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Oran makes Notre Dame pay for mistakes in 8-3 win (4/19/24)The ability to pounce on mistakes made the difference on Friday as the Oran Eagles downed the Notre Dame Bulldogs 8-3. “It was like a battle the entire game,” Oran coach Joe Bickings said. “We just grinded out at-bats and we grinded out in the field. I always tell them that pitching, defense and timely hitting wins games.”...
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Rylan Mills’ walk-off grand slam seals Senior Night win for Oran (4/18/24)ORAN, Mo. — Oran’s Senior Night fireworks came late, but they were worth the wait as Rylan Mills crushed a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning, blasting the Eagles (8-4) to a 10-0 run-rule win over the Advance Hornets (2-11) on Wednesday, April 17...
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Oran turns Senior Night in slugfest, routs Charleston (4/18/24)ORAN, Mo. — The hits, the runs, the cheers – it all came together for Oran on Wednesday, April 17. It was a night of celebration and a hint of bittersweetness as the Lady Eagles (7-2) celebrated Senior Night with a 16-1 win over the Charleston Blue Jays (1-9) at Oran High School...
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Oran wins in extras, Senciboy delivers with walkoff (4/6/24)ORAN, Mo. —Oran and East Prairie battled into extra innings in a classic Scott-Mississippi Conference showdown on Thursday, April 4 at Oran High School. Oran (5-4) claimed a 3-2 victory over East Prairie (6-6) as Cooper Senciboy’s single in the bottom of the eighth inning brought home Rylan Mills for the game-winning run...
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Sikeston boys, Malden girls victorious at Twilight Relays (4/6/24)SIKESTON — The Sikeston Twilight Relays showcased fierce competition on Thursday, April 4. On the boys’ side, Sikeston emerged victorious with a dominant 127.50 team score. Malden’s girls’ team delivered their own impressive performance, securing first place with 111.0 points...
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Spane strikes out 17, lifts Oran over East Prairie (4/6/24)ORAN, Mo. — Molly Spane was nearly untouchable in Oran’s 8-6 win over East Prairie at Oran High School on Thursday, April 4. Oran’s (5-2) senior ace threw a complete-game gem, featuring 17 strikeouts and just one earned run allowed to fuel a big Scott-Mississippi Conference rivalry victory...
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Malden Track and Field Invitational attracts SEMO athletes (4/3/24)MALDEN, Mo. - Athletes from more than a dozen Southeast Missouri high schools converged here Tuesday to compete in the Malden Invitational Track and Field Meet. Kennett High School sophomore Austin Gattis competed in the Discus Throw event and took home gold...
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'Tough road' continues for Dexter SB in 7-2 L to Oran (4/2/24)The growing pains will probably outnumber the strong plays made this spring by a very inexperienced Dexter High School softball squad. However, the positives are what first-year Bearcat coach Christina Jenkins is going to try and focus on. “I try to keep it positive,” Jenkins said recently. “A lot of these girls haven’t played since they were 12. So, we are starting at the bottom and teaching the fundamentals.”
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Indians slay Eagles at home (4/2/24)KENNETT, Mo. - Monday's Kennett (5-6) v. Oran (4-3) varsity baseball game at Indian Park featured a pitching exhibition and a timely Indians hit that was enough to send the Eagles to the showers early. Kennett head coach Aaron New's Indians went up by three runs in the bottom of the fourth when an Indian lefty's large bat slammed an Eagles pitch, drove in two runners and posted what would be the final score, 4-1, over Oran head coach Joe Bickings' Eagles...
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Oran crushes Delta with run-rule win, Sikeston falls to 0-6 (3/29/24)Oran (4-2) soared to a 22-0 victory at Delta (1-6) on Thursday, March 28, ending the game early in five innings after inflicting the mercy rule. Parker Bryant's stellar pitching was a highlight, as he threw four hitless innings with 10 strikeouts to earn the win...
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Oran no-hits Leopold in five innings (3/27/24)The Oran Eagles used two pitches to hold the Leopold Wildcats hitless through all five innings in a 10-0 victory on Tuesday, March 26, at Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau. Carson Kern started the game for his first outing of the season and kept the Wildcats bats on ice with seven strikeouts in three innings. He missed the fall season after dealing with some arm issues and is slowly being brought up to a normal amount of innings as the season goes on...
