Neelyville

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...

Saying that Reese Dobbins has had a storied career on the softball diamond at Neelyville High School might be a pretty big understatement — and now those accomplishments have paved the way for her to take her game to the collegiate level. Dobbins recently signed her letter of intent to play softball next season for the McKendree University Bearcats in Lebanon, Illinois, which is in the St. Louis metropolitan area...

BROSELEY — The Poplar Bluff girls basketball team tried to make a last-ditch effort to send the third-place game of the Lady Royal Christmas Classic into overtime, but the Hail Mary inbound and 3-point try fell short as Neelyville took third with a 48-45 win over the Lady Mules...

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 Neelyville Lady Tigers basketball team outplayed Dexter in the quarterfinal round of the Lady Royal Christmas Classic on Monday as the Lady Tigers took a 61-45 win over Dexter. Despite losing some possessions late in the fourth quarter, the Lady Tigers took advantage of a comfortable lead to take care of the Lady Bearcats...

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...

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 — 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...

CAMPBELL — The Neelyville Tigers boys basketball team overcame a 20-point deficit at one point, but ultimately came up just short at the end against the hosts in the semifinals of the Campbell Invitational. Neelyville was down 41-21 to the host Campbell Camels midway through the third quarter, but then rattled off a 22-2 run to tie it up at 43 less than a minute into the fourth quarter...

Campbell Camels edge out Neelyville Tigers 67-60 in an intense overtime semi-final clash, advancing to face Bernie Mules in the finals.

CAMPBELL — The Neelyville Tigers boys basketball team notched its first win of the season Tuesday night with a 68-40 rout of the Clarkton Reindeer in the first round of the Campbell Invitational. Casen Stephens led the offensive attack with a 30-point game while Neelyville kept winning the turnover battle giving them plenty of looks at the basket...

NEW MADRID – The story of Campbell’s season-opening loss to this boy’s basketball season was a mixed one, as there were several positive things to take away from the Camels’ game against Overton (Tenn.) High School at the Riverbend Classic at New Madrid County Central High School. However, in the end, Campbell (0-1) fell 82-73, so there was also that.