
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – The JV Bearcats basketball team is having a great tournament thus far and it was the second upset of the JV portion of the tournament. #6 Woodland defeated #3 Bloomfield on Monday evening in the first upset. Thursday night it was the Bearcats turn to upset the #1 seed Advance JV Hornets.
Dexter’s Jason Jarrel led the pack with a game-high 25 points including one 3-pointers. Jacob Pedigo added 13 points including treys and Addison Moore tallied 10 points. Alex Whitehead scored two 3-pointers for the JV Bearcats.
Dakota Welty scored the team-high 16 points for the Hornets adding two treys before fouling out late in the game. Brian Whitson tallied 15 points and Preston Wuebker added 12 including his three treys.
The Dexter JV Bearcats will play the #2 seeded Bell City Cubs on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Bearcat Event Center in the JV Championship game. #1 seeded Advance JV will now play #6 seeded Woodland JV for 3rd place at 4:00 p.m.
Good luck to both the Dexter JV Bearcats and the Bell City JV Cubs as they compete for the Championship!
Final Score Dexter JV 65 Advance JV 54Dexter 17 15 21 12 - 65
Advance 16 13 8 17 - 54
Dexter (65) - Jason Jarrell 26, Jacob Pedigo 13, Tyler Heil 6, Alex Whitehead 6, Ryan Mayo 4, Addison Moore 10. FG 27, FT 6/12, F 8. (3-pointers: Jarrell 1, Pedigo 2, Whitehead 2. Fouled Out: none)
Advance (54) - Preston Wuebker 12, Dakota Welty 16, Brian Whitson 15, Austin Ladd 6, Brandon Sokolowski 2. FG 19, FT 7/8, F 12. (3-pointers: Wuebker 3, Welty 2, Whitson 4. Fouled Out: Welty)

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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – Game #9 of the SCAA Tournament opened with the Bell City JV Cubs and the Woodland JV Cardinals taking the court. The #2 seeded Cubs were no match for the #6 seeded Cardinals and easily defeated them 72-25.
No Cardinal made it to double figures; however Bruester Young scored two 3-pointers and Tyler Womack also added a trey.
Bell City held the Cardinals to just 16 points in the first half and only 9 in the second half. The Cards score no points in the fourth quarter. Bell City tallied double figures in each of the four quarters.
Nate Finney tallied a game-high 19 points for the Cubs including two 3-pointers. Cole Nichols also hit a trey and added 16 points. Kolten Siebert added two treys, Austin Hicks hit a 3-pointer and Bobby Wright added two more treys for Bell City to advance them to the Championship Game against the Dexter JV Bearcats.
Game time is 7:00 p.m. Friday evening. Good luck to both the Bell City JV Cubs and the Dexter JV Bearcats!
Woodland JV Cardinals will compete for 3rd place in the JV portion of the SCAA Tournament at 4 p.m. on Friday evening against the Advance JV Hornets.
Final Score Bell City JV 72 Woodland JV 25
Woodland 5 11 9 0 - 25
Bell City 13 14 23 22 - 72
Woodland (25) - Caleb Stewart 4, Bruester Young 8, Tyler Womack 9, Michael McCormick 2, J.D. Jenkins 2. FG 10, FT 2/2, F 20. (3-pointers: Bruester Young 2, Tyler Womack 1. Fouled Out: none)
Bell City (72) - Nate Finney 19, Kolten Siebert 6, Brandon Abner 2, Tyler Evens 3, Cole Nichols 16, Austin Hicks 7, Bobby Wright 6, Royce Liggins 8, Peyton Maddox 5. FG 26, FT 12/21, F 6. (3-pointers: Nate Finney 2, Kolten Siebert 2, Cole Nichols 1, Austin Hicks 1, Bobby Wright 2. Fouled Out: none)

