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Dexter's Kohlbaker runs down medal (11/09/08)
By DAR STAFF JEFFERSON CITY -- Lizzie Kohlbaker of Dexter earned an all-state medal with her 12th place finish Saturday at the MSHSAA Class 2 cross country championships. The Lady Bearcats finished 14th as a team with 244 points while Herculaneum won the title at 102. Kohlbaker's time of 21 minutes, 26 seconds was eight seconds from cracking the top 10. Eileen Schwiess of Herculaneum won the race in 19:55...
Van Buren runs to district cross country titles (11/03/08)
By DAR STAFF MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Van Buren swept the team titles at the MSHSAA Class 1 District 4 cross country meet Saturday at Dane Glass Golf Course. The Bulldogs edged Koshkonong by two points 42-44 while the Lady Dawgs scored 33 points to win by seven...
Van Buren second in conference cross country races (10/23/08)
By DAR STAFF KOSHKONONG -- The Van Buren Bulldogs and Lady Dawgs each finished second Wednesday afternoon at their conference meet. For the boys team, Daniel Newman led the way for Van Buren finishing third in the 5,000-meter run. Newman had a time of 19:34. Mason Morgan placed 8th (20:30), Zane Betz finished 9th (20:46), Kenny Gibbs finished 12th (21:08) and Dalton Williams rounded out the group in 16th (22:01)...
Naylor wants elusive crown in Class 1 District 1 softball (10/07/08)
By ALEX ABATE ~ Sports Writer The Naylor Lady Eagles are hoping to use last fall as motivation. Naylor lost to Oran in the Class 1 District 1 final and will play sixth-seed Van Buren at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Delta. "We have lost the district 2-1 two years in a row," Naylor coach Gene Deckard said. "They really want district bad and it is competitive."...
Poplar Bluff softball rallies past Doniphan (09/18/08)
By DAR STAFF The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules needed a rally Wednesday afternoon and they got one, scoring a run in the fifth and another in the bottom of the seventh to beat Doniphan, 3-2. "That one bad inning, today it was better," Poplar Bluff coach Dusty Benson said. "Our one bad inning only allowed one run a piece instead of four or five as it has in the past."...
ROUNDUP: Clearwater rallies with 12-run inning to beat Van Buren 15-14 (09/17/08)
By DAR STAFF VAN BUREN -- The Clearwater Lady Tigers scored a dozen runs in the sixth inning and held on for a 15-14 win Tuesday over Van Buren. It was Clearwater's first win of the season. "We showed a lot of heart by not quitting," Clearwater coach Shannon England said...
ROUNDUP: Doniphan softball slips past Twin Rivers (09/03/08)
By DAR STAFF DONIPHAN -- Doniphan scored a run in four different innings as the Donettes moved past Twin Rivers 4-3 Tuesday afternoon. "I thought our kids were really focused," Doniphan coach Brad Phillips said. "In the past, Twin Rivers has really had Doniphan's number and we were fortunate enough to hang in there and battle and get the win."...
Offenses rule on fall baseball's opening day (08/26/08)
By DAR STAFF The Doniphan Dons got three runs in the first frame on the way to a five-inning 11-1 win over Van Buren. Travis Moe and Ethan King each had two RBIs for the Dons while Zack Swindle had one. "We scored runs, we kind of took what the pitcher gave us," Doniphan coach Jason Rose said. "I was pretty proud overall of how we swung the bats."...
Strong finish leaves Hillis fourth (05/14/08)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor REPUBLIC -- Trent Hillis stormed back Tuesday at the MSHSAA Class 4 state golf championship but the Poplar Bluff sophomore couldn't catch Kevin Kring. Hillis birdied two of his final three holes and finished with the only sub-par round of the day but ended up fourth, three strokes back...
Bluff's Hillis in hunt for all-state honors (05/13/08)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor REPUBLIC -- Trent Hillis didn't like how he played the first round of the MSHSAA Class 4 state golf tournament Monday, so he was surprised to see his name among the leaders. The Poplar Bluff sophomore shot a 4-over 76 at Island Green Golf Course and is tied for 14th, five shots off the lead heading into today's final round...
ROUNDUP: Miller's home run lifts Dexter (04/08/08)
By DAR STAFF DEXTER -- After falling into a three-run hole late against Sikeston on Monday, Dexter appeared to be in trouble before Caleb Miller capped a four-hit burst in the final inning with a walk-off home run to send the Bearcats to a 6-4 win. Miller's home run followed a single by Mason Noe that drove in Jared Laird and Ben Mills, who both reached on singles to start the inning. Garrett McEwen got things started by singling up the middle...
