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The Kennett Indians high school track team enters its spring campaign looking to rely on its depth. The Indians have the luxury of having 47 boys and 36 girls on its high school track roster this spring. “We have a lot of returners and a lot of new kids that are athletic,” Kennett track coach Andrew Webster said. “We have a really good senior class. If they work hard, stay out of trouble, and pick up the stuff we are doing they should be pretty good.”...

HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Holcomb Hornets softball team hit the ball hard from the get-go in its season opener against the Risco Tigers Friday afternoon. Holcomb sent 18 batters to the plate in the first inning and 10 more to the plate in the second frame as it pounded its way past Risco 21-3 in three innings...

The Senath-Hornersville Lions high school softball team enters its 2019 spring campaign looking to race past its opponents. “I think our speed will be our strength this season,” Senath-Hornersville softball coach Leigha Woody said. “We have a lot of girls that are really fast so if we can get girls on base we should be able to find a way to run them around. Our outfield defense and pitching should also be good.”...

The Malden Green Wave softball program enters the 2019 season in search of its sixth straight district title. “Hopefully, we continue the streak,” Malden coach Kelsey Snider said. “I don’t want to jinx anything. Hopefully, we continue to improve as the season progresses.”...

Expectations remain high for the Kennett Indians softball program entering the 2019 season. Kennett, which finished 16-10 and advanced to the state quarterfinals before being eliminated by Park Hills last season, is ranked No. 7 in the preseason state rankings...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference high school girls basketball awards have been released. Campbell senior guard Claire Parker is the 2019 Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Parker averaged 25 points, seven rebounds, and four steals per game her senior season...

The Holcomb Hornets high school softball program enters the 2019 season with a slew of returning all-conference players off of last season’s squad that finished 13-3 and won the Tri-County Conference Tournament. Holcomb’s Hannah Burk, Bailey Cupples, Kelsi Tucker, Jayden Kendrick, Carli Morgan, and Macy Houart were all selected all-conference last season...

The Senath-Hornersville Lions high school baseball program enters its spring campaign looking to rely on its pitching. “I feel like we have a couple of arms that can help keep us competitive this season,” Senath-Hornersville coach Corbin Clark said. “Sophomore Parker Rhew, who throws from the left side, had a good fall for us. Cameron Ruth, who is a sophomore as well, also had a good fall for us. Those two guys will anchor our pitching staff.”...

The 2019 Bootheel Conference high school boys basketball awards have been released. Hayti senior Ivory Winters is the 2019 Bootheel Conference Player of the Year. Winters averaged 18 points per game, 10 rebounds per game and two steals per game his senior season...

The Holcomb Hornets high school baseball program enters its spring campaign with an abundance of youth. A dozen of the 14 players on the Holcomb roster are underclassmen. Joining the 12 underclassmen on the squad are senior Timmy Moore and junior Eli Morgan...

The 2019 Tri-County Conference boys basketball awards have been released. Clarkton senior Lee Matney has been selected Tri-County Conference Player of the Year. Matey averaged 26 points, eight rebounds, and five assists per game his senior season. Clarkton coach Jordan Bidewell has been selected Tri-County Conference Coach of the Year. Clarkton finished 13-13, won the Tri-County Conference regular season title, and finished second in the Tri-County Conference Tournament under Bidewell...

VAN BUREN, Mo. - The Risco Tigers boys basketball program finished a win shy of making its first trip to the state final four Saturday afternoon. The Dora Falcons, which are ranked No. 1 in the latest state poll, outscored Risco in every quarter on its way to a convincing 74-37 victory in a Class 1 quarterfinal at Van Buren High School...

The Kennett Indians high school baseball program enters the 2019 season looking to make noise with a talented group of underclassmen and a few returning veteran starters. Kennett has two seniors, four juniors, five sophomores, and eight freshmen on its varsity roster...

