It’s been eight years since the championship game at the Lady Royals Christmas Classic hasn’t been a Dexter-Neelyville showdown. Neelyville, which last won the title in 2014, is back as the No. 1 seed for the 2019 tournament. But things are different this year for four-time defending champion Dexter, which is in a rebuilding mode, winless through its first four games and seeded seventh...

In a growing era of athletes specializing in one sport and one position, Naylor senior Faith Sullivan is an exception to the trend and her high school and future college coaches are glad of it. Sullivan, an all-conference and all-region softball and basketball player for the Lady Eagles, recently signed to play softball with Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Ill...

The Doniphan Dons and Donettes both will be playing for third place Thursday night in tournament action at Gideon and Van Buren. Tuesday night, top-seeded Kennett gradually pulled away from the Dons for a 59-43 win in the semifinals at the Gideon Bulldog Classic...

It was the opening weekend of a new basketball season, but the matchups Saturday night at the first Couch Classic were an early district tournament indicator for both Naylor and Couch. The Naylor Eagles and Lady Eagles got the best of their new Class 1, District 1 mates from Couch in similar fashion...

The Doniphan Dons opened the 2019-20 basketball season Friday night at Corning with two juniors and three sophomores in the varsity starting lineup. That’s possibly the youngest Dons lineup to take the court on opening night in the long history of DHS basketball...