Clearwater rallies past Ellington for three-set win (09/05/08) By ALEX ABATE ~ DAR Sports Writer PIEDMONT -- Even though Clearwater lost the first game Thursday night, they sent the Ellington Lady Whippets a message. The Lady Tigers were down early but finished on an 11-6 run before Ellington won. However, Clearwater came out strong in the second game, rallying for a 22-25, 25-16, 25-9 win...

ROUNDUP: Doniphan softball slips past Twin Rivers (09/03/08) By DAR STAFF DONIPHAN -- Doniphan scored a run in four different innings as the Donettes moved past Twin Rivers 4-3 Tuesday afternoon. "I thought our kids were really focused," Doniphan coach Brad Phillips said. "In the past, Twin Rivers has really had Doniphan's number and we were fortunate enough to hang in there and battle and get the win."...

ROUNDUP: Greenville rallies past Ellington 10-9 (08/29/08) By DAR STAFF GREENVILLE -- Greenville rallied for five runs in the sixth inning and got a walkoff single from Tyler Dougherty in the bottom of the seventh to move past Ellington, 10-9, Thursday afternoon. Dougherty finished the game with three hits and two RBIs...

Dexter, Bernie, Naylor reach district baseball finals (05/14/08) By DAR STAFF While rain postponed the MSHSAA Class 2 District 3 semifinals Tuesday, three area teams pushed their way into district championship games. The games at Three Rivers' Raider Field will be played today with the final still set for 4 p.m. Thursday, weather permitting...

ROUNDUP: Dexter rallies past Fredericktown (05/13/08) By DAR STAFF CAPE GIRARDEAU -- David Hessling hit a two-run triple to left in the fifth inning and Tyler Scott had the go-ahead hit in the sixth as Dexter rallied to beat Fredericktown 4-3 in the first round of the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 tournament Monday...

ROUNDUP: Miller's home run lifts Dexter (04/08/08) By DAR STAFF DEXTER -- After falling into a three-run hole late against Sikeston on Monday, Dexter appeared to be in trouble before Caleb Miller capped a four-hit burst in the final inning with a walk-off home run to send the Bearcats to a 6-4 win. Miller's home run followed a single by Mason Noe that drove in Jared Laird and Ben Mills, who both reached on singles to start the inning. Garrett McEwen got things started by singling up the middle...

ROUNDUP: Greenville holds off Bell City 2-1 in baseball (03/26/08) By DAR STAFF The Greenville Bears picked up a pair of runs in the first inning and held on for a 2-1 road win Tuesday at Bell City. Leadoff man Nick Wren reached on an error to start the and came around to score game on a double by Robert Abernathy. Jacob Wood then drove Abernathy home with a single...

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...

ROUNDUP: Puxico holds off Bloomfield; Naylor rallies (02/15/08) By DAR STAFF Puxico jumped to a 17-9 lead after the first quarter and held off a run to beat Bloomfield 71-58 Thursday night. "We just came out and really asserted ourselves," Puxico coach Josh Dowdy said. "J Hon hit three 3s in the first quarter and that really opened us up."...

ROUNDUP: Ellington outscores Van Buren in OT (02/06/08) By DAR STAFF Ellington outscored Van Buren 15-8 in overtime to earn a 82-75 win Tuesday night. "We just went back to our gameplan that we had," Ellington coach Chris Miller. "We were bigger inside and our post guys are used to playing physical. We got defensive stops and that was the difference in the game."...

Porter, Woodgeard lead Greenville girls past Ellington (01/29/08) By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer GREENVILLE -- Tara Porter and Sara Woodgeard scored 24 points apiece for Greenville as the Lady Bears used their size advantage inside to wear out the visiting Ellington Lady Whippets 59-43. The Lady Whippets hung around through the first 20 minutes of the game before the Lady Bears' defense and rebounding became too much for them to overcome...

Ellington rallies, beats Liberty 61-60 (01/27/08) BY DAR STAFF Ellington overcame a 14-point first quarter deficit and then dodged a bullet in the end to hold on Friday night for 61-60 victory over Liberty. The Eagles had the ball down four with four seconds left and got to within one on a 3-pointer before time ran out...

