New coach at helm of NMCC (08/20/08) NEW MADRID-- A new era is dawning for the New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles volleyball team. The Lady Eagles will be under the direction of first-year head coach Jenny Sexton and first-year assistant coach Misty Mitchum. In practice NMCC has been working on their overall game...

Weaver named best in Tri-County (05/28/08) Holcomb's Tiffani Weaver was named the Tri-County Conference's Player of the Year in softball on the league's all-conference team. Weaver earned the honor as she helped lead the Lady Hornets to both the Tri-County's regular season and conference tournament titles...

McCaig named top player in Tri-County (05/22/08) Cooter's Aaron McCaig was named the Tri-County Conference's Player of the Year in baseball on the league's all-conference team. McCaig earned the honor as he helped lead the Wildcats to their third straight Class 1, District 1 title and also to the conference's regular-season and tournament titles...

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

Area teams score often in district play (05/13/08) CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians jumped out to a big early lead and held off a late charge by the Doniphan Dons to take a 9-5 win in the first round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament at Notre Dame Regional High School Monday. In other District 1 games, it was Notre Dame 18, New Madrid County Central 1; Perryville 9, Sikeston 1; and Dexter 4, Fredericktown 3...

Chaffee drops close contest to Kennett (05/02/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Red Devils lost a hard-fought late-inning battle against the Kennett Indians on Thursday, as the Indians scored three runs in the top of the eighth to break a tie ball game and hold on for the win...

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 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...

Kennett routs Lady Lions while soccer wins again (04/09/08) Tuesday's much-anticipated softball showdown between the Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions and Kennett Lady Indians ended up very one-sided. The Lady Tribe pounded out 13 hits and got another dominating performance from Laurel Scales to roll to an 11-0 victory over Senath-Hornersville at Indian Park...

Rivals stand above rest (04/01/08) The Daily Dunklin Democrat Dandy Dozen Basketball team: Clarkton's Dustin Ferguson and Gideon's Jordan Boone are our Players of the Year

Braves roll past Gideon in district final (02/29/08) Scott Central sets up yet another match-up with Bell City in the Class 1 sectional

Braves run past Gideon (02/29/08) GIDEON, Mo. -- Even D.D. Gillespie had to admit he digs watching the dunk. The Scott County Central boys basketball team produced no shortage of highlight-reel plays during Thursday night's Class 1 District 1 championship game against Gideon. The Braves did, after all, put in 37 field goals in the 88-56 thumping.

Braves capture title with rout of Gideon (02/29/08) GIDEON, Mo. -- Even D.D. Gillespie had to admit he digs watching the dunk. The Scott County Central boys basketball team produced no shortage of highlight-reel plays during Thursday night's Class 1 District 1 championship game against Gideon. The Braves did, after all, put in 37 field goals in the 88-56 thumping...

Gideon shocks 'Deer to reach final (02/27/08) GIDEON, Mo. -- It took four tries, but the Gideon Bulldogs finally defeated Clarkton. After losing to the Reindeer three times in the regular season, Gideon took out a year's worth of frustration and more Tuesday night, dominating the 'Deer 77-64 in the semifinals of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament...

Top seeds shine at Holcomb, Gideon (02/26/08) HOLCOMB, Mo. -- As the Campbell Camels wind down what has been an up and down season, they now find themselves in the semifinals of the Class 2, District 1 Tournament at Holcomb after knocking off the Neelyville Tigers 61-45. In other opening round action at Holcomb, the fourth-seeded Naylor Eagles squeaked past the No. 5 South Pemiscot Bulldogs 56-55. Naylor will meet top-seeded Hayti on Thursday with a spot in the finals on the line...

'Deer down Gideon for title (02/17/08) COOTER, Mo. -- Going into Friday night, the Clarkton High School varsity basketball program had won 18 of its last 19 Tri-County Conference battles. The one loss? A buzzer-beating heartbreaker at the hands of Campbell in the finals of last year's conference tournament...

