High School Sports

Junior Spencer Warren and freshman Cy Worley shared medalist honors, and the Dexter boys golf team swept the competition Tuesday at Hidden Trails Country Club. Warren and Worley each shot 3-over 39, as the Bearcats compiled a 164 team score. Kennett was second in the four-team match with 179, Bloomfield was third with 192 and New Madrid County Central was fourth with 215...

The Jackson boys golf team cruised to victory at the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at Foxhaven golf course in Sikeston, Missouri. The Indians finished with a team score of 301, 26 strokes better than second place Dexter's 327 and had three golfers finish in the top five at the tournament as Carsen Silliman took home the individual championship with an even par 71. Case Englehart tied for 2nd with a three-over 74, and Seth Waters finished 5th with a six-over 77...

SIKESTON — Poplar Bluff finished third and Alex Wiseman earned SEMO All-Conference honors at the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston. Wiseman shot an 84 to lead the Mules as Poplar Bluff finished with a team score of 346. Jackson won the meet and Dexter finished second...

BELL CITY — Monday’s SCAA baseball game between the Bloomfield Wildcats and Bell City was a tale of two innings for the Wildcats. The Bell City Cubs scored five runs in the second inning and three key insurance runs in the fifth en route to an 8-5 win over the Wildcats...

SIKESTON — Marion, Ill., got off to a quick start in Monday’s matchup with Sikeston at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. The Lady Wildcats scored nine minutes into the game, and then again one minute later to grab a 2-0 lead early on. Senior Marissa Basi scored both of the goals for Marion, starting a rough night for the Lady Bulldogs — who fell 9-0...

Dexter’s Luke Thurston held his own in a pitcher’s duel against Doniphan’s Jake Eddington.However, the Bearcats couldn’t muster enough offense in a 2-1 loss to the Dons on Monday at Doniphan.

NAYLOR — Neelyville caught fire and capped a nearly perfect Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament with a championship after its offense erupted against Naylor. The fourth-seeded Tigers collected 19 hits as a team on the way to a 13-6 victory, winning its third straight game and capturing the OFC Tournament championship for the first time in three years...

After a three-year absence from the game veteran skipper Darrin Shipman is headed back to the dugout. Shipman was named the varsity baseball coach at Holcomb for the 2019-20 school year earlier this month. “I got to be away from the game for three years and I’ve got my batteries recharged now,” Shipman said. ...

SENATH, Mo. - The Campbell Camels baseball team scored multiple runs in the first four innings on its way to a 12-5 road victory against the Senath-Hornersville Lions early Monday afternoon. Campbell (9-4) led 5-1 after one inning, 7-3 after two innings, 10-4 after three innings, and 12-5 after four innings...

The Bernie Mules lead the field for the Class 1 District 3 softball tournament that starts Monday, April 29 at Bernie. The Mules (18-3) received the top seed and will face eighth-seeded Richland at noon in a first-round matchup. In the other first-round contests, No. 4 Dexter will meet No. 5 Scott County Central at 1:30 p.m., No. 2 Oran will face No. 7 Puxico at 3 p.m. and No. 3 Bloomfield will meet No. 6 Charleston at 4:30 p.m...

STEELE, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Kennett Indians experienced little difficulty eliminating the host No. 7 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs in a quarterfinal of the Bootheel Conference softball tournament Monday afternoon. Anelle Harris pitched a three-inning no-hitter to help propel Kennett past South Pemiscot 15-0...

Senior Jack Rinehart broke the Jackson High School record with his second-place finish in the pole vault to fare the best among the Indians at the Kansas Relays over the weekend in Lawrence, Kansas. Rinehart's 15 feet, 8 inches in the pole vault was the best performance for the Jackson track and field team at the prestigious meet held on the campus of the University of Kansas. ...

For the first time in five years, the Holcomb Hornets will have a new varsity boys basketball coach. Michael Snider, a 2013 graduate of nearby Twin Rivers High School, accepted the varsity boys basketball job at Holcomb earlier this month. Snider takes over for Chris Hahn who had served as head coach at Holcomb since 2014. Hahn is leaving Holcomb to be the varsity boys basketball coach at Delta High School...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians baseball team kept its hopes of hosting a quarterfinal of the SEMO Conference tournament alive by securing a key conference victory Saturday evening. Kennett moved to 3-3 in regular-season conference play as it edged the visiting Cape Central Tigers 4-2 at Indian Park...

The Malden Green Wave didn’t have to look far to find its next head football coach. Justin Peden, who has served as an assistant football coach with the Green Wave for the past three seasons, was officially named the new head football coach at Malden earlier this week...

FARMINGTON — Under brutal conditions, Poplar Bluff finished sixth overall out of 15 teams at the Mehlville Invitational, played at Crowne Pointe Golf Club and Resort in Farmington, which is also where the district tournament will be held. Alex Wiseman led the Mules with a 78 and finished fourth overall. ...

