Portageville rebounds from first loss to beat Kelly (12/23/07) By Andrew Powell ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- After suffering their first loss of the season, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs bounced back nicely Friday night, coming away with a 58-40 win over the Kelly Lady Hawks in the third-place game of the 11th annual Lady Royals Christmas Classic...

Dexter beats Kelly to reach Twin Rivers tournament final (12/21/07) Bearcats will play Naylor; Kelly to face Portageville for third; NMCC plays for ninth

Tribe takes bite out of 'Dogs (09/28/08) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians did not have a good week of practice leading up to Friday night's game against the Portageville Bulldogs. Not only that, quarterback Blake Parr was bothered by a sore shoulder. None of that seemed to matter once the Tribe took the field, however...

Tribe wants to improve against Portageville (09/25/08) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- On paper, Friday's matchup between the Kennett Indians and the Portageville Bulldogs does not appear to be much of a match at all. On one side, the Tribe is 4-0 for the first time since 1999, brings in the area's best passing attack and have beaten Portageville three years in a row by a combined score of 140-20...

Malden bulldozes Portageville for first victory (09/21/08) By ROB TATE ~ DAR Sports Writer PORTAGEVILLE -- Even though they are tattered, torn and depleted with injuries, the Malden Green Wave looked like a team that isn't ready to throw in the towel Friday evening. The injury bug bit the Green Wave hard last week. But with a jumbled up offensive line and some inexperience in the backfield, Malden still motored past a reeling Portageville Bulldogs squad that is winless since 2005, 41-8...

Jays roll to first win of season (09/14/08) CHARLESTON-- The Charleston Bluejays football team (0-2) met the Portageville Bulldogs (0-2) Friday night at Charleston's Marshall Athletic Complex. Both were looking for their first win of the season. However, it was the Bluejays who emerged victorious from the contest rolling the Bulldogs 49-0...

Bluejays, Bulldogs seek first win of the season tonight in Charleston (09/12/08) CHARLESTON -- Both the Charleston Bluejays and Portageville Bulldogs have started the season with two losses in two games. One of those teams will end their winless streak on Friday night. The Bulldogs will travel to Charleston with injuries and eligibility problems plaguing their entire backfield. Both running backs, Demetric Trotter and D.J. Birdwell, have been battling shoulder problems that has stopped any contact with them during practice...

Portageville aims to end winless streak (08/31/08) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- After battling through three straight football seasons without a mark in the win column, the Portageville Bulldogs are looking to get out to a hot start in 2008. Head coach Lee Wallace said that the Bulldogs have been practicing hard throughout the summer and early in the school year, but that there is a lot of gray areas as far as positions are concerned...

Dexter, Portageville trying to put pieces together (08/24/08) DEXTER-- The savory smell of barbecue was in the air Friday night at Charles Bland Stadium in Dexter, but it was football that was on everyone's mind. The Dexter Bearcats, Portageville Bulldogs, Kennett Indians and Scott City Rams came to participate in the Dexter Jamboree...

Portageville using hard work to help build winning season (08/20/08) PORTAGEVILLE-- Coach Toni Hill feels pretty positive about what she is seeing in her Portageville Lady Bulldogs volleyball team. Hill points out how hard the girls are working in practice and believes that that will translate into a successful season...

Portageville 2008 football schedule (07/18/08) Aug. 29 -- Mountain View Liberty Sept. 5 -- Scott City Sept. 12 -- at Charleston Sept. 19 -- Malden Sept. 26 -- Kennett Oct. 3 -- at Caruthersville Oct. 10 -- at East Prairie Oct. 17 -- at Hayti Oct. 24 -- St. Vincent Oct. 30 -- at Chaffee

Basketball: It's not just a winter sport anymore (07/02/08) Teams use summer to polish up their skills

Seven Lady Indians are All-Bootheel (05/27/08) Kennett and Senath-Hornersville are both well represented on the Bootheel Conference all-conference softball team that was released recently. Kennett, the regular season league champion, had seven selections, while league tourney winner Senath-Hornersville had a pair on the squad...

Canoy named Bootheel Conference's top player (05/25/08) South Pemiscot's Kaleb Canoy was named the Bootheel Conference's Player of the Year in baseball on the league's all-conference team. Canoy earned the honor as he helped lead the Bulldogs to a share of the league title and also the Bootheel Conference Tournament title...

Portageville claims first district title (05/15/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com CAMPBELL -- The Portageville Bulldogs baseball team hoisted their first district championship Tuesday afternoon after beating the South Pemiscot Bulldogs 5-2. Portageville set the tone early against the opposing Bulldogs when senior Jacob Estes stepped to the plate in the top of the first. With two on, Estes delivered with a three-run shot to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead and they never looked back...

TRCC signs Portageville's Penn (05/14/08) By Alex Abate ~ DAR POPLAR BLUFF -- Kellye Penn knows what it takes to win. She led Portageville to its first district title in 20 years this past season and is looking to take her winning to another level. She recently signed to play basketball at Three Rivers Community College, the same place her mother, then Susan Spencer, played in 1981-82...

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...

Adams helps lift Hornets into final (05/14/08) COOTER, Mo. -- Chad Adams made a pair of costly mistakes Tuesday, but he atoned for each one in a big way. Adams followed up a first-inning error with a game-tying two-run homer, then atoned for a fifth-inning miscue with three innings of scoreless relief to help the Holcomb Hornets to a 6-3 win over the North Pemiscot Mustangs in the semifinals of the Class 1, District 1 Tournament here Tuesday...

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...

Bearcats rattle the bats in win over Bulldogs (05/06/08) Jarrett Laird scattered five hits over five innings and the Bearcats banged out 15 hits as Dexter defeated Portageville, 15-5, Monday at Dexter's East Park ball field. Ben Mills collected his third hit of the game, a line drive to left, in the bottom of the fifth to end the game. Portageville had elected to intentionally walk pinch hitter Caleb Stanley to load the base and set up a double play possibility with Dexter just one run away from ending the game early...

Junior Tribe's success on diamond bodes well (05/04/08) If the success that the Kennett Indians junior high baseball team has had over the last three seasons means anything, then the future for Kenett High School baseball is indeed bright. The junior Tribe just wrapped up its third straight Bootheel Conference Tournament title with a 13-2 win over Portageville Wednesday in the tourney finals at Portageville...

