Stoddard County, Missouri – The 2013 SCAA Baseball Tournament is under way with #1 seed Bernie Mules taking on #4 Bell City at 4 pm in Bernie.

Bell City was able to defeat Advance in the first round of play with a final score of 13 – 6. 

#2 ranked Woodland Cardinals will play #3 Bloomfield at 4 pm in Marble Hill.

Woodland defeated Richland 15 – 0 as Ben Lincoln threw a no-hitter. Bloomfield defeated Puxico 5 – 1 in the first round of action.

Thursday evening will be the Championship Game at the higher seed's location and the Third Place Game at the higher seed’s location, both games at 4 pm. 

Dexter, Missouri - The 11th Annual BA All-Star Extravaganza featured the top High School Seniors from over 65 area schools who competed on the court in Volleyball and Basketball.

The All-Star Volleyball teams competed early in the morning followed by the Class 1 & 2 Boys Basketball, Class 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 girls Basketball and Class 3, 4, & 5 Boys basketball games. 

 

Also included throughout the day were skills competitions and the popular 3-point shoot out and slam-dunk competitions sponsored by the Bank of Advance.  Following each of the games and competitions, awards were presented to the players and coaches.

Please visit www.bapromotions.com for the list of All-Star Coaches and Teams who participated in this year’s event.

Congratulations to Brad Potts, Katelynn Frazier and Brittany Harris for making the BA Basketball All-Star Teams!

Volleyball

Best Defensive Player: Paige Mays Bernie

Best Offensive Player: Natalie Gremand  Perryville

Best Setter: Katie Baker Bernie

Player of the Year: Natalie Gremand Perryville

Coach of the Year: David Mirly Perryville

Girls Basketball

Best Defensive Player: Tori Cole  Twin Rivers

Best Offensive Player: Brittany Harris Dexter

Player of the Year: Brittany Harris Dexter

Coach of the Year: Chad Allen Dexter

Class 1 & 2A Boys Basketball

Best Defensive Player: Larenzo Cornell  South Iron

Best Offensive Player:  Tie  David Baker Bernie

and Kyle Stroder Leopold

Player of the Year: Kyle Stroder Leopold

Coach of the Year: Joe Shoemaker Oran 

Class 3,4,5A Boys Basketball

Best Defensive Player: Ryan Parham Charleston

Best Defensive Player: Va’Shawn Ruffin Sikeston

Player of the Year: Va’Shawn Ruffin  Sikeston

Coach of the year: Gregg Holifield  Sikeston

Athletic Director of the Year: Andy McGill  Sikeston

Best Fans Class 3,4, 5A: Perryville Pirates

Best Fans Class 1 & 2A: Leopold Wildcats

2013 BA Extravaganza Volleyball

Controlled Passing:  Amy Johnson Kennett

Hardest Spike: Liza Gray Advance

MVP: Danielle Farmer Poplar Bluff

2013 BA Extravaganza Basketball 3 Point Shootout

Boys: Michael Hull Charleston

Girls: Danielle Farmer Poplar Bluff

Bank of Advance Slam Dunk: Dominique Walker Portageville

2013 BA Extravaganza MVP

Girls: Brittany Harris Dexter

1&2A: Maurion Newbill Haytie

3,4,5A: VaShawn Ruffin Sikeston

Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bloomfield Wildcats hosted the Puxico Indians on Monday of this week in the first round of the Stoddard County Athletic Association Tournament.  Bloomfield added a 5 to 1 win to their 2013 season record (6-2) and will advance to the semi-final game today against Woodland.

"Took us a while to get our bats going, and that’s credited to Puxico’s pitching and defense," commented Coach Jason Karnes.   "We were able to capitalize on a few mistakes in the 4^th inning to push a couple of runs across."

The game was held scoreless until a big fourth inning by the Wildcats were able to bring in four runs on one hit and a sacrifice fly.  That big inning proved to be the extent of the offense until the sixth inning.

Hancock for Puxico was able to belt a big homerun in the 6th inning.  That run was matched by a Bloomfield's Noah Vandiver who powered a shot over the fence in the same inning. 

"Noah Vandiver hit a big home run in the 6^th to push our lead back to four runs, added a little cushion as we went to the last inning," added Karnes.

The winning pitcher on the day was Tim Fox, who went 6 innings only giving up 4 hits, 3 walks and had 12 strikeouts.  Travis Phillips came in to relieve Fox in the final inning by adding two more strikeouts for the Wildcats. 

Bloomfield will travel today to Woodland to take on the WHS Cardinals in the semi-final bracket of the SCAA tournament. 

Written by
Dee Loflin, Manager/Writer SMT

Dexter, Missouri – The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) announced their selections of High School students to the Academic All-State Basketball Teams.  They will honor these top scholar athletes at a banquet to held on April 28th at the Drury University.

This year’s MBCA Southeast Missouri Academic Committee consisted of Dusty Dinkins of South Iron, Seth McBroom of Holcomb, Travis Day of New Madrid, Jim Vaughan of Kennett and Darrin Scott of Jackson.

Students must be a senior in high school with 90% of his team’s games played or 75% of the total team quarters played, possess outstanding moral character and have an ACT score of 27 composite or above.  Each must maintain a GPA of 3.25 out of a possible 4.0.

Coaches and principals of the nominated student must verify all qualifications and an official transcript must be submitted.

In a recent announcement by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association, Dexter Bearcat’s Ryan Joyner and Chase Young were selected to the 2013 Boys Academic All-State Basketball Team. 

It is quite an honor to not only be good on the court, but to be successful in the classroom as well.  These students not only keep up with their day-to-day homework assignments and exams, but also have daily practices and weekly games, sometimes even multiple games in a week or a tournament to play.

Congratulations to Chase Young and Ryan Joyner on your accomplishment!  Job well done!

Written by
Dee Loflin, Manager/Writer SMT

Stoddard County, Missouri – The Stoddard County Activities Association (SCAA) Baseball Tournament begin Monday, April 15^th.  The higher-seed is the host for each round of action. 

The Bloomfield Wildcats are the current defending Champions!

Beginning at 4 pm Monday, April 15^th, #4 Bell City will play #5 Advance at Bell City.  #2 Woodland will play #7 Richland at Woodland and #3 Bloomfield will play #6 Puxico at Bloomfield.

#1 Bernie will play the winner of the Bell City/Advance game at 4 pm on Tuesday, April 16^th at Bernie.  The Woodland/Richland winner will play the Bloomfield/Puxico winner and the team with the higher seed will have home field advantage.  Game time 4:00 p.m. for both games.

Thursday, April 18^th will be the Championship game at the higher seed home field at 4 p.m. along with the Third Place game at the higher seed home filed at 4 p.m.

Stay tuned to ShowMe Times Facebook page for the latest updates for locations of each game.  Also we will post any cancellations due to weather.  Let's pray for a dry field!