Charleston snaps losing streak with win vs. Metro (01/21/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com ST. LOUIS -- The Charleston Bluejays ended a four-game losing streak with a 51-33 win over the Metro Panthers on Saturday. The Bluejays led 26-18 at halftime and outscored Metro 11-4 in the third quarter to seal the win...

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."...

Donettes surge past Ellington (01/08/08) By DAR STAFF Doniphan outscored Ellington 21-5 in the third quarter, rallying to win 67-53 Monday night on the road. "We didn't play well early and they did," Doniphan coach Jimbo Blackwell said. "We were just fortunate enough to find some energy in the second half."...

ROUNDUP: Jackson girls surge past Doniphan for 45-39 win (01/04/08) By DAR STAFF Jackson overcame a one-point halftime deficit and outscored the Doniphan Donettes 8-2 over the final 2 minutes to break a tie and come away with a 45-39 win. "We had our chances," Doniphan coach Jimbo Blackwell said. The Donettes (6-3, 1-2 SEMO) got the game off to a good start and held a five-point lead after the first quarter before the Jackson defense turned up the pressure...

Twin Rivers presses Kelly for win (12/12/07) By DAR STAFF Twin Rivers pulled away from Kelly by controlling the midsection of the game, outscoring the Hawks 55-29 in the second and third quarters in a 79-45 win Tuesday night that pushed their record over the .500 mark. Kenny Johnson led the Royals (4-3) with 19 points, while Kyle Oberkramer followed his big game on Saturday with 12 points...

Deckard leads Naylor past Ellington (12/08/07) By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer Ellington knocked out Naylor's Hailee Deckard for a brief time Saturday, but although she bent, Deckard did not break. Deckard left the game after being hit in the nose with an inadvertent elbow with 3:56 remaining, but returned 22 seconds later and continued her leading performance for the Lady Eagles, who won 55-28...

Dons win OFC opener; Ellington beats Greenville (12/05/07) By DAR STAFF Doniphan used a 29-6 first quarter spurt to cruise to a 78-30 win over East Carter in Ozark Foothills Conference play Tuesday night. "I thought we came out really intense and got after them defensively which generated offense," Doniphan coach Jason Andrews said...

Couch wins Lady Dawg tourney title (12/03/07) By DAR STAFF VAN BUREN -- Tara Combs scored 15 of her game-high 22 points in the second half to help lift Couch to the Lady Dawg Classic title Saturday night. The top-seeded Lady Indians surged ahead for good in the third quarter to beat sixth-seeded Ellington 46-30...

Naylor girls beat Scott County Central (11/27/07) By DAR STAFF VAN BUREN -- Hailee Deckard put on a show Monday, pouring in 31 points and collecting seven rebounds to lead Naylor to a 68-25 win over Scott County Central at the Van Buren Lady Dawg Classic. In other games, it was Ellington 45, Twin Rivers 40; Thayer 51, Greenville 42; Couch 43, Neelyville 23...

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...

High School basketball: All-Region (03/20/07) Class 5 Boys First team -- Jake Leet, 6-3, jr., Jackson; George Hamilton, 6-1, so., Central; Hunter Grantham, 6-5, jr., Jackson; Antonio Garritano, 6-5, jr., Jackson; T.J. Stonecipher, 6-3, sr., Poplar Bluff Coach of the year -- Darrin Scott, Jackson...

Ellington presses past Lady Camels in sectional (03/08/07) POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Daren Ellsworth knew that his Campbell Lady Camels would have to be able to handle Ellington's defensive pressure to have any chance of winning Wednesday's Class 2 sectional contest. He was right. The Lady Whippets forced 18 turnovers with their press and kept Campbell's offense out of sync all night to take a 59-34 sectional victory here at the Bess Activity Center Wednesday...

Scoreboard (03/08/07) Wednesday's Scores Boys Class 2 sectionals At Poplar Bluff South Pemiscot 56, South Iron 44 At Park Hills Eskridge 53, Puxico 40, OT Class 3 sectionals At Poplar Bluff Charleston 80, Malden 59 Girls Class 2 sectionals At Poplar Bluff Ellington 59, Campbell 34...