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DEXTER — The Dexter Bearcats boys basketball team continued its memorable week after a win over No. 1 Charleston with a 72-46 beating of visiting Malden Friday night. Cole Nichols blasted the Malden defense to the tune of 32 points while Truman Krapf added 12...

HILLSBORO, Mo. — Maybe all it takes is an extra “a” in a name. The Three Rivers Raiders women’s basketball team defeated the Crowder College Lady Riders 75-60 Friday night at Jefferson College in another Region 16 challenge event. Three Rivers (8-1) won its second straight game behind a 42-21 first half burst and the play of Jenna McMillen (27 points, including seven three-pointers), Maiya Bergdorf (14 points, six rebounds) and Ari Winston (11 points)...

KENNETT — Two teams separated by 30 miles and a stretch of Highway 60 were thrown into their first contest of the girls basketball season Friday night. The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules and Dexter Bearcats met in the 2022 SEMO Conference Tournament consolation final and it, fittingly, came down to barely any distance between them...

KENNETT – The Poplar Bluff High School girl’s basketball squad has methodically improved this season through each of its three games, culminating on Wednesday with a 40-34 win over Sikeston in the SEMO Conference Tournament consolation semifinal at Kennett.

BLOOMFIELD — Admittedly, the history of Bloomfield girls basketball in recent years has not been synonymous with winning. According to the Missouri State High School Activities Association website, the Lady Wildcats had won only six total games from 2017 to 2022, which included the ominous two-year losing streak heading into this campaign...

The Poplar Bluff girls swimming and diving team opened up its newest campaign with a look that is just as fresh as the season just begun. Lady Mules head coach Beth Lewis watched as her girls won their opening triangular against Notre Dame and Saxony Lutheran Tuesday in Poplar Bluff and that was a welcome result for a coach looking at a rebooted set of faces hoping to push the program to another level...

VAN BUREN — If the Doniphan Donettes can play a better half of basketball, one might want to call the WNBA and tell them these girls got next. Taking advantage of their physical superiority in terms of height and length, a devastating defensive presence and relentless attack on the offensive boards, the Donettes led by 27 points at halftime en route to a 53-35 win over host Van Buren in the championship of the Lady Dawg Classic...

PUXICO — The Malden Lady Wave girls basketball team defeated the Puxico Lady Indians 48-36 in a game in which the Lady Wave never trailed. Jada Townsend led the Lady Wave with 16 points, leading all other scorers in the game. Malden head coach Alexis Roberson was pleased with her team’s first win of the season...