Doniphan

It’s been a long time coming for Doniphan. Ever since Notre Dame sullied their perfect season in the Class 4 District 1 championship game last year, the Donettes wanted nothing more than to come back to Cape Girardeau and avenge their lone loss. The Donettes got their revenge with a 40-34 win over the Bulldogs on Monday, Jan. 20, at Notre Dame Regional High School...

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...

BROSELEY — For the fourth straight year, the Lady Royals Christmas Classic championship will go to Doniphan. The Donettes showcased their powerhouse program once again on Saturday as they took a 60-33 win over Portageville in the championship contest...

BROSELEY — The Doniphan Donettes put the pedal to the metal and didn’t let up against Poplar Bluff in the semifinals of the Lady Royal Christmas Classic on Friday, taking the contest 57-26. Throughout the entire 32 minutes, Doniphan displayed its signature style of pressuring the ball in the backcourt...

BLOOMFIELD — After five first-round games decided by double-digits at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Thursday, the sixth game was hands-down the most exciting one of the day. The seventh-seeded Van Buren Bulldogs overcame a double-digit deficit in the second half to defeat the 10th-seeded Doniphan Dons 74-73 in overtime Thursday in the opening round of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament...

Kennett Indians start strong at the Lady Royals Christmas Tournament with a win over NMCC, but fall to top-seeded Doniphan. Malden rebounds with a win over Naylor, aiming for the consolation trophy.

Even after suffering their first loss season, the Puxico Indians are still riding high to start this season of boys basketball. Puxico suffered it first loss of the season Saturday evening when it lost 58-50 to Thayer in a battle of state-ranked teams — the Indians are tied for fifth in the most recent Class 2 coaches poll, while Thayer was fifth in Class 3...

CLARKTON — The Risco Tigers defeated the Doniphan Dons 82-53 to claim the championship of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament on Friday night. Doniphan played with grit and effort, never giving up in the game, — but Risco was taller, faster, and more physical than the Dons, especially on the offensive side, where their rebounding and inside shooting dominated the scoreboard...

CLARKTON — The Doniphan Dons scored a convincing 58-40 victory over the East Carter Redbirds in the semifinals of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament on Thursday night. The Dons led throughout the game, combining an aggressive defense with an improved scoring proficiency that built a first half advantage that they stretched to double-digits in the second half, which prevented the Redbirds from staging any sort of comeback...

BROSELEY — Since its inception in the late 1990s, the Lady Royals Christmas Classic at Twin Rivers High School has become one of the premier holiday tournaments in Southeast Missouri. This year’s tournament tips off Saturday and concludes next Saturday, with three days off — Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas...

CLARKTON — The Doniphan Dons defeated the Clarkton Reindeer 72-56 on the opening night of the Clarkton Christmas Tournament on Tuesday. The Dons overcame a cold shooting effort in the first half to forge a strong lead in the middle of the third quarter, finally pulling away from a Clarkton team that played much better than its winless record would have shown...

The Puxico Indians are the top seed at this year’s Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. The Indians are 5-0 this season and are winning their games by an average of 26.8 points. Three of Puxico's five wins are by 35 points or more. The East Prairie Eagles, who finished second at last year's Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, are the No. 2 seed, with Dexter, Bernie, Kennett, Risco, Van Buren and Richland rounding out the top eight seeds...

Doniphan, Neelyville, Portageville and East Carter are the top four seeds at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic, which tips off next Saturday (Dec. 21) at Twin Rivers High School in Broseley. Top-seeded Doniphan and No. 2 Neelyville have first-round byes...

DONIPHAN — The Doniphan Dons boys basketball team lost to the visiting Greenville Bears 70-65 on Tuesday in a hard-fought game between Ozark Foothills Conference rivals at Wright Gymnasium. Greenville took an early lead that the Bears built into a 13-point advantage at halftime — and despite several fierce runs at a comeback, Doniphan was unable to overcome that early deficit...

DONIPHAN — Sometimes a fast start is all a team needs to get the win. That was true Saturday in the championship game of the River City Classic, as the Doniphan Donettes turned a fast start into a 64-36 win over the Neelyville Lady Tigers in girls basketball action at Wright Gymnasium...

Several local players were represented when the SEMO North Conference recently released its all-conference squad. Two Dexter players — Kate Nichols and Cali White — earned first-team all-conference honors, while two Poplar Bluff players, Ireland Gowen and Morgan Cisne, were named second-team all-conference, as was Dexter’s Avery Riley...