Greenville

BROSELEY — The Neelyville Lady Tigers were looking to get back into the championship game of the Lady Royal Christmas Classic for the first time since 2019, but the Portageville Bulldogs had other plans. The Bulldogs made a fast start hold up as they took a 57-49 game over the Lady Tigers in Friday’s semifinal...

BROSELEY — The Dexter Bearcats girls basketball team was in control from start to finish as the Bearcats took care of Greenville 57-19 in the first round of the Lady Royals Christmas Classic on Saturday. Dexter will take on Neelyville, who had the luxury of a first1round bye, at 6 p.m. on Monday...

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...

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...

Meadow Heights advances to WIT finals with a 62-58 win over Greenville. Led by Braeden Hays' 18 points, they await the championship clash against either Woodland or Leopold.

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...

Fourth-year Puxico High School boy’s basketball coach Bryant Fernetti, who also serves as the school’s athletic director, has no one to blame but himself when he takes a glance at the Indians’ non-conference schedules this winter.

Fifteen years ago, Tara Porter was a first-team all-state basketball player at Greenville High School. Porter now finds herself on the other side of the bench as she is in her third season as the team trainer for all sports, including football, at Poplar Bluff High School...