DUSTIN WARD dward@dddnews.com SIKESTON, Mo. - The Hayti Indians varsity girls basketball team became the latest victim of the No. 1 ranked Thayer Bobcats Wednesday night. Thayer jumped out to a 15-2 lead after one quarter of play, increased its lead to 47-9 by halftime, and enjoyed a 63-13 lead by the end of the third quarter on its way to 64-21 victory against Hayti in a Class 2 sectional at Sikeston Field House...

The Malden Green Wave baseball program enters the 2019 season hoping for repeat success after enjoying its best season in school history last year. Malden returns five players - catcher Gavin Bristow, shortstop Tye Miller, third baseman Shay Amoss, right fielder Dalton Headley, and second baseman Dalton Lewis - who saw significant playing time on last season’s squad that finished 26-5, won the Bootheel Conference Tournament, won the Malden Invitational, and won the Class 3 state championship...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The Campbell Camels varsity girls basketball team rallied from a 42-27 halftime deficit to tie things up at 49-all with 5:42 remaining but was unable to put together the finish it needed to secure its first district title since 2007 Thursday night...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Kelly Hawks rallied from a 42-38 deficit at the end of the third quarter to force overtime and found a way to edge the No. 2 seeded Kennett Indians 61-59 in the extra session in a Class 3, District 1 semifinal Wednesday night at Charleston High School...

Campbell’s Blake Fowler reached a rare scoring milestone for a sophomore in a Class 2, District 1 semifinal against the Portageville Bulldogs Tuesday night. Fowler scored the 1,000th point of his high school career at the varsity level. “That’s a really good achievement for a sophomore to get to that many points at his age,” Campbell coach Steve Fowler said. “He had a really good year. He put a lot of work and effort into it and it has paid off for him.”...

GIDEON, Mo. - The Risco Tigers and Scott County Central Braves boys basketball programs are set to battle for a district title yet again after both squads won their respective Class 1, District 1 semifinal Tuesday night at Gideon High School. The first semifinal proved to be the closest with No. 1 seeded Risco edging the No. 4 seeded Delta Bobcats 60-55...

CHARLESTON, Mo – The Kennett varsity boys basketball team's season ended a win shy of reaching the district title game Tuesday night. The No. 1 seeded Charleston Bluejays beat the No. 4 seeded Kennett Indians 65-50 to book a spot in the district final for the 17th time in the last 18 years...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Campbell Camels jumped out to an early lead and hung on to beat the No. 3 seeded Portageville Bulldogs 63-51 in the nightcap semifinal at the Class 2, District 1 girls basketball tournament Monday at Portageville High School...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team experienced little difficulty booking a spot in the semifinals of the Class 3, District 1 tournament Monday night. No. 2 seeded Kennett won every quarter against No. 7 seeded East Prairie as it cruised to a 70-31 mercy-rule victory...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Kennett’s Jesus Diaz, Justin Woods, Hayden Higgins, Zackary Lewis, and Jordan Carter condoled their seasons at the state wrestling tournament at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri, Friday. See match results for each wrestler below: ---...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The No. 4 seeded Kennett Indians jumped out to an early 10-2 lead and needed every bit of the early insurance to withstand multiple rallies by the No. 5 seeded East Prairie Eagles in the final Class 3, District 1 boys quarterfinal Saturday night at Charleston High School...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 1 seeded Portageville Bulldogs experienced little difficulty disposing of the No. 8 seeded Holcomb Hornets in the first Class 2, District 1 boys quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Portageville outscored Holcomb by double digits in each of the first three quarters as it cruised to an 82-26 home victory...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 2 seeded Bernie Mules dominated the No. 7 seeded Cooter Wildcats from the get-go in the second Class 2, District 1 boys quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Bernie (21-6) jumped out to a 38-3 lead after one quarter of play, increased its lead to 61-13 by halftime, and led 80-15 by the start of the fourth quarter on its way to a 93-37 victory against Cooter...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 5 seeded Campbell Camels knocked down 11 3-pointers as it rallied from a 37-28 third-quarter deficit to upset the No. 4 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 71-64 in the final Class 2, District 1 boys quarterfinal at Portageville High School Saturday at Portageville High School...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Hayti Indians moved one step closer to a repeat district championship as it beat the No. 6 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions 61-26 in the third Class 2, District 1 boys basketball quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 4 seeded Holcomb Hornets allowed just 12 field goals as it outlasted the No. 5 seeded Senath-Hornersville Lions 50-32 in the second Class 2, District 1 girls quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Holcomb (12-11) enjoyed an 11-5 lead after one quarter of play before Senath-Hornersville narrowed the deficit to 24-19 by halftime. The Hornets outscored the Lions 12-7 in the third quarter and 14-6 in the fourth period on its way to a double digit victory...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The No. 3 seeded Portageville Bulldogs outlasted the No. 6 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 43-31 in the first Class 2, District 1 girls quarterfinal Saturday at Portageville High School. Portageville (9-15) jumped out to an 11-7 lead after one quarter of play, increased its lead to 22-12 by halftime, and led 33-19 at the end of the third quarter before South Pemiscot won the fourth quarter by a basket...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity boys basketball team surrendered 17 3-pointers to the visiting Holcomb Hornets but still found a way to escape with a double digit victory Thursday night. Malden put up 63 points after halftime as it rallied from a 44-42 halftime deficit to beat Holcomb 105-84 on Senior Night at Malden High School...

