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Dexter, Missouri – After rain suspended play on Monday, the Dexter varsity boys tennis team took to the court again this afternoon under cloudy skies and light rain to defeat the DeSoto Dragons.  Despite a brief rain delay and more precipitation throughout the match, the Bearcats roared to a finish and secured their district quarterfinal 6 - 0.

“DeSoto is one district team we didn’t get to see much in the reguarl season, commented Dexter’s boys tennis coach Kurt Lovelady.  “I thought we got seeded a little low, but we have got to beat every team to move on anyway so it doesn’t really matter.”  Dexter was seeded #4 in the Class 1 District 1 play-offs.  DeSoto was seeded #5.

Dexter will now travel north to take on the Notre Dame Bulldogs on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. pending weather. 

“We have a lot of momentum going right now,” Lovelady said.  “A lot of our younger guys are playing well.  Zach Potts is hitting the ball a lot better and everything is going right for us right now.”

There was an extra delay of game during Zach Potts match at Boon Park when a neighbor's puppy decided chasing the yellow balls was just too much fun!  Once the poor little fella was removed from the court Zach continued his serve.  Photos are available on the ShowMe Times facebook page.

View complete tennis results Dexter vs DeSoto below:

Varsity Singles: 

No. 1 - Noah Kronk (Dex) def. Wickerham 6-2, 6-1

No. 2 - Ethan Flowers (Dex) def. Dahle 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 - Drew Mason (Dex) def. Krodinger 6-0, 6-4

No. 4 - Brooks Propst (Dex) def. Boyer-Faulkner 6-3, 6-2

No. 5 - Zach Potts (Dex) def. Workmeister 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 - Joshua Kohlbaker (Dex) def. Trut 6-0, 6-0

Varsity Doubles – Not Required 

Shown in the photo above is DHS tennis player Zach Potts.