The first game of the 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Tuesday was between the Portageville Bulldogs and the Richland Rebels.  The Rebels came out strong in the first quarter leading the Bulldogs 20 -11  

Portageville fought back, changed up their offense and pulled ahead at the half 34 - 32, eventually winning the game 81-63.

Jamarion Smith, a 6'0" junior, tallied a team-high 21 points for the Bulldogs on seven baskets, one trey and was 4/5 at the line.

Shane Townsend, a 6'0" senior, contributed 14 points all on regulation baskets.

Connor Sells and Thomas Frakes each finished the night with 10 points.  Sells is a 6'2" senior.  He recorded his points on five baskets.  Sells is a 6'2" senior and recorded his points on five buckets.

Richland's Hunter Sanders, a 5'8" sophomore guard recorded a game-high 27 points.  He sunk five 3-pointers, five buckets and was 2 for 5 at the line.

Jacob Walley 6'1" sophomore center tallied 11 points on 5 buckets and 1 from the charity stripe.

Damon Ivy a 6'2" senior guard finished the night with 10 points on three buckets, one 3-pointers and one from the line.

Final Score Portageville 81, Richland 63

Portageville. 11  23. 24  23 - 81

Richland. 20  12. 13. 18 - 63

Portageville (81) - Townsend 14, Bogan 2, Dunlap 4, Jeffries 9, Adams 2, Sells 10, Frakes 10, Smith 21, Roberts 2, West 3, Larry 4.  FG 35, FT 7/9, F 17. (3-pointers: Frakes 2, Smith 1 West 1.  Fouled Out: None)

Richland (63) - Williams 8, Sanders 27, Ivy 10, Hughes 7, Walley 11. FG 25, FT 7/21, F 12. (3-pointers: Sanders 5, Ivy 1, Fouled Out: None)

Portageville will meet up with Puxico at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 29th.

Richland is now out of the tournament.  Good luck the rest of the season!

In the last game of the first night of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament the Twin Rivers Royals squared off with the Van Buren Bulldogs. It was all Royals fighting for the win.  Final Score #6 Twin Rivers 66, #11 Van Buren 35.

Jagger Crismon, a 5'9" senior guard recorded a game-high 19 points against the Bulldogs.  He tallied four treys, three baskets and was 1/1 at the charity stripe.

Hunter Huddleston, a 6'4" senior center/forward contributed 12 points on four buckets and was 4/5 at the line for the Royals.

Van Buren did not have any players in double digits; however eight players contributed to the 35 points.  Mann recorded two treys while Benjamin Hawkins and Holden Hills each had one 3-pointer.

Final Score Twin Rivers 66, Van Buren 35

Twin Rivers  22. 19. 17. 8 - 66

Van Buren 7  12. 6. 10. - 35

Twin Rivers (66) - Crismon 19, Hargraves 9, Hester 8, Vaughn 4, Hequembourg 2, Lilly 6, Huddleston 12, L. Hester 4, Lewis 2.  FG 24, FT 13/18, F 20. (3-pointers: Crismon 4, Hargraves 1, Fouled Out: None)

Van Buren (35) - Van Wagner 3, Hawkins 6, #1 B. Hawkins 3, Ricken 1, Mann 6, E. Ricker 4, Hills 7, Townsley 5. FG 13, FT 5/17, F 19. (3-pointers: #2 B. Hawkins 1, Mann 2, Hills 1, Fouled Out: None)

Twin Rivers will play Doniphan on Wednesday, December 28th at 8:30 p.m.

Van Buren will play Hayti at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28th.

The Doniphan Dons seeded #3 in the 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament defeated #14 seeded Hayti by only four points in the next to the last game of the first day of the tournament.  The final score was Doniphan 63, Hayti 59.

Doniphan's Max Owen, a 6'3" senior guard, scored a tournament record high of 37 points in the first round today.  He hit six treys and eight buckets and was 3/6 at the charity stripe.