Kennett senior Trevon Lemons has known for quite some time football was the right sport for him. “The coaches told me from a young age I was big and could really do something with my size,” Lemon said. “They got me interested in football.” Lemons took the next step in his football career Wednesday morning when he made the decision to sign to play college football at Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Mississippi...

MALDEN, Mo. - After playing with a single digit lead for most of the first three quarters the Malden Green Wave varsity girls basketball team elected to speed things up against the Advance Hornets as the clock got closer to zero Wednesday night. “The tempo was very slow and we didn’t shoot it very well the first three quarters,” Malden coach Josh Herring said. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - It took until the midway point of the fourth quarter but the Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team finally managed to pull away from the Holcomb Hornets Tuesday night. Kennett outscored Holcomb 24-10 over the final eight minutes of play to secure a 59-43 home victory...

CLARKTON, Mo. - The Clarkton Reindeer varsity boys basketball team rallied from an eight-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to edge the visiting South Pemiscot Bulldogs 84-82 Tuesday night. Clarkton’s Lee Matney sank two free throws with about five seconds left to break an 82-all tie and seal the win...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Five Kennett wrestlers have qualified for the state tournament after finishing in the Top 4 of their respective weight class in Class 1, District 1 Saturday at Whitfield High School. Kennett’s Alex Diaz, Justin Woods, Hayden Higgins, Zack Lewis, and Jordan Clark will depart for the state wrestling tournament Wednesday and wrestle their first matches Thursday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri...

WARDELL, Mo. - The Risco Tigers varsity boys basketball team is developing the reputation of performing at its best during tournaments in the 2018-19 season. That trend continued Friday night in the championship of the Tri-County Conference Tournament at North Pemiscot School in Wardell, Mo...

The seedings have been released for the Class 1, District 1 basketball tournaments at Gideon High School; Class 2, District 1 basketball tournaments at Portageville High School; and Class 3, District 1 basketball tournaments at Charleston High School...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team trailed the state-ranked Saxony Lutheran Crusaders by just one point after one quarter of play but slowly lost ground the rest of the way Thursday night. Saxony Lutheran outscored Kennett by single digits in every quarter on its way to a 50-34 road victory...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team dug itself an early 18-6 hole against the visiting Senath-Hornersville Lions but still found a way to escape with a double-digit victory Tuesday night. Kennett closed out the second quarter on a 23-3 run to move ahead 29-21 by halftime and led throughout the second half as it beat nearby rival Senath-Hornersville 74-63...

