Dexter, Missouri - Another great week of exciting match-ups, fierce rivalries and conference games as the only conference tournament of the week is the Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Tournament in Bloomfield, Missouri.

The Dexter Bearcats were on top of their game last night as they demolished the Woodland Cardinals in the first round of the SCAA Tournament.  Final score Dexter 61   Woodland 31.

If the Bearcats had not scored one point in the second half they still could have pulled off the win.  By half-time, Dexter had racked up a total of 43 points, still enough to beat the Cardinals who only had 11 points on the board.

Dexter had three players with double digits during this first round of SCAA Tournament play.  Chase Young, #3 was the top scorer for the Bearcats with 17 points and D.J. Dowdy, #11 right behind him with 16 points.  Ryan Joyner, #33 had 10 points for the Bearcats.

The Dexter Bearcats have been playing much better in recent weeks, despite the loss to NMCC last Friday night.  If they can get past Advance on Thursday evening, they have a good shot at winning the SCAA Tournament.  Dexter just recently won a great game against Bernie, who is considered to be the top seed to win the tournament. 

Advance is going to be tough with their win over Richland in their first round of action by a score of 82 to 38 as they are on a winning high for this tournament.   Game time is Thursday January 24th at 7:00 p.m. when the Dexter Bearcats try to take the sting out of the Advance Hornets.

Tonight's match-ups are Bernie vs Bell City at 7:00 p.m. and Bloomfield vs Puxico at 8:30 p.m.  These should be some awesome games to watch tonight at the Bloomfield High School.