ROUNDUP: Sikeston tennis shuts out Mules (04/15/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com POPLAR BLUFF -- The Sikeston tennis team blanked Poplar Bluff 9-0 on the road Monday afternoon. "I thought we played well today," said Sikeston head coach Brian James. "It's only our second match, so we're behind some of these other teams that have several matches in and maybe a tournament or two in...

Oran, Chaffee baseball teams remain unbeaten (04/03/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com ORAN -- The Oran Eagles (3-0) routed the Clearwater Tigers on Wednesday afternoon. On a no-hitter by Steven Dooley the Eagles were lifted past the Tigers 14-0 in five innings of play. Dooley faced 17 batters in his five innings of work, striking out 10 while allowing only two walks...

Delta ends Bravettes season in sectional (03/05/08) Scott Central stayed with the Lady Bobcats in first half

ROUNDUP: Bloomfield rallies past Kelly; Naylor wins in OT (02/20/08) By DAR STAFF BLOOMFIELD -- Kyle Williamson's layup with three seconds left Tuesday gave Bloomfield an 80-79 win over Kelly. The winning basket completed a Wildcat charge from a 17-point first-half deficit and gave Williamson a total of 19 points in the game, all in the second half...

Kelly kicks losing streak to Delta (02/15/08) Hawks defeat rival Bobcats for first time since 2005

Kelly girls roll past Charleston (01/29/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com BENTON -- The Charleston girls fell to the Kelly Lady Hawks Monday night by the final score of 60-31. "It was a good game for both teams, but it was a big win for us because of districts," said Kelly head coach Rod McQuerter. "I'm just proud of the girls. They came out and played hard with a positive attitude."...

East Prairie shocks state-ranked Hayti (01/27/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com HAYTI -- The East Prairie Eagles stunned state-ranked Hayti " on the road Friday 66-49. "We are extremely pleased with the way our kids played tonight against a very good Hayti team," said East Prairie coach Matt Schonoff. "I think this is the best game we've played all year."...

Bell City, Puxico advance to Stoddard County finals (01/25/08) Top two seeds will meet in Friday night's 8:30 p.m. championship game.

Delta girls run by Sikeston 71-35 (01/23/08) Lady Bobcats hit nine 3-pointers in rout of Lady Bulldogs

Delta girls edge Oran 43-36 (01/18/08) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com ORAN -- The Oran Lady Eagles suffered a heartbreaker on their home floor Thursday night, as the Delta Lady Bobcats squeaked by with a 43-36 victory. Oran fell behind early in the contest, as the Lady Bobcats rushed out to a 12-1 lead late in the first quarter. A Kirstie Mangles' field goal gave the Lady Eagles a total of three points, as the first quarter came to a close 12-3 in favor of Delta...

Delta wins Scott-Mississippi tournament (01/14/08) Oran blows out Scott City to claim third place trophy

Kelly slips past Oran (01/11/08) Lady Hawks set up meeting with Delta in Scott-Mississippi tourney final

ROUNDUP: Portageville boys rally past Caruthersville (01/09/08) Richland knocks off Gideon; Risco loses on road at Clarkton

Delta, Scott City girls grab opening wins (01/08/08) Fast start paces Lady Bobcats in win over Charleston at Scott-Mississippi tournament

New Madrid County, Risco post wins (01/06/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CARUTHERSVILLE -- The New Madrid County Central Eagles routed the Caruthersville Tigers 59-24 Friday night. Kony Ealy scored 16 to lead the Eagles (6-6) while Josh Minner added 12. NMCC also won the junior varsity game 44-30. Jeremy James led the Eagles (4-3) with 17 points and Isacc Ray scored 13...

Delta among winners in New Year's tourney (01/03/08) The host Delta Bobcats were among the first-day winners in the Delta New Year's girls basketball tournament. St. Vincent, Meadow Heights and Woodland also won their openers. St. Vincent beat Risco 71-22 in the first game behind 19 points from Courtney Besand. Lacey Siegmund and Jessica Welker both added 14 points...

Consolation semifinal: Advance picks up second win season (12/28/07) By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com After both posted their first wins of the season Thursday, Advance and Delta searched for a second Friday in the consolation bracket at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Friday. Advance pulled away in the second half for a 66-46 victory as David VanGennip scored 16 and Jacob Bond added 12...

Christmas tourney Consolation 4: Delta earns first victory of season (12/27/07) By Rachel Crader ~ Semoball.com The Delta Bobcats, who were seeded at the bottom of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, defeated the Leopold Wildcats 61-48 for their first victory of the season on Thursday. Leopold led by a point entering the final quarter of play but the Bobcats outscored them by 14 in the fourth. They will face Advance tomorrow in a semifinal game in the consolation bracket...

Bluejays christen tourney with rout (12/27/07) The 63rd annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament got off to a familiar start for the Charleston Bluejays. Playing the first game of the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the fifth-straight year, the Bluejays rolled past the 16th-seeded Delta Bobcats 97-41...