ROUNDUP: Neelyville, Twin Rivers softball roll (05/02/08) By DAR STAFF Chelsea Lane held the Lady Tigers to three hits, and the Lady Eagles used their speed and baserunning to overwhelm Clearwater 11-0. "They're one of the best-hitting teams around," Clearwater coach Shannon England said of the Lady Eagles...

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...

Clearwater's Swofford throws no-hitter in defeat (04/22/08) By DAR STAFF Clearwater's Tisha Swofford threw her third no-hitter in four games but walked eight as the Lady Tigers lost 5-0 Monday at Greenville. The Lady Tigers had their best chance to score when Lydia Wymore led off the second inning with a double, only to be stranded on second as Sara Condray retired the next three hitters in order...

NMCC softball wins eighth straight game (04/18/08) Bernie improves to 7-2 with shutout of Risco Thursday

Coaches all-state team includes Porter, Penn and others (03/30/08) Six local players recognized by state basketball coaches

All-state team released (03/26/08) Eight local players honored by Missouri sports writers.

Cooper is Bootheel POY (03/20/08) Hayti's William Cooper was named the Bootheel Conference's Player of the Year in boys' basketball on the league's recently announced all-conference team. Cooper, who is going to play football at Kansas State this fall, earned the honor in basketball as he led the Indians to a regular-season conference co-championship and a district title in Class 2, District 1...

Charleston baseball wins season opener (03/19/08) Junior Jamie Barber throws a complete game five-hitter for Bluejays

Woodgeard, Greenville end Portageville's season (03/06/08) Greenville senior nets 41 points as PHS finishes 25-4

Portageville hopes to tame Lady Bears (03/04/08) Lady Bulldogs looking to advance to the quarterfinals

NMCC wins district championship (02/29/08) By David Jenkins ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- When NMCC sophomore Dontre Jenkins was younger, he used to be a manager for the Eagles basketball team and watched as they won three district titles. Now Jenkins has one of his own as NMCC defeated Portageville 61-41 for the Class 3, District 1 title Thursday night...

Portageville girls win first district crown in 20 years (02/29/08) Lady Bulldogs explode in the third quarter to beat Kelly

Kelly girls fall in title game (02/29/08) Host Portageville rallied from a five-point halftime deficit to beat Kelly 53-34 in Thursday night's Class 3 District 1 girls championship game. Kelly led 23-18 at the break, but was outscored 35-11 in the second half, including 9-0 in the fourth quarter...

Portageville slips past Scott City with OT shutout (02/27/08) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- The last time the Portageville Bulldogs took on the Scott City Rams, the victory went to the Rams, by a score of 72-48. Too bad for Scott City that it wasn't in the district tournament, because the second meeting between the two schools ended up with Portageville stealing the win to advance to the championship game. The Bulldogs took the contest into overtime, where they held the Rams scoreless, winning by a final score of 45-35...

Bell City marches into district final (02/27/08) Nick Niemczyk poured in 29 points as top-seeded Bell City routed Leopold 81-43 Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Class 1 District 2 boys basketball tournament at Zalma. Phillip Gross added 13 points for the Cubs and Marty Dames contributed 10. Dustin Thiele led Leopold with 18 points. Darren VanGennip added 15...

Tribe, Lady Tribe end seasons at Portageville district (02/26/08) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- It was an all to familiar story for the Kennett Indians against the New Madrid County Central Eagles. After suffering a 61-49 loss to NMCC last Tuesday because of a fourth-quarter run, the Tribe was outscored by 12 points in the third quarter here Saturday and suffered another 61-49 loss to New Madrid in the first round of the Class 3, District 1 Tournament...

Favored girls teams roll into semifinals (02/25/08) By Chris Pobst, Josh Mills and Andrew Powell ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- The top-seeded teams rolled in the first round of the girls Class 3, District 1 tournament setting up semifinal action tonight. State-ranked Portageville will take on New Madrid County Central at 6 p.m. while Kelly and Caruthersville will battle at 7:30 p.m. with the winners playing for the district championship Thursday at 6 p.m...

Seeds hold in first day of tournament (02/25/08) Scott City survives scare from No. 6 seeded East Prairie

Scott City boys reach district semifinals (02/25/08) The Scott City boys basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the Class 3 District 1 tournament with a 52-48 overtime victory Saturday over East Prairie in Portageville, Mo. The third-seeded Rams trailed the sixth-seeded Eagles 32-28 entering the fourth quarter, but rallied to send the game into overtime...

Scott City puts away Portageville (02/20/08) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com SCOTT CITY -- The Scott City Rams welcomed in the Portageville Bulldogs on Tuesday evening, and within 32 minutes handed their visiting opponent a 72-48 loss. The Bulldogs never really got off the ground, as Scott City's players were firing on all cylinders on Senior Night...

Perryville girls advance to district semifinal (02/20/08) The Perryville girls basketball team played tenacious defense to advance in the Class 4 District 1 tournament Tuesday. Alicia Kueker scored 16 points and Alyssa Bauwens added 15 as the Pirates downed Ste. Genevieve 45-30. The Pirates advance to face top-seeded Dexter on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Perry Park Center...

Portageville's defense smothers Lady Hawks (02/19/08) Lady Bulldogs have been dominant in seven-game win streak

New Madrid puts it together for homecoming (02/17/08) Eagles earn 80-67 win over district rival Portageville on Friday night

Portageville gets complete team effort (02/15/08) By Andrew Powell ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com EAST PRAIRIE -- Since the opening tip-off of the 2007-08 basketball year, Portageville head coach Eric Ellerbrook has preached to his kids that the key to a successful season lies behind playing well as a team...

Bootheel Conference girls: Portageville repeats as varsity champions (02/12/08) SENATH, Mo. -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs were absolutely dominant Saturday night in their 52-28 thumping of the second-seeded Campbell Lady Camels in the varsity finals of the Bootheel Conference Tournament. Much like Senath did in the jayvee contest, the Lady Bulldogs were stifling on the defensive end all night long...

Charleston utilizes bench to beat Portageville (02/10/08) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- The Portageville Bulldogs' district foe, Charleston, came to town Friday evening, stealing a victory from the home team. The Bluejays started with a different set-up on the floor to begin the game, and over the course of 32 minutes, nine players got involved in the 78-65 win...

Portageville girls reach final of Bootheel tourney (02/08/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com SENATH -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs improved to 19-3 with a win over the Malden Lady Wave Thursday night in conference tournament play, 80-39. "Malden came out and played really well. They disrupted us on offense and caused us to miss a lot of shots in the first half," said Portageville head coach Eric Ellerbrook. ...

