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The stage is set for the 2021 Bootheel Conference varsity girls basketball tournament. All eight teams will compete in quarterfinals Saturday at Campbell High School. Semifinals are Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with the title game to follow Feb. 4 at 5:30 p.m...

The seven-team tournament begins Saturday at Campbell High School. Host Campbell (15-1), which has won 15 straight and is ranked No. 4 in the latest Class 2 state poll, has received the No. 1 seed and a quarterfinal bye. Campbell went 7-0 against conference foes to claim the Bootheel Conference regular-season title...

Coach Darrin Scott might've seen his team lose a very tough matchup in the Hall of Fame Classic Saturday to the #1 team in Class 5 Cardinal Ritter Lions but he can't say his team didn't compete. His team was very much in the game, even tied with the highly touted Lions at halftime...

Holcomb senior standout Macy Houart recently achieved another milestone in her high school athletic career. Houart, a four-sport athlete who recently signed to play softball at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, scored the 1,000th point of her high school career in a girls basketball game at East Carter County on Dec. 15...

Holcomb senior standout Bailey Cupples achieved another milestone in her high school athletic career last week. Cupples, a three-sport athlete who recently signed to play softball at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, scored the 1,000th point of her high school basketball career in a home game against Senath-Hornersville Thursday night...

There were several great basketball performances throughout Southeast Missouri of late, but East Carter's Kyren West and Holcomb's Macy Houart were recently selected as the top performers over the last week by Semoball.com readers.

KENNETT - It took a late defensive stand but the Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball squad found a way to escape with a home victory against the Holcomb Hornets Tuesday night. Holcomb rallied from a dozen down to get as close as 37-35 with 2:26 remaining. But the Indians’ defense got the stops it needed late...

HOLCOMB - The Holcomb Hornets varsity girls basketball squad entered its season hoping to put together a perfect performance in the Bootheel Conference. “One of our girls’ biggest goals is to win every single conference game and then perform well in our conference tournament,” Holcomb coach Alexa Stockton said. “We know it’s a tough task but we are trying to mark them off one by one. But it’s tough."...

HOLCOMB - The Campbell varsity boys basketball squad extended its winning streak Friday night in Holcomb, surging past the Holcomb Hornets 78-42 on their homecoming. Consistent scoring and tactful ball-handling gave the Camels the advantage as Holcomb struggled with foul trouble and ultimately failed to gain the momentum needed to match or stop Campbell’s offense...

HOLCOMB - The Holcomb girls basketball squad utilized a variety of defenses in an effort to cool off the Rector Cougars perimeter shooting Monday. “We pulled out every defense we had and they just didn’t miss a shot,” Holcomb coach Alexa Stockton said. “We finally pulled out our press which we never do against anyone. I thought we did decently well with that and got them off-balance a little bit. But it’s hard to defend a team that never misses a 3-pointer.”...

BLOOMFIELD — After falling behind by double digits early Saturday, 12th-seeded Holcomb got within a basket midway through the second quarter after chipping away at Doniphan’s lead. But in less than a minute, the Dons padded their lead as the No. 5 seed rolled to a 62-44 win in the opening round of the 64th Bloomfield Christmas Tournament...

BROSELEY — East Carter was the only team to earn an upset in the first round of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic. Now the 11th-seeded Redbirds had a shot to finish fifth. East Carter (4-4), which lost to Neelyville in the quarterfinals, earned its second upset with a 57-55 win against seventh-seeded Holcomb on Tuesday...

BROSELEY — Twin Rivers scored 14 of the first 16 points and never looked back Monday night in the quarterfinals of the Lady Royals Classic. Well, maybe for a few minutes in the fourth quarter when Holcomb got within single digits. But the Royals gave up just two field goals over the final seven minutes to thwart any comeback attempt, beating the Hornets 50-39...

BROSELEY - Finding a way to get to the charity stripe proved to be golden for the Holcomb Hornets in its first round contest against the Malden Green Wave at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic Saturday. No. 7 seeded Holcomb knocked down 23 free throws, including 12 of 16 in the the fourth quarter, as it overcame a 24-15 halftime deficit to edge No. 10 seeded Malden 46-42...

Three Rivers College softball coach Jeff Null noticed Holcomb senior Bailey Cupples had not committed to a college when he was searching for his final recruits for next season on a recruiting website. "After we filled our initial needs I was looking for an athlete with some upside,” Null said. ...

New Madrid Central has earned the top seed in the Lady Royal Classic with a trio of Ozark Foothills Conference teams behind it. The Eagles, one of three teams in the tournament along with Kelly and Greenville to have played more than five games, earned the top spot after picking up wins against Jackson, Sikeston, Dexter and Kennett with losses against Notre Dame and Cape Central...