South Pemiscot High School volleyball standout Elizabeth Gray signed a letter of intent to accept a volleyball scholarship with Williams Baptist University Jan. 31. With family, friends, and coaches on hand to witness the signing at the South Pemiscot gymnasium lobby, Gray put ink to paper to make her commitment to WBU official...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team outlasted the Cape Central Tigers 43-36 for its first SEMO Conference victory of the season Monday night. Kennett led 11-6 after one quarter and increased its lead to 21-14 by halftime before Cape Central moved ahead 26-25 by the end of the third quarter. Kennett outscored Cape Central 18-10 in the final quarter to rally for the road victory...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Malden Green Wave varsity girls basketball team enjoyed a lead as large as six points in the fourth quarter and led by three points in overtime but ultimately finished a point shy of walking away with a victory Monday night. East Prairie’s Faith Archie, who scored 15 of her team-high 17 points from the charity stripe, made four free throws in the final minute of overtime to erase a 60-59 deficit and put East Prairie on top 63-60...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team came up short in its bid to knock off the state-ranked Cape Central Tigers but one of its players did manage to set a new state record Friday night. Kennett junior Jackson Henfling took five charges against Cape Central to increase the number of charges he has taken in his high school career to 89...

The schedule is set for the highly anticipated Tri-County Conference varsity boys basketball tournament. The eight-team event will take place Feb. 4-8 at North Pemiscot School. No. 3 seeded Gideon plays No. 6 seeded Southland Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. and No. 1 seeded Clarkton plays No. 8 seeded North Pemiscot Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m...

If you attended Thursday night’s championship game of the Bootheel Conference Tournament, then you got your money’s worth. Call it a battle. Call it the “Battle of the Bootheel Part 2.” Call what you want, but the second matchup of the season between the Caruthersville Tigers (8-9) and Hayti Indians (16-3) was nothing short of stellar, full of fast and furious defense and high-flying acrobatic moves to the basket. ...

SENATH, Mo. - Hayti coach Craig Rodgers knew his squad could rotate better defensively even thought it already enjoyed a 25-19 lead against the Campbell Camels after one half of play Thursday night. “We knew we didn’t rotate well on defense and as a result didn’t rebound well in the first half,” Rodgers said. “We made sure we rotated better on defense in the third quarter, which put us in a better position to get steals and go score in the open court.”...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team outscored the host East Prairie Eagles in every quarter on its way to a convincing 59-28 road victory Thursday night. Kenneth led 18-9 after one quarter, increased its lead to 28-17 by halftime, and enjoyed a 47-21 advantage by the start of the fourth quarter...

The Notre Dame boys basketball team outpaced and outscored the Kennett Indians in all four quarters en route to a 73-49 home conference victory Wednesday. The Bulldogs (9-10, 3-3 SEMO Conference) had four double-digit scorers, led by Thomas Crippen with 16 points in the contest. Joining him was Justice Thoma (15), Carter Dame (12) and Kam Dohogne (11)...

SENATH, Mo. - Coach Mike Kilgore and his South Pemiscot Bulldogs (13-7) went into Tuesday night’s Bootheel Conference Tournament semifinal matchup owning an impressive five-game winning streak. The Bulldogs’ opponents, Aaron Bidewell’s Hayti Indians (15-3), had won 13 of their last 14, including a 63-59 win over South Pemiscot back on Jan. 8...

SENATH, Mo. - Hayti Indians varsity girls basketball coach Craig Rodgers didn’t have the pieces in place to extend his defense beyond half court when the season kicked off in November. “I like putting pressure on teams,” Rodgers said. “That was something we couldn’t do the first half of the season because we didn’t have the personnel to implement it. ...

