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Poplar Bluff tennis earns third straight win (9/22/20)Poplar Bluff’s tennis team has not had much time to practice lately for the upcoming postseason, and yet the Mules have put together a winning streak. After sweeping doubles play for the first time this season, the Mules beat the rain and Charleston 8-1 at the Senior High Courts... -
Attacking Bernie volleyball team serves up sweep of Malden (9/22/20)MALDEN — Serve-receive was not Malden’s friend Tuesday night. The Green Wave struggled to generate any offense and allowed 13 service aces in a 25-10, 25-17, 25-6 loss to the Bernie Mules volleyball team at Malden High School. “Serve-receive’s difficult. ... -
Chad Niezing wins Ozark after grinding out below par rounds (9/21/20)Only one person played two rounds under par at the 74th Tom Hoover Ozark Invitational. Chad Niezing of Manchester shot 67-69 to finish 6-under and win by four strokes Sunday at Westwood Hills Country Club. “It’s been a great tournament. Love the golf course, love the people down here. ... -
Defensive-minded Bloomfield baseball routs Gideon 16-0, evens record at 3-3 (9/21/20)BLOOMFIELD — First-year Bloomfield baseball coach Ryan Alexander is building his team around defense. The Wildcats played error-free ball Monday in their 16-0 rout of Gideon. The game was called in the third inning because of the 15-run mercy rule. “That’s been our identity as a team. ... -
Volleyball Roundup, Sept. 19: Advance sweeps foes at Jackson Spikefest, remains unbeaten (9/19/20)The two-time defending Class 1 state volleyball champion Advance Hornets remained undefeated with a pair of victories Saturday at the Jackson Spikefest. The Hornets beat Perryville 25-8, 25-20, 25-19, and Jackson 25-15, 25-23, 25-17. Advance (7-0) hasn’t dropped a set this season...
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East Prairie football takes advantage of Dexter turnovers, 'pounds the rock' in 25-15 victory (9/18/20)DEXTER — The East Prairie football team capitalized on a pair of third quarter fumbles and orchestrated a time-consuming, game-clinching touchdown drive in the fourth quarter to beat the Dexter Bearcats 25-15 Friday night at Charles Bland Stadium. The Eagles (3-1, 2-0 SEMO Central Conference) trailed 15-7 at halftime, but back-to-back turnovers by Dexter allowed them to take a lead they didn’t relinquish... -
Senior Night comes early for Mules volleyball, soccer (9/17/20)Poplar Bluff celebrated its seniors in volleyball and soccer Thursday night. Emma Johnson, who suffered a knee injury prior to the start of the volleyball season, was able to join her teammates briefly on the court and the Mules responded with their first win of the season... -
Poplar Bluff softball breaks tie with late two-out rally to beat Naylor (9/17/20)Shae Sarabia kept the go-ahead run from reaching base when the Naylor center fielder made a highlight-reel catch, leaping as she ran back for the second out Thursday. The Eagles, however, couldn’t get out of the sixth inning. Poplar Bluff scored 10 runs after that as the Mules broke open a tight game for a 14-4 win at Bobby Strenfel Field... -
Royals' Allie Kacynski hits walk-off home run (9/17/20)BROSELEY, Mo. — Twin Rivers already has “Windshield Whitney.” Allie Kacynski just made an argument for her own nickname. Bottom of the seventh, two on, Kacynski at the plate. Royals down by one after being shutdown by Neelyville pitcher Payton Reinbott for most of the game... -
Dexter volleyball remains unbeaten in SCAA, sweeps rival Bernie 3-0 (9/17/20)DEXTER — The Dexter Bearcats gained the upper hand early, and when the Bernie volleyball team got on a roll later, they squashed the momentum en route to an SCAA victory. The Bearcats swept rival Bernie 25-17, 25-17, 25-16 to improve to 10-3 overall and 3-0 in league play Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center...
Outdoors
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Suspect found in Carter County elk poaching caseCARTER COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that a Scott County woman has been charged with illegally shooting a cow elk in Carter County in November 2019 and abandoning the carcass with no meat or other parts of the animal taken... -
Archery, teal seasons off to strong startMissouri’s archery deer season is off to a strong start. After just more than 24 hours, hunters across the state had taken 767 deer. That’s pretty good considering the mid-week opener. Just more than a third of that number comprised antlered bucks taken, with the rest being does and a small percentage of button bucks...
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Archery, teal seasons kick off next weekIt’s getting close to mid-September, and that means things to do outdoors are ramping up quickly. There are several things happening in the next several days, from more hunting seasons opening to fishing tournaments. The first opener in Missouri is for teal, and that will be on Saturday...
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Local archers compete at national levelFour young shooters from the Southeast Missouri School of Archery, based out of Twisted Arrow in Poplar Bluff, qualified and shot for scores in the national Scholastic 3-D Association’s national tournament Tuesday evening. “We were all supposed to go to Louisville, Kentucky, back in March to the S3DA nationals,” said Twisted Arrow co-owner Jim Akers. “They canceled and told us they would reschedule, and we ended up having to do it virtual.”... -
Missouri’s long-awaited dove season opener is TuesdayTuesday is opening day for one of Missouri’s most popular hunting seasons. The dove season will kick off one-half hour before sunrise on that day and will continue through Nov. 29. Hunters can take doves until sunset each day. If this year is typical of most others (I can’t believe even I said that), thousands of hunters from across the state will converge on the flatlands of Butler County and east into the Bootheel for a chance to take some doves. ...
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Scaled back Friends of NRA event nets $35KThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted almost every event since it began in March, and this year’s 28th annual SEMO Friends of NRA banquet almost didn’t happen because of it. Fortunately, organizers said, the event was held and was more successful than expected...