Gideon, Clarkton advance to Tri-County finals (02/15/08) COOTER, Mo. -- In a game that many expected to be an evenly matched contest, the second-seeded Gideon Bulldogs simply dominated the No. 3 seed Campbell Camels in nearly every facet of the game in a 71-59 victory in the semifinals of the Tri-County Conference Tournament here Thursday night...

Campbell, Gideon soar into semifinals (02/14/08) COOTER, Mo. -- The third-seeded Campbell Camels came away with a victory in their opening round 67-52 win over the sixth-seeded host Cooter Wildcats in the final game here Wednesday night. In Wednesday's other first-round varsity game, Gideon rolled past North Pemiscot...

ROUNDUP: Risco loses to Gideon; NMCC drops OT thriller (01/23/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com RISCO -- A third quarter collapse by the Risco Tigers Tuesday night, insured a Gideon Bulldogs win, 77-56. "We were in it at the half," Risco head coach Brandon Blankenship said. "In the second half they kind of put us away."...

Indians' comeback falls short in rematch with Royals (01/23/08) BROSELEY, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians almost dug themselves out of a pair of big holes. Almost, but not quite. The Tribe almost wiped out a 19-point third-quarter deficit before coming up just short in an 80-75 loss to the Twin Rivers Royals here Tuesday...

ROUNDUP: Advance Hornets sting Campbell in OT (01/18/08) By DAR STAFF Advance held on for a 63-58 overtime win over Campbell on Thursday night. Justin Fowler made a 3-pointer for the Camels with less than 15 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime tied at 53. However, David VanGennip made 7-of-8 from the free throw line in overtime to propel Advance to the win. He finished the game with 27 and Jacob Bond added 14 points in the win...

Dexter stops Bernie; Green Wave rolls to win (01/13/08) By DAR STAFF Kevin Hart scored a game-high 28 points and David Hessling added a season-high 13 to lead Dexter to a 57-48 win Friday over visiting Bernie. "Kevin is a good scorer for us offensively and he wants to carry that load for us, but I think David Hessling may have played his best game of the season," first-year Dexter coach Rob Nichols said. "He showed some leadership, played good defense and really brought a lot of intensity to the game."...

Clarkton starts hot, holds off late Gideon rally (01/13/08) CLARKTON, Mo. -- A common phrase in sports is that the best players come through in the biggest games. It's safe to say that the Tri-County Conference's two most decorated players didn't disappoint in this one. Gideon's senior standout Jordan Boone dropped 31 points on the night while reigning conference Player of the Year Dustin Ferguson finished with 30 to lead the Clarkton Reindeer past their archrivals, the Gideon Bulldogs, 83-65 as they continued their run of dominance through the Tri-County Conference.. ...

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

Risco loses in pool play at Clarkton tournament (12/12/07) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CLARKTON -- The Risco Tigers lost to a tough Gosnell (Ark.) team Tuesday night in their second game of pool play at the Clarkton Tournament 77-52. "Gosnell is probably one of the best teams we've played all year," said Risco head coach Brandon Blankenship. "I know the score doesn't show it but we came out and played well tonight."...

Reindeer games: Clarkton rallies for thrilling win over Rebels (12/11/07) CLARKTON, Mo. -- The Clarkton Christmas Invitational Tournament may be missing a few teams this year and breaking in a new format, but that didn't prevent the tournament's opening night from being exciting. Justin Brown's basket with 44 seconds left in the game snapped a 74-all tie and lifted the host Clarkton Reindeer to an 80-76 win over tourney newcomer Richland Monday night in pool play...

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...

Cooter uses uptempo gameplan to down Hornets (12/09/07) COOTER, Mo. -- Some people call it run and gun. Others call it fastbreak basketball. The Cooter Wildcats call it a recipe for success. The Wildcats used their fast brand of basketball to force 22 turnovers and take control of the game with an 18-6 second-quarter outburst in a 71-49 win over the Holcomb Hornets here Friday night...

Scott County Central puts up 113 on Gideon (12/09/07) Braves have four players score in double figures

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...

