Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcat Booster Club presented two $500 scholarships at the annual Spring Sports Banquet held Thursday at the Dexter High School.

The Booster Club has purchased many items including wrestling mats, flags for the cheerleaders, the letter D for the athletes for their jackets, and a bassoon for the band.  They have helped support Project Prom and the Goodwill Games and award two scholarships each year. 

Scholarships went to Noah Kronk and Rachel Putnam.  Presenting the scholarships was Booster Club President Travis Miller.

Park Hills, Missouri – Freshman Madelyn Webb won the shot with a toss of 32-2.5 for the Lady Bearcats.  She is the only underclassman to advance out of the districts in this event!

Dexter Lady 'Cats finished 2nd at Districts and several athletes have qualified for sectionals!

Junior athlete MaKayla Waldner won four events at the class 3, District 1 meet on Saturday.  She won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.63 seconds, the 200 in 26.22 seconds, and the 300-hurdles in 53.93 seconds.

Waldner took first place in the long jump with a 16-feet, 9.75 inches.  Taylor Ivy came in second jumping 15 feet 7 inches and won the triple jump with a distance of 32-9.

Dalton Rickel took second in the triple jump with a leap of 38 – 3.5.

The Lady ‘Cats advanced in all four relays finishing second in the 400 with a time of 55.31 and the 800 with a time of 1:55.26.  They earned a fourth place finish in the 1600 with a time of 4:35.95 and 3200 relay in 10:57.  The boys took third place in the 800 relay with a time of 1:40.95 to advance to sectionals also.

Athletes who finish in the top four in each event earn a spot in the Class 3, Sectional 1 meet at Lutheran South High School on Saturday, May 23, 2015.

Girls

Team scores -- 1. Herculaneum 167; 2. Dexter 127; 3. Grandview 123; 4. Fredericktown 52; 5. Bayless 49; 6. Bishop DuBourg 38; 7. Kennett 27; 8. Arcadia Valley 26; 9. St. Pius X 24; 10. NMCC 23; 11. Park Hills Central 16

Local sectional qualifiers

200 -- 1. MaKayla Waldner (D) 26.22

100 hurdles -- 1. MaKayla Waldner (D) 15.63

300 hurdles -- 1. MaKayla Waldner (D) 43.93

4x100 relay -- 2. Dexter 55.31 (Amber Cage, Paige Moore, Emily Page, and Julia Hahn)

4x200 relay -- 2. Dexter 1:55.26 (Hailey Anderson, Paige Moore, Amber Cage, and Emily Page)

4x400 relay -- 4. Dexter 4:35.95 (Julia Hahn, Taylor Ivy, Hailee Anderson, Rhylan Hillis)

4x800 relay -- 4. Dexter 10:57 (Hailey Anderson, Carly Dean, Rhylan Hillis, and Emily Ladd)

Long jump -- 1. MaKayla Waldner (D) 16-9 3/4; 2. Taylor Ivy (D) 15-7

Triple jump -- 1. Taylor Ivy (D) 32-9

Shot put -- 1. Madelyn Webb (D) 32-2 ½

Boys

Team scores -- 1. Fredericktown 149; 2. Herculaneum 131.5; 3. Park Hills Central 91; 4. NMCC 62; 5. Grandview 56; 6. Bishop DuBourg 45; 7. Arcadia Valley 43; 8. Kennett 40.5; 9. Dexter 36; 10. St. Pius X 22; 11. Bayless 13

Local sectional qualifiers

4x200 relay -- 3. Dexter 1:40.95 (Austin Adams, Austin Mitchell, Carson Dean, Zack Cartwright)

Triple jump -- 2. Dalton Rickel (D) 38-3 1/2

Shown in the photo are front row from left to right: Taylor Ivy, Reagan Miller, MaKayla Waldner, Julia Hahn, Paige Moore, and Amber Cage; back row from left to right: Rhylan Hillis, Carly Dean, Emily Page, Taylor Wells, Emily Ladd, Michaela Gard, and Madelyn Webb.

Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcats Softball camps will take place on May 26^th – May 28^th at the softball field on Grant Street across from Keller Public Library.

Cost attend the camp is $25.  Checks can be made payable to Dexter High School.

There are two sessions.  The first session is from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. each day for students entering the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grades.  The second session is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day for athletes entering the 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grades.

For more information contact Starla Pulley at 573-421-6905 or Leonard Morse at 573-820-5851.

Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcats Boys Basketball Camp is slated for Tuesday, May 26^th – Thursday, May 28^th at the Bearcat Event Center.

The cost to attend is $25 per athlete.  Check can be made payable to Dexter High School.

There will be three sessions.  The first session is from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. each day for students entering grades kindergarten through second grade.  The second session is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for athletes entering the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grades.  The third session is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for student entering the 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grades.

For more information contact Coach Josh Dowdy at jdowdy@kexter.k12.mo.us.

Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcats boys tennis team remains undefeated and closer to their first District title in years.

On Tuesday afternoon they defeated DeSoto 5-0 in the Class 1, District 1 Semifinal.  They will be back on the court Wednesday, May 13 at 4:00 p.m. against an old rivalry Notre Dame.

Notre Dame defeated Arcadia Valley on Tuesday in Cape Girardeau.  Dexter has already beaten the Bulldogs 7-2 on March 31^st and 7-2 on April 15^th.

In Doubles:

Noah Kronk and Ethan Flowers beat Blake Krodinger and Ryan Wolfe 8-3

Zach Potts and Josh Kohlbaker beat Madison Spiker and Kyle Yancey 8-0

Brooks Propst and Addison Moore beat Zachary Light and Rylee Harrimann 8-0

In Singles:

Brooks Propst defeated Zachary Light 6-0, 6-0

Addison Moore defeated Rylee Harrimann 6-0, 6-0

“I thought we shook off the rust pretty well,” stated Dexter coach Kurt Lovelady.  “Hopefully we can shake off some more rust before Wednesday.  We’ve got to place shots well going forward as we see better and better competition from here on out.”

“Notre Dame has a little bit different line-up,” continued Lovelady.  “They have made a few changes.  We have beaten them twice and there is something about beating a team a third time in a season that can always be challenging.  We need to play well and place our shots better than we did today.”

Shown in the photos is senior Noah Kronk ready to return a serve.