South Pemiscot

PORTAGEVILLE – Less than two weeks earlier, veteran Campbell High School varsity boy’s basketball coach Steve Fowler had guided his team to a 64-43 thumping of Class 2 No. 9-ranked South Pemiscot in the Camels’ gym. Fowler has been in this business long enough to know, his second test with the Bulldogs wouldn’t be nearly as comfortable.

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CAMPBELL – Following his team’s recent varsity basketball contest against South Pemiscot, veteran Camel coach Steve Fowler said all the complimentary and polite things regarding the opposition. “South Pem is a very good basketball team,” Fowler said. “They are one of the best Class 2 teams around here.

Fifth-year South Pemiscot High School varsity boy’s basketball coach Jordan McGowan is taking a strategic approach to getting his team through a harried month of January from a physical conditioning perspective.

HAYTI – When the South Pemiscot High School varsity boy’s basketball squad visited Hayti on Tuesday, in many ways, it was like looking in the mirror. Both teams are young, if not inexperienced, and both groups unleash a flurry of frenetic energy at both ends of the floor.

The South Pemiscot High School varsity boy’s basketball team had an extended layoff through the holidays but finally got back into action last week with three games, two of which were victories.

RISCO – While every other high school varsity boy’s basketball program in Missouri was honing its skills and execution against competition over the past three weeks, South Pemiscot had to compete against itself in daily practices to try and grow as a team.

When his South Pemiscot varsity boy’s basketball team ventures to Risco High School on Tuesday to play the Class 1 No. 3-ranked Tigers, certainly Bulldog coach Jordan McGowan will be concerned with how to contain the offensive ability of the Tigers’ star scorer.

Violence at the Gideon Bulldog Classic has led to Hayti and South Pemiscot basketball teams being uninvited from key tournaments.

Kennett Indians fall to South Pemiscot Bulldogs 70-46 in the Gideon Bulldog Classic semifinals, missing the championship berth.

The expectations for the South Pemiscot High School baseball squad last spring weren’t much, as the Bulldogs entered the postseason with just four wins. However, what South Pemiscot had going for it was some talented youngsters, three very good seniors, and a coach (Jason House) with as much experience (15 years leading the program) as anyone could hope for.

DEXTER – The South Pemiscot High School boy’s basketball squad showed last winter that it could handle high-pressure situations, as it surprised many by advancing to the MSHSAA Class 2 State Finals and finishing fourth. However, with six of its top seven players returning for the 2024-25 season, the question remains how will that group handle significantly higher expectations?

Every athlete’s dream is to close their careers in victorious fashion and South Pemiscot senior baseball player Jadie Morton wasn’t able to do that, as the Bulldogs fell 3-2 to defending champion Bernie last month in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Tournament. Having said that, Morton walked off the diamond with his head held high, because his final outing was a very impressive effort on his part.

There is no shortage of positive reasons why the South Pemiscot High School softball team won’t be difficult to deal with next spring, and the return of junior-to-be Phoenix Simmons is as critical of those reasons as any. “Phoenix knows softball,” third-year Bulldog coach Lance Crawford said this season of Simmons. “She has played a lot growing up.”

With the hiring of former Mineral Area women’s basketball coach Briley Palmer to next lead the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball team, the Cardinals had a big vacancy to fill. After a couple of weeks of searching, it was clear that South Pemiscot and Southeast alumna Carrie Shephard was the woman for the job...

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When the 2024 spring softball season came to an end for South Pemiscot last month in the championship game of the MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 tournament, there was only one Bulldog senior on the field, as eventual Class 1 third-place finisher Holcomb stunned the Bulldogs with a rallying 10-9 win.