In extra innings, Lady Mules get first win (08/31/08) By DAR STAFF DELTA -- Timely hitting and solid pitching earned the Poplar Bluff softball team its first win of the season Saturday afternoon, a 3-2 eight-inning victory over Delta. Haley Foust led the eighth inning off with a double and then stole third. With two down, she took advantage of a passed ball and gave the Lady Mules the go-ahead run...

ROUNDUP: Portageville advances to Class 2 final (05/13/08) Delta C-7 will take on Cooter in Class 1 District 1 semifinals

Tribe rolls into semis (04/22/08) HAYTI, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians may be peaking at the right time on the baseball diamond. The Tribe scored at least three runs in every inning and pounded out 14 hits to roll to a 15-1 victory over Hayti in the first round of the Bootheel Conference Tournament here Monday...

ROUNDUP: SIkeston soccer shuts out Harrisburg (04/10/08) Oran, Cooter baseball teams win convincingly

Sikeston boys cruise to easy road win (02/05/08) Risco boys, Portageville girls each claim victories

ROUNDUP: Doniphan clinches OFC boys title (01/30/08) By DAR STAFF Doniphan clinched the regular-season OFC title Tuesday with a 65-31 win over Clearwater. Charles Wilson scored 25 points for the Dons (15-4, 6-0 OFC). Mitch Granier and Greg Davis each scored eight points. Luke Hillis scored 13 points to lead Clearwater, which trailed by five after one quarter before getting outscored 17-6 in the second...

Puxico faces Cubs in Stoddard County final (01/25/08) By DAR STAFF Puxico will get another shot at the state-ranked Bell City Cubs. The Indians will face Bell City in the championship game of the Stoddard County tournament at 8:30 p.m. tonight. The Cubs won the last meeting between the two teams, a 69-62 overtime game at Puxico...

ROUNDUP: Hayti pulls away from Malden (01/16/08) By DAR STAFF HAYTI -- Hayti outscored Malden 24-13 in the fourth quarter to move past the Green Wave Tuesday night. "The fourth quarter we just kind of died," Malden coach Rob Ison said. "We quit going to the basket like we did in the first three quarters. We faded and their athleticism took over."...

Change is here on holiday tourney front (12/09/07) The Clarkton Holiday Tournament has been a staple of Bootheel basketball for generations now. However, this year the tournament will take on a whole new look. This is due to the fact that Campbell, a charter member of the eight original teams that have played in the Clarkton Holiday tourney every year since its inception, has decided withdraw from Clarkton to start its own Invitational tournament...

Risco sees early lead slip away in loss to Delta C-7 (12/07/07) By Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com DEERING -- The Risco Tigers saw an early lead disappear in the fourth quarter as they fell to the Delta C-7 Chargers, 82-74. "We played extremely well in the first half," said Risco coach Brandon Blankenship. "Kyle White was on fire, hitting five threes and finishing with 19 in the half, but their point guard (Damian Flowers) had 19 at the half as well."...

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...

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

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...

Kennett netters fall in districts; Holcomb upends Clarkton (10/06/06) SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians tennis team ended its season on a mixed note, finishing seventh in the Class 1, District 2 Tournament here Thursday. In area volleyball action Thursday, Kennett defeated Hayti; Caruthersville defeated Senath-Hornersville 25-12, 17-25, 25-15; Holcomb defeated Clarkton, 25-16, 25-16; and Delta C-7 defeated Southland 25-17, 23-25, 25-22...

Gideon wins, set up showdown with Clarkton (10/04/06) GIDEON, Mo. -- The Gideon Lady Bulldogs got strong games hitting from Cassy Woolverton and Lindsey Wilson and great serving performances from Maci Boone and Erin Richardson to roll past North Pemiscot 25-6, 25-7 here Tuesday in a Tri-County Conference volleyball game...

