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Tiger coach ready for 'warrior mentality' from former player, now adversary (1/8/25)RISCO – If the Risco High School varsity boy’s basketball squad has a difficult time on Thursday in its road test at Bell City, veteran Tiger coach Brandon Blankenship will have no one to blame but himself.
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Bell City Cubs aiming high after starting 2025 with big win (1/8/25)Bell City started the new year in a big way with an overwhelming 79-14 win on the road against Zalma on Tuesday, Jan. 7, in Zalma, Mo. The Cubs, who finished 8-18 last year, improved to 6-5 on the season including 3-1 against Class 1 District 2 opponents. It's not enough for the Cubs to be searching for their first winning season since 2016 (14-11)...
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Injuries for area hoop teams piling up as conference play begins (1/2/25)High school basketball throughout Southeast Missouri takes a backward approach to scheduling each winter.
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HOLIDAY HOOPS FOR THE WIN: Christmas tournaments are a highlight of December (1/2/25)It's been a long while since I've got to enjoy as much holiday basketball as I have this year. For the first time in a while, if ever, I got to attend the Poplar Bluff Showdown, Lady Royals Christmas Classic and the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament all in one five-day stretch. While I last covered the Showdown and Lady Royals Christmas Classic in 2019, this was my first time at Bloomfield in at least a decade...
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Bell City enters Christmas tourney play down a BIG man (at least) (12/26/24)Injuries are simply part of athletics, and no coach in Southeast Missouri is more cognizant of that fact than third-year Bell City High School varsity boy’s basketball coach Luke Bixler.
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Bernie gets by beleaguered Bell City on the road (12/20/24)BELL CITY –Bernie took advantage of a beleaguered Bell City squad on Thursday and came away with an impressive 64-51 road win in varsity boys basketball action at Bell City High School.
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Bell City's Juan Hernandez proves key to any Cubs success (12/18/24)Life comes fast to everyone, and the Bell City varsity boy’s basketball program is no exception to that.
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Bell City focus, maturity to be tested in 'back-to-earth' game (12/10/24)Third-year Bell City High School varsity boy’s basketball coach Luke Bixler implored his Cub players during the recent Oran Invitational Tournament to remain focused throughout the 32 minutes of each game.
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Bixler, hard-working players, have brought Bell City basketball back (12/9/24)Bell City junior guard Jake Asher was in the second grade when the Cubs last had a winning basketball season. It looks as if he won’t have to wait that long to see – or be a contributor to – the next one.
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OIT: Bell City 'earns their stuff' in upset W over top-seed Rebels (12/8/24)ORAN – The Bell City High School varsity boys basketball squad was, in one way, the most dangerous type of team that No. 1-seed Richland could have faced in Friday’s championship game of the Oran Invitational Tournament.
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OIT: Bell City hoops navigating new waters of success, will play for a title (12/6/24)ORAN – It wasn’t long ago (2018 through 2022) when the Bell City High School varsity boy’s basketball program couldn’t win more than twice in an entire season. So, you’ll have to forgive the Cubs for not handling some early success this year perfectly.
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Tune In and Tune Up: Improved shot selection lifts Oran to victory over SCC (12/6/24)
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SCAA volleyball players rack up postseason honors (11/27/24)Stoddard County volleyball players received a lion’s share of recognition with the release of postseason honors. Leading the way is a quartet of all-state players — the Advance trio of Addi Carlton, Emma Eilers and Brogan Hawkins, plus Bernie’s Bailey Henry — who helped their teams make deep postseason runs...
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Semoball season high school volleyball stat leaders (11/15/24)Here is a list of the area's statistical leaders in volleyball this season. The top 12 players in each category are listed. Kills: Angel Johnson, Clarkton, 533; Lilyan Landis, Scott City, 477; Katy St. John, Jackson, 467; Kate Nichols, Dexter, 466; Addison Carlton, Advance, 428; Reagan Howe, Oak Ridge, 421; Bailey Henry, Bernie, 410; Gloriaha Farmer, Portageville, 381; Piper Underwood, Cape Central, 369; Kate Rubel, St. ...