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DAR Prep Roundup: Baseball/Softball (3/19/24)The baseball and softball season is in full swing, and a lot of action occurred throughout the area on Monday. With only a few games under each team’s belt, some aimed to get their first victory of the season, while the others saw an opportunity to add more to the win column...
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C1D1 semifinals decided (2/21/24)CLARKTON – The opening games of the Class 1 District 1 Basketball Tournament here Tuesday resulted in three teams advancing to Thursday's semifinals. No.1-seeded Cooter (16-10) takes on challengers No.4-seeded Delta C-7 (Deering) at 6 p.m. and host team, No.3-seeded Clarkton (8-18) resurrects a three-mile rivalry with No.2-seeded Gideon (8-18) following...
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OFC: Tigers advances with win over Naylor (2/5/24)DONIPHAN — The Neelyville Tigers opened OFC Tournament play with a 58 to 44 victory over the Naylor Eagles on Saturday at Wright Gymnasium in Doniphan. The second-seeded Tigers (15-7) fell into an early hole when the seventh-seeded Eagles (4-18) came out firing three-pointers on offense and frustrating their opponent on defense to jump out to an 11-3 lead with three minutes left in the first quarter...
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OFC: Twin Rivers and Neelyville thrives in first round (2/4/24)DONIPHAN — The Neelyville High School Lady Tigers turned forced turnovers into a first-round win. The No.3 Lady Tigers went head-to-head with the No. 5 seed Naylor Lady Eagles in the annual Ozark Foothills Conference basketball tournament on Saturday at Doniphan High School...
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ENCORE PERFORMANCE? Top seeds aim to repeat as OFC tourney champs (2/2/24)The stage is set for one of the top basketball tournaments in the area, and lovers of the game can prepare for a week of total nonstop action on the court. Basketball coaches from the Ozark Foothills Conference met on Wednesday to seed the annual OFC Tournament that kicks off on Saturday at Doniphan High School...
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Doniphan downs Naylor on Homecoming (1/13/24)The Doniphan Dons went all out for homecoming night as they faced off against a longtime rival. The Dons took on the Naylor Eagles on Friday in a much-needed win for both teams. After a second-half explosion, the Dons picked up their first conference win of the season with a 68-35 win over the Eagles...
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Lady Mules down Naylor (1/12/24)Maintaining good spirits while trying to push through a tough season can be hard for any team, so capturing a win at home was what the Poplar Bluff Lady Mules needed to kick off the second half of the season. The Lady Mules hosted the Naylor Lady Eagles on Thursday, and with both teams struggling, securing a win would provide both teams some much-needed positivity to their season...
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Campbell and Cooter advance in Campbell Christmas Tournament (12/13/23)CAMPBELL – The Campbell Camels and the Cooter Wildcats advanced to tonight’s semi-final round of the Campbell Christmas Tournament. The Naylor High School Eagles fell to the Camels and the Armorel Tigers were defeated by the Cooter Wildcats in Tuesday’s games...
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Bears grab third-straight OFC title (10/13/23)The Greenville Bears went into Thursday’s Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament final with back-to-back titles under their belts but the Bears would have to deal with the top-seeded Royals of Twin Rivers if they wanted to make it a three-peat. Benji Stahl’s team delivered in bunches as they cruised by the Royals 10-0 en route to their third-straight championship. In the day’s first game, Naylor stunned East Carter 5-3 to take home the third-place trophy...
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Twin Rivers, Greenville to play in final (10/11/23)The action continued on Tuesday with East Carter, Greenville, Naylor and Twin Rivers meeting in the semifinals of the Ozark Foothills Conference Baseball Tournament at Three Rivers College. While a quick start at the plate helped one team move on, the other relied on defense for a spot in the...
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Cooter, Risco to face off in Class 1 District 1 Baseball Championship (5/16/23)COOTER – After a long day of baseball, quarterfinals and semifinals all at once, the Wildcats and Tigers will officially have a Class 1 District 1 championship rematch. Fourth-seeded Clarkton came out on top of their quarterfinal against fifth-seeded Southland 13-12, a game that came down to the final play of the seventh inning. ...
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OFC top seeds have good day in first round (4/19/23)The two highest seeds playing in the first round of Tuesday’s Ozark Foothills Conference softball tournament at McLane Park did not have much trouble advancing to the tournament semifinals. Second-seeded Neelyville rolled past No. 7 East Carter 12-5, while No. 3 Twin Rivers shook off a slow start to defeat sixth-seeded Naylor 7-2...
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Holcomb softball overcomes Naylor at home (4/10/23)HOLCOMB – Sisters Maleigh and Ella Lemings led the way with eight combined runs for the Lady Hornets softball team (9-3) to bounce back from a slow offensive start and defeat Naylor 20-10 in five innings at home Friday night. Maleigh hit a two-run and a three-run home run, and Ella hit a two-run homer as well. The duo combined for nine RBIs by the end of the game...
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Holcomb baseball beats Naylor, Campbell in Friday doubleheader (4/10/23)HOLCOMB – The Hornets baseball team (6-3) raced past Naylor to win 8-2, and then won a “dogfight” game against district rival Campbell in a home doubleheader. The Hornets hit the board first against Naylor in the first inning as Bryce McNabb found home on a fly out from his brother, Payton...
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Oran claims victory over Naylor in a hard-fought battle (4/6/23)ORAN, Mo. — Molly Spane hit three doubles and recorded 10 strikeouts on the mound for the Oran (7-1) during a 10-6 comeback win over the Naylor (2-5) on Tuesday, April 4 at Oran High School. “Despite falling behind the team didn’t give up,” said Oran coach Jim Eftink. ...
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Mules ride big second inning to big win at Naylor (3/29/23)NAYLOR — The Poplar Bluff Mules scored nine runs in the top of the second inning and never looked back as they rolled to a 15-1 win over the Naylor Eagles Tuesday. Leading 1-0 after one inning, the Mules (3-4) kicked off their big second-inning rally as Myles Johnson and Aiden Dawes scored on a pair of passed balls to make it 3-0. Kayson King followed that up with a double that scored Dylan Hall and Kolby Greenwall to make it 5-0...