Green Wave 'D' stops Gideon (12/05/07) MALDEN, Mo. -- A wise person once said "The more things change, the more they stay the same," This is the best way to describe the Malden basketball program in recent years. After losing all five starters, and arguably their two top reserves from last year's 27-2 district championship team, many people in the Bootheel conference have written off the 'Wave before the season ever started. However, after Malden's 68-48 thrashing of the Gideon Bulldogs Tuesday night, they may want to think again...

Portageville, Gosnell win titles at Lions Invitational (12/04/07) SENATH, Mo. -- Brittany Walker scored 17 points and the Portageville Lady Bulldogs made an early lead stand up to take a 56-42 win over the Campbell Lady Camels in the girls' final at the Senath-Hornersville Lions Invitational here Saturday. In other girls' action at the Invitational, No. 2 Caruthersville defeated top-seeded Caruthersville 73-65 to take third place, while Malden edged South Pemiscot 44-42 to take the consolation trophy...

Top seeds roll at Senath (11/28/07) SENATH, Mo. -- It seemed like the Clarkton-Gideon game was going to follow the pattern of blowouts by the top seeds that predominated the first round of the boys' division of the Senath-Hornersville Lions Invitational. Not quite. Third-seeded Clarkton led by 11 points after one quarter and took a 16-point lead to the final period, but had to hold off a late Gideon rally to take a 79-69 win over the Bulldogs in the final game of night here Tuesday...

Rivals and friends: Woolverton, Watson are the best of the best in '07 (11/18/07) Hard-hitting duo leads Daily Dunklin Democrat Dandy Dozen Volleyball Team as Players of the Year

Leopold advances to semifinals (10/28/07) BELL CITY -- Leopold senior Maddy Hutchings remembers when she was in the seventh grade and cheered from the stands as the Wildcats had a dream season that was capped by a Class 1 volleyball state title. She especially liked to watch Courtney Wesbecher, who used to wear a headband whenever she played...

One for the ages: Gideon outlasts Lady Hornets for district title (10/24/07) GIDEON, Mo. -- ESPN calls games like Tuesday’s Class 1, District 1 volleyball championship “Instant Classics.” In which case, cue up the highlight reel. Meeting for the district title for the third straight year, the Holcomb Lady Hornets and the Gideon Lady Bulldogs battled back-and-forth all night before the Lady Bulldogs pulled out a 20-25, 25-12, 25-23 victory over Holcomb here Tuesday...

Lady Lions get by South Pemiscot (10/03/07) SENATH, Mo. -- Katelyn Gibson had a dominant night on the net as the Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions held off Bootheel Conference rival South Pemiscot 25-18, 25-23 here Tuesday. In other volleyball action Tuesday, Gideon locked up the Tri-County Conference title and top seed in next week's league tourney with a 25-15, 25-20 win over Campbell...

Lady Indians go three sets yet again, beat Campbell (09/30/07) The Kennett Lady Indians must be enjoying playing three-set volleyball games. The Lady Tribe went three sets with an opponent for the third time in the last week Friday afternoon before taking a 25-14, 19-25, 25-13 win over the Campbell Lady Camels at Kennett High School...

High School Volleyball Roundup (09/30/07) GIDEON -- Bernie's Lady Mules volleyball team traveled to Gideon and were handed a 29-27, 25-20, loss Friday night. "We played well tonight," Bernie coach Jeff Rodgers said. "We had several good chances to put them away in the first game and could not get that one attack we needed. You can't play tentative when you can finish a good team like that. Unfortunately, that's what we did."...

A good day to be a Lady Indian: Softball, tennis teams win home finales, volleyball sinks Donettes (09/28/07) It was a good day to be a Kennett Lady Indian. All three of Kennett's girls' fall sports teams won Thursday, with the softball team shutting out East Prairie 4-0, the tennis team downing Sikeston 6-3 and the volleyball team taking a 25-17, 25-15 win over Doniphan...

