Stories from Tuesday, December 9, 2014

ST. LOUIS -- The biggest lead was six points, and even that was in the opening minutes, as the lead changed hands 21 times while there were 20 ties Sunday. Neither Three Rivers or Southwestern Illinois could develop any kind of sustained momentum in a game that seemed destined to come down to the final shot...

This year's Lady Raider team was better in the preseason than last year's team. "Hands down. Looking good," Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. "It just seems like things are constantly coming up. Things you can't prevent. I think that has not necessarily set us back some, but it has prevented us from getting as far along as we'd like to be."...

VAN BUREN -- The Neelyville Lady Tigers led by 13 at halftime of the Lady Dawg Classic championship late Saturday night before pouring it on even more in the third quarter. The top-seed outscored No. 2 Thayer 24-13 in the third quarter and moved on to win 82-49...