Up-in-the-air senior makes pitch (04/06/08)
By ALEX ABATE ~ DAR Sports Writer Van Buren's Brandon Tucker was honored to be part of the B.A. Sports All-Star Extravaganza on Saturday afternoon, but the soon-to-be high school graduate also wants to cement some plans for the future. Tucker would like to play college basketball but doesn't have anything nailed down. He is hoping to try out for Three Rivers or possibly College of the Ozarks in the near future...
Nothing but Iron: Van Buren's upset bid fizzles (02/29/08)
By ALEX ABATE ~ Sports Writer VAN BUREN -- It was a tale of two halves Thursday night for the Van Buren Bulldogs in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 2 championship. They went into the half down just three but scored eight points in the second half as South Iron cruised to a 67-35 district championship victory...
Dawg-gone fun: Van Buren seniors win third title (02/29/08)
By ALEX ABATE ~ Sports Writer VAN BUREN -- The Van Buren Lady Dawgs held off a late run from Bismarck and took home their third MSHSAA Class 2 District 2 title in four years, winning on their home floor Thursday night, 62-46. Britney Peterson and Whitney VanWinkle each had 20 points for Van Buren (17-7) in the win while Taylor Grant added 18...
ROUNDUP: Bloomfield rallies past Kelly; Naylor wins in OT (02/20/08)
By DAR STAFF BLOOMFIELD -- Kyle Williamson's layup with three seconds left Tuesday gave Bloomfield an 80-79 win over Kelly. The winning basket completed a Wildcat charge from a 17-point first-half deficit and gave Williamson a total of 19 points in the game, all in the second half...
ROUNDUP: Puxico holds off Bloomfield; Naylor rallies (02/15/08)
By DAR STAFF Puxico jumped to a 17-9 lead after the first quarter and held off a run to beat Bloomfield 71-58 Thursday night. "We just came out and really asserted ourselves," Puxico coach Josh Dowdy said. "J Hon hit three 3s in the first quarter and that really opened us up."...
ROUNDUP: Campbell edges Caruthersville for Bootheel title shot (02/08/08)
By DAR STAFF SENATH -- Campbell reached the finals of the Bootheel Conference Tournament with a 61-59 win over the Caruthersville Lady Tigers here Thursday night. The Lady Camels made four free throws in the final 10 seconds to secure the win. "We kind of went through a rough spell where we were trying to see what kind of team we were going to be with our new juniors and everybody kind of finding their role," Campbell coach Daren Ellsworth said. ...
ROUNDUP: Ellington outscores Van Buren in OT (02/06/08)
By DAR STAFF Ellington outscored Van Buren 15-8 in overtime to earn a 82-75 win Tuesday night. "We just went back to our gameplan that we had," Ellington coach Chris Miller. "We were bigger inside and our post guys are used to playing physical. We got defensive stops and that was the difference in the game."...
Mules swimmers fall to St. Vincent (02/05/08)
By DAR STAFF Poplar Bluff's Kayla Huett and Jackie LeGrand finished first and second in the 50-meter freestyle Monday but the Lady Mules finished second to host St. Vincent 142-97. "They just had more 'desire' at the end of races than we did," Poplar Bluff coach Beth Lewis said. "We also had about half the team sick either before, during or after the meet so illness was a huge downfall for us."...
Puxico shakes slow start at Stoddard County tourney (01/22/08)
By DAR STAFF Puxico overcame a slow start Monday night to beat Richland 55-45 in the Stoddard County Tournament. "They got off to a 6-0 start and we started pressing and we established ourselves," Puxico coach Josh Dowdy said. "I felt like it turned the game around."...
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...
ROUNDUP: Greenville beats Van Buren; Twin Rivers pair tops 1,000 points (01/15/08)
By DAR STAFF VAN BUREN -- Sara Woodgeard scored 26 points and Lindsay Henson added 14 as Greenville earned a 60-44 road win over Van Buren on Monday. The Lady Bears (11-2) got out to a quick start to keep the host Lady Bulldogs from gaining any momentum from the crowd. Keyed by their defense, which resulted in a slow start for Van Buren, Greenville built a 15-4 edge by the end of the opening quarter and stretched it to 29-11 by halftime...
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."...