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Portageville answers the bell, ropes Oran in big win (3/22/24)PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Putting its recent losses in the rearview mirror, Portageville delivered a 7-1 statement win over Oran at Meatte Park. Coming off back-to-back losses for the first time since 2019, the Class 2 No. 4 Bulldogs (4-3) were ready for a heavyweight bout against the Class 1 No. 2 Eagles (1-1) on Thursday, March 21...
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Oran opens season with shutout of Bloomfield (3/21/24)ORAN, Mo. — Not taking any prisoners in its season-opener, Oran pummeled Bloomfield into submission 15-0 on Tuesday, March 19 at Oran High School. Eagles' (1-0) bats were booming, and Gabe Dirnberger brought the heat on the mound, spinning a 3.1-inning no-hit shutout despite some early baserunners...
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Opening baseball coaches poll released, five local squads ranked highly (3/20/24)Local baseball squads got a hot start to the 2024 season, and coaches statewide took notice as the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association, or MHSBCA, released its first state top-10 rankings on Tuesday. Three Southeast Missourian newspaper teams placed in those rankings, with all three being ranked among the top four squads in their respective classes...
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Veteran Oran hoop coach calls it a career after storied run (2/23/24)BLOOMFIELD – Midway through its MSHSAA Class 2 District 3 semifinal boy’s basketball game on Thursday against top seed Puxico, Oran had pulled to within 43-40 and were scaring the bejesus out of any fan wearing orange and black. “Oran is always going to be prepared,” Indian coach Bryant Fernetti said after his team pulled away for a 74-62 win. “They are probably going to change things up, give you different looks, and they are going to play really, really hard.” That last statement couldn’t describe a team coached by veteran Eagle coach Joe Shoemaker more so.
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C2D3 BKB: Top-seed Puxico pulls away for W over stubborn Oran (2/23/24)BLOOMFIELD – The Puxico High School varsity boy’s basketball squad has been here before. Literally.
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C2D3 BKB: Oran gets past Chaffee - again (2/21/24)BLOOMFIELD – There is an adage in sports that it is difficult to beat a comparable team twice in the same season, and in the case of Oran High School varsity boy’s basketball, it has had to deal with its counterpart at Chaffee High School three times annually in two of the past three seasons, and four times this year.
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Oran rolls past Advance (2/15/24)Oran cruised to a 50-32 victory over Advance on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Elijah Shoemaker led the way with 17 points, followed by Nolan Loper with 12. The Eagles (10-14) took a commanding 15-4 first-quarter lead and maintained control throughout the game. Jameson Hamlin (11 points) and Braylen Carlton (10 points) paced the Hornets (3-19)...
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Charleston wins at Portageville, Oran downs Scott County Central (2/13/24)Charleston displayed a powerful combination of speed, athleticism and toughness, winning 65-42 at Portageville on Friday, Feb. 9. “At this point in the season, we’re just looking for our guys to play 32 minutes of good basketball,” said Charleston coach Jamarcus Williams. “That’s what it going to take and that’s what we got. We’re also starting to get some other guys to score more consistently. That’s always a good thing.”...
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2024 Scott-Mississippi: East Prairie stomps SCC, Oak Ridge survives Oran (2/5/24)ORAN, Mo. — In a battle for third place in the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament, East Prairie turned the paint into a no-fly zone with a resounding 73-34 grounding of Scott County Central. Not just bigger, but hungrier and bouncing back from a disappointing semifinal loss, the second-seeded Eagles (16-4) translated their size into a 44-16 points-in-the-paint advantage against the fifth-seeded Braves (10-12) at Oran High School on Friday, Feb. 2...
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2024 Scott-Mississippi: Oran takes down Chaffee in consolation bracket (2/1/24)ORAN, Mo. — Overcoming a significant size disadvantage and the absence of its head coach, Oran defeated Chaffee 47-40 in the consolation bracket of the Scott-Mississippi Conference Tournament on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Assistant coach Joe Bickings filled the gap admirably, guiding the seventh-seeded Eagles (7-11) to the win over the sixth-seeded Red Devils (6-12)...
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2024: Scott-Mississippi: Farmer’s career night propels East Prairie past Oran (1/30/24)ORAN, Mo. — Second-seeded East Prairie leaned on scrappy defense and an offensive outburst from Kamron Farmer, who poured in a career-high 22 points, to secure a decisive 64-43 win over seventh-seeded Oran in the opening round of the Scot-Mississippi Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 27...