulldogs in the varsity final...

Kennett and South Pemiscot girls collect semifinal wins, advance to BHC championship (02/09/12)
CAMPBELL, Mo. -- The championship is set at the Bootheel Conference varsity girls basketball tournament at Campbell following Wednesday's semifinal contests. For a second straight season the Kennett Lady Indians will take on the South Pemiscot Lady Bulldogs in the varsity final...

Dexter clinches SCAA title; Risco tames Lions (02/08/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- The Dexter Bearcats clinched the SCAA regular season title with a perfect 7-0 record after defeating Bell City 94-45 on Tuesday night. Dexter led 26-4 after one quarter and had the game well in hand at halftime with a 54-17 lead. The win was Dexter's 10th in-a-row, which included a SCAA Tournament championship as well...

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."...

Dexter clinches SCAA title; Risco tames Lions (02/08/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- The Dexter Bearcats clinched the SCAA regular season title with a perfect 7-0 record after defeating Bell City 94-45 on Tuesday night. Dexter led 26-4 after one quarter and had the game well in hand at halftime with a 54-17 lead. The win was Dexter's 10th in-a-row, which included a SCAA Tournament championship as well...

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...

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. ...

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...

Kennett boys win third meeting against Portageville 54-43 (02/03/12)
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...

P'ville falls in semis of Bootheel Tourney (02/03/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CARUTHERSVILLE -- The Portageville Bulldogs lost in the semifinals of the Bootheel Conference Tournament to the Kennett Indians 54-43 on Thursday night. Playing for the third time this season with each team holding a win apiece, Portageville led 25-23 at halftime and the game was tied at 37-37 after three quarters before Kennett wore down the Bulldogs in the final frame...

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...

Coaches v. Cancer Shootout (01/30/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Avenging a 15-point loss to New Madrid County Central earlier this season, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs defeated the Lady Eagles 64-59 on Saturday at the 3rd Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout in Charleston. "That's what we talked about in practice," Schonhoff said of the loss earlier this season. "Thursday, Friday and (Saturday) morning when we had practice we preached that if we play our game we'll be fine...

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...

Lady Bobcats get by Chaffee; Scott City and Kelly girls win (01/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- The Delta Lady Bobcats got a combined 33 points from junior Machela VanGennip and senior Tori Burton and held off the Chaffee Lady Devils 41-35 on Thursday. Burton scored 18 points and VanGennip had 15 as Delta (8-6) used a 15-4 second quarter to build an 11-point halftime lead 25-14 that they would not relinquish...

Senath-Hornersville girls basketball team wins third straight conference game (01/27/12)
SENATH, Mo. -- The Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions varsity girls basketball program collected its third straight Bootheel Conference victory Thursday, edging the Portageville Bulldogs 62-57 "Big Bootheel conference win for us," Lady Lions' coach Jamie Johnson said. ...

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...

January 24, 2012 Scoreboard (01/24/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

High School roundup - Lady 'Cats break the century mark at Portageville (01/20/12)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Mollie Whitehead's two free throws with just over two minutes remaining in the game between Dexter and Portageville brought out one of the loudest cheers from the fans attending Thursday's game at Portageville. The outburst wasn't because the Dexter sophomore had knocked down two crucial free throws in a tight game. Just the opposite...

Lady Bearcats score 103 on Portageville; Charleston boys in finals of Superman (01/20/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats improved to 15-2 on the season with a 103-26 thrashing of Portageville on the road Thursday night. Dexter led 22-9 after one quarter and then took control in the second quarter to go ahead 54-18 at the half...

Kennett boys conclude conference play with 80-69 win at South Pemiscot (01/19/12)
STEELE, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians boys basketball team continues to experience success away from home during its longest road stretch of the season. Kennett concluded regular-season Bootheel Conference play Tuesday evening with a 80-69 road win against the South Pemiscot Bulldogs...

Lady Bulldogs earn win over district foe, Risco rebounds (01/18/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com PERRYVILLE -- The Sikeston girls basketball team improved to 10-4 on the season with a 67-49 win over district foe Perryville. Sikeston's pressure defense took its toll early, forcing several Perryville turnovers that helped the Lady Bulldogs race out to an 18-8 lead after one quarter...

