Richland

ADVANCE – There have been moments for the Advance High School varsity boys basketball squad this season where it showed its potential. That was the case on Monday against Class No. 8-ranked Richland (Essex). However, as it has been all season, sustaining that ability ultimately cost the Hornets, as the Rebels dominated 70-41 at Advance 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...

BLOOMFIELD — The top-seeded Puxico Indians came from a 10-point halftime deficit to defeat the third-seeded Dexter Bearcats 64-60 in an overtime classic to win the championship title of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Monday night. It is the Indians’ first Bloomfield Christmas Tournament title since 1989...

Risco Tigers secure a historic victory over Richland Rebels in the Bloomfield Christmas tournament, clinching fifth place after a 65-year hiatus.

BLOOMFIELD – Richland (Essex) did a nice job of shutting down the perimeter shooting of top-seed Puxico in the team’s championship quarterfinal battle on Friday in the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. However, as the opposition has learned by facing the Indians over the last couple of years, they can hurt you in a lot of ways.

BLOOMFIELD — Big wins were the order of the day on Thursday in the first four games of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. All four early games were decided by double digits, with only the Bernie-Portageville and Kennett-East Carter games being decided by less than 20 points...

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...

ESSEX – Midway through the third quarter of its varsity boys basketball game against Dexter on Monday, the Richland squad was in some degree of trouble.

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...

The Poplar Bluff girls basketball team held its home opener on Monday — and there wasn’t much to complain about for Lady Mules fans as the team took care of Bloomfield/Richland 66-20. “We played really good defense,” Poplar Bluff coach Soley Dugas said. “We came together and communicated really well. There are just a few little things that we’ve been trying to emphasize and it goes to show that once those little things come together good things happen as it did tonight.”...

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.

ORAN – There were two dunks by a Richland (Essex) High School athlete in the Rebels’ 72-37 romp over Westwood Baptist Academy in Thursday’s championship semifinal of the Oran Invitational Tournament at Oran High School. Neither jam was performed by the Rebel player who scored his 1,000th career point during the game or was the Richland scorer who tallied a game-high 31 points.

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...

The evolution of Bernie High School girl’s cross country runner Ella Harris continued in the recent MSHSAA Class 1 State Finals at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia.