Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The Sikeston Bulldogs and the New Madrid County Central Eagles traveled to the Dexter Senior High School Tuesday in a dual with the Dexter Bearcats. This was the last home match of the season and it was Senior Night. Both
Damien Glasener and Logan Quertermous are graduating this spring.
While most folks were keeping an eye on potentially bad weather, many family and friends did come out to watch the high school wrestlers compete.
There were some really good match-ups between Dexter and Sikeston/New Madrid County Central.
"Q" as most of the students call him at Dexter High School had an awesome night of wrestling! He won by major decision over Sikeston Bulldogs' Braydon Reynolds 13-3 and then pinned Austin Cummins of New Madrid County Central in 3 minutes 10 seconds. Way to go!
Trever Waldner, a junior at Dexter High School also had an exciting night with his overtime win over Cody Middleton of Sikeston 14-12 in the 132 lb class. He also was able to pin Bryce Smith of NMCC in 3 minutes 42 seconds.
Storm Massey, a freshman at DHS won in the 126 lb class by major decision over Javeon Bonner of Sikeston 10-0. He also won by forfeit against NMCC.
The Dexter Bearcats were able to dominate New Madrid County Central and crushed them 66 to 18.
Unfortunately for the Dexter wrestlers, Sikeston was just too powerful and was able to control the score by defeating them 42 to 28.
Wrestling can be like a chess match. You have to use your mind to outwit the opponent and determine several moves ahead to determine the outcome of your position. Both the NMCC and Sikeston teams have tough athletes. Head Coach James Sneed and Assistant Coach Cody Boyer work continuously with the young men to motivate them ti give their absolute on and off the mats.
"The skills learned in high school wrestling teach those boys that we are responsible for everything we do in life," state Coach Sneed, "We have a choice in how we react to circumstances that we may or may not be responsible for. Every second counts."
The DHS Wrestling Team will be in action again tonight, January 31st in Poplar Bluff. They will compete against the Poplar Bluff Mules and the Cape Central Tigers. Match begins at 5:00 p.m. This is the last regular match of the season as Districts begin February 8th and the State Tournament is February 14th and 15th.
