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Here’s the schedule for the SCAA junior varsity boys basketball tournament that starts Monday, Jan. 27, at the Bearcat Event Center. Monday, Jan. 27 No. 3 Woodland vs. No. 6 Puxico, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 No. 2 Advance vs. No. 7 Bell City, 6 p.m. No. 4 Dexter vs. No. 5 Bloomfield, 7:30 p.m...

The Bobcats held the Hornets to one point in the first quarter and never looked back as they picked up a 63-33 home victory.

POPLAR BLUFF — The Poplar Bluff boys basketball team turned defense into offense Tuesday night to pull away from rival Jackson. The Mules forced four straight turnovers to score eight consecutive points late in the third quarter, turning a tight game into a double-digit lead...

The Mules won six of the 11 events to score 157 points and pick up a tri-meet victory over the Indians and the Zizzers. Jackson edged out West Plains for second place by a single point 75-74.

PUXICO — Junior Andrew Ellinghouse gave the Dexter boys basketball team a much needed lift in the third quarter. Ellinghouse scored 15 of his game- and season-high 30 points in the third, leading the Bearcats to a 76-40 victory over the Puxico Indians on Tuesday night at Puxico High School...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Three Rivers picked up its fourth straight win, and fourth straight win by less than 10 points. The Raiders beat Arkansas Baptist 92-89 in overtime Tuesday, improving their record in games decided by 10 points or less to 9-4 and 6-1 dating back to Dec. 7...

As of Jan. 14, Kalyssa Hollis had made one 3-pointer all season. The 6-foot-2 forward was 1 for 9 through 19 games. The only person on the team who had attempted fewer 3s this year were fellow post players Brogan Jones and Jamiyah Thomas. That has changed...

The Dexter Bearcats and Bernie Mules could meet for a third time this season in the championship game of the upcoming SCAA boys basketball tournament that starts Monday at the Bearcat Event Center. The rivals split their two meetings this season. The Bearcats beat Bernie 58-56 in the semifinals of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, and Bernie won the rematch 60-55 Friday night at the Bearcat Event Center...

In her final home meet, Poplar Bluff senior Paige Bradley won the shortest and longest races Tuesday afternoon, while helping a pair of relays win. Seniors accounted for seven top-three finishes in individual events as the Mules swept the relays and beat Jackson by 82 points...

Poplar Bluff didn’t allow a field goal until for the first 12 1/2 minutes. A pair of free throws in the first quarter was Naylor’s only points until Ebby Moman got a putback with 3 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter. The Mules meanwhile jumped out to a 23-2 lead and went on to win 63-30 Monday night at the Senior High Gym...

WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Another day another close win for the Raiders. The Three Rivers men’s basketball team beat MSU-West Plains 89-83 Saturday for its third straight win by less than 10 points. “Felt pretty good about the group Saturday. I think we are ready to move on. ...

NEOSHO, Mo. — After 21 games, nobody has scored more points than the Three Rivers women’s basketball team in the nation. The Raiders held off a late charge from Crowder to win 84-72 Saturday. “They were putting some points on the board and we were struggling a little bit offensively,” Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. “It was a ballgame.”...

The Blue Jays used a 20-9 third quarter to pull away from the Hornets and pick up the home victory.

SEDALIA, Mo. — Kendrick Brown, Joseph Hardimon and the Poplar Bluff boys basketball team got off to a good start Saturday morning. Hardimon scored seven first-quarter points as the Mules jumped out to a double-digit lead and rolled past Foundations College Prep of Chicago 74-28 to place seventh at the McDonald's Classic at Smith-Cotton High School...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Poplar Bluff didn’t have an individual champion but placed six wrestlers in the top three of their weight class as the Mules claimed the team title at the St. Charles Invitational on Saturday. Grace Kearby won an individual title with a pin and Katlyn Pickard reached the final as Poplar Bluff finished third as a team on the girls side...

The Miller Career Academy girls basketball team took advantage of strong even-numbered quarters Saturday to beat the Dexter Bearcats 60-43 at the Jackson Showcase. Sydney Asberry scored seven points and Dulcie Pullen had six in the first quarter where the Bearcats took a 15-13 lead.

Two Dexter wrestlers won their weight divisions Saturday at the Owensville Invitational. Bryston Pemberton (19-5) won the 120-pound class, and Travis Waldner (29-0) won his 170-pound division. The tournament uses a different format with some divisions using a scramble format and others using a round robin format. The round robin format features A and B divisions...

SEDALIA, Mo. — Down just five at the end of the first quarter Friday, the Poplar Bluff boys basketball team turned the ball over on their first three possessions to start the second and found themselves quickly behind by double digits. “I think we had more turnovers than shots in the first half,” Mules coach William Duren said...

