semoball.com: Schools : Twin Rivers

Twin Rivers run-rules Malden in Class 2 district baseball championship (05/16/12)
MALDEN, Mo. -- The Malden Green Wave fell one win shy of its second straight district baseball championship Tuesday afternoon. The top-seeded Twin Rivers Royals pounded out 13 runs on 13 hits on its way to a 13-3 six-inning run-rule win against Malden in the Class 2, District 1, title game...

Twin Rivers run-rules Malden in Class 2 district baseball championship (05/15/12)
MALDEN, Mo. -- The Malden Green Wave fell one win shy of its second straight district baseball championship Tuesday afternoon. The top-seeded Twin Rivers Royals pounded out 13 runs on 13 hits on its way to a 13-3 six-inning run-rule win against Malden in the Class 2, District 1, title game...

Lady 'Cats end season on losing note (05/02/12)
No team likes to end their season losing the last two games. But even with the set backs, it was still a successful campaign for a young Lady Bearcats softball team. Dexter finished the season against two of the stronger teams on its schedule, dropping a 13-2 5-inning decision to Twin Rivers Tuesday. Monday the Lady 'Cats took once-beaten Advance to extra innings before falling 7-5 in eight innings...

NMCC snaps losing streak with 3-2 win over Royals (05/02/12)
NEW MADRID -- After dropping their last seven games, New Madrid County Central got back on a winning note Tuesday against visiting Twin Rivers. Backed by starter Jimmy Ash going 6 1/3 innings, the Eagles got a game-winning hit from Josh Reed to come back from a late Royals rally to win 3-2...

Chaffee falls short in title game of own tournament (04/30/12)
CHAFFEE (SMNS) -- Shawnee struck for two runs in the second inning and made them stand up against host Chaffee in the championship game of the Red Devil baseball tournament Saturday. The Red Devils scored a run in the fourth but couldn't strike again in the 2-1 loss. It was the Red Devils' second loss of the season...

High school roundup: Chaffee baseball team falls short in title game at own tourney (04/29/12)
All the scores from Saturday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

Chaffee falls short in title game at own tourney (04/29/12)
Shawnee struck for two runs in the second inning and made them stand up against host Chaffee in the championship game of the Red Devil baseball tournament Saturday. The Red Devils scored a run in the fourth but couldn't strike again in the 2-1 loss. It was the Red Devils' second loss of the season...

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 ends Cooter's 78-game conference and district winning streak (04/18/12)
COOTER -- The Risco Tigers stunned the Cooter Wildcats 6-0 in Tri-County Conference play, stopping a long streak in the process. Cooter had won their last 78 games against conference and district opponents before Risco sophomore Jordon Pavy shut down the potent Wildcat offensive attack...

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...

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...

March 27, 2012 Scoreboard (03/27/12)
Baseball Dexter 8, Oran 5 Cape Central 4, Jackson 2 (8 innings) Notre Dame 4, Perryville 2 Softball Kennett 18, Dexter 3

Malden baseball team drops to 0-3 with 2-0 loss to Twin Rivers (03/25/12)
MALDEN, Mo. -- The Malden Green Wave baseball team came up on the short end of a pitcher's duel for a second consecutive game Friday afternoon, suffering a 2-0 loss to the Twin Rivers Royals. Malden, which lost 2-1 to Holcomb in eight innings Thursday, collected only two hits against Twin Rivers' starting pitcher Michael Snider Friday...

Malden baseball team drops to 0-3 with 2-0 loss to Twin Rivers (03/24/12)
MALDEN, Mo. -- The Malden Green Wave baseball team came up on the short end of a pitcher's duel for a second consecutive game Friday afternoon, suffering a 2-0 loss to the Twin Rivers Royals. Malden, which lost 2-1 to Holcomb in eight innings Thursday, collected only two hits against Twin Rivers' starting pitcher Michael Snider Friday...

Holcomb baseball team edges Malden 2-1 in extra innings (03/24/12)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- Offense was scarce Thursday afternoon in a Dunklin County baseball showdown between the Malden Green Wave and Holcomb Hornets. The Hornets and Green Wave managed only one run apiece in the first seven innings of what proved to be a pitchers duo. Both starting pitchers pitched into the eighth inning after Malden scored its only run in the top of the first and Holcomb picked up its first run in the bottom of the second...

Kennett softball team defeats Twin Rivers 11-2 (03/22/12)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians softball program moved above the .500 mark Tuesday afternoon with a convincing 11-2 road win against the Twin Rivers Lady Royals. "We swung the bats pretty good today and the girls are starting to get a good understanding on what they are wanting to do up there when they go to the plate," Kennett Indians softball coach Kevin McCaig said. "We are coming around nicely with our approach at the plate and they saw good results today...

NMCC girls roll past Twin Rivers into district tourney championship (02/29/12)
BLOOMFIELD -- Weathering through a blistering start by Twin Rivers on Tuesday, the New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles advanced to the Class 3, District 1 championship game with 79-50 win over the Lady Royals. "I knew coming in after not playing Saturday we would probably be a little rusty having never played in this gym before," NMCC head coach David Crockett said. "We weathered that storm when Twin Rivers came out and shot really well...

February 28, 2011 Scoreboard (02/29/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

Without Tucker, Jays still cruise into semifinals (02/28/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Even with leading scorer, Greg Tucker, sitting on the bench in street clothes, the top-seeded Charleston Bluejays had little trouble advancing to the semifinals of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament. While letting Tucker spend a few extra day resting a nagging thigh injury, the Bluejays opened up the quarterfinals on Monday with a 80-40 win over eighth-seeded Twin Rivers...

Eagles fall to Twin Rivers in opening round of tourney (02/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Looking to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament, the ninth-seeded East Prairie Eagles fell to the eighth-seeded Twin Rivers Royals 70-48 in Saturday's play-in game. "I felt like tonight everybody wanted to step up and be 'the man' instead of playing as a team," East Prairie head coach Casey Knight said. ...

Charleston and East Prairie girls drop first round games (02/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Unable to rebound from a rough first half, the Charleston Lady Bluejays saw their season come to a close with a 75-56 loss to Doniphan in the opening round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament on Saturday...