Campbell holds off Lady Tigers to reach finals (02/08/08) Kennett, Lady Lions to battle for jayvee title

ROUNDUP: Portageville gets key district win over East Prairie (02/06/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com EAST PRAIRIE -- The Portageville Bulldogs earned a key district win over East Prairie, defeating the Eagles 79-68 in overtime. East Prairie, playing their first game in 10 days, fought back from a 14-point deficit and held a 63-61 lead with less than 10 seconds remaining in regulation. However Portageville's Dominic Trotter hit a game-tying shot as time expired, sending the game into overtime...

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

Jackson girls rally behind strong 'D' (02/05/08) The Jackson girls basketball team entered halftime down by six at Sikeston on Monday. The Indians decided it was time for some defense after the break. Jackson allowed one point in the third quarter and two in the fourth as it allowed three points in the entire second half. Jackson outscored Sikeston 28-3 in the decisive half...

New Madrid earns key conference win against Mules (01/30/08) Risco rallies in fourth quarter to knock off the North Pemiscot Mustangs

Portageville routs Lions (01/30/08) HAYTI, Mo. -- The Portageville Bulldogs may have started slow, but they didn't take long to heat up. After struggling through most of the first quarter, the Bulldogs turned it on in the final three quarters and rolled by the Senath-Hornersville Lions 79-23 in the first round of the Bootheel Conference Tournament here Tuesday night...

Hot-shooting Sikeston pounds Portageville 91-52 (01/28/08) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- "Wow." That was Portageville head coach Jim Bidewell's first reaction after Saturday's game against Sikeston. "I tell you, today they were the best team that we've seen all year," he added. "They just did everything right."...

Portageville's pressure defense suffocates Sikeston (01/28/08) State-ranked Portageville forced 37 turnovers in 82-38 victory.

Portageville storms past Malden for homecoming win (01/20/08) Bulldogs fall behind early but respond with big second quarter to take a halftime lead

One Heil of a game (01/18/08) Dexter junior scores career-high 42 points in Lady Bearcat victory

Dexter's Heil drops 42 points on Portageville (01/18/08) PORTAGEVILLE - It was one of those games that most high school basketball players only dream of. Dexter's Katelyn Heil was energized from the opening tipoff and scored a career-high 42 points to help lead the Lady Bearcats to a 81-66 win over state-ranked Portageville on the road Thursday...

Portageville boys beat South Pemiscot (01/13/08) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com STEELE -- The Portageville Bulldogs defeated the South Pemiscot Bulldogs on the road Friday night 67-58. Portageville led 32-30 at the half and increased their lead to 49-44 after three. Portageville (7-5) was led in scoring by Byron Wright's game-high 19 points. D.J. Birdwell 15, Terrale Jones 11...

Malden clobbers Bloomfield; Royals slip past Mules (01/13/08) High School Roundup

Naylor tops Portageville in battle of state-ranked girls teams (01/11/08) By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer NAYLOR -- Thursday's nonconference battle between two state-ranked teams proved to be one-sided as the Naylor Lady Eagles dominated Portageville for a 70-57 win. "Give credit to Naylor, they did a good job all night long," Portageville coach Eric Ellerbrook said...

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

Portageville cruises to 14th victory (01/08/08) Penn and Walker combined for 35 points in 78-21 win against South Pemiscot

Fast start lifts Scott County Central past Portageville (01/06/08) Braves scored 50 first half points and never looked back

Hayti wins first Bloomfield tourney title (01/02/08) Bernie's 3-pointers sink Portageville as Bulldogs finish sixth

Hayti defeats Doniphan for school's first BCT title (01/02/08) BLOOMFIELD -- Hayti won its first ever Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship and Puxico ended its improbable run with a lopsided loss to Malden in the third-place game on championship Saturday at the 51st edition of the annual holiday classic...

Van Buren wins consolation title at Bloomfield tourney (12/30/07) Bulldogs beat Twin Rivers in overtime

Portageville stays alive at Bloomfield (12/30/07) Bulldogs will play for fifth place; Richland falls in consolation semifinal

Dons march into rematch at Bloomfield (12/28/07) By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer BLOOMFIELD -- No matter what the South Pemiscot Bulldogs tried to do defensively Thursday night against Doniphan, the Dons found a way to hurt them. Doniphan beat the Bulldogs inside and out while marching into the semifinal of the 51st Bloomfield Christmas Tournament with a convincing 79-40 victory...

Portageville falls to top-seeded Hayti at Bloomfield (12/28/07) By Andrew Powell ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com BLOOMFIELD -- The Portageville Bulldogs fell to the No. 1 seed Hayti Indians 69-50 Thursday evening in the second round of the the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Hayti's size and athleticism proved to be too much for Portageville to handle as they hit the ground running from the opening tip off and never looked back...

Upsets claim Bernie, Bloomfield (12/28/07) BLOOMFIELD - Upsets are becoming as common as the opening tip-off at the 51st Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament with the number of higher seeded teams to fall reaching six after Thursday's second day of action. Defending champion Malden pulled off the biggest shocker when the No. ...

Twin Rivers' comeback falls short vs. South Pemiscot (12/27/07) By DAR STAFF BLOOMFIELD -- Twin Rivers erased a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit Wednesday night, but couldn't overcome an upset in the first round of the 51st Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Caleb McIntyre scored with 16.6 seconds remaining to give 11th seed South Pemiscot a 64-62 win...

Dexter, Richland upset at Bloomfield tourney (12/27/07) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com BLOOMFIELD -- Day one of the 51st Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament took place on Wednesday, as No. 1 Hayti, No. 2 Bernie, No. 3 Doniphan, No. 4 Bloomfield, No. 12 Puxico, No. 11 South Pemiscot, No. 7 Malden and No. 9 Portageville all advanced to the winner's bracket with victories...

Dexter, Twin Rivers, Richland are upset victims (12/27/07) BLOOMFIELD -- Dexter was the highest seeded team to bow out, but the Bearcats weren't the only upset victim during Thursday's opening day action at the 51st Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Puxico made Dexter the first upset casualty of the tournament when the No. 12 Indians ambushed the No. 5 Bearcats, 73-64. Number 6 Twin Rivers and No. 8 Richland would later join the 'Cats as higher seeds to take a tumble...