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...

Scott City boys, NMCC girls roll on Tuesday (01/04/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Rams ended a two-game losing streak by dismantling South Pemiscot 64-26 at home on Tuesday. "It was a total team effort and a lot of guys contributed," Scott City coach Mark Dannenmueller said. "I was real proud of the way our guys responded after losing our last two games to Jackson and Charleston."...

Kennett claims third straight Bloomfield Christmas Tournament title (12/30/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- For a second consecutive night the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program's quest for its third straight Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship was in serious jeopardy as the clock approached zero. Top-seeded Kennett, which overcame a one-point in the final 30 seconds of regulation in Wednesday night's semifinal contest against Dexter, trailed third-seeded Portageville 52-51 with less than 90 seconds remaining in Thursday's title match...

Kennett claims third straight Bloomfield Christmas Tournament title (12/31/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- For a second consecutive night the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program's quest for its third straight Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship was in serious jeopardy as the clock approached zero. Top-seeded Kennett, which overcame a one-point in the final 30 seconds of regulation in Wednesday night's semifinal contest against Dexter, trailed third-seeded Portageville 52-51 with less than 90 seconds remaining in Thursday's title match...

Portageville comes up short in championship (12/30/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Despite several chances to take the lead in the final minute of play, Portageville couldn't deny the Kennett Indians their third-straight Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship. Down by one in the final minute of play, the Bulldogs watch Kennett dominant the boards on their way to a 55-52 win...

Kennett steals game from Dexter in closing seconds at Bloomfield tourney (12/29/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Two words remained inked on the board in Kennett's locker room following its 49-48 win against the Dexter Bearcats in its championship semifinal contest at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Wednesday evening. Physical Play "We addressed it at halftime," Kennett Indians' coach Jim Vaughan said. ...

Doniphan denies Dexter third place (12/30/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Doniphan bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 62-55 win over Dexter in the third place game at the Bloomfield Christmas tournament. Derek Hutchins got the Dons off to a quick start, hitting for 12 of his game-high 20 points in the first quarter, but it was Doniphan's clutch free throw shooting in the final minutes of play that proved to be the difference...

Kennett makes it 3-straight BCT titles (12/30/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- For a second consecutive night the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program's quest for its third straight Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship was in serious jeopardy as the clock approached zero. Top-seeded Kennett, which overcame a one-point deficit in the final 30 seconds of regulation in Wednesday night's semifinal contest against Dexter, trailed third-seeded Portageville 52-51 with less than 90 seconds remaining in Thursday's title match...

Portageville comes up short in championship (12/30/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Despite several chances to take the lead in the final minute of play, Portageville couldn't deny the Kennett Indians their third-straight Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship. Down by one in the final minute of play, the Bulldogs watch Kennett dominant the boards on their way to a 55-52 win...

Kennett steals game from Dexter in closing seconds at Bloomfield tourney (12/30/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Two words remained inked on the board in Kennett's locker room following its 49-48 win against the Dexter Bearcats in its championship semifinal contest at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Wednesday evening. Physical Play "We addressed it at halftime," Kennett Indians' coach Jim Vaughan said. ...

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...

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...

Portageville, Dexter advance to tourney semis at Bloomfield (12/28/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- For the second night in a row, the Portageville Bulldogs shrugged off a slow start to advance to the next round of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Playing Bernie in the quarterfinals on Monday, the Bulldogs trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half, but fought back to take a slim one-point lead with two minutes to play...

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)...

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.

2011 All-SD Team (12/24/11)
QB -- Cody Stevens sr., 5-9, 180, Dexter ------------------------ RB -- Tyson Estes sr., 5-6, 164, Chaffee ------------------------ RB -- Maurice Moore sr., 5-7, 233, Charleston ------------------------ RB -- James Watson sr., 6-0, 165, Sikeston ------------------------...