GAME 1: Charleston crushes Delta in Christmas Tournament (12/26/07) The 63rd annual Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament got off to a familiar start for the Charleston. Playing the first game of the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the fifth-straight year, the Bluejays rolled past the 16th-seeded Delta Bobcats 97-41...

Delta runs away from Lady Bluejays (12/14/07) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com DELTA -- The Charleston Lady Bluejays made a trip to Delta Thursday night, only to come up short against the Delta Lady Bobcats, 56-25. Although the Lady Jays were only behind by five points at the end of the first quarter, 17-12, Delta went on to outscore them 39-13 in the remaining three quarters of play...

Defensive Delta captures Chaffee championship (12/10/07) Oran slips by Scott City for third; Scott Central is fifth

Delta holds off Oran, will face Kelly in championship game (12/07/07) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CHAFFEE -- The championship game at the Chaffee Invitational was set up on Thursday night, as the Delta Lady Bobcats defeated the Oran Lady Eagles 47-35, while the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs also dropped their game to the Scott Central Bravettes 51-44, to set up the consolation game...

Kelly holds off East Prairie, Sikeston fall to Delta in Chaffee girls tourney (12/04/07) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CHAFFEE -- The 31st annual Chaffee Lady Devils Invitational Tournament got underway on Monday evening, in an exciting night of high school girls basketball. Kicking off the night was the No. 1 seed Kelly Lady Hawks flying by the No. 8 seed East Prairie Lady Eagles by a score of 62-32...

Portageville defeats NMCC 69-51 (11/30/07) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com SENATH -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs moved into the finals of the Senath Tournament with a 69-51 win over NMCC Thursday night. Portageville (4-0), which led 31-29 at the half, used a strong third quarter to pull away from the Lady Eagles and take a 51-36 lead into the fourth quarter...

Sikeston rally comes up short against Delta in softball (09/28/07) Andrew Powell ~ Standard Democrat SIKESTON - Thursday afternoon, a hard-hitting Delta Lady Bobcats softball team visited the Sikeston Sports Complex to take on the Lady Bulldogs. The young Sikeston team held their own but a late inning rally came up a little short as the experienced Bobcat squad held on for a 8-5 victory...

Jackson turns back Sikeston's upset bid in softball (09/18/07) David Jenkins ~ Standard Democrat SIKESTON -- As a fire raged just to the east of the Sikeston Sports Complex, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs softball team came out with fire in their eyes, hoping to upset a highly-touted Jackson nine. However, when the smoke settled Jackson came away with the 3-1 win...

Lady Mules softball jumps out of the gate (08/26/07) By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor Before the season started, Poplar Bluff pitcher Julie Maloney got some advice from an old coach. "Cotton (Alexander) gave me a talk about a week ago," said Maloney before lowering her voice. "Got to keep it low and away."...

2007 high school softball preview capsules (08/20/07) Central Tigers Last year's record: 15-13 Returning Starters: Amanda Nichols, jr., pitcher; Sirena Watkins, sr., pitcher; Jenna Matthews, sr., infielder; Casey Popp, sr., infielder; Mia Russell, sr., outfield. Top Newcomers: Victoria Schabbing, soph., infield; Tori Ourth, soph., infield; Kayla Bredekant, soph., outfield; Jamie Hillier, jr., catcher; Taylre Scott, soph., catcher; Jennifer Willette, jr., infield; Cara Parkinson, jr., outfield; Lilli Robinson, jr., outfield...

ALL-STATE BASEBALL (06/26/07) The all-state team from the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association:

FINAL TRACK HONOR ROLL (05/29/07) Top 10 performances in each event as reported in the five newspapers that are media partners with Semoball.com, through the state meet May 26: (Note: Performances in preliminaries and by individuals in relay meets are not included; only events where an individual is eligible to score points for his or her team.)...

BASEBALL, GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICT BRACKETS (05/11/07) Check out the schedules for the upcoming tournaments.

BASEBALL, GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICT PAIRINGS (05/11/07) BASEBALL Class 4 District 1 (at Hillsboro) Monday, May 14 -- First round: (4) Seckman vs. (5) Fox, 4 p.m.; (3) Hillsboro vs. (6) Poplar Bluff, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 -- Semifinals: (1) Cape Central vs. Seckman or Fox, 4 p.m.; (2) Jackson vs. Hillsboro vs. Poplar Bluff, 6:30 p.m...

Oran baseball, softball teams post victories (05/10/07) Staff reports ORAN -- Alex Chasteen knocked in three runs on two hits and Cody Dirnberger collected a pair of hits, both on swinging bunts, as the Eagles cruised to victory. Kody Campbell picked up the win on the mound. Hayti 000 00 -- 0 3 8 Oran 391 5x -- 18 12 1...

Track honor roll (05/10/07) BOYS AND GIRLS top performers through May 9

Chaffee, Oran baseball teams pick up victories (05/09/07) Derek James ~ Standard Democrat CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Red Devils improved to 15-9 on the season with a 7-4 victory against East Prairie on Tuesday at Chaffee. Adam Uhrhan was the winning pitcher, throwing all seven innings and allowing four runs (one earned) off 11 hits with seven strikeouts and three walks...

