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Friday, Feb. 10, 2012
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CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Better than last season's conference tournament championship. That was the opinion of Kennett Lady Indians varsity standout center Audrey Wynne shortly after posing for a team photo with the first-place...
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Kennett Lady Indians win junior varsity Bootheel Conference Tournament title (02/10/12)
CAMPBELL, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians defeated the Portageville Lady Bulldogs 49-27 in the junior varsity Bootheel Conference Tournament championship Thursday night. Kennett trailed the contest 4-2 early in the first quarter before it went on a 23-0 run to take a 25-4 lead with 37 seconds left in the first half...
Kennett and South Pemiscot girls collect semifinal wins, advance to BHC championship (02/09/12)
CAMPBELL, Mo. -- The championship is set at the Bootheel Conference varsity girls basketball tournament at Campbell following Wednesday's semifinal contests. For a second straight season the Kennett Lady Indians will take on the South Pemiscot Lady Bulldogs in the varsity final...
NMCC Eagles fly past Kennett, 57-45 (02/08/12)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team concluded its longest road trip of the season with a thud Tuesday night, suffering a double-digit 57-45 loss to the New Madrid County Central Eagles. "I knew we'd have to be ready with a New Madrid team that has improved," Kennett coach Jim Vaughan said. ...
State-ranked Bernie snaps Hayti's 7-game winning-streak (02/08/12)
BERNIE, Mo. -- The Hayti Indians boys basketball team ran into a buzzsaw when it visited the state-ranked Bernie Mules Tuesday night. Bernie outscored Hayti in every quarter on its way to a convincing 71-43 win. "I'm real proud of our team tonight," Bernie coach Brad Botsch said. "Hayti is coming off the Bootheel Conference Championship and we really stepped up and played well. We've faced some adversity lately, and our kids really bought in and stepped up."...
Holcomb clinches regular-season conference title in closing seconds vs. North Pemiscot (02/07/12)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The Holcomb Hornets boys basketball team clinched the Tri-County Conference regular-season conference title outright in the closing seconds of regulation Monday night against the North Pemiscot Mustangs. Holcomb and North Pemiscot were tied at 51 with less than 30 seconds left in the contest...
Top seeds advance to semifinals of Bootheel Conference girls basketball tournament (02/07/12)
No. 1 Kennett 64, No. 8 Hayti 17 The defending champion Kennett Lady Indians defeated the Caruthersville Lady Tigers 64-17 in its opening-round contest Monday at the Bootheel Conference Tournament. No. 1 seeded Kennett outscored No. 8 seeded Caruthersville in every quarter to improve its record against Bootheel Conference teams to 12-0...
Hayti beats Kennett 53-51, wins BHC tournament for first time since 1997 (02/04/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti coach Philip Taylor was uncertain how his team would respond with a title on the line in the closing minutes of regulation entering Friday night's Bootheel Conference Tournament championship against two-time defending champion Kennett...
Kennett defeats Caruthersville 43-35 in BHC junior varsity title game (02/04/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The Kennett Indians junior varsity boys basketball team defeated the top-seeded Caruthersville Tigers 43-35 Friday in the championship contest of the Bootheel Conference Tournament. The contest was tied at 35 with 1:45 remaining in regulation. Kennett ended the game on a 8-0 run...
Briefly: Hayti defeats Kennett 53-51 in BHC boys championship (02/03/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The fourth-seeded Hayti Indians boys basketball team defeated the third-seeded Kennett Indians 53-51 Friday night in the Bootheel Conference Tournament championship. Two-time defending tournament champion Kennett trailed Hayti 32-22 at halftime...
Hayti upsets Caruthersville 62-54, advances to conf. final for first time since 2000 (02/03/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Hayti players struggled to remain seated on its bench Thursday as the final minute ticked off the clock in its semifinal contest at the Bootheel Conference Tournament against the state-ranked Caruthersville Tigers. The excitement was fitting for a fourth-seeded Hayti Indians team, which had suffered a 66-52 loss to top-seeded Caruthersville 21 days earlier, but led by single digits as the clock approached zero Thursday night...
Kennett boys win third meeting against Portageville 54-43 (02/03/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball coach Jim Vaughan was confident his team would experience success in the paint entering Thursday night's Bootheel Conference semifinal contest against the second-seeded Portageville Bulldogs...
Senath-Hornersville girls reach .500 mark with 5th straight conference win (02/03/12)
SENATH, Mo. -- The Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions varsity girls basketball program completed its journey back to the .500 mark Thursday, defeating the Hayti Indians 62-37. Senath-Hornersville, once 3-9 on the season, improved its record to 9-9 with its fifth straight win against a Bootheel Conference team...