Eagles fall to Twin Rivers in opening round of tourney (02/27/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com BLOOMFIELD -- Looking to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament, the ninth-seeded East Prairie Eagles fell to the eighth-seeded Twin Rivers Royals 70-48 in Saturday's play-in game. "I felt like tonight everybody wanted to step up and be 'the man' instead of playing as a team," East Prairie head coach Casey Knight said. ...

Lady 'Cats too much for Lady Royals (02/17/12)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- A nearly flawless second quarter carried Dexter to a 70-33 win over the Twin Rivers Lady Royals in the regular-season finale for the Lady Bearcats Thursday night on the road. Dexter turned a 14-9 first quarter lead into a 44-13 advantage at the half with a second quarter that saw the Lady 'Cats control the boards, shoot for a high percentage and dominate with their press...

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...

February 16, 2012 Scoreboard (02/16/12)
All the high school basketball scores reported to semoball.com.

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

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...

Kennett boys calculate season-high 81 points in win at Twin Rivers (01/25/12)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- A season-high point total looked unlikely for the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program early in Tuesday's road contest against the Twin Rivers Royals. Kennett, which entered the contest averaging 60 points per game, trailed Twin Rivers 6-0 with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter...

Kennett boys calculate season-high 81 points in win at Twin Rivers (01/26/12)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- A season-high point total looked unlikely for the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program early in Tuesday's road contest against the Twin Rivers Royals. Kennett, which entered the contest averaging 60 points per game, trailed Twin Rivers 6-0 with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter...

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

Kennett girls collect key regular-season district win vs. Twin Rivers (01/21/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians girls basketball program moved one step closer to securing the top seed in the upcoming Class 3, District 1, girls basketball tournament Monday night. Kennett collected a key 62-48 home win against the Twin Rivers Lady Royals...

Kennett girls collect key regular-season district win vs. Twin Rivers (01/20/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians girls basketball program moved one step closer to securing the top seed in the upcoming Class 3, District 1, girls basketball tournament Thursdy night. Kennett collected a key 62-48 home win against the Twin Rivers Lady Royals...

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...

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

Newcomers spark NMCC in win over Twin Rivers (01/18/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- Given that they are relatively new to the New Madrid County Central Eagles, both junior Armondo Thatch and senior Chilis Johnson have one major role to play while coming off the bench -- for now. Both Thatch and Johnson are being filtered in as they progress with the Eagles and serve as a shot of energy after having to sit out the first half of the season...

Kennett Lady Indians basketball team defeats Campbell, remains perfect in conference (01/18/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett girls basketball program concluded regular-season conference play perfect Tuesday evening.

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...

Sikeston boys basketball team downs unbeaten De Soto (01/10/12)
Just 48 hours after defeating Imagine Prep 69-62, the Bulldogs took down undefeated and state-ranked De Soto 76-73 on Monday night.

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

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...

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.

Kennett girls trot into Lady Royals Classic finals again with 53-34 win against NMCC (12/23/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians varsity girls basketball players trotted to the locker room after shaking hands with the New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles' players Wednesday evening. Some smiled, at least one waved her hands in the air and others remained visibly emotionless following Kennett's convincing 53-34 victory against New Madrid County Central in the semifinals of the Lady Royals Classic...

Sikeston bows out of Classic after 48-43 loss to Lady Royals (12/22/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BROSELEY -- Their run through the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas Classic Tournament was nothing short of a disappointment. Ranked as the third best team, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs bowed out on Wednesday with a 48-43 loss to the host Lady Royals, the tournament's 10th seed...

Lady Bluejays lose heartbreaker, 66-65 (12/22/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BROSELEY -- The Charleston Lady Bluejays ended their tournament run with a heartbreaking 66-65 loss to 11th seeded Clearwater Lady Tigers on Wednesday during the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas Classic at Twin Rivers High School...

December 21, 2011 Scoreboard (12/21/11)
Girls basketball Kelso Supply Holiday Classic Cape Central 47, Saxony Lutheran 29 Scott City vs. Perryville Jackson vs. Farmington Meadow Heights vs. Notre Dame

Kennett Lady Indians improve to 10-0 with OT win against Twin Rivers (12/20/11)
BROSELEY, Mo. - Upset top-seeded New Madrid County Central and win its opening-season tournament for a third consecutive season Check. Defeat every basketball team in the Bootheel Conference before Christmas Check. Start the season 10-0 for a second consecutive season...

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 girls adapt to Senath-Hornersville's defense, improve to 8-0 (12/16/11)
SENATH, Mo. -- Senath-Hornersville Lions girls basketball coach Jamie Johnson hoped an altered defense would trick the undefeated Kennett Lady Indians offense Thursday night. "We made a couple of switches defensively and changed the pressure we apply," Johnson said. ...

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...

Semifinals set at Bernie basketball tourney following wins by Risco and Bloomfield (12/01/11)
BERNIE, Mo. -- The top-seeded Risco Tigers were unable to create any breathing room in the first quarter of its quarterfinal match against the No. 8 seeded East Prairie Eagles Wednesday evening. The Tigers trailed the eighth-seeded 17-16 Eagles at the conclusion of the first period...

Semifinals set at Bernie basketball tourney following wins by Risco and Bloomfield (12/02/11)
BERNIE, Mo. -- The top-seeded Risco Tigers were unable to create any breathing room in the first quarter of its quarterfinal match against the No. 8 seeded East Prairie Eagles Wednesday evening. The Tigers trailed the eighth-seeded 17-16 Eagles at the conclusion of the first period...

Risco rolls (12/01/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BERNIE -- Taking a 14-point lead into the half on Wednesday, the top-seeded Risco Tigers advanced to the Bernie Invitational Tournament semifinals with a 77-46 win over the eighth-seeded East Prairie Eagles. "They played hard and aggressive," Risco head coach Brandon Blankenship said of his team. "We were a little too aggressive at times and got some silly fouls out there running into people and gambling going for steals...