The brackets have released for the Tri-County Conference and Bootheel Conference softball tournaments. The Bootheel Conference softball tournament will take place Apr. 22 and Apr. 23 at South Pemiscot High School. No. 1 seeded Malden has received a quarterfinal bye. No. 4 seeded Portageville will take on No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville Monday at 7 p.m. The winner will take on Malden Tuesday at 4 p.m...

SIKESTON, Mo – Cold, wet and windy aren’t the most ideal conditions for a baseball game. Despite this the Sikeston Bulldogs put together one of their most well-rounded games of the season Friday in a 5-0 win over visiting Fredericktown. “We played as close to a complete game as we’ve played so far,” Bulldog’s head coach Brett Kolons said. ...

SIKESTON — When it comes to track and field in Sikeston, not many individuals know more than Murray Sullivan. He has been through the ups and the downs, along with when the program first began to what it has become today. Before Tuesday’s Sikeston Invitational, Sikeston athletic director Andy McGill presented Sullivan with a plaque to honor his 50 years of service with track and field in the area...

SIKESTON — Becoming an athletic director is not a simple task, but being named as one of the top athletic directors in the state is that much harder. Andy McGill has been the Sikeston athletic director for the last seven years. Last weekend, McGill earned the Southeast District Athletic Director of the Year Award for the Missouri Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. It was the first time he was nominated...

SIKESTON — Kevin Jones had a prolific career dawning a Sikeston Bulldogs’ uniform. On Thursday, Jones signed to continue his playing career at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, Mo., under legendary coach Gene Bess. “I’ve been close to that program since the seventh grade, going over there and playing with the SEMO Bulls,” Jones said. ...

O’FALLON, Mo. — The Poplar Bluff boys track and field team won eight events Thursday to claim the Ft. Zumwalt North Invitational while the girls won three events and finished fourth. The Mules won two relays and three field events, finishing with 149.5 points, 69.5 ahead of second-place Northwest-Cedar Hill...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Sophie Rowland nearly earned a double hat trick. The senior midfielder for Poplar Bluff scored five goals against Springfield Parkview as the Mules won 6-3 to earn their first win since their season opener. “It was a good win for us, good for morale going into next week,” said Poplar Bluff coach Rusty Crafton, highlighting Monday’s matchup against Jackson...

Oran’s Claire Ramsey will continue her softball career, as she signed with the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, on Thursday, at Oran High School.

Charleston’s Stephen Willis will continue his baseball career, as he signed with Fontbonne University, on Thursday, at the Clara Drinkwater-Newman Auditorium, in Charleston, Mo.

Charleston’s Ajay Sager will continue his baseball career, as he signed with St. Louis Community College, on Thursday, at the Clara Drinkwater-Newman Auditorium, in Charleston, Mo.

SIKESTON — Thursday was not the game, or conditions, that the Sikeston girls team had in mind. The Lady Bulldogs fell to district foe Farmington 3-0, in sloppy and cold conditions at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. Riley Turner scored the first goal for the Knightettes 21 minutes into the contest. Anna Morrow then added two goals to the cause, tallying the first at the 37-minute mark, and the second in the 77th minute...

KENNETT, Mo. - The success continued for the Kennett golf team in its home match against Saxony Lutheran and Cape Central Wednesday at Kennett Country Club. Kennett (167) finished 22 strokes ahead of district rival Saxony Lutheran (189) and 62 shots better than Cape Central 229...

The Advance baseball team broke a tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 6-4 win over Bernie to claim the Stoddard County Activities Association championship on Wednesday in Advance, Missouri. Layton Keith got the win in relief for the Hornets (11-3), giving up one run in 3 1/3 innings while Noah Sauceda had a team-high three hits...

SIKESTON, Mo. — 16 teams made up the second annual Sikeston Invitational, and Bulldog Relays on Tuesday, at Sikeston High School. Kennett took home first place, with 139 points, in the boys’ events. Notre Dame’s 152 points, earned the Bulldogs the top score in girls’ events...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The duo of Kile Adams and Connor Barham pitched a combined two-hitter on Wednesday, as the Portageville baseball team defeated Campbell 11-2. Adams went four innings and gave up two hits and two runs — one earned — with one strikeout and one walk...

The SEMO Conference baseball title may have been decided Wednesday, and if it was, a timely hit will be a big part of the reason. Jackson got it; Poplar Bluff did not. The Indians went on to win 4-0 to clinch at least a share of the regular-season conference championship. Poplar Bluff (14-3, 3-2 SEMO Conference) would have tied Jackson (15-6, 6-1) with a win.

The Dexter boys golf team’s list of accomplishments this season continues to grow. The Bearcats won the Festus Invitational on Wednesday at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington for their first tournament win of the season. Junior Spencer Warren won the individual championship with a 3-over 75 for the first tournament win of his high school career...