SEMO AAU wrestling club slated to begin wrestling in Kennett (12/25/11)
Kennett's Jamie Chitester has unforgettable memories of his childhood wrestling days. "I remember wrestling in a P.E. class in Arizona," Chitester said. "That's my first recollection of actual wrestling. I wrestled in West Virginia and Pennsylvania as I got older. The last year I wrestled competitively was my sophomore year of high school because I moved to Kennett at that point and we didn't have a wrestling team here. That was kind of the end of it...

Portageville, Kelly ousted from tourney (12/21/11)
BROSELEY -- Plagued by cold shooting, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs fell 67-33 to the Clearwater Lady Tigers in the consolation quarterfinals of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic Tournament. "The biggest thing was we competed hard," Portageville head coach Barry Branscum said. "We just couldn't seem to buy a basket. We had some good shots that wouldn't fall. I have to give Clearwater credit, they shot the ball well tonight."...

SHS breezes through first round of Lady Royals Classic (12/19/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BROSELEY -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs rolled in their first game of the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Classic on Saturday dispatching of the Portageville Lady Bullodgs, 67-34. Four players reached double figures for Sikeston led by Tyangela Gibson's 14 points. Quesha Howard and Keyonna Blissett each scored 13 points each while Leah Little added 11...

Kennett boys suffer first regular-season conference loss since 2008 to Portageville (12/18/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program entered Friday's contest against the undefeated Portageville Bulldogs without a loss in a regular-season Bootheel Conference game in close to three years. Kennett had collected victories in 18 consecutive regular-season conference games dating back to its 80-69 loss to Portageville on Dec. 19, 2008...

Kennett boys suffer first regular-season conference loss since 2008 (12/17/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program entered Friday's contest against the undefeated Portageville Bulldogs without a loss in a regular-season Bootheel Conference game in close to three years. Kennett had collected victories in 18 consecutive regular-season conference games dating back to its 80-69 loss to Portageville on Dec. 19, 2008...

December 16, 2011 Scoreboard (12/16/11)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

Sikeston, Charleston, earn top seeds in Christmas tourneys (12/14/11)
O'FALLON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs have earned the top seed in the upcoming St. Dominic-Imo's Christmas Tournament set for the week after Christmas. Sikeston, the defending champions, enter the tournament with a 7-1 record after Tuesday night's win over Perryville. The Bulldogs will take on Lutheran St. Charles (1-2) on Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 4:30 p.m...

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...

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...

Dexter, Risco get top seeds for holiday tournaments (12/11/11)
TWIN RIVERS -- The seedings have been set for the 15th Annual Lady Royals Classic which begins Saturday at Twin Rivers High School. Several local teams will be taking part in the event with Dexter earning the top seed. The Lady Bearcats, who have a record of 4-2 with losses to Miller Career Academy and Jackson, will open with 16th seeded Malden at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Dexter, who has won four tournament titles with the last being in 2009, has finished third the last two years...

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...

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...

Portageville smothers Hawks in opener 84-44 (12/07/11)
BENTON -- Opening their season on the road against the Kelly Hawks on Tuesday, the Portageville Bulldogs used a hot first half to pull out a 25-point halftime lead before rolling to a 84-44 final. "We do have a lot of little things to work on," Portageville coach Jason Irby said. "We didn't close out very well tonight and didn't do a really good job of blocking out...

High school roundup: Jackson nips Central in season-opening girls swim meet (12/07/11)
All the scores from Tuesday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

December 6, 2011 Scoreboard (12/06/11)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

Senath-Hornersville boys and girls basketball teams suffer losses (12/06/11)
The Senath-Hornersville boys and girls varsity basketball teams suffered losses in their final games at the Bulldog Classic in Gideon, Mo., Saturday. The Senath-Hornersville boys were defeated by South Pemiscot 67-54 in a seventh-place game at the eight-team tourney...

Dexter girls fall to Miller Career Academy (12/05/11)
FARMINGTON -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats fell behind by 11 points to start the Farmington Invitational championship game on Saturday and could never recover, falling to Miller Career Academy 50-33 on Saturday. "It's tough getting down 11-0," Dexter coach Chad Allen said...

Kennett and South Pemiscot girls to meet in semifinals following Monday's wins (11/29/11)
GIDEON, Mo. - The varsity girls basketball programs that met in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship last season will not have wait until their regular-season meeting on Jan. 5 to square off this season. Kennett and South Pemiscot both claimed wins in the opening-round of the eight-team Gideon Invitational girls basketball tournament Monday afternoon. ...

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: Holcomb Hornets boys basketball team (11/26/11)
The Holcomb Hornets boys basketball program enters the 2011-12 season looking to build on its most successful season in over 20 years. Holcomb finished 18-9 in 2010-11. It was best finish by a Holcomb varsity basketball program since the Hornets went 19-9 under head coach Gary Burnside in its 1990-91 campaign...

Preview: Senath-Hornersville boys basketball team (11/26/11)
Senath-Hornersville boys basketball coach Shane Jordan is looking forward to working with familiar faces during his third season as head coach of the Lions. The Lions return four seniors - Zak Barron, Lincoln Tansil, Brant Winkle and Kody Wright. Coach Jordan is optimistic the returning seniors can provide significant contributions this season...

Preview: Portageville Bulldogs girls basketball team (11/26/11)
The Portageville Lady Bulldogs will start their basketball season running as they finish play in the Bulldog Classic at Gideon. Coach Barry Branscum says he has much expectation for this season. Last year, the lady Dogs were 7-15, and he hopes to improve that...

Preview: Portageville Bulldogs boys basketball team (11/26/11)
Beginning his second year as the head coach for the Portageville Bulldogs, Jason Irby and his Bulldog pack and a few bones to chew on this year. "Right now, we are mainly working on basic and building our strength up, working on the weaknesses that we had last year," Coach Irby said...

Portageville has deep, experienced bench (11/23/11)
PORTAGEVILLE -- With a deep bench and older players to fill it, the Portageville Bulldogs are hoping experience plays a big role in the upcoming season. The Bulldogs will dress five seniors and nine juniors after last season ended with a 16-8 record and a district championship loss to eventual Class 2 state runner-up Bernie...

Portageville to build on last year's improvement (11/19/11)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Although their overall record doesn't show it, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs will be banking on a late season improvement from last year to help propel them into the 2011-12 basketball season. "We are excited about the upcoming season," Portageville coach Barry Branscum said. "We hope to gain on the experience we received last year, even though we are relatively young."...

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 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)
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High School Football Statistics: Week 9 (10/26/11)
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Oran and Portageville stay alive, Lady Jays fall (10/25/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com ZALMA -- The Oran Lady Eagles volleyball team kept their season alive on Monday, defeating host Zalma in three sets in the first round of the Class 1, District 3 Tournament. Seeded fifth, Oran dropped the first set to Zalma 25-18 before taking the next two sets 25-16, 25-17...

High School Football Statistics: Week 8 (10/24/11)
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High School Football Statistics: Week 7 (10/14/11)
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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...

High School Football Statistics: Week 6 (10/07/11)
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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. ...

Last-minute score lifts Scott City football team past Portageville (10/02/11)
Jacob Underwood scored on a 2-yard run with 48 seconds left to complete Scott City's fourth-quarter comeback as the Rams defeated visiting Portageville 31-30.

Briefly: Last-minute score lifts Scott City football team (09/30/11)
Jacob Underwood scored on a 2-yard run with 48 seconds left to complete Scott City's fourth-quarter comeback as the Rams defeated visiting Portageville 31-30.

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...

High school football capsules for Week 6 (09/30/11)
Last week: Central 44, North County 7; St. Charles West 30, Duchesne 7 Last year: Central 47, St. Charles West 0 Outlook: This game is a battle of unbeatens. "Our kids are excited to play a 5-0 team," Central coach Nathan Norman said. "They're looking forward to the challenge."...

Football Preview: Kennett looks to reach .500 in Week 6 game against Malden (09/30/11)
The Kennett Indians enter Friday night's Week 6 home contest against the Malden Green Wave looking to extend its winning streak to three games and get to .500 for the first time in the 2011 season. "It's always a big game for us regardless of who we are playing," Kennett football coach Corey Adkisson said. ...