Greenville places fifth in Lady Royals classic (12/23/07) By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer BROSELEY -- Sara Woodgeard scored 23 points, nearly half of her team's total Friday night, as Greenville put away host Twin Rivers 48-32 in the fifth-place game of the Lady Royals Classic. The Lady Royals held their opponents in check in the first quarter, but Greenville's offense warmed up as the game went along and gradually stretched the margin between the teams...

Bloomfield tourney looks to be wide open (12/23/07) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com BLOOMFIELD -- The 51st Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament is coming up Dec. 26-29, and this year looks to have a different flair than all others. The word flying around amongst coaches is that the tournament this year, is unlike previous years because the tournament, for once, is wide open...

Every team has a chance in a field that is wide open (12/23/07) 51st Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament

Dexter advances to title game with win over Portageville (12/21/07) BROSELEY - Dexter will get a chance to defend its title at the 11th Annual Lady Royals Christmas Classic after Katelyn Heil and Ashlee Taylor combined for 41 points and the top seeded Lady Bearcats defeated No. 5 Portageville, 64-52, Thursday at Broseley...

Portageville, Kelly advance in Lady Royals Christmas Classic (12/19/07) By Josh Mills ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com BROSELEY -- The Lady Royals Christmas Classic continued play on Tuesday night, as Dexter, Naylor, Kelly and Portageville all notched victories. In the third game of action, the Kelly Lady Hawks took down the Clearwater Lady Tigers by a score of 49-34...

East Prairie hangs on to beat Bloomfield 73-68 (12/19/07) M.C. Williams scored a season-high 29 points to lead the Eagles

STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL POLL (12/19/07) The Missouri state high school boys and girls basketball rankings, as compiled by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Records are through Sunday. BOYS CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 GIRLS CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4...

Despite weather, tourney starts and top seeds roll (12/16/07) By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer BROSELEY -- The day got off to an ominous start as the nasty weather outside produced a leak in the gym ceiling. The 12 hours of hoops was on track to finish Saturday night with the threat of snow. At presstime, half of the eight games were completed...

Unbeaten Portageville knocks off New Madrid County Central (12/14/07) By Andrew Powell ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE - The Portageville Lady Bulldogs improved to 10-0 Thursday night after holding off the New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles 66-56. The Lady Bulldogs managed to use a great transition game in the first half, giving them a sizable lead at halftime, to outweigh a Lady Eagles second half comeback attempt...

Dexter girls defeat district rival Fredericktown (12/11/07) Portageville stays unbeaten by routing Campbell;

Portageville holds off Twin Rivers for 'upset' (12/10/07) Bulldogs, the lower seed in the Bloomfield tournament, turned back Royals' second-half rally at Three Rivers Community College

Twin Rivers falls short against Portageville (12/09/07) By DAR STAFF The Twin Rivers Lady Royals showed some improvement over their earlier performances of the season but still came out on the short end of a 59-53 score against Portageville at TRCC on Saturday afternoon. "We cut down on our turnovers, but it just wasn't enough," Lady Royals coach Jeff Walk said...

Portageville holds off Twin Rivers for 'upset' (12/09/07) By BRAD HURT ~ Sports Writer Portageville survived a late rally by Twin Rivers to pull off what may be considered an upset based on the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament seedings. The Royals have the No. 6 seed in the tournament scheduled for Dec. 26-29, while the Bulldogs have the No. 9 seed...

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."...

Lady 'Dogs take bite out of Kennett (12/07/07) The Portageville Lady Bulldogs have gotten off to a fast start this year, winning their first seven games of the new season. The Lady 'Dogs also got off to a fast start Thursday night, opening the first two quarters on 21-4 and 19-0 runs, respectively, to take a 68-32 win over the Kennett Lady Indians in Bootheel Conference action...

Portageville takes advantage of Kelly's errors in win (12/05/07) Bulldogs shoot 57 percent from field in 64-39 victory

Portageville girls beat Charleston to remain perfect (12/04/07) Dexter blows out Senath; Notre Dame too much for NMCC

Portageville girls wins Senath tournament (12/03/07) Lady Bulldogs claim their third-straight title after beating Campbell on Saturday night

Portageville drops Kennett for first victory (12/02/07) SEMO News Service KENNETT -- The Portageville Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season Friday night, beating Kennett 67-62. Down 36-34 at halftime, the Bulldogs scorched the nets in the third quarter, taking a 50-43 lead into the fourth quarter...

Cold shooting ices Tribe in opener (12/02/07) Cold shooting can be deadly to any team's chances of winning on the basketball court. Just ask the Kennett Indians, who sank just one third-quarter basket, allowing the Portageville Bulldogs to rally for a 67-62 victory in the Tribe's season opener Friday night at Kennett High School...

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...

Richland shocks Portageville in opener (11/28/07) Staff Reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com ESSEX -- The Richland Rebels shocked the Portageville Bulldogs Tuesday night behind Drew Thornton's 27 points, 70-68. "It's a huge win," said Richland coach Casey Knight. "You couldn't ask for a better way to start the season to pull off the win against a quality team like Portageville."...

Richland shocks Portageville (11/28/07) ESSEX -- The Richland Rebels shocked the Portageville Bulldogs Tuesday night behind Drew Thornton's 27 points, 70-68. "It's a huge win," said Richland coach Casey Knight. "You couldn't ask for a better way to start the season to pull off the win against a quality team like Portageville."...

Campbell presses past Lady Tribe (11/27/07) SENATH, Mo. -- Finding themselves in a dogfight with Kennett, the Campbell Lady Camels turned up the pressure to pull out the victory. Clinging to a one-point lead entering the final period, Campbell used a pressing defense to force turnovers and fuel a 15-3 run to down the Lady Indians 48-36 in the first round of the Senath-Hornersville Lions Invitational here Monday...

Sikeston Standard Democrat Football Dream Team (11/27/07) Here are the players selected to the Sikeston Standard Democrat's Dream Team for high school football:

Senath girls tournament begins (11/27/07) Portageville rolls to first round win in varsity girls bracket

Neelyville opens with win after early 20-9 run (11/21/07) By DAR STAFF WARDELL -- Jeremy Patty scored 18 points to lead the Neelyville Tigers in a 63-47 win at North Pemiscot on Tuesday night. The Tigers jumped out to an early advantage, outscoring the Mustangs 20-9 in the first quarter and holding a 35-18 lead at halftime...