Holcomb moves into outright 1st place in Tri-County Conference following Tuesday's win against Campbell (02/02/12)
Holcomb, North Pemiscot and Risco remain atop the Tri-County Conference as regular-season conference play concludes.
Kennett receives No. 1 seed in BHC girls basketball tournaments (02/02/12)
The Kennett Lady Indians have received the No. 1 seed in the upcoming varsity and junior varsity girls basketball tournaments. The tournaments will take place Feb. 6-9 at Campbell. The junior varsity championship will be played Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. and the varsity final will follow at approximately 7:30 p.m...
Kennett, Portageville advance to semifinals at varsity BHC boys tournament (02/01/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The top four seeds - No. 1 Caruthersville, No. 2 Portageville, No. 3 Kennett and No. 4 Hayti - avoided upsets in the opening-round of the Bootheel Conference varsity boys basketball tournament at Caruthersville Monday and Tuesday...
Caruthersville, Kennett boys advance to junior varsity conference title game (02/01/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The top-seeded Caruthersville Tigers and second-seeded Kennett Indians booked their tickets to the junior varsity Bootheel Conference championship with semifinal victories Tuesday. Caruthersville trailed fifth-seeded Malden 27-20 at halftime before it outscored Malden 18-6 in the third quarter on its way to a 53-46 win...
Bootheel Conference Basketball History: 1905 to present (01/31/12)
The origin of organized basketball in southeast Missouri actually began at Caruthersville in 1905 with some scattered towns teams for competition to the Tigers. Senath began play in 1906, Kennett had its first team in 1908 and Hayti started in 1910. ...
Day 1 Results: Bootheel Conference Boys Basketball Tournament (01/31/12)
Note: A complete photo gallery of Day 1 of the tournament is available at this linke Tournament Photos CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- A strong first half helped the Hayti Indians defeat the Malden Green Wave 68-53 in the only varsity contest at the Bootheel Conference boys basketball tournament at Caruthersville Monday...
Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions collect come-from-behind win against Campbell (01/31/12)
SENATH, Mo. -- The Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions girls basketball team won its fourth straight Bootheel Conference contest Monday, collecting a come-from-behind 45-38 victory against the Campbell Lady Camels. Campbell outscored Senath-Hornersville by one point in the first period and two points in the second period to take a 23-20 lead into halftime...
Charleston boys win basketball shootout against Kennett 88-74 (01/28/12)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Offense was abundant from the opening tipoff until the final buzzer in the first 2012 meeting between district rivals Charleston and Kennett Friday evening. Kennett drained the first field goal of the contest less than five seconds into the game when Kevonte Mitchell recorded a lay-up off the tipoff. Kennett's Antonio Primer drilled Kennett's 29th field as the buzzer sounded at the end of the fourth quarter. Charleston recorded 31 field goals in-between...
Holcomb, North Pemiscot, Risco and Senath-Hornersville boys collect hoops wins (01/28/12)
Tri-County Conference Results The Holcomb Hornets, Risco Tigers and North Pemiscot Mustangs remain in the hunt to finish atop the Tri-County Conference following Friday's contests. North Pemiscot collected a 54-50 win against Campbell to improve to 5-0 in regular-season Tri-County Conference play...
Caruthersville boys draw No. 1 seed in upcoming Bootheel Conference boys basketball tournament (01/27/12)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The luck of the draw went to Caruthersville Thursday morning when the Bootheel Conference coaches met to finalize next week's Bootheel Conference varsity and junior varsity boys tournament brackets Seedings for the 7-team Bootheel Conference basketball tournaments are determined by regular-season conference standings...
Poplar Bluff girls escape Kennett with 42-39 victory (01/27/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians varsity girls basketball team fell just short in its bid to overtake the Poplar Bluff Lady Mules in the closing seconds of regulation Thursday. Kennett, which never led after the 7:27 mark of the third quarter, sent its center Audrey Wynne to the free throw line with six seconds remaining in regulation to shoot two free. The Lady Indians trailed the contest 40-39 when Wynne was fouled after Kennett's Darby Sparks fed her the ball in the paint...
Senath-Hornersville girls basketball team wins third straight conference game (01/27/12)
SENATH, Mo. -- The Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions varsity girls basketball program collected its third straight Bootheel Conference victory Thursday, edging the Portageville Bulldogs 62-57 "Big Bootheel conference win for us," Lady Lions' coach Jamie Johnson said. ...
Kennett boys calculate season-high 81 points in win at Twin Rivers (01/25/12)
BROSELEY, Mo. -- A season-high point total looked unlikely for the Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball program early in Tuesday's road contest against the Twin Rivers Royals. Kennett, which entered the contest averaging 60 points per game, trailed Twin Rivers 6-0 with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter...