Kennett defeats Portageville 40-22 on homecoming (09/25/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- After the first quarter of play at Metz Cherry Stadium Friday night the Portageville Bulldogs had positioned themselves well to spoil the Kennett Indians football Homecoming. The Bulldogs maintained an 8-0 lead following a safety and a 24-yard touchdown pass by Bryce Wallace to Denzell Simmons in the first period...

New goal posts highlight Kennett's Week 5 Homecoming contest against Portageville (09/23/11)
The Kennett Indians football team returns home Friday to new goal posts on its football field. The old goal posts, which have been in place at Metz Cherry Stadium for approximately 50 years, were replaced on Thursday, Sept. 15. "I think it makes it look almost like we've got a brand new facility out there," Kennett football coach Corey Adkisson said of the new goal posts. ...

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...

Portageville football team falls to Malden (09/17/11)
Malden senior Raymond Wilson helped Malden respond to an early deficit as he and the Green Wave moved past Portageville 41-24.

Thursday's Results: Kennett, Southland, Cooter, Clarkton, and Senath-Hornersville collect wins (09/16/11)
All of the results reported to the Daily Dunklin Democrat.

September 15, 2011 Scoreboard (09/15/11)
All the high school results that were reported to semoball.com.

Jackson volleyball team claims SEMO Spike silver bracket title; St. Vincent wins gold consolation (09/11/11)
A roundup of the action at the SEMO Spike volleyball tournament.

Portageville tops Jays for first win of season (09/10/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- With a three touchdown performance from speedy wideout Tevin Walker, the Portageville Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season, defeating the Charleston Bluejays 48-21. "Against Chaffee we had five starters who weren't even on the sidelines," Portageville coach Ronnie Jones said, referring to last week's 47-30 loss. ...

Briefly: Portageville downs Charleston (09/09/11)
The Portageville Bulldogs defeated Charleston 48-21 for their first win of the season.

SEMO Spike Tournament Friday Results (09/09/11)
Complete pool-play results from Friday.

Nine teams from Missouri Bootheel begin play in SEMO Spike volleyball tourney Friday (09/06/11)
Nine teams from the Missour Bootheel are among the 48 teams participating in the weekend's SEMO Spike varsity volleyball tournament in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Kennett, Cooter, Gideon, Holcomb, Southland, Malden, Caruthersville, Portageville and Senath-Hornersville will compete at the 48-team two-day event Sept. ...

Chaffee football team tames Portageville (09/04/11)
The Chaffee football team defeated Portageville 47-30 on Friday.

Red Devils tame Bulldogs (09/04/11)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Chaffee used a pair of touchdowns in the final minutes of the first half to take its first lead of the game, then pulled away from Portageville for a 47-30 win Friday. "We didn't come out like we should have," Chaffee quarterback Jordan Yahn said. "It felt like we were going slow at first. And then moving into the second quarter, it felt like we started taking it to them and coming back."...

Chaffee wins shootout over Portageville 47-30 (09/03/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- Going on a pair of scoring runs in the final minutes of the first half to take their first lead of the game, the Chaffee Red Devils went on to pull away from the Portageville Bulldogs for a 47-30 win on Friday...

High school football capsules for Week 2 (09/02/11)
A look at the high school football games involving teams in the Southeast Missourian's coverage area.

Caruthersville blasts Portageville 58-0 in opener (08/28/11)
Caruthersville opened the season with a lopsided win on its home field.

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

2011 Fall Sports Preview: Senath-Hornersville volleyball team (08/10/11)
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Updated: 2011 High School Football Schedules (08/11/11)
Complete schedules for all 17 football teams in the semoball.com coverage area.

Bootheel Conference baseball awards released (07/07/11)
School officials have released the 2010-11 Bootheel Conference all-conference baseball team. South Pemiscot's Jordan Carter has been selected as the Player of the Year. Kennett coach Aaron New and Malden Coach Tim Harmon have been selected as Co-Coaches of the Year. Kennett and Malden both won district baseball championships this season...

Lineman camp to be held in Portageville (06/03/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- Portageville head coach Ronnie Jones was so impressed with what former Bulldog lineman, Jake Young, went through when he visited a lineman's camp in St. Louis last year he decided to start one of his own...