Portageville improves to 2-0 with win over Malden girls (11/21/07) Staff reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com MALDEN -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs won their second game of the season Tuesday night in convincing fashion, downing the Malden Lady Greenwave 69-41. Portageville (2-0) came out hot, outscoring Malden 15-6 in the first quarter and adding to their lead in the second to go into halftime up 35-18. The Lady Bulldogs continued to pile it on the second half to win going away...

Portageville overwhelms Scott City (11/20/07) Staff reports ~ sd_sports@yahoo.com PORTAGEVILLE -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs basketball team got their season off to a good start Monday night as they toped the Lady Rams of Scott City 72-48. "I was really pleased with our ladies' performance tonight," said Portageville coach Eric Ellerbrook. "Our girls played good, selfless ball and really just did a great job of getting everyone involved. It was a good team effort."...

KMS Indians sweep Camels (11/06/07) The Kennett Indians seventh- and eighth-grade boys' basketball teams rolled to pair of easy wins over the Campbell Camels Monday night at Kennett Middle School. The eighth-graders won 41-20 while the seventh-grade squad used a big third quarter to take a 39-20 victory...

Chaffee sends Portageville to its 21st straight loss (11/02/07) Andrew Powell ~ Standard Democrat PORTAGEVILLE -- The Portageville Bulldogs hoped to end their season on a high note Thursday night as they tried to avoid a second consecutive winless season. However, the Bulldogs' prayers went unanswered as the Chaffee Red Devils handed Portageville their 21st loss in a row 42-7...

High school football capsules (11/01/07) Chaffee (5-4) at Portageville (0-8) Last year's meeting: Chaffee 39, Portageville 0. Notes: The Red Devils hung with Hayti for two quarters last week before finally wearing down in the second half. They are on the brink of their first six-win season since 1989. The Red Devils rode their defense to a victory in the first week of district. Chaffee's rushing attack, led by Dylan McAlister and Jerrod Steger, should find plenty of holes...

Glance at tonight's area prep football 10/24/07 (10/26/07) Scott City (5-3) at Crystal City (7-1) Last year's meeting: Crystal City 38, Scott City 0. Notes: Crystal City features a two-headed running attack, let by Demetrius Terry. He's rushed for 1,498 yards this season and averages over 8 yards per carry. ...

Lady Bulldogs bite Kennett again (10/19/07)

East Prairie rallies past Portageville for first win (10/14/07) M.C. Williams ran for 338 yards and five touchdowns to lead East Prairie.

Tribe eyes history as it tries to avoid Malden trap (10/04/07) Kennett can end long streak of losing seasons with win Friday

Sikeston volleyball rolls in straight sets against Portageville (10/03/07) Staff Reports ~ Standard Democrat PORTAGEVILLE -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs volleyball team was back in action as they traveled to take on the Lady Bulldogs of Portageville on Tuesday night. The Portageville Lady 'Dogs seemed to find themselves on the short end of the chain in this one as Sikeston walked away with the victory in straight sets 25-15, 25-16...

Tribe rolls past Portageville (09/30/07) Last Monday, Kirk Welch challenged his Kennett Indians football team to come out and put Portageville away quickly Friday night. The Tribe was up to the challenge, to say the least. Blake Parr passed for a career-high 204 yards and Kennett racked up 448 yards of total offense to take a 46-7 victory over the Bulldogs at Metz Cherry Stadium...

Tribe not looking past Portageville (09/27/07) It would be easy for the Kennett Indians to enter Friday's contest against the Portageville Bulldogs with an air of overconfidence. After all: So Kennett can just take it easy and mail in Friday's game at Metz Cherry Stadium, right? Guess again. While Kennett ultimately blew out the 'Dogs last season, it led just 6-0 at the half before dominating the final 24 minutes. ...

Malden tops Portageville in battle of previously winless football teams (09/24/07) Brad Hurt ~ Daily American Republic MALDEN -- Somebody had to come out of Friday's game between Malden and Portageville with their first win of the season and with a large Homecoming crowd anxious for a reason to celebrate, the Green Wave delivered, 27-0...

Bluejays fly past Portageville 38-13 in football (09/17/07) Josh Mills ~ Standard Democrat PORTAGEVILLE -- On a night where two hungry clubs met up, Charleston took the bigger bite, defeating the Portageville Bulldogs on their home turf by a score of 38-13. It was obvious from the start that Charleston was out for blood, as they jumped all over Portageville's offense from the opening kickoff. Charleston forced three fumbles in the first three minutes of the first quarter...

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. ...

Rams handle Portageville with ease (09/08/07) SCOTT CITY -- Scott City had to scratch and claw to win its season opener at Malden last week. The Rams had a much easier time Friday night in their 2007 home debut. Scott City rode a second straight dominant defensive performance to a 32-0 shutout of outmanned Portageville...

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...

High school football | Week 2 (09/07/07) Parkway North (1-0) at Jackson (1-0) Last year's meeting: Parkway North 29, Jackson 25 Notes: Jackson's defense was extremely strong last week, holding Francis Howell Central, the top-scoring team in the Gateway Athletic Conference in 2006, to one first down. ...

Prep football standings: Week 1 (09/04/07) Friday's Games Central at NMCC Parkway North at Jackson Charleston at Sikeston Poplar Bluff at Blytheville, Ark. Portageville at Scott City Chaffee at Mountain View Liberty Hayti at Malden East Prairie at Corning, Ark. Kennett at Caruthersville Dexter at Festus...

Players provide answers to Dexter's puzzle (08/26/07) David Jenkins ~ Standard Democrat DEXTER -- The Dexter Bearcats went into Friday night's jamboree with a lot of unanswered questions after losing 17 starters from last season's 8-2 team. However, when the dust settled at Charles Bland Stadium, many of those questions are beginning to be answered...

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

SEMO Southern Division football schedules (06/11/07) Aug. 31 -- Grandview Sept. 7 -- at Liberty Mountain View Sept. 14 -- Crystal City Sept. 21 -- -- Sept. 28 -- Scott City Oct. 6 -- at East Prairie Oct. 12 -- at Malden Oct. 19 -- St. Vincent Oct. 26 -- at Hayti Nov. 1 -- at Portageville --- Aug. 31 -- Hayti...

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.)...

Kennett, Lady Lions each have 3 make All-Bootheel (05/23/07) Portageville's Deanna Deere was named the Bootheel Conference's player of the Year in softball, while three players each from Kennett and Senath-Hornersville also earned All-Bootheel Conference honors. Kennett senior LeighErin Waddell is joined on the all-conference squad by freshmen teammates Laurel Scales and Ciara Dewrock, while Senath-Hornersville seniors Alecia Godsey and Whitney Odle are joined by freshman Hannah Kennedy...