Six Dunklin County athletes selected to all-district volleyball teams (11/03/11)
The 2011 all-district volleyball teams for Class 1, District 1; Class 2, District 1; and Class 3, District 1; have been selected. South Pemiscot, Twin Rivers and Bloomfield had at least four representatives each. Kennett's Audrey Wynne, Southland's Jordan Zolman, Holcomb's Tia Mitchell, Senath-Hornersville's Lauren Goff and Malden's Sarah Bukich and Taylor Miller were the athletes from Dunklin County receiving all-district recognition...

East Carter baseball player battles cancer (10/06/11)
Chris Newman, a center fielder and pitcher for East Carter, was recently diagnosed with a rare bone cancer in his left leg called Ewing's Sarcoma.

District tournament schedules (10/05/11)
Wednesday (4) Chaffee v. (5) Neelyville, 2 p.m. (3) Van Buren v. (6) Delta, 4 p.m. Thursday Chaffee/Neelyville winner v. (1) Naylor, 2 p.m. Van Buren/Delta winner v. (2) Oran, 4 p.m. Friday Championship, 4 p.m. Wednesday (4) Twin Rivers v. (5) Greenville, noon...

October 4, 2011 Scoreboard (10/05/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

September 27, 2011 Scoreboard (09/28/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

High school roundup: Perryville softball team overpowers Jackson (09/28/11)
All the scores from Tuesday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

Gideon volleyball team defeats Twin Rivers in Gideon Inv. title game (09/27/11)
Staff Photo by Dustin Ward The Gideon volleyball team defeated Twin Rivers 26-24, 25-20 in the championship of the Gideon volleyball tournament Saturday. Pictured from left is team with its first place plaque (back row): Head coach Kristen Ashabranner, Hayley Cagle, Brook Hutchison, Morgin Marcus, Niki Lowry, Morgan Beck, Beth Thompson, and assistant coach Amber Martin; (front row) Breanna Berry, Savanah Nimmo, Jana Stanfield, Alexa Grissom, Savannah Yount, Kassi Lawrence and Sydney Hooten...

Gideon volleyball team defeats Twin Rivers in Gideon Inv. title game (09/27/11)
Note: 88 Photos of the Gideon volleyball tournament are also available in this article.

Dexter takes first in Bronze Bracket of Black Division at ASU Tourney (09/26/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com JONESBORO, Ark. -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats volleyball team finished first in the Bronze Bracket of the Black Division of the Arkansas State University Play Day Tournament on Saturday. Dexter opened the day splitting two sets with Crowley's Ridge Academy, Ark., 25-11, 22-25. Brittany Harris finished with 10 kills and four blocks in the match while Lindsey Hindman had 17 digs. Senior McKenzie Mitchell was 13 of 14 serving...

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...

Twin Rivers controls net play in straight-set win at Kennett (09/20/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Twin Rivers Royals have enjoyed its fair share of success against volleyball teams from the Bootheel Conference in 2011. The Royals entered Monday night's contest against the Kennett Indians with a 3-1 record against Bootheel Conference teams, already securing regular-season wins against Malden, Portageville and Caruthersville. The Royals only loss to a Bootheel Conference representative was to Malden in pool-play at the SEMO Spike tourney...

September 19, 2011 Scoreboard (09/19/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

Twin Rivers dominates net play in straight-set win at Kennett (09/20/11)
KENNET, Mo. -- The Twin Rivers Royals have enjoyed its fair share of success against volleyball teams from the Bootheel Conference in 2011. The Royals entered Monday night's contest against the Kennett Indians with a 3-1 record against Bootheel Conference teams, already securing regular-season wins against Malden, Portageville and Caruthersville. The Royals only loss to a Bootheel Conference representative was to Malden in pool-play at the SEMO Spike tourney...

Lady Bulldogs fight back from five runs down (09/16/11)
SIKESTON -- It wasn't the start they were hoping for. But they finished it off just the way they wanted to. After spotting the Twin Rivers Lady Royals an early cushion, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs plated nine-unanswered runs to complete the comeback and pull off their fifth win of the season...

Thursday's Sports Results: Kennett, Southland, Cooter, Clarkton, Senath-Hornersville collect wins (09/16/11)
TENNIS Kennett 8, Poplar Bluff 1 The Kennett varsity girls tennis team improved to 7-2 on the season Thursday afternoon with a 8-1 win against Poplar Bluff. Kennett's Anna Kay Hilburn, Mallory Lancaster, Darby Sparks, Kate Shetley and Kelsey Washburn won their respective varsity singles matches...

Lady Hawks pull out win over Twin Rivers (09/14/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com BROSELEY -- Although the Kelly Lady Hawks committed four defensive errors in key situations, they still pulled out a 7-5 win over the Twin Rivers Lady Royals on Tuesday. "We just have to get tighter," Kelly coach Rhonda Ratledge said. "There were only three earned runs and a lot of two out errors. We've been struggling to get that third out for some reason...

High school roundup: Scott City sweeps Dexter in volleyball (09/14/11)
All the scores from Tuesday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

Scott City sweeps Dexter in volleyball (09/14/11)
The Scott City volleyball team picked up where it left off at the SEMO Spike tournament. The Rams defeated host Dexter 25-20, 25-18 on Tuesday. Scott City trailed 17-16 in the first game before running off five consecutive points, then later closed the game on a 4-1 run...

September 13, 2011 Scoreboard (09/13/11)
All the high school results 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.

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

Bernie picks up two wins in wooden bat tourney (08/30/11)
BERNIE, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets and the Twin Rivers Royals suffered their first losses of the fall baseball season Saturday to the Bernie Mules in the Bernie Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament. Bernie 1, Holcomb 0 Bernie collected a 1-0 win against the Holcomb Hornets in the opening contest of the round robin tourney...

High school roundup: Notre Dame tennis team debuts with a loss (08/30/11)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

Holcomb and Twin Rivers suffer first losses of season to Bernie (08/30/11)
BERNIE, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets and the Twin Rivers Royals suffered their first losses of the baseball season to the Bernie Mules on Saturday in the Bernie Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament. Bernie collected a 1-0 win against the Holcomb Hornets in the opening contest of the round robin tourney...