MSHSAA members vote to expand football playoffs (05/04/07) By BRIAN ROSENER ~ Sports Editor There won't be a separate playoff for private schools, but the postseason bracket for football will expand in 2008. Missouri State High School Activities Association member schools voted 321-92 against a proposal to split the public and nonpublic schools into separate playoffs for every sport except football...

Semoball Girls Track Honor Roll (05/03/07) Top 10 performances in each event as reported in the five newspapers that are media partners with Semoball.com, through April 29...

South Pem tops East Prairie in eight innings (04/17/07) EAST PRAIRIE - The East Prairie Eagles baseball team fell to the South Pemiscot Bulldogs in extra innings at home on Monday afternoon losing 10-4 in eight innings. The Bulldogs came into the game ranked No. 2 in Class 2 and their only three losses this season have come to teams in Tennessee...

Massey nets 29 to lead Mules over Richland (02/14/07) ESSEX -- The Bernie Mules improved to 11-9 on the season with a 70-61 victory over the Richland Rebels as Marcus Massey exploded for 29 points -- including 10 in the pivotal third period that pushed Bernie to a 54-37 lead with eight minutes to play...

Notre Dame pressure overwhelms Delta (12/26/06) Second-seeded Notre Dame placed immediate pressure on number 15-seed Delta both on defense and on the scoreboard on their way to an 89-28 victory. The Bulldogs forced turnover after turnover with their full court press as they built a 14-0 lead to begin the game. By halftime they held a 47-14 advantage behind 13 first half points from John Unterreiner...

Woodland Invitational (12/01/06) Cardinals outlast Oak Ridge

Delta returns three starters (11/21/06) Shawn Kinder isn't a glass-half-empty kind of guy. Otherwise, the Delta boys basketball coach might be worried by what he saw on paper this year for the Bobcats: A team lacking height and trying to replace its top scorers from last year. Instead, Kinder's approach is more along the lines of: get back to me in a couple of months...

Delta girls return all five starters from third-place team (11/21/06) Returning its entire starting lineup, receiving help from a solid junior varsity squad and reflecting on a Class 1 third-place finish last season, the Delta girls basketball team appears to be right on track for another run to the final four. The big question mark now for the Bobcats is Shea Smith's knee...

ND's Schlosser throws no-hitter (09/06/06) The Bulldogs posted an 8-0 softball victory over Poplar Bluff to improve to 8-0. Miranda Schlosser threw a no-hitter as the Notre Dame softball team continued to dominate the opposition with an 8-0 victory over visiting Poplar Bluff Tuesday. The Bulldogs improved their record to 8-0. Their closest victory was Saturday's 7-4 triumph over their junior varsity squad in the finals of the Notre Dame Softballfest...

Tribe wins Bootheel opener; Lady Camels edge Lady Lions (09/06/06) STEELE, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians won their second straight game, taking a 25-19, 25-9 win against South Pemiscot here Tuesday. In other games Tuesday, Campbell defeated Senath-Hornersville, Holcomb defeated North Pemiscot and Gideon defeated Delta C-7...

Lady Indians charge past Delta C-7 (09/01/06) After a slow start Thursday, it didn't take long for the Kennett Lady Indians to put the memory of Tuesday's season-opening loss to Dexter behind them. The Lady Indians overcame a slow start in the first set and got strong play from several players to defeat the Delta C-7 Chargers, 25-18, 25-16 to improve to 1-1 on the season...

Notre Dame hosts three events to cap first full week of season (08/31/06) The hustle and bustle of high school sports has officially begun, and no place will be busier this weekend than Notre Dame Regional High School. Notre Dame will host 28 teams in three different sports in its annual Soccerfest, Volleyballfest and Softballfest...

Scott City spikers sweep in debut (08/30/06) The Scott City volleyball team opened its season by sweeping Advance 25-19, 25-15 at home Tuesday night. The Rams, who have won back-to-back district titles, were led by Kacie Ritter, who finished with five assists. Jenni Heisserer had three kills, and freshman Brooke Simpson added two blocks...

Central tennis sweeps doubleheader (08/27/06) The Central girls tennis team knocked off visiting Parkway West and Parkway Central in a mini-tournament at home Saturday. The Tigers defeated Parkway West 9-0 and Parkway Central 7-2. "I think we played really well, especially in the morning matches," Central coach Annette Slattery said. "Both teams were really competitive for us in different spots."...

Fall baseball capsules (08/20/06) Campbell Nickname: Camels Coach: Justin Shell Key returnees: Dustin Crane, Sam Bader, Dustin Hayden, Cale Weeks and Kyle Matthews. Schedule: Aug. 21 at North Pemiscot, Aug.22 Twin Rivers, Aug. 24 at Holcomb, Aug. 28 at Risco, Aug.29 at Senath-Hornersville, Aug. ...