The postseason for winter sports in Missouri will look different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSHSAA announced Friday. MSHSAA released district assignments for winter sports and also announced that it will modify some postseason activities due to concerns with the virus...

Knocking down buzzer beaters proved to be valuable for the Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team Tuesday night. Twice as the clock approached zero Senath-Hornersville drained a long-distance 3-pointer against the visiting Holcomb Hornets. ...

HOLCOMB - A few minutes after the final buzzer sounded Holcomb girls basketball coach Alexa Stockton wasn’t complaining about her squad’s second double digit victory in less than 24 hours. But Stockton did feel there are a few things her squad needs to fine-tune before it begins conference play Monday...

CAMPBELL — Over the final 2 1/2 minutes, the Campbell Camels scored as many points as they did the previous 11 Friday night. A flurry of late steals helped the Camels scored the final 12 points to pad a slim lead and beat Bernie 43-28 in the Campbell Invitational championship...

CAMPBELL — Bernie and Campbell will go at it again in the finals of a season-opening tournament. The two top seeds advanced to the final a year after host Bernie won by five points. This time it’s Campbell looking to win on its home floor Friday night...

CAMPBELL — The first two baskets given up on the season by Bernie came after offensive rebounds. It wasn’t a trend that lasted long. The Mules clamped down under the boards and took advantage of their own offensive rebounds in a 73-32 win over Puxico to open the Campbell Invitational on Tuesday night...

The seedings have been released for the Campbell Invitational varsity boys basketball tournament. The eight-team tournament begins Nov. 30 at Campell High School. Host Campbell has received the No. 1 seed. Campbell will take on No. 8 seeded Bloomfield in a quarterfinal Nov. 30 at 6 p.m...

Thursday night was a golden night for the Kennett middle school girls basketball program. The Kennett seventh and eighth grade girls basketball teams both took home the top prize at the Bootheel Conference Tournament at Kennett middle school...

Holcomb Hornets senior Macy Houart met Mineral Area softball coach Dave Guemmer for the first time at a tryout this past summer. “We are always looking for athletes,” Guemmer said. “Coach Casper contacted me and Macy came up for a visit. We gave her a quick tryout and it was a pretty easy thing to say she was good enough to play.”...

The Holcomb Hornets girls basketball program is blessed with experience entering its 2020-21 campaign.

Holcomb Hornets boys basketball coach Michael Snider is confident his squad will be able to put the ball in the basketball when it begins its 2020-21 campaign. “We return all of our scoring from last season,” Snider said. “We also have a couple of kids that played junior varsity last season that really improved over the summer that should be able to come up and do some things for us on varsity.”...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association is pushing back the announcement of class and district assignments for winter sports to Friday, December 11. District assignments and classifications were originally scheduled to be released Friday, November 13...

The 2020 Tri-County Conference volleyball awards have been announced. Holcomb senior Bailey Cupples is the 2020 Tri-County Conference Volleyball Player of the Year. Cupples compiled 221 kills, 45 blocks, and 44 aces while serving at 97 percent rate her senior season...

GIDEON, Mo. - The top-seeded Bernie Mules and No. 2 seeded Gideon Bulldogs are set to collide in the Class 1, District 2 volleyball championship after both squads won their respective semifinals in straight sets Monday. Bernie was the first to punch its ticket in the title game. The Mules led most of the way in each set as it eliminated No. 4 seeded Clarkton 25-12, 25-16, 25-15 in the first semifinal...

CLARKTON - The No. 1 seeded Gideon volleyball team beat No. 2 seeded Holcomb in the third day of the 2020 Tri-County Conference Tournament Friday to clench its 11th consecutive varsity title. Gideon continued their streak with a win 25-18, 25-15, 25-11 at Clarkton High School, bringing their season record to 26-1-1...

Cape Central finally got the proverbial “monkey off their back” Thursday as they beat Notre Dame for the first time in over a decade, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-25, 17-15, in a five set thriller! Nine different Tigers got into the stat line, as Ella Vogel finished with 25 kills, seven blocks, and 11 digs...

The Missouri State High School Activities Association has partnered with HomeTown Ticketing to serve as the official digital ticketing partner for MSHSAA state championship events this fall. Digital tickets will also be an option for all other playoff contests, at the discretion of the host manager...

The longtime defending champion Gideon Bulldogs are once again favored to win the Tri-County Conference varsity volleyball tournament. Gideon, which has won the tournament each of the last 10 seasons, is the No. 1 seed at its conference tournament that begins Tuesday at Clarkton High School...