Holcomb and Twin Rivers suffer first losses of season to Bernie (08/30/11)
BERNIE, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets and Twin Rivers Royals suffered their first losses of the baseball season Saturday to the Bernie Mules in the Bernie Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament. Bernie collected a 1-0 win against the Holcomb Hornets in the opening contest of the round robin tourney...

New bat rule coming this spring (08/23/11)
For area schools competing in baseball this fall, the opportunity is there to use the new bats which will soon be mandated by the National Federation of State High School Associations. However, the opportunity to use the old bats is still there as well...

High School Roundup: Chaffee softball team wins season opener (08/23/11)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

Holcomb tallies 20 runs in opening day win against Clarkton (08/23/11)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The Holcomb Hornets enter the 2011 fall baseball season with experienced hitters throughout its lineup. Seven of the nine hitters in Holcomb's opening day lineup in Monday's game against the Clarkton Reindeer were returning starters...

August 22, 2011 Scoreboard (08/22/11)
All of the high school scores reported to semoball.com.

Sectional showdowns: Charleston, Malden both in unfamiliar territory (05/22/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com MALDEN -- Fresh off of their first district championship in school history, the Charleston Bluejays will have little time to celebrate as they gear up for their next challenge in the Class 2, Sectional 1 bout scheduled for Monday...

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

Oran and Chaffee open Red Devil Classic with wins (05/01/11)
ORAN -- Still undefeated on the season, the Oran Eagles picked up their 14th consecutive win on Friday 7-1 over Perryville in the Red Devil Classic. "We did a real good job of being patient, hitting the ball and working the strike zone," Oran coach Mitch Wood said. "We even walked in a run. We did everything today it seemed like. Had some big hits, some big bunts. The kids did some good things."...

April 29, 2011 Scoreboard (04/29/11)
All the high school results reported to semoball.com.

Errors doom Jays in loss to Twin Rivers (04/23/11)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Bluejays saw Twin Rivers erase an early six-run deficit en rout to a 11-10 win in the first game of the 2011 Curveball's against Cancer Classic wood bat doubleheader on Friday. "Seven unearned runs today," Charleston coach Michael Minner said. "They're a good ball club, but we gave them seven runs. We battled our tails off for every run we have got...

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...

Twin Rivers baseball team jumps on Scott City early, prevails 5-1 (04/03/11)
The Rams dropped their third straight game to fall to 1-3-1

Twin Rivers jumps on Scott City early, prevails 5-1 (04/03/11)
The Rams dropped their third straight game to fall to 1-3-1

Green picks up first high school win as Green Wave defeat Holcomb (03/25/11)
MALDEN, Mo. -- On an afternoon a Popsicle would have likely survived without melting in the crowd, Malden's Darren Green survived on the mound. Green, a freshman starter, allowed only two runs in his start as the Malden Greenwave defeated the Holcomb Hornets 12-2 in high school baseball action on Thursday afternoon...

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. ...

Charleston routs Twin Rivers, back in district finals (03/04/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com NEW MADRID -- The Charleston Bluejays wanted to make sure that there would be no repeat of last year. After such a brutal double-overtime victory against New Madrid County Central in last year's district semifinal game, the Bluejays had nothing left in the tank in a lopsided loss to Kennett in the championship game the following night...

Charleston rallies to take out Twin Rivers (03/02/11)
NEW MADRID -- The Charleston Lady Bluejays fell under the adage of 'the more shots you take, the more likely one will fall in.' The Lady Bluejays made 32 of their 85 shots on Tuesday leading to a puny 37 percent from the field. But they still found a way to upset the second-seeded Twin Rivers Lady Royals with a dominating rebounding effort in a thrilling, 76-74 win during the Class 3, District 1 tournament...

March 1, 2011 Scoreboard (03/02/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

No surprises: Top seeds all advance in the Class 3, District 1 Tournament (03/01/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com NEW MADRID -- New Madrid County Central saw their season come to an end on Monday night at the hands of the Kennett Indians, but the Eagles didn't go down without a fight. The Eagles kept the game close the entire way, but a strong start to the fourth quarter lifted Kennett to the 64-54 win, moving the Indians into the Class 3, District 1 semifinals on Thursday night...

Season of "almost" ends for Bloomfield (03/01/11)
NEW MADRID -- It was yet another "almost" in a season full of them for the Bloomfield Wildcats. After a rousing fourth quarter rally that erased a 10-point deficit and made it a one-point game with 10 seconds remaining, Bloomfield was unable to complete the comeback and saw its season come to an end in a 62-57 loss to the Twin Rivers Royals in the first round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament at New Madrid County Central High School Monday night...

February 28, 2011 District Basketball Scoreboard (03/01/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Top seeds advance: Charleston, NMCC girls ease to wins (02/28/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com NEW MADRID -- There were no surprises on the opening day of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament at New Madrid on Saturday as all of the top seeded teams posted wins in the first round. In the girls division, third seeded Charleston had little trouble with sixth seeded Malden, defeating the Lady Wave 61-29...

February 25-26, 2011 District Basketball Scoreboard (02/26/11)
All the high school basketball district tournament scores reported to semoball.com.

Dexter ends regular season with win over Twin Rivers (02/18/11)
If defense wins championships, then the Dexter Lady Bearcats are on the right track. Dexter used full court pressure and executed its half-court match-up zone defense to near perfection as the Lady Bearcats defeated the Twin Rivers Lady Royals, 57-22, Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center...

Risco advances to finals of Tri-County Tournament (02/18/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com WARDELL -- The Risco Tigers needed overtime to do it, but they avenged an earlier season loss to the Clarkton Reindeer in a thrilling 71-69 win on Thursday during the semifinals of the Tri-County Conference Tournament at North Pemiscot High School...

Defensive pressure (02/01/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com SIKESTON -- The 'run and gun' style that has made Sikeston basketball what it is today, may have seeped into the Lady Bulldogs program. Keeping teams flustered with a swarm of defensive pressure, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs are continuing to wear down opponents until pulling away in the second half. It's especially tough, when their opponents have to travel to the Sikeston Field House...

Coaches v. Cancer Shootout (01/31/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com CHARLESTON -- Area basketball fans got the chance to see some of the area's best high school talent while benefiting an important cause Saturday at the Charleston High School gymnasium. That's where the Lady Bluejays basketball program hosted their annual Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout that featured 12 local high school girls teams competing in six back-to-back games...

Kennett overcomes fourth quarter deficit, defeats Twin Rivers (01/26/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Senior Kennett Indians' guard Fred Garmon wasn't pleased his team entered the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's home contest against district rival Twin Rivers trailing 45-42. "I just had to score," Fred Garmon said. "They were trying to take us. I got a little upset when things tightened up so I had to take over a little bit."...

Kennett overcomes fourth-quarter deficit, defeats Twin Rivers (01/26/11)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Senior Kennett Indians' guard Fred Garmon wasn't pleased his team entered the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's home contest against district rival Twin Rivers trailing 45-42. "I just had to score," Fred Garmon said. "They were trying to take us. I got a little upset when things tightened up so I had to take over a little bit."...

January 25, 2011 Scoreboard (01/25/11)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Risco torches Cooter; Charleston girls win (01/19/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com RISCO -- The Risco Tigers wasted little time taking care of the visiting Cooter Wildcats on Tuesday night defeating their conference foe 96-54 giving them a 7-6 overall record and a 3-1 Tri-County Conference record. "We had some of the best ball movement we've had in a while," Risco head coach Brandon Blankenship said. "Teamwork really stood out this game, our press was working well which led to many layups. Hopefully, we can build from here."...

Advance holds off Chaffee; Sikeston ninth graders roll (01/14/11)
sd_sports@yahoo.com CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Red Devils fell to 7-4 on the season, losing a hard fought 70-65 contest to Advance on Thursday night. Chaffee led 21-19 after one quarter but Advance built a 36-32 lead heading into the break. The Hornets extended the lead to 52-46 after three, but the Red Devils couldn't close the gap...

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...

Bearcats reach BCT championship game (12/30/10)
BLOOMFIELD -- Alan Flannigan scored a game-high 25 points to lead Dexter to a 63-44 win over Twin Rivers Wednesday night and land the Bearcats in the championship game of the 54th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. It will be Dexter's first appearance in the title game since 2004. The No. 2 seeded Bearcats will face top seed and defending tournament champion Kennett in tonight's title game after the Indians posted their second win of the season over No. 4 seed Portageville, 60-47...

Bearcats make semifinals; Bernie upset by Twin Rivers (12/29/10)
BLOOMFIELD -- Dexter bolted to a quick 11-0 lead and made it stand up for a 71-56 win over Doniphan that earned the Bearcats a spot in the semifinals of the 54th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Tuesday night. The Bearcats turned early pressure on the Dons into a 19-5 first quarter advantage, then increased the lead to 28-10 early in the second before Doniphan staged the first of several rallies. ...

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...

Big wins, upsets at Bloomfield (12/28/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BLOOMFIELD -- Breaking the century mark for the first time in a decade, the second-seeded Dexter Bearcats opened up their Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Monday with a dominant 107-32 win over 15th-seeded South Pemiscot. Led by Alan Flannigan's 36 points in three quarters of play, the Bearcats had the game in check by halftime when they held a 57-14 lead...

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...

Finals set: Sikeston, NMCC set for fifth-place match (12/23/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- Already holding a 13-point lead against Twin Rivers going into halftime Wednesday night at the Lady Royals Holiday Classic, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs used a hot start to the third quarter to distance themselves from the Lady Royals before winning 61-31...

Upset blocked (12/21/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- Taking a six-point lead into the fourth quarter Monday night in the quarterfinals of the 14th Annual Lady Royal Holiday Classic, the seventh-seeded Sikeston Lady Bulldogs saw the second-seeded Kennett Lady Indians pull off a last minute comeback to prevent the upset...

Harris leads Lady 'Cats into tourney semifinals (12/21/10)
BROSELEY -- Brittany Harris dropped in 24 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead Dexter to a 57-40 win over host Twin Rivers and earn the Lady Bearcats a spot in the semifinals of the Lady Royals Holiday Classic Monday night. "I thought we did a great job of handling their press and getting the ball to the middle and really looked to attack and got some really good looks off their press," Dexter coach Chad Allen said after the game. ...

Seeds hold true at Lady Royals tourney (12/20/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs wasted no time gaining an early advantage over the Portageville Lady Bulldogs during the first round of the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas tournament on Saturday eventually winning 63-29...

Lady Royals tourney kicks off Saturday (12/17/10)
BROSELEY -- The 14th annual Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas tournament will signal the beginning of Christmas break as well as the start of the holiday basketball tournaments around the area. Sikeston, New Madrid County Central, Dexter, Kelly, Charleston and Portageville will all be involved as they each play their first game on Saturday during the opening round...

Mules are tournament champs (12/14/10)
HOLCOMB -- Bernie senior Cameron Shipman by no means played badly in the Mules' semifinal win against the host team on Thursday night at the Holcomb Invitational. Shipman was fourth on the team in scoring with eight points but yet, according to Bernie coach Brad Botsch, he spent a late night and then an early Friday morning shooting hoops back in Bernie's gymnasium...

Bloomfield claims district championship (10/27/10)
BROSELEY -- The last time the Bloomfield Lady Wildcats won a district title, they partied 'like it's 1999' like that old Prince song suggests. Because, well, it was literally in 1999 the last time Bloomfield got a district championship plaque. On Tuesday night, Bloomfield finally got to party again after the Lady Wildcats won their first district crown in 11 years after topping Senath-Hornersville, 25-16, 25-13, in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 championship game at Twin Rivers High School...

Oran, Risco, Charleston, Portageville lose in district tournaments (10/26/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com ADVANCE -- The Oran Lady Eagles saw their season come to an end on Monday in the Class 1, District 3 Tournament at Advance. Advance, the fourth seed, defeated Oran 25-19, 25-20 to advance to the semifinals against Leopold. The Lady Hornets then fell to the top seeded Lady Wildcats in straight sets...

Kennett, Senath-Hornersville advance to respectful district touney semifinals (10/25/10)
District volleyball tournaments began on Monday and two local teams moved one step closer to winning their districts' title...