Tri-County Conference baseball and Bootheel Conference softball awards released (05/27/11)
The Tri-County Conference all-conference baseball team and Bootheel Conference all-conference softball team was recently released. Cooter shortstop and pitcher Zach Watkins was selected as the Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Watkins helped lead Cooter to its sixth consecutive conference and district championship...

Risco rolls into district semifinals (05/17/11)

Kennett falls to Portageville in conference softball championship (05/12/11)
The Kennett Lady Indians entered Wednesday afternoon's Bootheel Conference softball championship looking to revenge its regular-season extra-inning loss to the Portageville Lady Bulldogs...

Scott Central wins school record 10th game (05/11/11)
SIKESTON -- The Scott County Central Braves baseball team did what no other has done before them. On Tuesday, the Braves won their 10th game of the season -- a first for any team in the school's history -- by defeating the Hayti Indians 16-0 in five innings...

Dexter outslugs Portageville 17-3 (05/10/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- Snapping a five-game losing skid, the Dexter Bearcats held the Portageville Bulldogs to five hits Monday afternoon in a 17-3 mercy rule win. "It's good to get off a losing skid," Dexter coach Brian Becker said. "We talked about coming in it's time to start a new streak. We're on a five-game losing streak and it's time to stop that and start a winning streak."...

Kennett and Malden advance to Friday's Bootheel Conference baseball title game (05/06/11)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The rematch is set for Friday at Portageville. For the second consecutive season the Kennett Indians and Malden Green Wave will meet in the Bootheel Conference baseball championship. Top-seeded Kennett pounded out 11 runs for an 11-0 five-inning thrashing of the South Pemiscot Bulldogs in a Bootheel Conference semifinal contest Thursday. ...

The All-Standard Democrat boys team (04/24/11)
The 2010-11 All-Standard Democrat Boys Basketball Team.

SCC baseball and NMCC softball both earn victories (04/22/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Scott County Central Braves improved their season mark to 7-3 Thursday with a 12-2, six inning win over Neelyville. Trey Johnson led the Braves' 12-hit attack with a 3 for 3 day at the plate. Josh Boese and Kamryn Johnson each added two hits apiece. Both of Boese's hits were doubles...

Senath-Hornersville defeats top-ranked Cooter, 2-1 (04/22/11)

April 21, 2011 Scoreboard (04/21/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

Kennett adjusts to knuckleball, defeats Portageville 12-0 (04/20/11)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Facing a knuckle ball pitcher often poses unique challenges for even the most talented offensive hitters. Kennett got its first look at a knuckleball pitcher Wednesday afternoon when it traveled to Portageville to face Portageville starting pitcher Mason Kellams...

Chaffee, SCC both earn wins (04/20/11)
CHAFFEE -- Getting their 12th win of the season, the Chaffee Red Devils defeated Bell City 11-1 on Thursday. Taking an early 3-0 lead in the first, Chaffee padded its lead with a five run rally in the third before scoring another three in the seventh...

Kennett's Lack throws perfect game against NMCC (04/19/11)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Talk of a perfect game emerged early in New Madrid on Monday afternoon. Andy Lack's teammate, Kennett first baseman Thomas Stillman, recognized Lack's chances of throwing the first perfect game of his high school baseball career were legitimate when the game entered the second inning...

Andy Lack pitches perfect game, Kennett defeats NMCC (04/19/11)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Talk of a perfect game emerged early in New Madrid on Monday afternoon. Andy Lack's teammate, Kennett first baseman Thomas Stillman, recognized Lack's chances of throwing the first perfect game of his high school baseball career were legitimate when the game entered the second inning...

Oran perfect at Malden Tourney (04/18/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com MALDEN -- The Oran Eagles finished their stint at the Malden Invitational Tournament with an unblemished record. After defeating Holcomb and Neelyville on Friday evening, the Eagles escaped the Portageville Bulldogs 2-0 and then pounded the host team Malden Green Wave 14-2 on Saturday in Malden...

High school roundup: Oran baseball team completes perfect run at Malden tourney (04/17/11)
All the scores from Saturday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

Malden baseball tournament results (04/16/11)
Tanner's Murphy's blast provided a grand finale for baseball fans that had stuck around for the conclusion of what proved to be a wild opening-day at the second annual Malden Invitational Baseball Tournament...

