Clarkton solidifies grip on first place in Tri-County with win

WARDELL, Mo. -- The Clarkton Lady Reindeer got strong games from the senior quartet of Tasha Joiner, Whitney Coleman, Larissa Gambling and Sara Darnell as they improved to 5-0 in the Tri-County Conference and 6-5 overall with a 25-9, 25-14 win over North Pemiscot here Tuesday.

In other volleyball action Tuesday, Holcomb defeated Cooter 25-9, 25-14, Portageville defeated Delta C-7 25-16, 25-8 and Gideon downed Malden. In baseball action, it was Senath-Hornersville 5, Twin Rivers 2; Cooter 1, North Pemiscot 0; Holcomb 2, Bernie 1; and South Pemiscot 11, Campbell 0.

At Wardell, Coleman led the way with eight aces, while Gambling served five aces and dished off four assists. Darnell added three kills and an ace, while Joiner finished with two assists and a kill.

Clarkton hosts Caruthersville Thursday.

Holcomb def. Cooter.

At Holcomb, the Lady Hornets got a good game hitting from Tiffani Weaver as they improved to 7-4-1 and 4-1 in the Tri-County.

Holcomb hosts Risco Thursday in another Tri-County tilt.

Portageville def. Delta C-7

At Portageville, the Lady Chargers dropped their third straight contest despite a strong game from setter Candace Braswell.

"She was just everywhere tonight in her setting, her passing and her serving," Delta coach Stacy Whitfield said. "She was right on everything. She had a couple of saves at key times."

Portageville won the junior varsity game 25-20, 25-18.

The Lady Chargers (2-5) head to Hayti Thursday.

Baseball

McCaig no-hits North Pem

At Cooter, sophomore Aaron McCaig pitched a no-hitter, striking out eight and walking four, then scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a hit by Jeremy McCaig as the Wildcats improved to 9-2 on the season.

McCaig pitched around three Cooter errors in the contest to complete the gem and also helped his own cause with a pair double

Brandon Quillin took the loss for North Pemiscot (3-6).

McElwrath's walk-off lifts Hornets

At Holcomb, Steven McElwrath hit an one-out, walk-off home run as the Hornets avenged an earlier defeat to Bernie and improved to 6-6 on the season.

McElwrath also picked up the win, tossing a two-hitter while striking out five. He was also 3-for-4 on the day and finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle for Holcomb.

Bo Smith added two hits as the Hornets finished with nine safeties on the day.

Senath-H'ville 5, Twin Rivers 2

At Poplar Bluff, Tyler Smith drilled a bases-loaded double in the top of the fifth inning to erase a 2-1 deficit, then pitched a scoreless seventh inning to record the save.

Senath-Hornersville (5-3) trailed by a run in the fifth when Michael Gardner reached on error, Tony Scott singled and Dustin Hunter reached on error to load the bases, setting up Smith's heroics.

Jeremy Wilson pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless, two-hit relief for win before giving way to Smith.