ROUNDUP: Bell City sinks Puxico with OT 3s (01/09/08)
By DAR STAFF Ethan Watkins hit two 3-pointers in overtime Tuesday night to lead Bell City past host Puxico. "We didn't do a good job closing out on him and the kid stepped up and made the shots," Puxico coach Josh Dowdy said. Watkins finished the game with 22 points and teammate Nick Niemczyk added 21 in the win...
ROUNDUP: Jackson girls surge past Doniphan for 45-39 win (01/04/08)
By DAR STAFF Jackson overcame a one-point halftime deficit and outscored the Doniphan Donettes 8-2 over the final 2 minutes to break a tie and come away with a 45-39 win. "We had our chances," Doniphan coach Jimbo Blackwell said. The Donettes (6-3, 1-2 SEMO) got the game off to a good start and held a five-point lead after the first quarter before the Jackson defense turned up the pressure...
Van Buren wins consolation title at Bloomfield tourney (12/30/07)
Bulldogs beat Twin Rivers in overtime
Royals hold on; Van Buren gains another upset (12/28/07)
Twin Rivers holds off East Prairie
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. ...
Bloomfield rallies past Van Buren to advance (12/27/07)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor BLOOMFIELD -- Trailing by three at the start of the fourth quarter Wednesday, the Bloomfield Wildcats stopped upset-minded Van Buren with a zone defense and scored 13 straight points. In less than 4 minutes, a tight game turned into another double-digit lead for a higher seed at the 51st Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, as the fourth-seeded Wildcats won 67-57...
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...
Van Buren girls rally to beat Campbell (12/18/07)
By DAR Staff Taylor Grant scored 11 points, knocking down 5-of-8 from the free-throw line, as Van Buren overcame a slow start to beat Campbell 49-40. The Lady Dawgs (5-3) scored only three points in the first quarter, but found their offense over the final three quarters...
Malden girls overcome illness to beat South Pem (12/11/07)
By DAR STAFF With several players showing their perseverance by playing through illness, the Malden girls used a big third quarter to overtake South Pemiscot for a 57-52 win. "I had three or four girls playing through a stomach virus," Lady Wave coach Chris Hicks said. "There were two starters that were fighting fatigue, sickness and fever throughout the game."...
Dons win OFC opener; Ellington beats Greenville (12/05/07)
By DAR STAFF Doniphan used a 29-6 first quarter spurt to cruise to a 78-30 win over East Carter in Ozark Foothills Conference play Tuesday night. "I thought we came out really intense and got after them defensively which generated offense," Doniphan coach Jason Andrews said...
Couch wins Lady Dawg tourney title (12/03/07)
By DAR STAFF VAN BUREN -- Tara Combs scored 15 of her game-high 22 points in the second half to help lift Couch to the Lady Dawg Classic title Saturday night. The top-seeded Lady Indians surged ahead for good in the third quarter to beat sixth-seeded Ellington 46-30...
Host Van Buren upsets Twin Rivers in Lady Dawg Classic (11/30/07)
By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer VAN BUREN -- Turnovers and poor free throw shooting proved to be the culprits for Twin Rivers as the No. 3 seed Lady Royals suffered an upset loss at the hands of the No. 7 seed hosts of the Lady Dawg Classic, 59-54...
Reindeer slay Van Buren; Doniphan falls (11/26/07)
By BRAD HURT ~ DAR Sports Writer VAN BUREN -- With an unstoppable inside game led by 6-foot senior DeAngelo White, Clarkton made key runs near the end of each half to claim an 83-65 win over the host Bulldogs in the final game of the Current River Challenge on Saturday night...
Bluff's Blalock runs to state medal (11/04/07)
The freshman finished 10th in the MSHSAA Class 3 state meet.
Blalocks use 'easy' workouts to prepare for state meet (11/02/07)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ DAR Sports Editor As the Poplar Bluff wrestling team warmed up with a few laps around the parking lot Tuesday, Travis and Hannah Blalock were running down the street to Hendrickson Park. That was just the beginning of what the pair called "an easy day" as they prepared for the MSHSAA cross country championships on Saturday...
Poplar Bluff's Blalocks, Van Buren girls team headed to state meet (10/29/07)
By DAR STAFF Poplar Bluff's Hannah and Travis Blalock qualified for the MSHSAA Class 3 state cross country championships, each finishing in the top nine Saturday, while the Van Buren girls team qualified with a second-place finish at the Class 1 District 5 meet...
