Bloomfield, Missouri - The #2 seed Dexter JV Bearcats were ready to play Friday night at the SCAA Tournament in Bloomfield and so were the #1 seed Bernie JV Mules.

"Bernie has a very good JV team.  Coach Long does a great job with them and they came prepared," commented Coach Shawn Guethle of the Dexter Bearcats.

Guethle stated, "The Bernie pressure defense really frustrated us at times and we let them make a few runs." 

Dexter had two JV players in double digits.  Ethan Flowers #24 led the Bearcats with 13 points and Cole Renken #33 had 12 points in the game.

"Overall I thought we did a better job finding Caleb Ellenburg (#11 Mule) tonight unlike when we played at Bernie a few weeks ago, but he is a great player and finds ways to get involved."  Bernie's Caleb Ellenburg seemed quite unstoppable with 24 points in the game.

"I was also proud that we kept plugging away and were able to close the gap a little in the second half.  We play a lot of freshman on the JV team and this was by far the biggest atmosphere they have ever played in so I think it was a good learning experience for us." said Guethle.

Final Score Dexter Bearcats 46 Bernie Mules 53

Bearcats: Blake Horton 4, Austin Aldridge 6, Noah Kronk 4, Austin Chesser 2, Jacob Pediog 5, Ethan Flowers 13, Cole Renken 12.

Mules:Austin Beck 7, Matt Vernon 10, Caleb Ellenburg 24, Brandon Sparks 6, Devin Tramell 6.

The JV Bearcats will be back in action tonight, January 29th at the Bearcat Event Center.  Game time 6:00 p.m.  This is a make-up game with Puxico as it was cancelled due to bad weather a couple of weeks ago.