Lady Tribe rallies to put down Southland rebellion (09/27/07) CARDWELL, Mo. -- For the second time in as many games, the Kennett Lady Indians found themselves having to dig out of a hole in the third set of a volleyball game. This time, they pulled it out. The Lady Indians rallied from an early six-point deficit in the deciding set to take a 23-25, 25-16, 25-19 win over the Southland Lady Rebels here Wednesday...

Lady Tribe's big rally comes up just short (09/25/07) The Kennett Lady Indians may have just simply ran out of time against the Caruthersville Lady Tigers. The Lady Indians rallied from an 11-point deficit to forge a 23-all tie in the deciding third set, but could not complete the comeback as Caruthersville took a 25-11, 22-25, 25-23 win in a Bootheel Conference contest Monday night at Kennett High School...

Kennett shuts out Lady Tigers (09/19/07) It may be clich�, but it's still true: practice makes perfect. That is the case for the Kennett Lady Indians girls' tennis team, which took a 9-0 shutout victory over Caruthersville Tuesday, its second shutout in as many days. In other area sports, Kennett was shut out 9-0 by Anna-Jonesboro in boys soccer, while Gideon took a 25-14, 25-13 win over Cooter in volleyball and Senath-Hornersville rallied past Twin Rivers 10-9 in baseball...

West's homer sparks Bluff past Lady Tribe (09/18/07) Poplar Bluff's Alex West did what Laurie Vaughan would like to see her Kennett Lady Indians softball team do. West drove a hit into the gap and used her speed to turn it into an inside-the-park home run, capping a three-run third inning as the Lady Mules took a 9-1 win at Indian Park Monday...

Lady Tribe still perfect in conference play (09/14/07) After graduating four starters and two of the area's top players from last season, not many people expected the Kennett Lady Indians to do much on the volleyball court. Guess again. The Lady Indians (6-3-2) played one of their best games of the year Thursday, taking a 25-21, 25-18 win over the Portageville Lady Bulldogs to improve to 4-0 in Bootheel Conference play with two league games remaining...

Lady Indians win at Doniphan, get back to .500 (09/12/07) DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Laurel Scales struck out 13 batters and the Kennett Lady Indians softball team bounced back from back-to-back losses with a 5-3 win against the Doniphan Donettes here Tuesday. In Tuesday's other area games, Gideon defeated Delta C7 25-11, 25-9 in volleyball, while Southland got past Campbell. In baseball, Cooter took a 10-0 win over North Pemiscot, while Bernie shut out Holcomb by the same score...

Davis serves as Leopold's good luck charm in tourney (09/09/07) Leopold placed second in the B.A. Sports high school volleyball tournament at the Show Me Center on Saturday, its best finish since 1989 when assistant coach Sandy Davis was wearing the blue and white Wildcats uniform. "The last time we got in the championship game was my senior year," Davis said, laughing. ...

Gideon gets fast start to take down Holcomb (09/07/07) HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The Gideon Lady Bulldogs waited almost a year for this night. After seeing their four-year reign as district champions ended by Holcomb last year, Gideon came out with a vengeance in Thursday's rematch, racing to a 12-4 opening-set lead and taking a 25-13, 25-22 victory over the Lady Hornets in a battle of two of southeast Missouri's best Class 1 volleyball teams...

BA Promotions Volleyball Classic -- Day 1 scores (09/07/07) Friday Night Pool Play Scores St. Louis Notre Dame def. Holcomb 25-19, 25-5 Cape Central def. Clarkton 25-11, 25-7 Bernie split with Jackson 25-14, 25-23 Scott City def. Twin Rivers 25-13, 25-16 Leopold def. Perryville 25-6, 25-14 Cape Notre Dame def. Oak Ridge 25-11, 25-8...

Scales handed tough-luck loss as Lady Tribe suffers seventh-inning meltdown (09/05/07) It would be hard to blame Laurel Scales for feeling unlucky. The Kennett hurler allowed just two hits and no earned runs while retiring 16 batters in a row at one point, but found herself on the short end of a 3-0 loss to the Naylor Lady Eagles Tuesday at Indian Park after a seventh-inning collapse by the Lady Indians' defense led to three unearned runs...