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

Kennett stops Lady Lions to reach final (05/09/07) STEELE, Mo. -- After a loss to Senath-Hornersville forced the Kennett Lady Indians to share the regular-season Bootheel Conference title, the Lady Tribe was very eager for a rematch. That eagerness showed Tuesday, as Kennett defeated the Lady Lions, 4-0, behind a three-hitter from pitcher Laurel Scales in the semifinals of the Bootheel Conference Tournament...

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...

Bernie baseball holds off Portageville, improves to 13-2 (05/01/07) DAR Staff The Bernie Mules grabbed five runs in the first inning against Portageville on Monday and held on to win, 6-5, behind two hits each from Jake Welch and Jake Owens. Owens had two RBIs in the five-run first inning while Silas Dill, Marcus Massey and Devin Busby also knocked in one run each as the Mules improved to 13-2 this spring. Welch homered in the second to make it 6-2 and Bernie survived a late rally by Portageville...

Lady Indians stun Portageville; Tribe falls to South Pem in Bootheel tourney (04/25/07) Tuesday's Bootheel Conference softball game between the Kennett Lady Indians and the Portageville Lady Bulldogs was everything one would have expected in a showdown for the conference title -- dominant pitching, clutch hitting and a close finish. It may have also symbolized a potential changing of the guard, as a freshmen-laden Lady Tribe squad rallied past Portageville, 2-1, at Indian Park...

Tribe holds off 'Dogs in tourney opener (04/24/07) CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Lots of scoring. Lots of wind. It must have seemed at times like the Kennett Indians and Portageville Bulldogs were playing each other at Wrigley Field. Despite a stiff breeze blowing in from leftfield most of the game, both teams combined to score 21 runs as the Tribe held on for an 11-10 victory over Portageville in the first round of the Bootheel Conference Tournament here Monday...

Sikeston soccer blanks Zizzers 5-0 (04/22/07) Standard Democrat WEST PLAINS -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldog soccer team improved to 8-3 on the season with a 5-0 victory against West Plains at the West Plains Zizzer Classic. Sikeston got two goals from Abbi Keefer and one goal apiece from Emily Eaves, Laura Atchison and Jennifer Millington...

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...

Delta wins Doniphan tourney (04/01/07) The Delta softball team topped previously unbeaten Portageville 4-1 to claim the title in the Doniphan Tournament on Saturday. Kendra Burnett stuck out six and allowed two hits in the win. Kaci Menz had two hits for Delta (6-1), which avenged a loss from earlier this season...

Louis leads All-Bootheel Conference team (03/29/07) Alonzo Louis was named the Bootheel Conference Player of the Year in boys' basketball on the All-Bootheel Conference team that was announced earlier this month. Louis joins teammates Quentin Franks and Robbie Ison on the All-Bootheel team, while Malden coach Robert Ison was named the Bootheel Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Green Wave to their first district title since 1991 and the Bootheel Conference's regular-season and tournament championships...

Jackson shuts out Central (03/28/07) The Jackson girls soccer team started its season with a bang, routing rival Central 4-0 on Tuesday at Central. The Indians were playing their first game while this was the sixth game for the Tigers, who fell to 2-4. Bobbi Jo Schlick gave Jackson a 1-0 halftime lead on an assist from Casey Schwab. Chelsea Dale added two second-half goals and Hannah Roach had the other...

Scott City baseball routs NMCC 16-6 (03/27/07) Scott City's offense banged out 14 hits as the Rams rolled to a 16-6 SEMO Conference baseball road win Monday over New Madrid County Central. Ryan Modglin led the Rams (2-1) with four hits, including two doubles, and four RBIs. Cody Carlyle had two hits, including a home run, and four RBIs. Blake Dirnberger added two hits and three RBIs, and Shae Simmons had two hits, including a home run...

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...

Resurgent Rams face Charleston in final (03/02/07) The Scott City boys basketball team has continued its late-season surge, reaching the championship game of the Class 3 District 1 tournament. Second-seeded Scott City improved to 19-7 with a 79-70 win over third-seeded Portageville in Thursday night's semifinals at New Madrid County Central...

Small schools launch district tournaments today (02/24/07) Three area basketball squads will be seeking return trips to the state final four as the district tournaments begin today for Classes 1 through 3. Advance and Bell City each made the final four on the boys side last year, while Delta made it on the girls side. All three will carry top seeds in their respective districts, as will Scott County's boys and Scott County, Kelly and St. Vincent on the girls side...

Perryville boys bow out of district (02/21/07) Perryville's season ended with a 55-50 loss Dexter in a first-round game in the Class 4 District 1 boys basketball tournament at Sikeston. The Pirates (16-10) were outscored 30-19 in the second half after building a 31-25 halftime lead. Rick Dunn and Tyler Bauwens led Perryville with 14 points apiece, and Michael Fritsche added 12 points...

Big second quarter leads Lady 'Dogs past Campbell in final (02/09/07) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Portageville Lady Bulldogs captured the Bootheel Conference Tournament title at home on Thursday night over the Campbell Lady Camels, 52-36. The win was especially gratifying for Portageville coach Eric Ellerbrook and his club...

Scoreboard (02/08/07) Wednesday's Games Girls Bootheel Conference Tournament At Portageville (1) Campbell, (5) Kennett (2) Portageville, (3) Caruthersville Boxscores KENNETT -- CAMPBELL -- 3-pointers: Kennett (); Campbell (). Thursday's Games Boys North Pemiscot at Cooter, 6 p.m.; Portageville at Gideon, 6 p.m...

Campbell halts Lady Indians' upset bid in OT (02/08/07) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians played one of their best games of the season Wednesday night and pulled off a big upset -- almost. Facing top-seeded Campbell in the semifinals of the Bootheel Conference Tournament, the Lady Indians led by as many as nine points in the third quarter, but foul trouble and attrition ultimately caught up with Kennett in a 55-52 overtime loss to the Lady Camels...

Lady Lions stumble late at Portageville (01/26/07) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Foul trouble and injury problems proved to be a bad combination for the Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions. With four of its five starters plagued by foul trouble and another regular starter hindered by an injury, the Lady Lions faded in the second half of a 75-44 loss to the Portageville Lady Bulldogs here Thursday...