Kennett Tumbling Tribe performs (01/25/12)
Note: A complete photo gallery of the performance is available at this link: Tumbling Tribe
Kennett girls basketball team survives late rally by Sikeston (01/24/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- A strong first quarter by the Kennett Lady Indians varisty girls basketball team proved valuable in Monday night's contest against the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs. Kennett outscored Sikeston 20-9 in the opening eight minutes of play. Sikeston won the remainder of the contest, but the Lady Indians managed to withstand the Lady Bulldogs comeback and collect a 62-52 win...
Miller's 29 helps push Senath-Hornersville girls past Hayti (01/24/12)
HAYTI, Mo. -- The Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions varsity girls basketball program moved above the .500 mark in conference-play Monday night, collecting a 60-47 Bootheel Conference win against Hayti. "We did a really good job of handling the press and running the floor against them," Senath-Hornersville coach Jamie Johnson said. "Reagan had a good night with 29. We got good looks and was patient with the ball."...
Cooter's Anderson signs to play baseball at Three Rivers Community College (01/24/12)
At a fairly large gathering of family, friends and coaches at Cooter High School Monday morning, Jan. 16, Wildcat senior standout Jordan Anderson signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball with the Three Rivers Community College Raiders of Poplar Bluff. ...
Senath-Hornersville boys drop basketball game to South Pemiscot (01/23/12)
The Senath-Hornersville Lions boys basketball team concluded regular-season Bootheel Conference play with a 69-44 loss to South Pemiscot Friday. The Lions record is 3-12 following the loss. Senath-Hornersville's final regular-season Bootheel Conference record is 0-6...
Charleston defeats Caruthersville boys 75-60 (01/21/12)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - The much anticipated matchup between the state's #5 ranked Caruthersville Tigers (10-4) and #1 ranked team Charleston Blue Jays (17-1) never materialized into the close contest many expected here Friday night as the home team dominated on its way to a 75-60 district win. Despite a 31 point performance from Tigers' sophomore Darrell Monroe, the Blue Jays proved to have too many weapons for the visitors from Caruthersville...
Sikeston boys end Kennett's winning-streak (01/21/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- With a combination of hot shooting and pressure defense, the Sikeston Bulldogs defeated Kennett 69-50 on homecoming night at the Sikeston Field House. The Indians came into the contest as one of the hottest teams in the area, winning eight straight games, including the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament championship...
Macklin scores 54 for North Pemiscot in win against Cooter (01/21/12)
COOTER, Mo. -- North Pemiscot senior James Macklin scored a career high 54 points Friday night. The North Pemiscot varsity boys basketball team defeated Cooter 95-67 to improve to 4-0 in Tri-County Conference regular-season play. North Pemiscot coach Tim Eskew: "Macklin is the best player in southeast Missouri that no one every talks about."...
Holcomb boys remain perfect in Tri-County, hand Risco first conference loss (01/21/12)
HOLCOMB, Mo. -- The Risco Tigers and Holcomb Hornets both entered Friday's head-to-head conference showdown without a loss in regular-season Tri-County Conference play. State-ranked Risco, which defeated Holcomb 74-64 in the championship of the Bernie tournament Dec. 2., looked quite capable of collecting its second double-digit win against Holcomb early in Round 2...
Kennett girls collect key regular-season district win vs. Twin Rivers (01/20/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Lady Indians girls basketball program moved one step closer to securing the top seed in the upcoming Class 3, District 1, girls basketball tournament Thursdy night. Kennett collected a key 62-48 home win against the Twin Rivers Lady Royals...
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Wednesday's Games
Orlando 102, Miami 89
Milwaukee 105, Toronto 99
New York 107, Washington 93
San Antonio 100, Philadelphia 90
Cleveland 99, L.A. Clippers 92
Atlanta 97, Indiana 87
Detroit 99, New Jersey 92
Chicago 90, New Orleans 67
Memphis 85, Minnesota 80
Dallas 105, Denver 95
Houston 103, Portland 96

Thursday's Games
L.A. Lakers 88, Boston 87, OT
Houston 96, Phoenix 89
Golden State 109, Denver 101
Sacramento 106, Oklahoma City 101

Friday's Games
Atlanta at Orlando, 6:00 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 6:00 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago at Charlotte, 6:00 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Indiana at Memphis, 7:00 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 7:00 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New York, 7:00 p.m.
Portland at New Orleans, 7:00 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games
Denver at Indiana, 6:00 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 6:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
New York at Minnesota, 7:00 p.m.
San Antonio at New Jersey, 7:00 p.m.
Portland at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Milwaukee, 8:00 p.m.
Phoenix at Sacramento, 9:00 p.m.