Lady Tribe sinks Malden, goes over .500; Holcomb wins season opener at Southland (08/31/07) The Kennett Lady Indians got a strong pitching performance from Haley Morrow and a two-hit game from KaLee Gore to post a 6-2 win over the Malden Lady Wave Thursday at Indian Park and improve to 3-2 on the season. In area volleyball, Holcomb downed Southland 25-23, 25-14, while Delta C7 defeated North Pemiscot 25-20, 25-14 and Gideon sank Richland 25-14, 25-11...

Lady Tribe shuts out East Prairie (08/29/07) EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Laurel Scales tossed seven innings of three-hit softball as the Kennett Lady Indians improved to 2-2 on the season with a 1-0 win over the East Prairie Lady Eagles Tuesday. In other area sports, Cooter defeated Delta C7, 15-0, in baseball, while in volleyball, it was Gideon downing New Madrid County Central by the scores of 25-13, 25-9...

Some things never change: Holcomb, Gideon again look to be cream of the crop on the court (08/23/07) When the 2006 high school volleyball season ended, the Holcomb Lady Hornets and Gideon Lady Bulldogs were the two best smaller schools -- if not the two best schools, period -- among the area's high school volleyball teams. With both teams returning several key players, that still looks to be true...

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

Wilson named Daily Dunklin Democrat Female Athlete of the Year (06/21/07) Aggressive. Naturally talented. Knows the game. Quick. Hard hitter. Those are just some of the words that describe Gideon's Lindsey Wilson, who has been named as the first-ever Daily Dunklin Democrat Female Athlete of the Year. Wilson emerged out of a talented field after earning Tri-County Conference Player of the Year in volleyball back in the fall, then earning first-team all-conference honors on the softball diamond this spring...

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

Lady Lions get hot late, roll past Gideon (05/06/07) SENATH, Mo. -- Friday's softball game against Gideon may have been a microcosm of the season for the Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions -- a slow start followed by a strong finish. With the score tied entering the bottom of the fourth inning, Senath-Hornersville scored 10 runs in the final three innings to take a 14-4, six-inning win over the Lady Bulldogs here Friday...

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...

Modlin no-hits Gideon to win tourney opener; Lady Rebels roll past North Pem (04/24/07) HOLCOMB, Mo. -- Whitney Modlin picked a great time to turn in arguably her best pitching performance of the year. Modlin tossed a no-hitter, striking out 10 to lead the Campbell Lady Camels past Gideon, 4-2, in the first round of the Tri-County Conference Softball Tournament here Monday...

Richardson's gem propels Chargers (04/20/07) GIDEON, Mo. -- Sloan Richardson has emerged as one of the best pitchers in the Tri-County Conference this spring. So after Richardson tossed an one-hit shutout against the Gideon Bulldogs Thursday, it didn't come as a total surprise to Delta C7 coach Lynn Yarbrough...

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...

Lady Indians hit away bitter taste (04/04/07) After a subpar offensive performance at the Naylor tournament over the weekend, the Kennett Lady Indians have more than made up for it the last two days. After sputtering at the plate in a loss to Pocahontas, Ark. on Saturday, the Lady Indians have scored 23 runs in their last two games, including a 13-2 rout of the Doniphan Donettes at Indian Park Tuesday...

Lady Indians get back on winning track at Malden; Tribe golfers split at KCC (03/30/07) MALDEN, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians softball team bounced back from its first loss of the season behind a strong pitching performance from Laurel Scales to down the Malden Lady Wave, 11-2, in Bootheel Conference action here Thursday. In other area games Thursday, it was Delta C7 19, North Pemiscot 5; and Dexter 5, Gideon 3. In area baseball, it was Cape-Notre Dame 9, Kennett 1; Cooter 13, Clarkton 1; and Holcomb 20, Gideon 4...

Tribe golfers split home opener (03/28/07) Johnathan Rogers shot a 37 to win overall medalist honors, but it was not enough to lift the Kennett Indians golf team past Caruthersville in its home opener Tuesday at Kennett Country Club. In other area sports Tuesday, the Kennett girls' soccer team lost, 3-1, at Valley View in Jonesboro, Ark., while in baseball it was Senath-Hornersville 10, Caruthersville 0; and East Prairie 8, Campbell 7...

Indians rally for victory against Green Wave (03/23/07) MALDEN, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians got a strong pitching performance from senior Wesley Jackson and rallied from a three-run deficit to take a 4-3 win over Bootheel Conference foe Malden here Thursday. In other baseball games Thursday, it was Senath-Hornersville 15, Hayti 0; Cooter 12, Holcomb 2; North Pemiscot 11, Risco 4; Clarkton 18, Gideon 4; South Pemiscot 7, Portageville 2; and Poplar Bluff defeated Campbell...

Kennett, Southland score often in victories (03/21/07) STEELE, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians softball teams scored 10 runs in the second inning and used its aggressive baserunning to capitalize on seven errors in an 18-6 season-opening win over South Pemiscot here Tuesday. In other area softball action Tuesday, it was Southland 19, Campbell 13; and Portageville shut out Gideon, 9-0. In area baseball, Senath-Hornersville downed Gideon 10-0...

Ferguson named top player in Tri-County Conference (03/09/07) Dustin Ferguson may be the youngest player on the All-Tri-County Conference first team, but that did not stop him from being named the league's Player of the Year. Ferguson, a 5-foot-10 guard, led Clarkton to a 23-4 record, including the regular-season conference championship and titles in the Bulldog Classic and the Clarkton Holiday Invitational...

Scott City boys reach district semis (02/27/07) Second-seeded Scott City advanced to the semifinals of the Class 3 District 1 boys basketball tournament with a 70-55 victory Monday night over No. 7 Kennett at New Madrid, Mo. Alex King scored 22 points to lead five Scott City players in double figures. Jay Simmons and Rynn Eskew both added 13 points, while Caleb Estes netted 12 points and Jamie Pinkston scored 10...

Scott City boys reach district semis (02/27/07) Second-seeded Scott City advanced to the semifinals of the Class 3 District 1 boys basketball tournament with a 70-55 victory Monday night over No. 7 Kennett at New Madrid, Mo. Alex King scored 22 points to lead five Scott City players in double figures. Jay Simmons and Rynn Eskew both added 13 points, while Caleb Estes netted 12 points and Jamie Pinkston scored 10...

'Cats win battle with Gideon (02/13/07) GIDEON, Mo. -- Having played each other three times already this season, one would not be surprised that Monday's game between the Gideon Bulldogs and Cooter went down to the wire. Michael Evans drained a pair of free throws with 1.9 seconds left as the second-seeded Wildcats escaped with a 66-65 win over No. 7 Gideon in the first round of the Tri-County Conference Tournament...

Mustangs rally from 15 down to beat Holcomb; Cooter rallies past Southland (02/06/07) WARDELL, Mo. -- Parker Watkins scored a game-high 20 points as the North Pemiscot Mustangs rallied from a 15-point second-quarter deficit to take a 62-60 win over the Holcomb Hornets in Tri-County Conference action here Monday. In other games involving Tri-County teams, it was Cooter 68, Southland 55; Risco 80, Delta C7 44; and Campbell 69, Gideon 53...

Caruthersville starts hot, cools off Lady Lions (01/19/07) SENATH, Mo. -- The Caruthersville Lady Tigers jumped out to a 19-point halftime lead and got 32 points from Leola Hubbard in an 83-67 victory over the Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions here Thursday in a Bootheel Conference contest. In boys' action Thursday, it was Bernie 79, Gideon 51; and Hayti 70, Cooter 54...

Playing the spoilers (01/07/07) SENATH, Mo. -- The Southland Rebels could not have picked a much better way to start their new year. After losing their first eight games, the Rebels used a dominating third-quarter performance to rally for a 59-50 win -- their first of the season -- against the Senath-Hornersville Lions here Friday...