Kameron Barton, a 6'4" senior forward tallied 13 points on six buckets and one at the line. 

Emmitt Jones, a 65'1" sophomore forward for the Rebels finished the game with a total of 10 points on four baskets and was 2/4 at the charity stripe.

Keion Hamilton, a senior guard, was the top scorer for the Hayti Indians earning 16 points on six baskets and was 4/5 at the line.

Kanye jones tallied 12 points on two treys and three buckets.

Final Score Doniphan 63, Hayti 59

Doniphan 16 17 13 17 - 63

Hayti  14 10 15  20 - 59

Doniphan (63) - Burton 2, Rawlings 1, Jones 10, Owen 37, Barton 13.  FG 24, FT 9/24, F 16. (3-pointers: Owen 6, Fouled Out: None)

Hayti (59) - Jones 12, Clay 3, Hamilton 16, Grant 2, Turner 5, Love 4, Payne 3, J. Payne 14 FG 20, FT 12/15, F 19.  Fouled Out: Clay)

Doniphan will play Twin Rivers at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Hayti will play Van Buren at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament continued on Wednesday, December 28th with 8 games lined up beginning at 10:00 a.m.  Above is the bracket, below are the games listed in order of time.

Wednesday, Game Times!

10:00 a.m. Game #9  - #4 Portageville vs #12 Richland

11:30 a.m. Game #10 -  #16 Gideon vs #8 Puxico

1:00 p.m. Game #11 - #15 Bloomfield vs #10 Holcomb

2:30 p.m. Game #12  - #14 Hayti vs #11 Van Buren

4:00 p.m. Game #13  - #1 Dexter vs #9 East Prairie

5:30 p.m. Game #14  - #13 S. Pemiscot vs #5 Malden

7:00 p.m. Game #15 - #2 Bernie vs #7 Kennett

8:30 p.m. Game #16 - #3 Doniphan vs #6 Twin Rivers

The Kennett Indians came out firing on all cylinder, but the Holcomb Hornets held on tight in the first quarter ending with a 16 all tie.  

Kennett edged closer to a victory in the second quarter with a small lead of five points,   Once the halftime break was over the Indians demanded their top players to compete competitively scoring 53 points in the second half while the Hornets were offensively challenged scoring only 30 points.

Despite the loss, Jacob Reeves-Crittendon, a 5'9" junior guard, held the game-high 25 points for the Hornets.  He scored only one bucket, but made up for it in 3-pointers pitching in five.  He was 8/11 at the charity stripe.

Ashton Dismukes, a 6'0" freshman from Kennett tallied a team-high 19 points.  12 Kennett Indians scored during the game. Dismukes had 8 buckets and was 3/5 at the line.

Dyson Watson, a 5'11" sophomore, finished with 16 points for Kennett.  He record six buckets, one trey and one extra point from the line.

D'Shun Wilson, a 6'0" sophomore, tallied 12 points which included 5 buckets and was 2/3 at the charity stripe.

Final Score Kennett 88, Holcomb 59

Kennett  16. 19. 26. 27 - 88

Holcomb 16  13. 22. 8  - 59

Kennett (88) - Dislikes 19, Watson 16, Parker 6, Tribble 3, Taylor 2, Williams 5, Hubbard 3, Kirk 2, Wilson 12, Gilmore 9, Raspberry 5, Henfling 6.  FG 37, FT 8/17, F 21. (3-pointers: Watson 1, Tribble 1, Williams 1, Gilmore 3.  Fouled Out: Parker)

Holcomb (59) - Kenner 8, Burk 5, Smith 8, Patterson 3, B. McNabb 2, Crittenden 25, P. McNabb 3, Harmon 3, Lawrence 5.  FG 19, FT 14/27, F 19. (3-pointers Burk 1, Patterson 1, Crittenden 5.  Fouled Out: B. McNabb)