BERNIE — Alyson Marcum was dominant, and the Bernie softball team made it five straight SCAA tournament championships. The hard-throwing left-hander pitched a one-hitter, and the top-seeded Mules beat second-seeded Bloomfield 7-0 Wednesday. Marcum, a junior, struck out 14 and walked one, and didn’t allow a hit until Tyrah Hartle singled up the middle with one out in the seventh...

NAYLOR — There’s pulling off an upset, and then there’s shutting out a 14-1 team to reach a tournament championship. Neelyville did the latter on Wednesday, reaching the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament championship with a 2-0 win over Doniphan...

NAYLOR — Make it 13 straight years in the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament championship for Naylor. The Eagles came back after trailing 4-0 through four innings to beat second-seeded East Carter 7-6 in the OFC Tournament semifinals on Wednesday in Naylor...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Poplar Bluff shot a 186 as a team in their second round at Dalhousie Country Club on Wednesday. Freshman Alex Wiseman led the group with a 42 while Ian Martinez had a 46, Keeton Carr shot a 47, Jack Pierce had a 51 and Woodrow Innes got a 52...

The top-seeded Advance Hornets took the lead in the sixth inning of a back-and-forth championship game in the SCAA Baseball Tournament. They beat third-seeded Bernie 6-4 Wednesday at Westfield Park in Advance. Each team scored a run in the third inning and two in the fourth inning...

Dexter’s boys 4x200-meter relay team broke its own record, and Margo Nea won two events at the Sikeston Bulldog Invitational track and field meet Tuesday at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. Cole Barker, Austin Guy, Seth Rogers and Drew Soule placed second in 1 minute, 32.89 seconds, beating the record they set April 12 of 1:33.88...

The Notre Dame girls track team picked up the team win at the Sikeston Invitational Bulldogs Relays on Tuesday. The Bulldogs beat out 14 teams to take home first-place honors. Notre Dame won by a comfortable margin as it finished with 152 points and the runners up Carbondale finished with a distant 118 points...

SIKESTON — Sikeston’s Trey Jenkins signed with Southwestern Illinois College on Tuesday, at the Sikeston Field House. Jenkins — the 2019 Standard-Democrat Player of the Year — joins a team that is coming off of a 20-12 campaign in 2018-2019, and lose all four of its double-digit scorers from this past season...

The Chaffee baseball team took a field trip to Capaha Park on Tuesday, and class quickly was in session and dismissed. The Red Devils defeated South Pemiscot (5-8) 10-0 in a five-inning contest ended by the mercy rule. Brevan Yarbro and Andrew Brown both had home runs while Cole Dannenmueller was solid on the mound...

Headline Kalli Mayfield signs with Lyon College Jackson’s Kalli Mayfield officially signed to play basketball at Lyon College on 4/2 after verbally committing in December. Kalli said she chose Lyon because she "loved the campus and town and it felt like home and the players and coaches super nice and they have a successful program"...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians softball team enjoyed a 2-0 lead after five innings of play but was unable to put together the finish it needed to escape with a home victory against Dyer County (Tenn.). Tuesday afternoon. Dyer County scored four unearned runs with two outs in the top of the sixth inning to move ahead 4-2 and hung on to beat Kennett 5-3...

MARBLE HILL — The Bernie Mules may not have been picked to reach the championship game of the SCAA Baseball Tournament this season, but they reached the final for the seventh straight year anyway.

NAYLOR — Lexus Hagood’s batting coach taught her to think of a key word when she’s at the plate and block out everything else. Her word is contact. On Tuesday in the opening round of the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament at Naylor, she didn’t need to make contact to win the game for her team...

Senath-Hornersville 13, Malden 11 MALDEN, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions baseball team jumped out to a 12-4 lead and hung on to beat Malden 13-11 late Tuesday night. The game was tied 4-4 after two innings before the Lions scored five runs in the third and three more in the top of the fourth inning to move ahead 12-4. Malden added four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and three more in the bottom of the fifth to get as close as 12-11 but never caught Senath-Hornersville...

SIKESTON — 16 teams made up the second annual Sikeston Invitational, and Bulldog Relays on Tuesday, at Sikeston High School. The Bulldogs finished third in 19 boys’ events, while the girls’ finished fourth, as a team, in their events. Keon Graham edged Hayti’s Tylor Wooden in the 300-meter hurdles, winning with a time of 41.24 seconds. Wooden finished in 42.84 seconds...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — With both teams missing their top two players, Poplar Bluff lost by the narrowest of margins to Notre Dame. The Mules (3-3) were missing Ben Stewart and Brett Keele on Tuesday and lost 5-4 to Notre Dame. “It was close all the way,” Poplar Bluff coach Charles Harper said...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Nate and Nolan Self each had impressive outings for the Sikeston baseball team on Tuesday, at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Mo. Nate went 2-for-4 with four RBI, on a triple and a double. Nolan went 2-for-3, with four RBI as well. Nolan also hit a triple and a home run to go with it, in Sikeston’s 18-5 five-inning win over Charleston...