Moses leads Hornets to win over Bernie (01/07/07) Bell City beats Rebs

Kennett loses in SEMO Conference opener; Hayti gets by Lions (12/17/06) JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson used a 23-point edge in the third quarter to turn a 37-20 halftime lead into a 40-point rout and roll to a 76-35 victory over Kennett here Friday night. In other area games, Hayti defeated Senath-Hornersville, 55-44, while at the Clarkton Holiday Invitational, Naylor edged Holcomb, 71-65, for third place and Cooter got by Gideon, 53-47, for fifth...

North Pem matches last season's win total; Gideon, Cooter reach consolation final at Clarkton (12/13/06) DEERING, Mo. -- The North Pemiscot Mustangs got 20 points from Grant St. Cin as they matched their win total from last season with a 56-39 win over the Delta C7 Chargers here Tuesday in boys' high school basketball. In other action Tuesday, Portageville defeated Senath-Hornersville, 71-21, while in consolation action at the Clarkton Holiday Invitational, Gideon downed Risco, 76-62, and Cooter held off Southland, 72-65...

Clarkton wears down Rebels to advance to semis (12/12/06) CLARKTON, Mo. -- The Clarkton Reindeer may have started slow Monday, but once they got hot, they were virtually unstoppable. The Reindeer trailed by as many as 10 points in the first quarter, but took the lead for good midway through the second quarter and rolled to a 75-41 victory over the Southland Rebels in the first round of the Clarkton Holiday Invitational Tournament here Monday...

Braves dominate the boards, Gideon in 81-32 shellacking (12/11/06) Scott County Central was not exactly a rebounding juggernaut last year, but the Braves took advantage of some injuries to dominate the boards in an 81-32 victory at Gideon on Friday night. Gideon was without leading scorer Jordan Boone and had some other injuries as well...

Braves dominate boards, blast crippled Bulldogs (12/10/06) GIDEON, Mo. -- Josh Campbell could be forgiven if he was frustrated Friday night. Playing without leading scorer Jordan Boone and with two other key players hindered by injuries, Campbell's Gideon Bulldogs were no match for Scott County Central as the Braves rolled to an 81-32 victory here Friday...

Clarkton, Lady Camels down higher seeds, punch tickets to finals (12/03/06) GIDEON, Mo. -- The Campbell Lady Camels outscored top-seeded Caruthersville by five points in the fourth quarter to take a 68-67 semifinal win over the Lady Tigers in the biggest upset thus far at the Bulldog Classic here Friday. In Friday's other girls' game, No. 3 Portageville upended second-seeded New Madrid County Central, 70-52, while in boys' action, top-seeded South Pemiscot defeated host Gideon, 64-52, while No. 3 Clarkton ran past No. 2 Hayti, 104-94...

Lady Indians drop opener (11/28/06) GIDEON, Mo. -- First-game jitters and a strong dose of Caruthersville athleticism added up to a long opening evening for the Kennett Lady Indians basketball team. The top-seeded Lady Tigers got 22 points from Leola Hubbard and controlled the boards to steadily pull away from No. 8 Kennett in a 62-40 win in the first round of the Bulldog Classic here Monday...

Gideon routs Lions behind Boone's 37 (11/22/06) SENATH, Mo. -- As Jordan Boone sank a pair of free throws late in the fourth quarter of the Gideon Bulldogs' win over Senath-Hornersville, Gideon's cheerleaders started chanting "Way to go, Jordan, way to go!" Way to go, indeed. Boone finished with a game-high 37 points as the Bulldogs rolled to an 84-58 victory over the Lions here Tuesday in the season opener for both squads...

Gideon takes titles at Tri-County junior high tourney (11/19/06) COOTER, Mo. -- The Gideon Bulldogs' junior-high basketball teams made it a clean sweep at the finals of the Tri-County Conference junior high tournament, upsetting the top seeds to bring home the seventh- and eighth-grade championship trophies here Friday...

