DeSOTO, Mo. — After not allowing a point over the final four-plus minutes the previous night, the Poplar Bluff boys basketball team picked up where they left off Saturday in the championship game of of the seventh annual Fountain City Classic. The Mules didn’t allow a field goal over the opening 6 minutes, 42 seconds to build a 10-1 lead. It never got closer than four the rest of the way as Poplar Bluff beat top-seeded University City 59-43 at DeSoto High School...

MOBERLY, Mo. — The Three Rivers women’s basketball team kept on rolling Saturday in the Region XVI Showdown as the Raiders defeated State Fair Community College 71-65, improving their record to 13-0 overall and 4-0 in the region. The win didn't come without some bumps in the road as both teams were trading the lead in the late stages of the fourth quarter, but the Raiders were able to put the game away from the free-throw line in the final 30 seconds...

By ROBERT AUGSDORFER Sports Writer The Three Rivers men’s basketball team tried making a ballgame out of their tilt against Moberly at the Libla Family Sports Complex on Saturday night, but the Raiders came up short 65-59. "(Moberly) got off to a great start in the game, but we kept battling," Raiders coach Brian Bess said. "They're a very good athletic team. They've got a couple of guys going to Divisiion I and they let us know about it on the floor."...

DeSOTO, Mo. — Poplar Bluff and Sikeston got an early look at each other Friday night during seventh annual Fountain City Classic. The SEMO Conference rivals squared off in a semifinal that featured 14 lead changes, five ties before an 11-0 run to end the game...

VAN BUREN — The Ellington Whippets won the Lady Dawg Classic on Thursday as they have now started their 2021-22 season with a perfect 3-0 record. They defeated Liberty by a score of 68-52 in order to secure the title. “It means a lot for us to win this tournament this year,” Ellington coach David Burrows said. “We were beat out last year so it’s nice to come back and win it. It definitely prepares us for the rest of the season.”...