By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

The 2012 Stoddard County Softball Tournament will kick off on Monday (April 16) afternoon at Bloomfield High School.

The Lady Bearcats, with a 5-5 record, drew the #3 seed in the six team tournament. Dexter will face off with the host Bloomfield Lady Wildcats, who were seeded #6, on Monday at 4:00 p.m. The winner of the game will move on to face #2 Woodland on Tuesday.

The 'Cats have been on a hot streak recently, picking up wins over Charleston, Puxico, and Doniphan last week.

At 5:30 p.m., #4 Bernie and #5 Puxico will take the field to determine who will face off against top seeded Advance on Tuesday.

The third place and championship games will be played on Thursday (April 19) afternoon at 4:00 and 5:30 p.m., respectively.

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Brittney Walder, daughter of Bob and Kim Waldner of Dexter, has signed a National Letter of Intent to wrestle at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo. Waldner is a 2010 graduate of Dexter High School, and went to the MSHSAA State Wrestling tournament during her sophomore year. Pictured above (from left) are Brittany, her father, Bob, and Missouri Valley Women's Wrestling coach Carl Murphree. Congratulations, Brittney! (Photo submitted by Kim Waldner)

The Dexter Diamondbacks brought home a first place trophy from the Rector Preseason Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Diamond backs are: (front row, from left) Eli Ford, Camden Riley, Diego McCormick, Damon Helton, Dylan Sitze, Braxton Greenfield, (middle row) Kenton Pope, Joey Farver, Colson Mills, Cade Allen and Gabe McGhee.  The Diamondbacks are coached by (back row, from left) Greg Miller, Eric Sitze, and Josh Miller.  Congratulations! (Photo submitted by Eric Sitze)

By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

The Lady 'Bearcats kept their win streak alive on Friday afternoon when they downed the Doniphan Donettes with a 9-4 final score.

Becky Anderson took the start and the win for the Lady Bearcats; the senior right hander fanned 11 batters, walked four, and gave up two hits.

The Donettes plated just one run in the top of the first inning, while the Lady 'Cats were retired in order in the home half.

Anderson froze the first two batters she faced for strikeouts, gave up a walk, and forced a pop-up to center in the top of the second. The Donettes tacked on three runs in the third inning to take a 4-0 lead.

Ashley Brown led off with a single in the bottom of the third inning; Kendra Stevenson followed up with a single of her own. Both runners scored on errors to cut Doniphan's lead in half. Whitney Layton smacked an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning to move the score to 4-3.

Anderson faced four batters in the fourth and fifth innings to keep the Donettes in check. The Lady 'Cats struck for two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and four runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 9-4 lead.

The Donettes were three up, three down - the last two were strikeouts - to close out the game with a 9-4 Lady Bearcat victory.

The Lady Bearcats even their record at 5-5 with the victory; the team will be back in action next week, when they compete in the SCAA Tournament, held at Bloomfield High School.

Photo Above:
Ashley Brown looks on from second base during Friday afternoon's 9-4 victory over the Doniphan Donettes. Brown was 1-4 at the plate with a stolen base and a run scored in the game. (Submitted photo by Kay Stevenson; thanks Kay!)

By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The Bearcat Tennis team returned to Cape Girardeau on Thursday afternoon to face off against the Notre Dame Bulldogs. The squads split the match, with the 'Cats winning 5-4 in Varsity competition and the Bulldogs taking the JV section 1-8.

In JV action, Keaton Altom and Zach Simms picked up the lone win of the day for the Bearcats with an 8-4 doubles victory over Byron Reeves and Ethan Derrington.

In Varsity singles, DHS #1 Tyler Miller picked up an 8-2 win over Adam McCoy; #2 Sam Ward won an 8-6 decision over Bryan Brown.

In Varisty doubles, Ward and Miller defeated McCoy and Brown in an 8-4 match, while Kyle Willis and Joseph Greer picked up an 8-2 victory over Webb Marshall and Will Kinder.

The Bearcats will be off all next week, and will be back in action on Saturday, April 21 when they play in a tournament hosted by the Poplar Bluff Mules.