SENATH, Mo. - The success continued for the No. 5 seeded Caruthersville Tigers Tuesday night at the Bootheel Conference varsity boys basketball tournament. Fresh off a 73-68 quarterfinal victory against No. 4 seeded Campbell Saturday, red-hot Caruthersville experienced little difficulty knocking off the No. 1 seeded Portageville Bulldogs in the first semifinal Tuesday...

SENATH, Mo. - The top-seeded Campbell Camels trailed the No. 4 seeded Caruthersville Tigers 19-15 after one quarter of play but managed to erase all of its trouble before halftime Tuesday afternoon. Campbell outscored Caruthersville 23-10 in the second quarter to move ahead 38-29 by halftime and led throughout the second half on its way to a 75-61 victory in the first varsity girls semifinal of the Bootheel Conference Tournament at Senath-Hornersville High School...

SENATH, Mo. - The semifinal are set at the Bootheel Conference varsity boys basketball tournament following quarterfinal action Saturday at Senath-Hornersville High School. No. 1 seeded Portageville, which received a first round bye Saturday, will take on No. 5 seeded Caruthersville in the first semifinal Tuesday at 5:30 p.m...

SENATH, Mo. - The top four seeds remain in contention to win the Bootheel Conference varsity girls basketball tournament after collecting quarterfinal wins Saturday at Senath-Hornersville High School. No. 1 seeded Campbell will take on No. 4 seeded Caruthersville in the first semifinal Tuesday at 4 p.m...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team moved one step closer to its quest to win three games in less than 72 hours Friday night. Fresh off a double overtime victory against Clarkton on Thursday, Senath-Hornersville built a 15-point lead by halftime and scored the first 15 points of the second half on its way to an 80-49 victory against the Delta C-7 Chargers on Homecoming Night...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The second-chance opportunities existed for the Portageville Bulldogs varsity girls basketball team from the opening tipoff Thursday night. The Bulldogs secured multiple offensive rebounds against the Kennett Indians defense on the opening possession of the game but missed every stick back it attempted near the basket...

The brackets are set for the Bootheel Conference boys and girls high school basketball tournaments. The tournaments take place Jan. 26, Jan. 28, Jan. 29, and Jan. 31 at Senath-Hornersville High School. See brackets for tournaments at the links below:...

DUSTIN WARD dward@dddnews.com KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett high school wrestling squad sent its seniors out on a high note Thursday night. Kennett beat Valley View (Ark.) 51-14 and beat New Madrid County Central 48-29 in varsity wrestling on Senior Night...

Senath-Hornersville senior Jose Andrade received an invitation to travel to Kansas for a baseball workout at Ottawa University earlier this school year. “I went and worked out there in late November,” Andrade said. “It was a really nice campus and gave off a good vibe.”...

SIKESTON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team got the offensive start it was hoping for but it wasn’t near enough to keep pace with the undefeated Sikeston Bulldogs Friday night. Sikeston, which is ranked No. 1 in the latest Class 4 state poll, scored at least 25 points in each of the first three quarters to build a comfortable 81-41 lead by the start of the fourth quarter on its way to a 93-51 mercy-rule victory at Kennett...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Twin Rivers Royals varsity girls basketball team remained within striking distance most of the way but slowly lost ground against the Kennett Indians Thursday night. Host Kennett outscored Twin Rivers by single digits in every quarter on its way to a 54-39 home victory...

SENATH, Mo. - The January success continued for the Portageville Bulldogs varsity girls basketball team Tuesday night against the Senath-Hornersville Lions. Portageville improved to 5-1 on the month with a 54-46 road victory against the Senath-Hornersvile Lions...