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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – The sixth game of the SCAA Tournament placed the #1 seeded Advance JV Hornets against the #8 seed Richland Rebels. The Hornets proved to be more powerful early on and defeated the Rebels 59-43 to advance in the tournament.
Richland’s Josh Thornton had a game-high 17 points followed by Jerry Craft with 16 total points. Devin Stoker scored a 3-pointer in the second quarter.
The Hornets led early on scoring 19 points in the first quarter holding the Rebels to just eight.
Preston Wuebker had a team-high 14 points including 2 treys for the Hornets. Brian Whitson tallied 12 points including his two treys. C.J. Seger and Dakota Welty also added a 3-pointer each.
The Advance JV Hornets will now play the Dexter JV Bearcats at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 30. The winner will move on to the Championship game to be held at 7 p.m. Friday evening at the Bearcat Event Center.
Final Score: Advance JV 59 Richland JV 43
Richland 8 11 7 17 - 43
Advance 19 14 17 9 - 59
Richland (43) - Devin Stoker 3, Garet Phillips 2, Preston Tilley 5, Josh Thornton 17, Jerry Craft 16. FG 15, FT 12/16, F 12. (3-pointers: Devin Stoker 1. Fouled Out: none)
Advance (59) - C.J. Seger 5, Preston Wuebker 14, Dakota Welty 9, Brendan Crader 4, Cade Long 2, Brian Whitson 12, Austin Ladd 6, Brandon Sokolowski 7. FG 22, FT 9/16, F 10. (3-pointers: Preston Wuebker 2, Brian Whitson 2, C.J. Seger 1, Dakota Welty 1. Fouled Out: none)

Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
The JV Mules got off to a rather slow start against the Cubs. Bell City scored 17 points in the first quarter to Bernie's 11. The second quarter proved to be a battle of defensive moves with Bell City holding the JV Mules to just 5 points. Half-time score Bell City 30 - Bernie 16.
Bell City went on to score double figures in both the 3rd and 4th quarter, 19 and 14 respectively while Bernie was held to just 4 points in the 3rd quarter and 10 points in the 4th quarter.
Bell City went on to win 63 - 30 and will advance to Thursday night's game beginning at 4 p.m. They will play the Woodland JV Cardinals.
Bernie’s Trey Kirkpatrick hit 10 points before fouling out late in the game. Haydn Owens and Cole Mayberry each hit a 3-pointer.
Peyton Maddox had the game-high 18 points. Nate Finney tallied 14 points for the Cubs including one trey. Kolten Siebert and Cole Nichols each recorded a trey.
Final Score Bell City JV Cubs 63 - Bernie JV Mules 30Bell City 17 13 19 14 - 63
Bernie 11 5 4 10 - 30
Bell City (63) - Nate Finney 14, Kolten Siebert 9, Brandon Abner 2, Cole Nichols 9, Austin Hicks 1, Bobby Wright 2, Royce Liggins 8, Peyton Maddox 18, FG 26, FT 8/19, F 11 (3-pointers Nate Finney 1, Kolten Siebert 1, Cole Nichols 1, Fouled Out: none)
Bernie (30) - Alex Guzman 2, Austin Parson 2, Haydn Owens 5, Cole Mayberry 9, Trey Kirkpatrick 10, Riley Wells 2, FG 11, FT 6/10, F15 (3-pointers: Haydn Owens 1, Cole Mayberry 1, Fouled Out: Trey Kirkpatrick)

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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Senior High School wrestling team defeated New Madrid County Central 71-7 Tuesday evening at home.
WRESTLING TEAM RESULTS:
106: Thomas Akins, CNM, forf. .
113: BRANDON TWOMEY, DEXT, pinned Phillip Stegman, NMCC, 3:21.
120: GAVEN WHITE, DEXT, forf
126: Rhiley Smith, NMCC, maj. dec. TY HARMON, DEXT, 11-0.
132: STORM MASSEY, DEXT, pinned Garrett Manley, NMCC, 1:59.
138: TREVER WALDNER, DEXT, tech. fall Bryce Smith, NMCC, 0:00 17-2.
145: NATHANIEL WEATHERS, DEXT, forf. .
152: ETHAN STEVENS, DEXT, forf. .
160: DYLAN BAZARIAN, DEXT, pinned Terrez Taylor, NMCC, 5:11.
170: CHANCE JARELL, DEXT, pinned Brian Mickle, NMCC, 2:57.
182: MICHAEL HURST, DEXT, pinned Lemodre Walker, NMCC, 1:03.
195: JON RODGERS, DEXT, forf. .
220: JARED DEAL, DEXT, disq. C.J. Patton, NMCC, .
285: KEITH CRAFT, DEXT, pinned Ethan Marler, NMCC, 0:45. (CNM Flagrant Misconduct -3.000)
Thursday evening at 5:00 p.m. the DHS Wrestling Bearcats host Jackson Indians and the Sikeston Bulldogs. It’s Senior Night for the Bearcats! Come out and support you favorite wrestler!