Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – They were down in every quarter, but the Bernie Mules would not go away easily. It took everything they had to escape victorious over the Puxico Indians. Fans of both team were on their feet as every ball went up. Silence fell when a ball would not go in and from the bleachers you could hear “get the ball, get the rebound”!
“It was a real grind,” commented Bernie’s head coach Brad Botsch, “this is the third time we have played and these guys are a completely different team this time from what we had before. It came down to possessions and something we talk about a lot is just valuing every possession and luckily we outplayed them one more possession than they did us.”
It was J.R. Pregel #22 who hit back-to-back free throws to get the Mules on top 60-58 with just under 20 seconds left on the clock.
“I remember looking right at him and saying ‘J.R. we’ve got to have a board’. We were awfully small all night on the floor. Joey Walker got into foul trouble and Caleb Ellenburg is out,” continued Botsch. “They really hurt us on the glass all night, but that was a big rebound by J.R. down the stretch. He stepped up and made two big ones tonight.”
B.J. Jennings led the Mules with a team-high 16 points including one 3-pointers. Jake Wagner and Justin Stanfield added 10 each. Wagner had one trey and Stanfield added two 3-pointers. Matton Vernon scored all of his points with two treys. Devin Trammell also hit a trey for the Mules.
“Tough, grind it out type win for us. Having beaten Puxico pretty handily two times earlier this year, I knew it was going to be pretty hard to motivate our kids and understand that they were playing better and we better get ready for a battle.
"We did just enough to win," continued Botsch. "We toughened up when we needed it the most and hung on. Sometimes you win ugly and just survive, it’s just part of it. I think our guys got a wake-up call, and hopefully we’ll be more ready to compete tomorrow night for the championship.”
Austin Teighman had the game-high points with 17 for the Puxico Indians. Tim Hancock added 12 and Garrett Payne tallied 11. Corey Pratt had one trey.
Bernie (18-1) will now play the #6 Woodland Cardinals in the SCAA Championship Game at 8:30 p.m. Friday night.
“Playing for a championship is as good as it gets,” stated Botsch. “It doesn’t matter how we get there. We got there. I think our kids will really have to value the opponent, get themselves totally prepared and be ready to grind out a win Friday night because it is sure not going to be easy.”
Final Score Bernie 61 Puxico 58
Puxico 19 14 14 11 - 58
Bernie 10 20 22 9 - 61
Puxico (58) - Garrett Payne 11, Corey Pratt 4, Austin Teichman 17, Tim Hancock 12, Seth Luttrull 2, Zack Tucker 12. FG 23, FT 11/19, F 18. (3-pointers: Corey Pratt 1. Fouled Out: none)
Bernie (61) - Matt Vernon 6, Jake Wagner 10, B.J. Jennings 16, Justin Stanfield 10, J.R. Pregel 4, Devin Trammell 5, Joey Walker 8, Gavin Smith 2. FG 21, FT 12/18, F 17. (3-pointers: Matt Vernon 2, Jake Wagner 1, B.J. Jennings 1, Justin Stanfield 2, Devin Trammell 1. Fouled Out: Joey Walker)
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – The Woodland Cardinals varsity boys basketball upset the Advance Hornets 67-57 in the semifinals of the SCAA Tournament on Thursday night.
The Cardinals seeded #6 and not expected to make it to the finals have surprised everyone, as they will be in the Championship game against the Bernie Mules at 8:30 p.m.
The Hornets had already defeated the Cardinals earlier in the season and were expected to win again. The Cardinals have proved they are competitive and are real contenders.
Garret Reynolds #14 tallied a game-high 27 points for the Cardinals including one trey. Evan Grindstaff #3 recorded 16 points including four 3-pointers. Devon Gramlisch #32 added another 14 points to help Woodland to the Championship game.
Lane Below #24 recorded a team-high 25 points including 5 treys before fouling out. Austin Miller recorded 13 points for Advance along with three 3-pointers.
Advance will play Puxico for 3rd place at 5:30 p.m. Friday night at the Bearcat Event Center.
Final Score Woodland 67 Advance 57
Woodland 20 18 19 10 - 67
Advance 15 17 12 13 - 57
Woodland (67) - Evan Grindstaff 16, Collin Rhodes 2, Tyler Yount 3, Garret Reynolds 27, Cole Schlief 5, Devon Gramlisch 14. FG 26, FT 9-18, F 9. (3-pointers: Evan Grindstaff 4, Tyler Yount 1, Garret Reynolds 1. Fouled Out: None)
Advance (57) - Zane Eggimann 3, Austin Miller 13, Garrett Walker 3, Eli Seger 1, Lane Below 25, Richie Nixon 2, Dalton Wilson 6, Dawson Mayo 4. FG 22, FT 5-8, F 16. (3-pointers: Lane Below 5, Austin Miller 3. Fouled Out: Lane Below)
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)
Written by
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)
Written by
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)