District volleyball tournaments set to get underway Monday (10/22/10)
Football will take a back seat to volleyball starting Monday as district competition is set across the state in all classes. Dexter will be the host for the Class 3, District 1 tournament, while the other seven SCAA schools will play at Twin Rivers, Gideon and Advance and Scott City...

Central swimmers win dual meet vs. Jackson (09/29/10)
Jordan Gramling collected two state qualifying times and broke pool records in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle.

Bloomfield rolls; Leopold rallies past Dexter (09/29/10)
Volleyball Roundup

Sikeston walks off with extra inning win (09/29/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com SIKESTON -- Breaking a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the eighth, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs came up came up winners on senior night against East Carter. After Sydney Davied led off the inning with a triple, Nicki James brought her in on a squeeze play to give Sikeston the 2-1 win...

Central swimmers win dual meet vs. Jackson (09/29/10)
Jordan Gramling collected two state qualifying times and broke pool records in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle. That performance helped host Central ease past rival Jackson 97-69 in Tuesday's dual swimming meet. Central's Caleb Coots and Jackson's Kristian Troxell both collected state qualifying times in the 100 butterfly, while Jackson's Ryan Gibson earned a state qualifying mark in the 200 freestyle...

September 28, 2010 Scoreboard (09/28/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Late mistake dooms Kelly in extra inning loss (09/15/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BENTON -- In a game filled with efficiency, it was the team that made the first mistake that ultimately paid the price. An error by the Kelly Lady Hawks in the top of the eighth inning eventually led to the first and only run on Tuesday afternoon as the Twin Rivers Lady Royals came away with their first win against Kelly in the last three years in a 1-0 game...

High school roundup: Central rides singles success past Jackson in tennis dual (09/15/10)
All the scores from Tuesday that were reported to the Southeast Missourian.

September 14, 2010 Scoreboard (09/14/10)
All the high school sports results reported to semoball.com.

Rams exact revenge vs. ND to claim title (09/12/10)
In a high-quality, back-and-forth match worthy of two of Southeast Missouri's best volleyball programs and the title they were playing for, the play of Scott City junior Katie Hogan proved to be the difference at the end of a three-game championship match at the SEMO Spike tournament...

Oran spikers turn back Charleston in opener (08/31/10)
All of the area high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

August 30, 2010 Scoreboard (08/30/10)
Nightly high school sports scores.

Lady Devils start season with win (08/24/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com NEELYVILLE -- The Chaffee Lady Devils got their 2010 softball season started just the way they wanted with a 9-8 win over the Neelyville Lady Tigers on Monday afternoon. After Chaffee established a comfortable 9-3 lead going into the bottom of the sixth, Nellyville stormed back with five runs of their own. The Lady Devils, however, were able to hold them one run shy of a tie and eventually hold on for the win...

Chaffee softball nips Neelyville in season opener (08/24/10)
All the area high school sports reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

August 23, 2010 Scoreboard (08/23/10)
Nightly high school sports scores.

April 13, 2010 Scoreboard (04/13/10)
Nightly high school sports scores.

NMCC drops offensive shootout (04/07/10)
NEW MADRID -- Runs definitely were not in short supply Tuesday afternoon when visiting Twin Rivers took on the New Madrid County Central Eagles. Trying to overcome an 11-run deficit late, NMCC would score eight-runs in the final three innings before eventually falling to the Royals 19-9...

NMCC trumps Lady Royals (03/28/10)
NEW MADRID -- Coming into the softball season, New Madrid County Central's goal was to go undefeated. The Lady Eagles cleared one of their major obstacles Friday afternoon, defeating Twin Rivers 4-1. Last spring, the Lady Eagles finished the season 13-2 with one of their two losses coming to Twin Rivers 2-0 in eight innings and coach Steve Rogers knew the Lady Royals would be formidable again this season...

Risco is one step closer to district title (03/03/10)
GIDEON -- The Risco Tigers moved one step closer to a district title on Tuesday night with a 51-41 win over Southland at the Class 1, District 1 tournament at Gideon High School. The slow and methodical ways of Southland had the Rebels out in front after the first quarter with a 12-9 lead. A 15-7 second quarter in favor of the Tigers put Risco out in front for good...

March 2 Scoreboard (03/02/10)
Nightly high school basketball scores.

Warren's double-double helps Dexter down Twin Rivers (02/18/10)
Dexter senior Abbie Warren scored a career-high 27 points and cleared the boards 17 times to help the Bearcats end the season on a winning note.

Warren's double-double helps Dexter down Twin Rivers (02/19/10)
Dexter senior Abbie Warren scored a career-high 27 points and cleared the boards 17 times to help the Bearcats end the season on a winning note.

Feb. 12 Scoreboard (02/12/10)
Nightly high school basketball scores.

Tribe speeds past Twin Rivers (01/27/10)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- It looked as if the Kennett Indians were going to blow Twin Rivers out in Broseley on Tuesday night -- then it looked like it was going to go to the wire. Even though the Tribe jumped out to a 7-0 lead and pushed it to an 11-point lead with a minute left in the first quarter, both teams would take the court after the half with Kennett barely hanging on to a one-point advantage...

Taking revenge: Lady Tribe avenges first loss of season against Twin Rivers (01/22/10)
The Kennett Lady Indians got a little payback in their game Thursday night against the Twin Rivers Lady Royals with a 53-32 win. The Lady Royals handed the Lady Tribe its first loss this season back in December at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic. That loss was on Kennett's mind coming into Thursday's game...

Eagles soar past Twin Rivers (01/20/10)
sd_sports@yahoo.com NEW MADRID -- The New Madrid County Central Eagles took care of the Twin Rivers Royals 68-37 on Tuesday night with the help of the emerging William Bledsoe. Bledsoe added a hefty 18 points and was a nice compliment to NMCC's staple post-man Kony Ealy...

Jan. 19 Scoreboard (01/19/10)
Nightly high school basketball scores.

Kennett eases past Portageville; Richland to play for fifth (12/30/09)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BLOOMFIELD -- The Portageville Bulldogs could not figure out the hounding defense of the Kennett Indians in Tuesday's second semifinal game at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament as they failed to advance to their second consecutive tournament final with a 58-36 loss...