Wilson earns Player of the Year honors, leads All-Conference team (10/26/06) CARDWELL, Mo. -- Lindsey Wilson of Gideon was named Player of the Year in the Tri-County Conference after leading her Lady Bulldogs to the conference tournament championship and a share of the regular-season title. Also on the Tri-County first team are:...

Holcomb upsets Gideon for first district title since '01 (10/25/06) HOLCOMB, Mo. -- "Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable." Those were Holcomb coach Gentry Vancil's words shortly after her Lady Hornets defeated Gideon 19-25, 25-22, 25-21 to win the Class 1 District 1 championship here Tuesday. The district title is the Lady Hornets' first since 2001 and end a four-year run by Gideon as District 1 champions...

Watson steps up as Holcomb rallies for finals rematch with Gideon (10/24/06) HOLCOMB, Mo. -- With the volleyball season on the line, Laura Watson made sure the Holcomb Lady Hornets kept dancing. Watson recorded five of Holcomb's first nine points of the third set on kills as the second-seeded Lady Hornets defeated the No. 3 Clarkton Lady Reindeer 25-17, 16-25, 25-9 in the semifinals of the Class 1 District 1 Tournament here Monday night...

Area teams open district play Monday (10/20/06) It would seem only fitting if the Kennett Lady Indians meet Dexter in district play. The two teams played each other for the Class 3, District 1 title last season, with Kennett winning. The Tribe opened this season with a two-set loss to the Lady Bearcats in a rematch of that contest...

KMS Lady Indians sweep past South Pem (10/18/06) The Kennett eighth-grade Lady Indians got another strong game from Jerrica Wheeler as they downed South Pemiscot, 30-24, Tuesday night at Kennett Middle School to improve to 3-1 on the season. In the seventh-grade contest, Kennett (2-0) won, 16-15, in overtime on a Taylor Broadway free throw...

Tribe's flaws rise to top against 'Dogs (10/17/06) In a season of ups and downs, the Kennett Indians may have hit bottom last Friday. Facing a winless Sikeston Bulldogs football team, the Indians sputtered offensively and struggled to stop the run for the second game in row in a 21-13 loss to the 'Dogs at Metz Cherry Stadium...

KMS Lady Indians win home openers; Delta wins on Senior Night (10/17/06) The Kennett Lady Indians seventh- and eighth-grade basketball teams made it a clean sweep Monday, downing the Campbell Lady Camels in the Tribe's home opener at Kennett Middle School. The seventh-graders won, 14-10, while the eighth-grade squad took a 30-11 victory...

Holcomb, Gideon headed to finals (10/13/06) CARDWELL, Mo. -- The Holcomb Lady Hornets got strong games from hitters Laura Watson and Kacey Moody to take their second victory in a week over Clarkton, downing the Lady Reindeer 25-23, 20-25, 25-14 in the semifinals of the Tri-County Conference Volleyball Tournament here Thursday...

Tribe's improvement finally shows up in win column (10/04/06) It may have taken a little longer than hoped, but the Kennett Indians football team is finally in the win column. After seeing their Sept. 22 game against East Prairie canceled because of inclement weather, the Indians (1-3) won their first game of season last week with a 42-0 thrashing of Portageville...

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 serve Southland (09/28/06) Coming off back-to-back losses for the first time this season, the Kennett Lady Indians got a lift from the service line Wednesday. The Lady Indians got nine straight service points from Leanna Siebenhuener in the second set and had three players with five kills each to take a 25-15, 25-9 win over the Southland Lady Rebels in high school volleyball Wednesday...

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...

BA Sports scores Sept10 (09/10/06) Saturday scores Pool play/Area teams Jackson defeated Southland, 25-22, 25-5. Notre Dame defeated Holcomb, 25-10, 25-6. Bernie defeated Woodland, 25-20, 25-8. Oak Ridge defeated South Iron, 25-17, 25-17. St. Vincent defeated New Madrid County, 25-7, 25-14...

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...