The Advance girls basketball team went 10 of 16 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter and rallied to beat the East Prairie Eagles 47-44 Friday night at East Prairie High School. The Hornets took the early lead, building an 11-4 advantage after one quarter and a 21-17 lead at halftime...

DEXTER — The Bernie Mules were knocking down 3-pointers right and left in the first half. After halftime when their shots didn’t fall as often, the Mules rebounded many of their misses en route to a 60-55 victory over the Dexter boys basketball team...

Of all the potential candidates for the inaugural Three Rivers College Hall of Fame class, five stood above the rest. Gene Bess, J.P. McLane, Paula Corder King, Matt Palmer and the 1979 National Champion Raiders basketball team. Coach, contributor, two players and the school’s first championship squad...

ELLSINORE — Naomi Crowly scored all nine of her points in the second quarter as East Carter surged ahead Thursday night in a 50-36 win over Van Buren. The Redbirds used a 21-7 second quarter to go from down 9-6 to up 11 heading into halftime. Makenna Moore sank a pair of third-quarter 3-pointers while Brooklyn Kearby scored nine of her team-high 16 points in the second half for East Carter (9-6)...

SEDALIA, Mo. — Another slow start put the Poplar Bluff boys basketball team behind double digits early Thursday night in the opening round of the McDonald's Classic at Smith-Cotton High School. Rock Bridge scored 10 consecutive points midway through the opening quarter as the Mules stumbled out of the gate in an 82-59 loss to the defending MSHSAA Class 5 champions...

ADVANCE, Mo. — Another strong night from Scott County Central senior Samantha Coffee lifted the Bravettes to a win over Advance on Thursday. Coffee had 17 points, on 6 of 13 shooting, and seven rebounds, as Scott County Central defeated Advance 46-35, at Advance High School...

DEXTER — The Neelyville girls basketball team strung together two long runs to build a big lead and beat the Dexter Bearcats 60-40 Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center. The Tigers strung together a pair of 13-0 runs. The first started in the opening quarter and ended in the second, and the second rally began in the second and continued into the third...

Shawn Robards won a hard-fought match that went the distance to the delight of his coaches and teammates, and the Dexter wrestling team beat Kennett 63-18 Thursday at Dexter High School. Robards beat Preston Ragland 9-8 in the 195-pound bout behind a strong finish to the third period with his teammates and coaches cheering him on...

It was a near perfect start for the Raiders. The Three Rivers women’s basketball team scored the first 15 points in just 4 minutes and went on to beat Arkansas State Mid-South 109-52 Wednesday at the Libla Family Sports Complex. “Our defensive intensity coming out was some of the best its been all year long,” Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. ...

The Bernie Mules dropped a spot to No. 9 in Class 2 in the latest Missouri Basketball Coaches Association boys basketball poll. Greenwood remains in the top spot. Ten other Southeast Missouri teams have been ranked. Delta debuted at No. 7 in the Class 1 boys poll after upsetting Class 2 state-ranked Oran 81-78 Jan. 3...

McKenzie Smith started her senior year at a new school and with new teammates playing softball. After recently signing her National Letter of Intent to play softball in college, the Poplar Bluff senior is looking forward to another new adventure. “Coming here was culture shock,” said Smith, who started her high school career in Puxico...

Brooklyn Kearbey scored nine of her game-high 21 points in the opening quarter as the host Redbirds jumped out to a 20-6 lead Tuesday and East Carter earned a 62-43 win over Clearwater in an Ozark Foothills Conference game. Makenna Moore sank four of her five 3-pointers in the third quarter and had 19 points for East Carter (8-6, 1-2 OFC) while Naomi Crowley added eight points...

Poplar Bluff went 3-0 in its quad meet against Jonesboro (Ark.), Notre Dame and Kennett to improve to 12-1. The Mules beat Notre Dame 78-6 and Jonesboro 72-6 and swept Kennett 77-0 with six pins out of eight matches to finish the night Monday at the Senior High Gym...

BLOOMFIELD — The Dexter boys basketball team wasn’t content with forcing the Bloomfield Wildcats to make errant throws. At least three times in the first half, the Bearcats chased after balls going out of bounds and passed to a teammate who started a fast break, resulting in an easy scoring opportunity...

After all of her teammates headed to the sideline with less than 2 minutes left before tipoff of the Advance Hornets’ recent girls basketball game against Oak Ridge, sophomore Alandry Below grabbed a teammate to rebound, as she shot a few free throws...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Opening up strong, the East Prairie boys basketball team outscored Scott County Central 21-9 in the opening period, en route to a 66-44 win over the Braves on Tuesday night. Harrison Moore led all scorers with 20 points. Jase Aycock and Jack Scruggs each had 11 for the Eagles, while Evan Howell and Hayden Ellis had seven...