Lady Indians sweep Piggott; Mules kick Tribe in soccer (10/03/06) The Kennett Lady Indians tennis team closed out its 2006 regular season with a bang, sweeping the Piggott Lady Mohawks, 9-0, at Kennett High School Monday afternoon. In other area sports, Kennett's soccer team fell to Poplar Bluff, 8-0, while in area volleyball, Gideon defeated Southland, Holcomb downed South Pemiscot 25-16, 25-14 and Campbell outlasted Delta C-7 23-25, 25-17, 26-24...

Lady Indians win at Dexter (09/26/06) DEXTER, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians improved to 5-3 on the season with a 6-3 victory over Dexter here Monday. In area volleyball Monday, Delta C-7 defeated North Pemiscot 25-13, 25-17, while Malden downed Senath-Hornersville 24-26, 29-27, 25-16...

Gideon routs Lady Lions; Clarkton downs Malden (09/19/06) SENATH, Mo. -- The Gideon Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 12-0 lead in the first set and rolled from there, taking a 25-3, 25-10 victory over the Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions here Monday. In volleyball action Monday, Clarkton defeated Malden 25-18, 25-17 and Delta C-7 defeated South Pemiscot 25-16, 25-11. In weekend baseball games, Cooter won twice at Broseley, defeating Clearwater, 9-0, and Twin Rivers, 19-18, in eight innings...

Delta C-7 upsets Holcomb; Clarkton rallies for win (09/17/06) HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The Delta C-7 Lady Chargers snapped a four-game losing streak in a big way, taking a 14-25, 26-24, 25-23 over the Holcomb Lady Hornets here Friday. With the win, Delta C-7 improves to 3-2 in the Tri-County Conference and 3-6 overall, while Holcomb falls to 5-2 and 8-5-1...

Lady Indians split in tennis, Indians lose on soccer field (09/15/06) Thursday was a mixed bag for Kennett's sports teams. The Kennett Lady Indians tennis team defeated Poplar Bluff, 5-4, in the conclusion of a rain-shortened match from Aug. 28 before falling, 7-2, in Thursday's regularly-scheduled match at Kennett High School, while the Indians soccer team lost to Saxony Lutheran, 3-1, at Indian Park...

Clarkton solidifies grip on first place in Tri-County with win (09/13/06) WARDELL, Mo. -- The Clarkton Lady Reindeer got strong games from the senior quartet of Tasha Joiner, Whitney Coleman, Larissa Gambling and Sara Darnell as they improved to 5-0 in the Tri-County Conference and 6-5 overall with a 25-9, 25-14 win over North Pemiscot here Tuesday...

Poplar Bluff mercy-rules Indians; Holcomb sinks Gideon (09/12/06) POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Different location, same story for the Kennett Indians soccer team. Playing their first road game of the season, the Indians (0-3-1) were mercy-ruled for the third time in four games this season, falling 10-0 to the Poplar Bluff Mules at Whiteley Park Monday...

Holcomb upends Portageville on court (09/08/06) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Holcomb Lady Hornets got a spark from the return of Kacey Moody, winning its fourth straight game by defeating Portageville 25-23, 25-19 here Thursday. In other volleyball action Thursday, Senath-Hornersville defeated Hayti 25-11, 25-21; Gideon defeated Campbell 26-24, 25-18; and Delta C-7 def. Cooter 13-25, 25-19, 25-18...

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...

Dexter takes revenge on Tribe (08/30/06) After seeing their volleyball season ended by the Kennett Lady Indians last fall, the Dexter Lady Bearcats surely had Tuesday's rematch circled on their calendar. "We actually felt like we had a message to send out after being disappointed by them two times last season," Dexter coach Kris Vandeven said. "I thought we would come in here and either fall apart or actually play to our potential. I felt like we come in, hit on the high notes and did well."...

Holcomb, Clarkton take aim at conference, district crowns in '06 (08/27/06) HOLCOMB -- In 2005, the Gideon Lady Bulldogs were arguably the Bootheel's best small school, racking up 28 wins and a Class 1, District 1 title. This year, the field looks to be a little more competitive with the ascent of schools like Clarkton and Holcomb...

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. ...