Portageville wins OT thriller while Dexter downs Rebels (12/29/09)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BLOOMFIELD -- The Portageville Bulldogs used a last-second shot in overtime to defeat Hayti 70-68 in the quarterfinals of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Monday night. With the score tied at 68-68 with 5.1 seconds remaining in overtime, the Bulldogs inbounded the ball to Fred Treadwell who went the length of the floor and hit a five foot runner as time expired to propel Portageville into the semifinals tonight against Kennett...

Bloomfield Tournament report - Day 2 (12/29/09)
Check all of the results and box scores from Monday at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.

Richland edges Malden; rest of top seeds advance easily at Bloomfield (12/28/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- The top seeds had very little trouble advancing in the first round of the 53rd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Saturday. Every game was won by more than a 20-point margin, except for the Richland/Malden game which saw the Rebels pull away in the fourth quarter for a 64-56 win...

Bloomfield boxes -- DAY 1 (12/26/09)
Boxscores from Day 1 of Bloomfield Chistmas Tournament

Neelyville wins first Classic title (12/24/09)
Neelyville remains unbeaten with 72-51 win over host Twin Rivers in championship game.

Royal Flush (12/23/09)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- The Kelly Lady Hawks met up with a team on a mission Tuesday evening, the host Twin Rivers Lady Royals. The host squad made it apparent from the tip that they were there to fight for a spot in the championship game as they eventually defeated the Lady Hawks 69-40...

OVERTIME THRILLER (12/22/09)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- The Charleston Lady Bluejays and the Kelly Lady Hawks don't like to go just four quarters. In their last two games, Charleston and Kelly have combined for 13 quarters. Last season, they hooked up for a three overtime game in a Charleston district tournament win. On Monday night they added two more...

Twin Rivers hands Lady Tribe first loss (12/22/09)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- There was at least one positive that came out of the Kennett Lady Indians' first loss of the 2009-10 basketball season. "This game allowed us to look at what we need to improve upon," Kennett coach Casey Bunting said. "A few easy baskets here and there -- and better set-up in our offense -- and we may have a different game."...

Classic begins (12/21/09)
sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- The No. 15 seeded Sikeston Lady Bulldogs came just three points from upsetting the No. 2 seed Kennett Lady Indians on Saturday in the first round of the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Holiday Classic. Sikeston went into halftime with a 32-25 lead but the Indians made up ground in the third quarter by tying that game at 42 points going into the final eight minutes...

Dec. 19 Scoreboard (12/19/09)
Nightly high school basketball scores.

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High school roundup: Lane leads Central boys to second straight win (12/06/09)
All the scores from Friday night reported to the Southeast Missourian

Dec. 2 Scoreboard (12/01/09)

2009-10 Twin Rivers Girls Basketball Preview (11/24/09)
Head Coach: Kelly Null, 2nd year (10-13) Last Season: 10-13 (lost to Woodland in Class 3 district semis) District: Class 3 District 2 at Twin Rivers (Arcadia Valley, Clearwater, Doniphan, Greenville, Woodland) Last district title: 2004 Key Returners: Stephanie Jennings, Kelsey Snider, Darra Reed, Chelsea Crain...

2009-10 Twin Rivers Boys Basketball Preview (11/24/09)
Head Coach: Rob Brown, 4th year (41-38) Last Season: 15-12 (lost to Arcadia Valley in Class 3 district semis) District: Class 3 District 2 at Twin Rivers (Arcadia Valley, Bloomfield, Clearwater, Doniphan, Greenville, Woodland) Last district title: 2002...

East Carter wins district title (10/09/09)
MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 championship game

Lady Royals end Clearwater's run (10/09/09)
MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinals

Bernie slips past Twin Rivers (10/07/09)
BERNIE -- Bernie rallied from a disappointing Game 1 to overcome a feisty Twin Rivers Lady Royals squad, 23-25, 25-16, 25-22, Tuesday night at home in high school volleyball action. Bernie got a scare in the third and deciding game when the Lady Royals run off five straight points late to turn a 24-17 Lady Mules advantage into a nail bitting 24-22 contest...

Baseball: Twin Rivers 10, Naylor 0 (10/02/09)
Twin Rivers (15-5) won its final regular-season game on Friday at Naylor.

Blue Monday: Kennett teams drop homes games to open week (09/22/09)
Monday was not the best day to be a Kennett Indian or Lady Indian. First, the Lady Indians dropped a 3-1 decision to Poplar Bluff at the south end of Indian Park. Then, the Tribe soccer team lost to Anna-Jonesboro at the north end of the Park. Finally, the Lady Tribe suffered a three-set to Twin Rivers to end the day...

Baseball: Twin Rivers 5, Holcomb 1 (09/19/09)
The Royals (11-1) defeated Holcomb at the Bernie Tournament.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 7, Clearwater 6 (10 innings) (09/15/09)
Twin Rivers (10-1) defeated visiting Clearwater in extra innings.

Softball: Twin Rivers 6, Clearwater 1 (09/15/09)
Clearwater fell to 4-4 with a loss on Monday at Twin Rivers.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 3, South Pemiscot 2 (09/14/09)
Twin Rivers improved to 9-0 with a win over South Pemiscot on Friday at Senath.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 7, Senath-Hornersville 4 (09/14/09)
Twin Rivers (8-0) defeated host Senath-Hornersville on Friday.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 6, Neelyville 4 (09/10/09)
Twin Rivers (7-0) remained unbeaten with a win over Neelyville on the road.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 11, Campbell 1 (09/05/09)
Twin Rivers (6-0) continued its impressive run through the fall season with a win on Friday at Campbell.

Twin Rivers 7, East Carter 5 (09/03/09)
Twin Rivers (5-0) won at East Carter on Thursday.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 11, Doniphan 7 (09/01/09)
Twin Rivers (4-0) stayed perfect during the fall season with a win over Doniphan on Tuesday at home.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 12, South Pemiscot 2 (08/28/09)
Twin Rivers moved to 3-0 during the fall season with the road win.