The semifinals are set at the Campbell Fall Baseball Classic after an exciting opening day Saturday. Four of the five games on Saturday were decided by three runs or less. No. 8 seeded Bernie beat No. 9 seeded Senath-Hornersville 8-5 in a play-in game Saturday morning. ...

The bracket is set for the 2020 Campbell Fall Baseball Classic. The nine-team tournament begins Saturday at Campbell High School and Malden High School. No. 8 seeded Bernie takes on No. 9 seeded Senath-Hornersville Saturday at 10 a.m. at Campbell in a play-in game. The winner plays No. 1 seeded Campbell Saturday at noon in a quarterfinal. The loser of the Bernie/Senath-Hornersville contest is eliminated from the tournament...

Blake Wagster went 2 for 3 with a double, three RBIs and four runs scored to lead the Bloomfield baseball team a 15-0 rout of Risco on Monday at Bloomfield. Will Thorn went 2 for 3 with three runs scored and one RBI, as part of Bloomfield’s seven-hit attack...

A veteran Gideon Bulldogs volleyball squad is learning how to adapt to lineup changes quickly and utilize its depth to its advantage in 2020. “We lost one of our starting middle hitters during PE on Friday,” Gideon volleyball coach Kristen Ashabranner said. ...

There is a reason why Kennett football coach Joel Wyatt is an extraordinarily successful coach and not a member of the media or even a fan, per se. His task is to focus on the here and now, not some possible, but not definitive opponent off into the future. However, the Indian Nation – and the rest of the prep football fans (and media) throughout Southeast Missouri had to have had their interest piqued a tad when MSHSAA released its District assignments Monday.

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity volleyball squad fell behind early but enjoyed a strong finish as it hammered its way past nearby rival Holcomb 25-23, 25-23, 25-18 Monday night. “We finished things out when we needed to tonight,” Kennett coach Gentry Vancil said. “Holcomb has a great team. I know they are down some players just like us. But tonight was a good road win against a school that sometimes there is a little bit of a rivalry with.”...

Malden 6, Risco 0 Malden beat Risco 6-0 in Game 1 of a home doubleheader Saturday. Trey Miller pitched four scoreless innings and Easton Randl pitched three scoreless innings for Malden against Risco. Neither pitcher allowed a hit. Dylan Bader was 2 for 3 with one RBI and Carter Stewart was 2 for 3 with two RBIs against Risco...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - It took a late rally but the Twin Rivers Royals found a way to hand the Holcomb Hornets it first loss Tuesdady night. Twin Rivers rallied from a 5-0 deficit to edge Holcomb 15-12 in the decisive set as it won a five-set marathon 3-2. “We’ve been working really hard on being mentally strong,” Twin Rivers coach Whitney Edington said. ...

Jackson would get out to a quick start at home, winning the first set 25-19 over upstart Dexter Thursday night. The next set wouldn’t go as easy as the Bearcats would win the second set 25-21. But Coach Mirly would settle his girls down and would re-gain control the rest of the way, edging out Dexter in the third set 25-23 and would win going away in the final set 25-13 to open the new season with a win...

Holcomb dominates Hayti to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

The pieces appear to be in place for another big year for the Holcomb Hornets volleyball program following its deepest postseason run in school history last season. Holcomb returns most of its key contributors off of its 2019 squad that finished 18-13-2, repeated as district champions, and advanced to the Class 1 state quarterfinals for the first time...

There are now options for schools in Missouri to play sports at different points during the 2020-21 academic year. On Thursday morning, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors announced, during a virtual meeting, the approval of a possible alternative schedule for its member schools...

Four years ago a group of Holcomb citizens began searching for a way to provide additional classroom resources to the teachers at their school district. “We met in 2016 and established the Holcomb Education Foundation in 2017,” Holcomb native Mark McClendon said. ...

Holcomb native Cayden Mitchell knew she wanted to speed down a dirt track when she was less than 10-years-old. “My dad has always been my best friend,” Mitchell said. “Growing up we always went and watched the races together at Poplar Bluff, Malden, and Paragould. I was drawn to it right away and wanted to do it. My dad got me started with drag racing, then we got in go-karts, and two years ago I started racing modified.”...

Holcomb graduate Ronnie Lewallen got his first taste of sports when he was still in elementary. “I was the bat boy for the final four team at Holcomb in the sixth grade,” Lewallen said. “Coach McCullough gave me a uniform and everything to be a bat boy. I liked being around the guys and got to practice with them and everything. I felt like I fit in and really liked that surrounding.”...