Mustangs spoil Rebels' homecoming (01/14/07) CARDWELL, Mo. -- The North Pemiscot Mustangs rallied from a three-point halftime deficit with a 19-10 third quarter to take a 60-52 win over the Southland Rebels on homecoming here Friday. The win was the second in a row for the Mustangs (5-6), who just three games last season...

Lady 'Cats look impressive in win over Portageville (01/12/07) If you can't handle pressure, you might want to steer clear of Dexter's Lady Bearcats. Dexter used an aggressive full-court press to force 25 first-half turnovers as the Lady Bearcats dominated a good Portageville team, 77-52, Thursday night at Dexter...

Puxico pounds Bulldogs for third (01/02/07) Malden claims title with win over Doniphan

Dexter fails in bid for fifth (01/02/07) BLOOMFIELD -- Dexter's struggling offense was no match for Portageville's pressure defense as the Bulldogs defeated the Bearcats, 64-49, in the fifth-place game at the 50th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Friday. Portageville's defense limited No. 9 Dexter to just four points in the first quarter and 15 for the first half as the third-seeded Bulldogs took control of the game early, 28-15...

Dexter rallies to stay alive (12/29/06) BLOOMFIELD -- For three quarters it looked like the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament was over for the Dexter Bearcats. Then something unexpected happened...the shots began to fall. Dexter heated up from the field and the free throw line in the fourth quarter to erase a 3-point deficit and turn back a pesky Van Buren team, 73-69, to advance to the fifth-place game at the 50th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament during day-three action Thursday...

Green Wave roll past Puxico into title game (12/29/06) BLOOMFIELD -- Malden had little trouble with Puxico in Thursday's semifinal round of the 50th annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, as the Green Wave showed that they deserved the top seed with a 71-46 decision over the fourth-seeded Indians that vaulted them into tonight's championship game...

South Pem upsets Portageville (12/28/06) Top seeds Malden, Doniphan roll to semifinals Chris Moore/Standard Democrat BLOOMFIELD - The 50th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament heated up on Wednesday in the second day of action. In the winner's bracket, No. 1 seed Malden defeated Dexter 75-45; No. 2 seed Doniphan dispatched No. 7 Bernie 60-43 and No. 4 seed Puxico got past No. 12 seed Van Buren 73-57...

50th annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament (12/28/06) Puxico is lone SCAA representative in the hunt

50th annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament (12/27/06) Trio of SCAA teams advance

Dexter wins, host provides upset special at LRCC (12/20/06) BROSELEY, Mo. -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats used all 12 players on the roster to near-perfection Tuesday night as they dominated once again in the Lady Royals Christmas Classic to post a 70-25 victory over the Neelyville Lady Tigers. The win pushed the second-seeded Lady 'Cats (7-2 overall) into Thursday's semifinal matchup with No. 3 Naylor...

Dexter crushes Lady Tigers to advance (12/20/06) BROSELEY -- The Dexter Lady Bearcats used all 12 players on the roster to near-perfection Thursday night as they dominated once again in the Lady Royal Christmas Classic to post a 70-25 victory over the Neelyville Lady Tigers. The win pushed the second-seeded Lady 'Cats (7-2 overall) into Thursday's semifinal matchup with No. 3 Naylor...

Hard times on the hardwood for Indians, Lady Indians (12/14/06) Saying that the early weeks of the 2006-07 season hasn't been kind to Kennett's boys' and girls' high school basketball teams is kind of like saying that Albert Pujols is a pretty good hitter. The Indians and Lady Indians have combined to go 1-8 thus far, with the boys falling to 0-4 after Tuesday's 63-47 loss at Hayti. Meanwhile, the Lady Tribe has been mercy-ruled in its last three games...

Lady Indians fall in physical contest at Portageville (12/08/06) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- A big second quarter by the Portageville Lady Bulldogs helped add up to a long night for Kennett. Portageville outscored the Lady Indians by 18 points in the second quarter, taking a 23-point halftime lead and rolling to a 64-35 victory in a very physical game here Thursday...

Portageville rallies to beat Kelly (12/06/06) Chris Moore/Standard Democrat PORTAGEVILLE - The Portageville Bulldogs basketball team rallied after a slow start at home on Tuesday night to down the Kelly Hawks, 59-34. Kelly kept the game close in the first quarter with solid play in the paint from 6-foot-6 Zach Hamm and Spencer Ayers. Hamm had six points in the quarter and Ayers chipped in four, as the Hawks and Bulldogs played to a 12-12 tie after one...

Portageville pulls away late to sink Tribe in season opener (12/03/06) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Portageville Bulldogs opened up the basketball season at home against the Kennett Indians and came away with a 75-56 victory. The Bulldogs exploded for 28 points in the fourth quarter to open up a relatively close game late...

Puxico downs Bernie for title (12/03/06) Puxico won a shoot-out between SCAA schools when the Indians rallied in the second half to defeat Bernie, 73-70, and claim the Holcomb Tournament championship Friday night. Cody Clark pumped in 18 points and J Hon and Dylan Adams combined for 32 more to lead the Indians to the tournament title. Hon had four 3-pointers while Clark had seven two-pointers and was 4-of-6 from the line...

Lady Bulldogs advance to finals (12/03/06) Staff reports/Standard Democrat The Portageville Lady Bulldogs advanced to the finals of the Lady Bulldog Classic in Gideon on Friday night by defeating the New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles 70-52. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a quick 23-7 lead after one quarter of action and extended the lead to 42-19 at halftime to put the game out of reach for the Lady Eagles...

Portageville opens with victory (12/03/06) Chris Moore Standard Democrat PORTAGEVILLE - The Portageville Bulldogs opened up the basketball season at home against the Kennett Indians and came away with a 75-56 victory. The Bulldogs exploded for 28 points in the fourth quarter to open up a relatively close game late...

Portageville, NMCC to square off in Gideon tournament (11/30/06) Staff reports/Standard Democrat GIDEON - The New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles and the Portageville Lady Bulldogs both won first round games at the Lady Bulldog Classic in Gideon on Tuesday night. NMCC outscored Malden 23-8 in the second quarter to take control of the contest and went on to win 61-27 over the Lady Wave...

Portageville's Swims resigns as head coach (11/30/06) Chris Moore/Standard Democrat PORTAGEVILLE - After three years at the helm of the Portageville Bulldogs football program, coach Ashley Swims has tendered his resignation to the Portageville Board of Education. "The reason for my decision is simple," said Swims, "the program hasn't been successful in the past three years and the blame has to fall on me. ...