Baseball: Twin Rivers 15, Doniphan 7 (08/27/09)
Twin Rivers moved to 2-0 during the fall baseball season by defeating Doniphan on the road.

Kelly's Dock tosses no-hitter in opener (08/25/09)
Danielle Dock wasted no time finding her groove in the circle. Kelly's senior pitcher threw a no-hitter in the Hawks' softball season-opener Monday. Kelly downed East Carter 4-0 behind 14 strikeouts from Dock. "She did a really good job," Kelly coach Rhonda Ratledge said. "She was on fire."...

Comeback kids: Lady Tribe rallies from six runs down to win in eight (04/08/09)
Trailing by five runs entering the bottom of the seventh inning and finding themselves on the wrong end of a one-hitter, the Kennett Lady Indians seemed dead in the water. Guess again. The Lady Tribe offense broke loose in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring five runs to tie the game and then winning it in the eighth to pull out an improbable 9-7 win over the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Tuesday at Indian Park...

Woodland's fast start dooms Twin Rivers (03/03/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer BLOOMFIELD -- Another slow start hindered the Twin Rivers Lady Royals on Monday night. Twin Rivers, which entered the MSHSAA Class 3 District 2 tournament as the second seed, trailed 10-0 early to the Woodland Lady Cardinals and never were able to get back in it...

ROUNDUP: Clearwater boys stay atop OFC standings (02/25/09)
By DAR STAFF NAYLOR -- The Clearwater Tigers got one step closer to winning the Ozark Foothills Conference regular season title Tuesday night on the road as they took a 64-54 victory over Naylor. Clearwater coach Louis Bell wasn't sure what to expect out of his team after two straight weeks of tournament play in the OFC and the Black River League...

Royals win OFC JV title (02/16/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer The Twin Rivers boys basketball program made a clean sweep of Ozark Foothills Conference titles as its junior varsity defeated Neelyillle 66-58 Friday evening at Bess Activity Center. Twin Rivers varsity coach Rob Brown was thrilled with both teams winning in front of a great fan base of Royals fans...

No. 2 seed Twin Rivers beats Clearwater for OFC title (02/15/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer Even though his team won the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament championship Friday night, Twin Rivers coach Rob Brown felt the Royals still have a lot more to accomplish this season. But at least for Friday night, the team could celebrate its first OFC title since 2006 with the 60-50 victory at the Bess Activity Center...

Empty bench: East Carter short on players (02/09/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer GREENVILLE -- The East Carter Redbirds, who entered the Ozark Foothills Conference tournament 1-11 on the season and the No. 7-seed, already had a lot to go up against Saturday afternoon when they stepped on the court with second-seeded Twin Rivers...

Naylor boys top Neelyville, reach OFC semifinals (02/08/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer GREENVILLE -- It's been a dicey situation for the Naylor Eagles over the past few weeks. Even with the ice storm, the team has been up and down as of late as it roster has two starters left the team a few weeks ago. But on Saturday night in the first round of the Ozark Foothills Conference, the Eagles played well together and got past rival Neelyville for the second time this season, 68-62...

Greenville shakes off rust, Donettes for victory (02/08/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer GREENVILLE -- It hasn't been a pleasant New Year for the Greenville Lady Bears. Greenville was 0-4 in 2009 and hadn't even played a home game since Dec. 11 against Lesterville. But things got better in the first round of the Ozark Foothills Conference tournament as the No. 4-seed Lady Bears rolled to a 47-35 win over the No. 5-seed Doniphan Donettes...

Twin Rivers beats county rival in OFC play (01/25/09)
By DAR STAFF BROSELEY -- The Twin Rivers Royals snapped a twogame losing streak Friday night with an Ozark Foothills Conference victory over the Neelyville Tigers, 70-37. The Tigers kept the game within 10 to 12 points for the most of the first half, but the Royals exploded in the second half as they outscored Neelyville, 32-15...

ROUNDUP: Kennett girls stymie Twin Rivers (01/23/09)
By DAR STAFF BROSELEY -- The Kennett Lady Indians held Twin Rivers to less than 25 points and got big games from Brittney Williams and Jerica Wheeler to take a 45-23 win over the Lady Royals on Thursday night. Twin Rivers led 5-4 after Kelsey Snider's basket midway through the opening quarter, but Kennett ran off eight straight points, going up 12-5 on Alexandra Brown's field goal with 2:23 left in the period...

Lady Tribe clamps down on Twin Rivers (01/23/09)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- Two nights after one of their most frustrating losses of the season, the Kennett Lady Indians turned to their defense to bounce back. The Lady Tribe held Twin Rivers to just 23 points on the night and got big games from Brittney Williams and Jerica Wheeler to take a 45-23 win over the Lady Royals here Thursday night...

Bernie tops SCAA tourney bracket (01/22/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer So far this season, playing in Bloomfield's gym has been nothing short of great for the Bernie Mules. It just so happens that the Stoddard County Activities Association tournament kicks off at Bloomfield on Monday with Bernie heading up the tournament as the No. 1 seed...

Bluff battles back, claims bragging rights vs. Twin Rivers (01/18/09)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor BROSELEY -- Having to put Jay Raulston on the bench because of early foul trouble use to concern Poplar Bluff coach Lamont Frazier. In the annual Battle of Butler County with Twin Rivers on Friday night, it may have sparked the Mules...

ROUNDUP: Davis scores 24 to lead Twin Rivers past Campbell (01/16/09)
By DAR STAFF BROSELEY -- The Twin Rivers Lady Royals had three players in double figures Thursday night at home as they went on to beat Campbell, 72-54, in a non-conference game. Twin Rivers senior Torey Davis scored a game-high 24 points, including nine 2-pointers. Kelsey Snider added 17 points while Stephanie Jennings chipped in with 16. Jennings has averaged 17.5 points a game during the Lady Royals' current two-game win streak...

Twin Rivers edges Dons in OFC action (01/11/09)
By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer DONIPHAN -- Trailing 16-4 in the middle of the first quarter, things were shaping up to be a long night for the Twin Rivers Royals, which came into the game on a three-game losing streak that included a couple of blowout losses to Dexter and Bernie...