Kelly beats Portageville for second win of season (04/13/11)
BENTON -- The Kelly Hawks picked up their second win of the season, defeating Portageville 14-9 on Tuesday afternoon. The Hawks pounded out eight hits and took advantage of six Bulldog errors on their way scoring 14 runs, six of which came in the third inning. Jeff Gates and Ian Householder each finished the game 2-for-4 with Gates slapping a double. Kelly's Gabe Felter hit a home run in the contest as well...

High school roundup: Perryville soccer routs Festus 6-1 (04/13/11)
All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.

April 12, 2011 Scoreboard (04/12/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

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...

Sikeston places sixth at ND Invitational (03/29/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Sikeston's Evan Deere led the Sikeston golf team to a sixth place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational at Bent Creek. Deere finished second overall in individual scoring shaving nine strokes off his score from last year's tournament...

High school roundup: Neil Johnson tosses one-hitter in Woodland baseball team's win (03/29/11)
All the scores from Monday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian

March 28, 2011 Scoreboard (03/28/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

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...

Oran rolls over Bloomfield; Risco falls (03/23/11)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Oran Eagles cruised to a 16-4 win over Bloomfield in their first game of the season on Tuesday afternoon. After scoring one in the top of the first, the Eagles watched Bloomfield tag Dalton Elfrink with four runs in the bottom of the first. That lead would be short-lived, however, as Oran plated five runs in the second and third and five more in the fifth to win by the mercy rule...

High school roundup: Jackson baseball team victorious in home opener (03/23/11)
All the scores from Tuesday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

March 22, 2011 Scoreboard (03/22/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Portageville explodes for 21 runs against Charleston (03/22/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Capping a big offensive performance with a 12 run fourth, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs cruised to a 21-1 win Monday over the Charleston Lady Bluejays. With 19 hits on the contest, Portageville got things rolling in the second inning when the Lady Bulldogs scored seven runs in the frame. Batting around the order in the frame, Capping the rally, Portageville's Brooke Johnson hit a two run home run to put her team up 7-0...

Charleston unveils high-powered offense (03/22/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Pumping out 12 hits, seven for extra bases, the Charleston Bluejays got their season rolling Monday evening with a 14-4 mercy-rule win over visiting Portageville. "We came out and for about every run we gave up we (scored) two or three to pick that one up," Charleston's Ethan Browning said. "When you're swinging the bats like that it's pretty fun."...

Portageville explodes for 21 runs against Charleston (03/22/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Capping a big offensive performance with a 12 run fourth, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs cruised to a 21-1 win Monday over the Charleston Lady Bluejays. With 19 hits on the contest, Portageville got things rolling in the second inning when the Lady Bulldogs scored seven runs in the frame. Batting around the order in the frame, Capping the rally, Portageville's Brooke Johnson hit a two run home run to put her team up 7-0...

Standard Democrat Scoreboard (March 21) (03/21/11)
Scores from Monday's local games.

March 21, 2011 Scoreboard (03/21/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Local talent to take part in all-star game (03/13/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com DEXTER -- The 10th Annual BA All-Star Extravaganza has released this year's players and teams with several local athletes scheduled to take part. The Extravaganza will be held on April 2 in the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter, highlighting high school seniors in volleyball and basketball. ...

Neal's 28 pints sinks Lady Bulldogs (03/06/11)
By Brent Shipman sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- Despite Portageville's best efforts to stop her Friday evening, Seleena Neal guided Senth-Hornersville to the Class 2, District 1 championship Friday evening, finishing with 28 points, 11 rebounds and five steals in a 66-39 win...

Poor shooting dooms Bulldogs against Bernie (03/06/11)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Bernie's Jordan McGowan scored 23 points, Portageville struggled from the field and the Bulldogs suffered a tough district championship loss on Friday, 57-47, at Portageville High School. "They were just better than us tonight -- pure and simple," Portageville coach Jason Irby said about Bernie. "We didn't play the type of game that we needed to play and they did a good job in what they needed to do to beat us. It was just a tough night all the way around for us."...