Portageville setting high expectations (11/24/06) Derek James Standard Democrat PORTAGEVILLE -- Over the past few years, the lack of size in the paint for the Portageville Bulldogs has forced the team to win games on the strength of guard play. Sometimes the team's tallest player was merely 6-foot...

Perryville girls drop season opener 77-50 (11/21/06) The Perryville's girls basketball team fell behind by 10 points at halftime and could not come back in a 77-50 loss to Dexter on Monday in its season opener at home. The Pirates trailed 36-26 at halftime, and Dexter pushed the lead to 20 by outscoring Perryville 19-9 in the third quarter. Kendra Schilli led the Pirates with 16 points, and Alyssa Bauwens had 13...

Lady Indians sweep Portageville behind strong defense (11/03/06) If defense wins championships, then the Kennett Lady Indians are in great shape. The Lady Indians' defense once again stepped up, as the seventh- and eighth-grade girls' basketball teams allowed a total of 15 points to sweep Portageville Thursday at Kennett Middle School...

Prep football: Conference standings (11/03/06) SEMO Northern Division SEMO Southern Division SEMO Central Division MAFC Red Division MAFC White Division MAFC Blue Division Thursday's Games Sikeston 25, Central 14 St. Vincent 24, Hayti 13 Chaffee 39, Portageville 0 Caruthersville 30, Charleston 7...

High school football | Week 10 (11/02/06) Thursday, all games 7 p.m. Central (4-5) at Sikeston (1-8) n Last week's games: Central 34, West Plains 31; Poplar Bluff 8, Sikeston 0 n Last year: Central 33, Sikeston 20 n Notes: Blake Slattery threw for nearly 300 yards and Tyler McNabb hit a pair of crucial field goals as Central put itself in the driver's seat in Class 4 District 1. ...

High school football: Week 9 (10/26/06) High school football | Week 9 West Plains (3-5) at Central (3-5) Friday (all games 7 p.m.) Parkway West (6-2) at Jackson (5-3) Crystal City (7-1) at Scott City (5-3) Hayti (6-2) at Chaffee (2-6) Perryville (4-4) at New Madrid County Central (6-2) St. Vincent (4-4) at Portageville (0-7)...

Tribe, Lady Lions fall in semifinals (10/18/06) HAYTI, Mo. -- Locked in a tight battle with Kennett, the Portageville Lady Bulldogs went to their servers to turn the tide. Portageville rallied behind the serving of Kellye Penn and Deanna Deere to pull out a 21-25, 25-21, 25-23 victory over the Lady Indians in the semifinals of the Bootheel Conference Tournament here Tuesday...

Friday: Gameday at last (10/13/06) (Editor's Note: The Daily Dunklin Democrat was recently granted behind-the-scenes access to document the Kennett High School football team as it prepared for the Sept. 29 game at Portageville. This is the fourth and final part in a four-part series detailing that preparation.)...

Wednesday: Indians 'D 'up (10/11/06) (Editor's Note: The Daily Dunklin Democrat was recently granted behind-the-scenes access to document the Kennett High School football team as it prepared for the Sept. 29 game at Portageville. This is the second part in a four-part series detailing that preparation.)...

Countdown to gameday (10/10/06) There is much more to a high school football game than the 2-3 hours spectators see under the lights on Friday nights. Unlike many sports, football is generally played just once a week, leaving more time for game preparation. Coming into the fifth week of this season, the Kennett Indians are 0-3 after having an unexpected week off when inclement weather canceled the Homecoming game against East Prairie Sept. ...

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...

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...

Tribe aims for first win at Portageville (09/28/06) At least this week's game between the Kennett Indians and Portageville Bulldogs will get to be played. After rain and the threat of severe weather postponed last week's football game at Kennett, the forecast for Friday's game at Portageville is for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 60s...

Weather plays havoc with East Prairie-Kennett game (09/26/06) Right now, it appears the winner of this weekend's East Prairie-Kennett football game is...the weather. After the threat of severe weather postponed the game until Saturday, the game was called off again Saturday. Will the game be made up? According to Kennett coach Kirk Welch, "As of right now, no."...

Green Wave run over Portageville in slop (09/26/06) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Friday night's tornado-like weather didn't blow Portageville away, but a Green Wave did. Malden racked up 349 yards of total offense and held the Bulldogs to just 126 yards as the Green Wave triumphed 35-0 in wet, sloppy conditions Saturday...

Lady Indians fall to Portageville in battle of Bootheel leaders (09/15/06) PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians had Portageville on the ropes several times, but couldn't keep the Lady Bulldogs there. The Lady Indians won the first set and were one point away from taking the match, but could not hold Portageville at bay in a 22-25, 25-14, 26-24 loss here Thursday in a battle of the Bootheel Conference leaders...

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...

Scott City football switches gears in victory over Portageville (09/11/06) The Scott City football team, which was pass happy in a Week 1 loss to Malden, switched to a ground game Friday night in a 36-6 victory at Portageville. The Rams had thrown the ball 23 times in their opener, but they attempted just two passes in the first half and only nine for the game Friday...

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...

Pirates right ship quickly with 2-0 start (09/09/06) From winless to perfect. It's just two weeks into the season, but Perryville, which was 0-10 last year, recorded its second straight victory Friday night to remain the lone unbeaten team of the six in the Southeast Missourian coverage area. The Pirates defeated De Soto 24-6, as Kris Cottner rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns...

High school football: Week 2 (09/08/06) Jackson at Parkway North New Madrid County Central at Central Scott City at Portageville Liberty Mountain View at Chaffee St. Vincent at Park Hills Central De Soto at Perryville -- Jeremy Joffray...

Portageville returns eight starters, looks to younger players (09/01/06) PORTAGEVILLE - The Portageville Bulldogs will have a lot of senior leadership in the starting lineup for the upcoming 2006 football season. A key question is do they have the underclassmen to supplement the starters? Third-year head coach Ashley Swims will have eight senior starters on offense and defense from a team that went 3-7 last season...

Tribe has downs and ups at jamboree (08/27/06) DEXTER -- The Kennett Indians football team showed both negatives and positives in its final tuneup ahead of Sept. 1 season opener at Charleston. Despite struggling at times on defense, the Indians got a strong game from running back Ben Howard and a solid performance from newly-named starting quarterback Wesley Jackson as they faced off against Portageville, Scott City and host Dexter in a jamboree here Friday...