The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association boys basketball poll was recently released.
Six local boys basketball teams in Southeast Missouri were among those ranked in the top 10.
In Class 2 Oran is ranked #3 and the Bernie Mules are ranked #8.
Charleston BlueJays are ranked #1 in Class 3 along with Kennett who are ranked #7.
In Class 4 Cape Central Tigers are ranked 5th and Notre Dame is ranked 8th.
Malden, Missouri - the 2020 Malden JV Invitational Basketball Tournament will be held at the Malden High School on January 13th, 15th and 18th.
Bernie Junior Varsity Basketball team earned the #1 spot followed by #2 New Madrid CC, #3 Dexter, #4 Kennett, #5 Twin Rivers, #6 Mladen, #7 Holcomb, #8 South Pemiscot.
Monday, January 13th Games:
4 p.m. #1 Bernise vs #8 South Pemiscot
5:15 p.m. #2 New Madrid CC vs #7 Holcomb
6:30 p.m. #4 Kennett vs #6 Twin Rivers
7:45 p.m. #3 Dexter vs #6 Malden
Wednesday, January 15th Games:
Semifinal Games are at 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Semifinal Consolation games are at 4 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.
Championship game will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 18th, 3rd place game is at 10 a.m. and the 5th place game is at 11:15 a.m.
Advance, Missouri - The Advance Hornets honored senior Jack Below on January 7, 2020. He scored his 1,000th point on December 9, 2019 against Puxico.
After the game on Tuesday it was recorded that Below has 1,177 total points for his career and the season is just underway!
"We at Advance High School are proud to honor another member entering our 1000 point club for boys basketball," commented James Hamlin, Advance High School Athletic Director.
The Hornets defeated Clearwater 83-75 on Tuesday at Advance High School.
Advance led at the end of each quarter, but the Tigers stayed right on the edge throughout the game.
Landon Dailey and Jaren Schrader tallied double figures with 17 and 16 points respectively.
Karson Fay recorded a game-high 28 points for Clearwater ..
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats won the 2019 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament defeating the Kennett Indians 60-37 on Saturday, December 30, 2019. Below is a list of the All-Tournament Team.
2019 BCT All-Tournament Team
Gideon - Sam Williams
Doniphan - Ethan Jones and Orie Owen
Kennett - Ben McMullan and Jackson Henfling
South Pemiscot - Kahalal Rogers
Hayti - Tre Charles McCoy
Portageville - Drew Irby
Bernie - Blake Harty and Landon Zoll
Dexter - Garrett Henson and Andrew Ellinghouse
Bloomfield, Missouri - The 5th place match-up between Doniphan and the Portageville Bulldogs ended with a Dons' win 65-52 at the 63rd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Doniphan jumped out to a 15-1 lead by the beginning of the 2nd quarter.
Senior AJ Hicks and junior Drew Irby scored a total of 41 points of the 52 points on the board for Portageville, but it wasn't enough to come back from a 14 points deficit in the first quarter.
Doniphan had four players with double digits. Levi Rawlings had a team-high 17 points, Ethan Jones recorded 15, Tristain Bryant tallied 12 points, and Czerwonka finished with 10 points.
Final Score Doniphan 65, Portageville 52
Doniphan 15 9 21 20 - 65
Portageville 1 11 14 26 - 52
Doniphan (65) - Tristain Bryant 12, Brandon Moore 2, Levi Rawlings 17, Ethan Jones 15, Orie Owen 9 , Nolan Czerwonka 10. FG 18, FT 22/34, F 17. (3-pointers: Rawlings 2, Jones, 3, Czerwonka 2, Fouled Out: Rawlings
Portageville (52) - Drew Irby 18, AJ Hicks 23, Jabryson Rand 5, Treyshaun Townsend 2, Kelan Bills 4. FG 18, FT 13/20, F 17 (3-pointers: Irby 1, Hicks 2. Fouled Out: Irby, Rand, Chamberlin)
