Updates from Bluff, Bloomfield & Broseley

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Liberty Tech beat Forrest City 67-51. Tarius Johnson scored 20 points and DeAndre Barnette had 18 for Liberty.

Sikeston is tipping off now, back with more later.

After one quarter Warren Central leads 28-15.

At halftime, Warren Central leads 38-34.

Warren Central 66, Sikeston 62: Sikeston overcame a 16-point first-quarter deficit but couldn't complete the comeback in the fourth quarter.

Michael Porter scored 34 and had nine rebounds for the Bulldogs.

Central had three players reach double figures in scoring led by Jordan Shanklin and George Fant with 16 points each off the bench.

Greene County Tech leads Poplar Bluff 20-19 at halftime and I heard that the Lady Mules won today. Hope to update with more later.

Green County Tech leads 33-25 after third quarter.

Final score, Green County Tech 44, Poplar Bluff 36.

Greg Coble and Chris Kilgore each scored 10 points for the Mules while Greene County Tech was led by West Livingston's 14 points.

Halftime of the final game, Raytown South 33, New Madrid County Central 24. … end of third quarter, South leads Central 46-38. Not looking good for SEMO Conference teams, who may end up playing each other on the consolation side.

NMCC has cut it to 53-49 with 3:27 left in fourth quarter. … Eagles ball, timeout, 2:51 left.

During this timeout, let me thank my wife Jennifer for helping with the blog tonight. … back to the action, Josh Minner scores, 53-51 Raytown South leads, 2:45 left … 55-53 with 1:17 left, timeout NMCC after Terry Young's tipin.

RaySouth's Miles Shelton hits both free throws with 41 seconds left. RaySouth presses, steal by DeJuan Beard, NMCC forced to foul with 30.9 seconds left trailing 57-53. Shelton back at line, misses, but rebound by RaySouth's Jamal Mitchell. Timeout RaySouth 19.9 seconds left.

It's a final, Raytown South wins 57-55.

The slam dunk and 3-point shooting contest will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, admission is free to the event.

Here are the boxscores and first-day leaders in scoring and rebounding (note that 3-pointers are in ( ) and are included into the total field goals):

POPLAR BLUFF SHOWDOWN

Monday's Scores

Liberty Tech (Tenn.) 67, Forrest City (Ark.) 51

Warren Central (Ky.) 66, Sikeston 62

Greene County Tech (Ark.) 44, Poplar Bluff 36

Raytown South 57, New Madrid County Central 55

Today's Games

Forrest City vs. Sikeston, 4 p.m.

Liberty Tech vs. Warren Central, 5:30 p.m.

Poplar Bluff vs. New Madrid, 7 p.m.

Greene County Tech vs. Raytown South, 8:30 p.m.

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Liberty Tech 16 16 17 18 -- 67

Forrest City 16 18 8 9 -- 51

LIBERTY TECH -- Anthony 9(3) 0-0 15. Johnson 8 4-6 20. RWilliams 3(1) 0-0 5. CWilliams 2(1) 0-0 3. Dotson 2 1-2 5. Yeates 0. Graham 0. Arnold 0. Cain 0. Barnette 11(4) 0-0 18. Bobo 0 1-2 1. Totals 35(9) 6-10 67.

FORREST CITY -- Mitchell 5 1-1 11. Ware 0. Glanton 0. Rogers 8(2) 1-1 15. Henderson 7 0-0 14. Lee 0. Astin 1 0-0 2. Bean 1 0-0 2. Hinton 0. Clinton 2 1-2 5. Bailey 1 0-0 2. McKinney 0 0-0 0. Totals 25(2) 3-4 51.

Warren Central 28 10 13 15 -- 66

Sikeston 15 19 17 11 -- 62

CENTRAL -- Lightfoot 2(1) 0-0 7. King 5(4) 0-0 14. Winn 1(1) 1-3 4. Halcomb 0 3-4 3. Jakcson 1 0-0 2. Carpenter 1(1) 0-0 3. Hood 0. Wells 0. Shanklin 6(1) 3-7 16. Fant 8 0-2 16. Boards 0 1-2 1. Totals 25(8) 8-18 66.

SIKESTON -- Wiggins 4 0-1 8. Dixon 0 0-2 0. Lane 8(1) 0-1 14. Porter 14(3) 3-6 34. Jackson 1 1-2 3. Howard 0. Evans 0. Wakely 0. Fondon 1 1-1 3. Holifield 0 0-2 0. Totals 27(3) 5-13 62.

Greene County Tech 15 5 13 11 -- 44

Poplar Bluff 13 6 7 10 -- 36

TECH -- Halbrook 3 0-0 6. Livingston 6 2-3 14. George 0 0-2 0. Davis 3(1) 0-2 7. Mitchell 2(1) 6-6 11. Hartwig 2 2-5 6. Williams 0. Taylor 0. Taylor 0. Hawes 0 0-2 0. Totals 16(2) 10-20 44.

POPLAR BLUFF -- Knuckles 0. McAnulty 0. Bullington 1 0-0 2. RRaulston 3(1) 0-0 7. White 0. Gipson 0. McCain 0. Coble 4(1) 1-1 10. Kilgore 5 0-1 10. JRaulston 1 1-3 3. EJohnson 2 0-0 4. Totals 16(2) 2-5 36.

Raytown South 13 20 13 11 -- 57

New Madrid 10 14 14 17 -- 55

RAYTOWN SOUTH -- Pearson 8(1) 1-4 18. Hilliard 6(2) 1-2 15. Henderson 1 1-2 3. Edwards 1 0-0 2. Mitchell 1 2-6 4. Shelton 2 3-4 7. Berad 2(1) 0-2 5. Campbell 0. Young 0 1-4 1. Wyatt 1 0-0 2. Totals 22(4) 9-24 57.

NEW MADRID -- Jenkins 0 0-2 0. Waters 1 3-4 5. Stevenson 3 1-1 7. Minner 9 2-7 20. Ealy 5 5-13 15. Holmes 0. Johnson 0 2-2 2. Young 3 0-4 6. Totals 21 13-33 55.

LEADERS

scoring avg.

Michael Porter, Sikeston 34.0

Tarius Johnson, Liberty 20.0

Josh Minner, New Madrid 20.0

DeAndre Barnette, Liberty 18.0

Rian Person, Raytown South 18.0

Jordan Shanklin, Warren Central 16.0

George Fant, Warren Central 16.0

Kendall Anthony, Liberty 15.0

Corey Hilliard, Raytown South 15.0

Kony Ealy, New Madrid 15.0

Larry Rogers, Forrest City 15.0

rebounding avg.

Rian Pearson, Raytown South 11.0

Kony Ealy, New Madrid 11.0

Josh Minner, New Madrid 10.0

Scooter Lightfoot, Warren Central 9.0

Cal Lane, Sikeston 9.0

Michael Porter, Sikeston 9.0

Will post stories later tonight

Lady Royals Holiday Classic in Broseley:

Consolation quarterfinals

Doniphan 67, East Carter 38

Neelyville 56, Senath 29

In the quarterfinals, Dexter, Naylor, Kelly and Portageville each won to stay unbeaten.

From Bloomfield

Consolation semifinal

Hayti 60, South Pemiscot 54

Doniphan 65, Malden 49

Fifth place semifinal

Bloomfield 79, Puxico 61

Van Buren 65, Richland 50

Semifinals

Bernie 68, Dexter 41

Portageville 63, Twin Rivers 62, OT