JACKSON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team moved back above the .500 mark with a 69-48 road victory against the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders Tuesday night. Kennett (9-8) led 18-11 after one quarter, 29-19 at halftime and 54-35 at the end of the third quarter...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - The Kennett varsity wresting team won two of three matches at the Poplar Bluff Quad Tuesday night. Kennett beat Jonesboro 48-24 and Notre Dame 51-30. Host Poplar Bluff beat Kennett 61-12. Kennett will compete in the two-day SEMO Conference Tournament Friday and Saturday at Farmington...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team struggled for offense most of the way against the Portageville Bulldogs but still managed to make things interesting in the closing minute of regulation Tuesday night. Senath-Hornersville center Isai Lopez recorded an offensive stickback with 16 seconds left to cut what was once 14-point point Portageville lead to 44-41...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team enjoyed a 4-2 lead three minutes into the first quarter but struggled for offense the rest of the way against the visiting Notre Dame Bulldogs Monday night. Notre Dame followed with 21 unanswered points to build a 23-4 lead with a couple minutes before halftime and led by double digits the rest of the way as it won at Kennett 54-23...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team lost the first quarter by a point but played lockdown defense against the Senath-Hornersville Lions the rest of the way Saturday afternoon. Kennett allowed only two field goals after the first period as it built a mercy-rule lead by late in the fourth quarter on its way to a 54-17 victory against nearby rival Senath-Hornersville...

KENNETT, Mo. - Kennett’s Jesus Diaz, Justin Woods, Hayden Higgins, and Jordan Carter won their respective varsity matches but it wasn’t enough to secure a team victory against the Dexter Bearcats Thursday evening. The visiting Dexter Bearcats won 10 of 14 varsity matches as it beat Kennett 54-24...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team found itself trailing by just a few points in the closing minutes of regulation for a second straight game Friday night. And for a second straight night, the Lions found a way to rally past its opponent for a victory...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville varsity boys basketball team trailed by a few points much of the second half but came up with the defensive stops it needed late to pass the Gideon Bulldogs Thursday night. Senath-Hornersville allowed only one field goal in the final four minutes of the fourth quarter, helping it erase a 47-46 deficit and rally past Gideon 53-49...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team enjoyed a 14-8 after one quarter of play but was unable to withstand the Charleston surge that followed Thursday. Charleston (10-5) outscored Kennett 25-16 in the second quarter and 21-19 in the third period to move ahead 54-49 by the start of the fourth quarter and hung on to beat Kennett 61-56...

MALDEN, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lions varsity boys basketball team returned to its winning ways Tuesday night after suffering a 56-34 loss to Kelly Friday. Senath-Hornersville scored the first eight points of the first quarter and added a separate run of 18 unanswered points later on as it beat the Malden Green Wave 62-41...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team put together its best performance against the Dexter Bearcats in the third meeting between the two squads but still finished several points shy of walking away with a victory Monday night...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Kennett varsity boys basketball coach Andrew Halford made the decision to go with a big lineup and try to utilize his squad’s size advantage against the state-ranked South Iron Panthers Saturday afternoon. “We knew how dangerous they were offensively,” Halford said. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - It came down to the final second but the Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team managed to escape with a one-point victory against the Campbell Camels Saturday at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. Following a timeout, Kennett inbounded the ball underneath its own basket and worded the ball to Camille Thomas who penetrated to the rim and was fouled with 6.3 seconds remaining in regulation. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity boys basketball team has developed a habit of digging itself an early hole in recent weeks. That trend continued Friday night against the visiting Jackson Indians. Jackson outscored Kennett by six points in the first quarter and five points in the second quarter to build a 29-18 lead by halftime and won the second half by three points as it secured a 57-43 road victory at Kennett...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team opened 2019 on a high note Thursday night. Kennett outscored Malden by double digits in each of the first two quarters as it built a 40-12 lead by halftime on its way to a 62-36 home victory...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Kennett Indians rallied from a 34-23 deficit in the final four minutes of regulation but was unable to get the defensive stop it needed to take the Doniphan Dons to overtime Saturday night. Following a timeout with 18 seconds remaining, Doniphan pushed the ball the length of the floor and worked the ball around the perimeter a couple of times until it got the ball in the hands of six-foot-seven center Trent Lippoldt near the top of the key. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 7 seeded Kennett Indians rebounded nicely about 24 hours after suffering its first loss at the double-elimination Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Kennett allowed less than 10 points in every quarter as it disposed of the No. 6 seeded Dexter Bearcats 49-30 in a fifth-place semifinal Friday evening...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - No. 8 seeded Portageville will take on No. 10 seeded South Pemiscot in the consolation championship of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Saturday at 4 p.m. Both squads won their respective consolation semifinals by double digits Friday...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 7 seeded Kennett Indians increased its offensive output in every quarter but was unable to recover from its early offensive struggles against the No. 2 seeded Bernie Mules Thursday night. Bernie won each of the first two quarters by five points to build a 25-15 lead by halftime and hung on to beat Kennett 52-47 in a championship quarterfinal of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament...

