Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Cape Girardeau, Missouri – The Dexter boys basketball team ended their season with a loss to the Kennett Indians in the opening round of the Class 4, District 1 basketball tournament on Saturday.
Dexter held Kennett to a 19-19 tie at the end of the first quarter, but the Indians’ defense came alive and held the Bearcats to only five points in the second quarter. Halftime score Dexter 24 – Kennett 32.
Peyton Pollock scored the team-high 12 points for Dexter. He hit one trey.
D.J. Dowdy tallied 11 points including one 3-pointer.
Myles Urhahn and Austin Chesser each sunk a trey.
Final Score #4 Kennett 66 #5 Dexter 44
Dexter 19 5 5 15 - 44
Kennett 19 13 14 20 - 66
Dexter (44) - Noah Kronk 2, Myles Urhahn 3, D.J. Dowdy 11, Peyton Pollock 12, Austin Chesser 5, Jason Jarrell 4, Cole Renken 7. FG 14, FT 12/19, F 13. (3-pointers: Myles Urhahn 1, D.J. Dowdy 1, Peyton Pollock 1, Austin Chesser 1. Fouled Out: none)
Kennett (66) - Antavies Drake 11, Rantrell Caruthers 16, Carlos Turner 7, Landon Vaughan 3, Edward Wilson 2, Jahjaida Childress 2, Fredrick Gooden 4, Andre Oliver 17, Materion Jones 2, Jeffrey Kenny 2. FG 25, FT 11/11, F 21. (3-pointers: Antavies Drake 1, Rantrell Caruthers 2, Carlos Turner 1, Landon Vaughan 1. Fouled Out: none)
Dexter finishes their season with a 6 – 16 record. Three DHS players will graduate in May: D.J. Dowdy, Myles Urhahn, and Cody Neldon. We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors and it’s been a pleasure to watch them play ball.