Jack Below surpassed the 50-point mark for the second time this season, leading the Advance boys basketball team to a 73-64 win over Chaffee on Tuesday night at Advance High School. Below scored a game-high 53 points after scoring 58 in the Hornets’ 87-84 loss to Kelly in the semifinals of the Oran Invitational...

POPLAR BLUFF — Three of Poplar Bluff's swimmers were in the 500-yard freestyle for the first time Tuesday while the Mules that might normally swim the butterfly found they were doing the breaststroke instead. "We wanted to use this as a meet to get them out of their comfort zone and prove to them that they can swim everything from event one to event 12 because that's how we train," Mules coach Beth Lewis-Muse said. "There's no true speciality for them. Their speciality is every single event."...

DEXTER — The quick-striking Dexter Bearcats opened SEMO Conference play with a big first half. However, the Kennett girls basketball team made things interesting in the end before the Bearcats held on for a 43-37 victory Monday night at the Bearcat Event Center...

Adison Musgrave scored season-high 15 points, but the Bloomfield girls basketball team couldn’t overcome a slow start in its 33-26 loss to Caruthersville on Monday night at Bloomfield High School. Musgrave scored 13 of her 15 points after halftime, posting the highest single-game total of any Bloomfield player this season...

SEDALIA, Mo. — The fourth quarter was kind to Three Rivers on Sunday. The Raiders, ahead by two at halftime and five going into the final 10 minutes, outscored State Fair 36-19 in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 95-73 win in Sedalia. “The fatigue was a big factor in the fourth quarter for State Fair,” Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. “That’s the style we like to play to wear people down and were lucky enough to be able to do it yesterday.”...

SEDALIA, Mo. — With several key defensive stops, Three Rivers earned its fourth win of the season by five points or less. The Raiders were down by as much as 18 points in the first half before fighting back to beat State Fair 79-74 on Sunday. The Raiders are now 4-2 in games decided by five points or less...

SIKESTON — After falling to Delta in the Delta New Year’s Tournament last Thursday, the two teams met again at Ronnie Cookson Gymnasium at Scott County Central High School on Monday. Samantha Coffee proved to be a problem for the Bravettes, finishing with a monster double-double, in their 52-46 win over the Lady Bobcats...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Paige Bradley qualified for the MSHSAA state championships in the diving event Saturday as the Poplar Bluff senior placed second by a 1.5 points. The Mules placed second as a team and had their fastest times of the season in all three relays...

Travis Waldner and Eric Harmon went undefeated Saturday, and the Dexter wrestling team placed second in the five-team Ste. Genevieve Duals tournament. Waldner went 4-0, recording two wins by fall, one by tech fall and one by forfeit. He remains unbeaten this season with a 23-0 record...

BROSELEY — Levi Rawlings was in the right spot at the right time Friday night. The Doniphan junior caught a missed shot, turned and sank a jumper just before the buzzer to stun rival Twin Rivers 41-40 in an Ozark Foothills Conference game. “I just went in for a rebound like I usually do, try my hardest,” said Rawlings who had four of his six rebounds on the offensive end...

Mason Keena pinned down three victories, leading the Dexter wrestling team to a pair of wins in a quadrangular match Thursday at Park Hills. Keena (145 pounds) pinned Colten Bess, of Park Hills Central, in 5 minutes, 20 seconds; Steven Riddell, of Potosi, in 1:38; and John Davenport Cortivo II, of St. Clair, in 1:48...

BERNIE — Now only two unbeaten teams remain. The Bernie Mules routed the Advance boys basketball team 83-61 Friday night in a battle of two of the top three teams in the SCAA standings. The Mules (11-2, 2-0 SCAA) and Dexter (6-4, 1-0) are the only teams who remain unbeaten in league play with a week’s worth of games left before the seed meeting Jan. ...

MOBERLY, Mo. — Three Rivers allowed 100 points on Friday … and still had 9 minutes left in the game. Moberly Area went on to beat Three Rivers 128-93 in Moberly. It is the most points Three Rivers has allowed this season and the most since the Raiders allowed 149 points to Indian Hills in February 2014 in a season where the Indians were 34-3...

MOBERLY, Mo. — “I am glad I will never come back to Moberly again because you’ve got to beat eight people,” said Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk, who is retiring at the end of the season. Moberly Area attempted 54 free throws Friday as Three Rivers was called for 32 fouls. The Raiders, meanwhile, earned 15 free throws as the Greyhounds won 90-74...

Damon Ivy sank a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, and the Richland boys basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak with a 57-55 win over the Cubs on Friday night at Bell City. Ivy finished with a team-high 19 points, and Tanner Freeman had 16 for the Rebels, who improved to 2-7 that included a 65-62 loss to Bell City at the Oran Invitational.