DELTA DUNKLIN DEMOCRAT BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The consolation semifinals are set at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament following quarterfinal action Thursday. No. 8 seeded Portageville will take on No. 13 seeded Bloomfield in the first consolation semifinal Friday at 1 p.m. The second consolation semifinal between No. 10 seeded South Pemiscot and No. 14 seeded Malden follows Friday at about 2:30 p.m...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The No. 7 seeded Kennett Indians fell behind the No. 10 seeded South Pemiscot Bulldogs 9-0 in the opening quarter but still found a way to escape with a mercy rule victory Wednesday night. Kennett rallied to tie things up at 15-15 by the end of the first quarter, moved ahead 36-31 by halftime, and increased its lead to 55-28 by the end of the third quarter on its way to a 70-40 victory against South Pemiscot in a first round contest at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The top-seeded Hayti Indians surpassed the century mark before the start of the fourth quarter as it cruised past the No. 16 seeded Holcomb Hornets 115-40 in the first game at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Wednesday morning. Hayti (5-2) led 35-9 after the first quarter, 69-22 at halftime and 94-28 at the end of the third quarter...

CAMPBELL, Mo. — The Malden varsity boys basketball team looked poised for an early-season upset at Campbell, but its momentum wavered as the Camels took control late in the game. Bolstered by a game-high 22 points by Blake Fowler, Campbell outscored Malden 20-8 to claim a 54-41 home victory...

BROSELEY, Mo. - The Kennett Indians varsity girls basketball team trailed the Doniphan Donettes by just four points at 22-18 with 3:06 left in the first half but was unable to recover from the offensive drought that followed Friday afternoon. Doniphan scored the final four points of the first half and first 11 points of the second half to pad its lead to 37-18 by the 5:15 mark of the third quarter and led by double digits the rest of the way as it beat Kennett 59-27 in a fifth-place semifinal of the Lady Royals Classic.. ...

KENNETT, Mo. - The most successful Kennett football season in recent history was capped off with the annual football awards banquet Thursday night at the Kennett High School Cafeteria. Trevon Lemons was recognized as the Indian Football Most Valuable Player, Indian Football Offensive Lineman of the Year, and Indian Football Defensive Lineman of the Year. Lemons recorded 69 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles, three punt blocks, and intercepted one pass his senior season...

SENATH, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville varsity girls basketball team is heading into the Christmas break on a high note after collecting a key district win Tuesday night. Senath-Hornersville outscored the visiting Hayti Indians by single digits in every quarter as it moved back to the .500 mark with a 64-53 home victory...

SENATH, Mo. - Hayti boys basketball coach Aaron Bidewell has placed an increased emphasis on shot selection and sharing the basketball with his squad in recent days. “We took a ton of bad shots at the start of the season and that was my fault because I was giving them too much freedom,” Bidewell said. ...

KENNETT, Mo. — New Madrid County Central boys basketball coach Lennies McFerren admitted that the game-winning play didn’t go quite as he planned it. “It wasn’t supposed to be a three-pointer,” McFerron said after the Eagles sealed a 58-55 win with a game-winning three-pointer by Johnnie Walker in the final seconds of regulation. ...