Twin Rivers volleyball rallies past Poplar Bluff (10/02/07)
By DAR STAFF BROSELEY -- The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules took a two-game lead against Twin Rivers before the Lady Royals won three straight games to take the match, 24-26, 11-25, 25-15, 25-21, 15-13. "Really, it was emotionally and physically draining," Twin Rivers coach Kelly Null said. "We went through some high points and low points and I know this morning they are tired -- ending with the win makes it a whole lot better."...
Crafton leads Van Buren runners to home win (09/20/07)
By ALEX ABATE ~ DAR Sports Writer VAN BUREN -- Van Buren's Matt Crafton was dripping with sweat as he pushed toward the finish of the 3.1-mile course Wednesday afternoon. Crafton placed second overall with a time of 20 minutes, 50 seconds and was one of three Bulldogs to finish in the top 10 in the event as Van Buren took first place overall with a score of 51...
Van Buren scores 34 runs in softball win against Clearwater (09/12/07)
By DAR STAFF Van Buren put on a scoring clinic Tuesday, posting 34 runs on the board in a 34-13 victory over Clearwater. The Lady Bulldogs batted around in the second, third and sixth innings, scoring eight runs in the second, eight in the third and seven in the sixth...
Twin Rivers softball pounds Neelyville 12-0 (09/07/07)
By DAR STAFF Carlee Vancil struck out 14 of the 18 batters she faced in five innings to record her second no-hitter of the season as Twin Rivers won 12-0 at Neelyville Vancil helped herself by going 3-for-3 at the plate with two triples and a single and driving in four runs. Samantha Leutert and Kayla Cunningham each scored twice for the Lady Royals. Senior catcher Kelci Scott crossed the plate three times and also drove in three runs...
Doniphan racks up 25-0 baseball win against Van Buren (09/05/07)
Doniphan scored eight times in the first inning and rolled Tuesday to a 25-0 victory against Van Buren. Dalton Pennington drove in runs with an RBI single in the first inning and an RBI triple in the third. The Dons also scored runs on two wild pitches, a hit batter and a bases-loaded walk...
ALL-STATE BASEBALL (06/26/07)
The all-state team from the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association:
Area digest (06/10/07)
Cape Ford and Sons Legion falls to Festus The Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons American Legion baseball team suffered its second loss of the season Saturday night as host Festus posted a 7-4 win. Cape (8-2) had seven hits, led by Mark Himmelberg with three. Matt Hester added two hits, including the game's only home run...
FINAL TRACK HONOR ROLL (05/29/07)
Top 10 performances in each event as reported in the five newspapers that are media partners with Semoball.com, through the state meet May 26: (Note: Performances in preliminaries and by individuals in relay meets are not included; only events where an individual is eligible to score points for his or her team.)...
BASEBALL, GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICT BRACKETS (05/11/07)
Check out the schedules for the upcoming tournaments.
BASEBALL, GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICT PAIRINGS (05/11/07)
BASEBALL Class 4 District 1 (at Hillsboro) Monday, May 14 -- First round: (4) Seckman vs. (5) Fox, 4 p.m.; (3) Hillsboro vs. (6) Poplar Bluff, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 -- Semifinals: (1) Cape Central vs. Seckman or Fox, 4 p.m.; (2) Jackson vs. Hillsboro vs. Poplar Bluff, 6:30 p.m...
Track honor roll (05/10/07)
BOYS AND GIRLS top performers through May 9
MSHSAA members vote to expand football playoffs (05/04/07)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ Sports Editor There won't be a separate playoff for private schools, but the postseason bracket for football will expand in 2008. Missouri State High School Activities Association member schools voted 321-92 against a proposal to split the public and nonpublic schools into separate playoffs for every sport except football...
Semoball Girls Track Honor Roll (05/03/07)
Top 10 performances in each event as reported in the five newspapers that are media partners with Semoball.com, through April 29...
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...
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
Lady Royals open with painful loss (11/29/06)
By TANNER KENT/DAR Sports Writer VAN BUREN -- During his team's 58-34 Lady Dawg Classic loss to host school Van Buren, Twin Rivers coach Jeff Walk watched the fourth quarter calmly from the bench. As Van Buren's Marie Getts hit back-to-back, wideopen, fourth-quarter 3s -- Walk sat...
High school softball: District previews (10/04/06)
Class 1 District 1 Class 2 District 2 at Perryville City Park Class 3 District 2 at Perryville City Park Class 4 District 1 at Farmington -- Jeremy Joffray...