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Former Sikeston Bulldog Parker Long made his long awaited Redhawk debut in Southeast Missouri State’s 65-50 defeat against Morehead State on Saturday at the Show Me Center. He played only six minutes and recorded no stats in the Redhawks’ first game in over a week after being on pause since Jan. 8 due to COVID-19 protocols...

The Dexter Bearcats received the top seed for the upcoming SCAA Basketball Tournament, which tips off Jan. 25 at Bloomfield. Advance received the No. 2 seed, Bernie No. 3, Woodland No. 4, Richland No. 5, Puxico No. 6, Bell City No. 7 and Bloomfield No. 8...

JACKSON — The Dexter Bearcats showed the wear and tear of their physical game against Neelyville. The Bearcats suffered a 69-64 loss to a physical Neelyville squad on Thursday night but rebounded Saturday with a 58-33 victory over Woodland in the Jackson Lady Indians Showcase...

BERNIE — One wild sequence in the fourth quarter demonstrated the effectiveness of Dexter’s pressure defense, which lifted the Bearcats to a 52-39 come-from-behind victory over the Mules on Friday night at Bernie High School. The mad scramble began with a familiar sight, a Dexter player deflecting a pass. ...

The Kelly Hawks picked up a road win Friday by beating an upstart Chaffee team 60-54, improving their season record to 7-7. Kelly, who had previously only won one of their last 4 games, got a game-high 24 points from junior Gavin Jansen, who recently picked up his 1,000th career point this past week...

Andrew Morgan and Kolin Simpson went undefeated Friday night, as the Dexter wrestling team competed in the Friday Night Takedown at Sullivan. In the 285-pound division, Simpson pinned St. James’ Tyler Skaggs in 10 seconds and Jeremiah Rodriguez, of Sullivan, in 3:24...

Drum roll, please. After seeing a lot of chatter on who the top-10 boys and girls basketball teams are in the region, I have put together a list of who I think deserves to be mentioned. Here is the absolutely accurate (see the sarcasm) boys’ list: New Madrid County Central (9-0)...

DEXTER — The Dexter Bearcats strung together a pair of long runs in the first half and rolled to a 73-35 victory over Bloomfield in an SCAA boys basketball matchup Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center. The two teams met in the first round of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament with the Bearcats cruising to a 103-23 victory en route to the tournament championship...

The Neelyville girls basketball team outscored Dexter 28-10 from the free-throw line and rallied to beat the Bearcats 69-64 Thursday night at Neelyville High School. “We didn’t do a very good job of not fouling,” Dexter coach Eric Sitze said. “We put them on line way too much. Free throws were the difference in the game. Our free-throw percentage wasn’t very good tonight.”...

The Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball team returns to the court after pausing activities for a week to take on Morehead State on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Show Me Center. The game was originally slated for Feb. 19 but was moved to Saturday to fill a slot vacated by Austin Peay, which was supposed to come to town.

The Dexter Bearcats stretched their win streak in dual matches to four with a pair of victories Thursday night at Kennett. The Bearcats beat Kennett 42-36 and Jonesboro, Arkansas, 56-30. Kasen Forkum and Kolin Simpson each went 2-0 with two wins by pinfall. Eric Harmon won his only match, pinning Ashton Adams, of Kennett, in 14 seconds...

The Kennett Indians girls basketball team picked up their seventh win of the season on the road Thursday as they held Charleston to their lowest point total of the campaign, winning easily 48-15. Kennett led after one-quarter of action 17-0 and 30-4 at halftime...

As a freshman a year ago, Cape Central center Cameron Williams showed glimpses of ability but those outings were interspersed with games in which he didn’t produce much. Fast-forward to this season and the 6-foot-7 athlete has been much more consistent in his production.

BELL CITY — The Bell City boys basketball team made a living from the free-throw line, and junior Bryson Maddox put the team on his shoulders down the stretch. As a result, the Cubs snapped a 31-game losing streak, beating SCAA rival Puxico 46-39 Tuesday night at Bell City High School...

Four boys basketball teams and four girls basketball teams from the Semoball coverage area remain state-ranked in the latest basketball poll released by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Tuesday night. The Campbell boys, which have won 11 straight to improve to 11-1 overall, have moved up a spot to No. 4 in Class 2. The Oran boys (9-3) remain at No. 6 in Class 2...

When former Southeast Missouri State all-everything wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson graduated a year ago and took his 219 career receptions with him, it left a hole the size of Houck Stadium in the Redhawks’ offensive statistics.

The Advance girls basketball team outscored Oak Ridge 24-14 over the middle two quarters en route to a 40-36 victory Tuesday night at Advance. Oak Ridge led 13-9 after one quarter and 22-21 at halftime. The Hornets pulled ahead in the third quarter, taking a 33-27 lead into the fourth...

If you like watching basketball games where both teams set a frantic pace, up and down style more like a track meet, then you were in luck if you watched Scott City visit Delta Tuesday night. Delta head coach Chris Hahn prefers the "up and down" style of play but visiting head coach Mark Dannenmueller of Scott City found that liking just fine as his Rams "ran" away with the game, 100-81...

KENNETT - The Bernie Mules varsity boys basketball squad saved the best for last in its road contest against the Kennett Indians. Bernie fell behind 30-18 a couple minutes into the second half but outscored Kennett 35-13 the rest of the way as rallied for a 53-43 victory...

There was no shortage of excellent performances on the basketball courts throughout Southeast Missouri last week and Campbell player Blake Fowler and Notre Dame’s Leah Jansen were at the top of those.

In an incredible act of irony, as the FBS college football season came to a close on Monday with Alabama and Ohio State competing for a national championship, programs at the FCS level were opening their training camps.

Chase Conrad scored a game-high 19 points, and the Meadow Heights boys basketball team beat the Wildcats 61-48 Monday night at Bloomfield High School. Tristen Mayfield added 14 points and Kade Lindgren had 10. Lane Bader paced Bloomfield (1-9) with 11 points, and Jeffrey Jarrell had 10...

The Oak Ridge Blue Jays put up 20 points in the first quarter, outscoring the visiting Puxico Indians by 11, and the Indians were never able to recover, losing to Oak Ridge 59-31 Monday. For Puxico, it was their 11th loss of the season(combined with 2 wins to have their record now 2-11)...

KENNETT - The Dexter Bearcats varsity girls basketball squad played from behind most of the way but hit enough shots late to rally past the Kennett Indians. Dexter overcame a 41-37 deficit in the final two minutes to win at Kennett 46-43 Monday. “I don’t think we turned it over as much the second half,” Dexter coach Eric Sitze said of the come-from-behind win. ...

Alandry Below scored 13 of game-high 35 points in the first quarter, and the Advance girls basketball team beat Eagle Ridge Christian 64-46. The Hornets jumped ahead 24-7 after one quarter of a game played Monday night at Advance High School. Advance led 38-26 at halftime and 54-35 after three quarters...