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Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter JV Football program will begin their season on Monday, August 25th at Malden.  Game time is 6:00 p.m.

Coaches are Marc Thrower and Cody Boyer.

Sophomores are: Corey Holland, Jake Adams, Jason Jarrell, Clay Henson, Payton Tinnin, Steve Stidmon and Tyler Conaway.

Freshmen are: Ben Sindle, Spencer Owens, Logan Elder, Seth Rush, Bo McMullin, Jake Rice, Clayton Riddle, Kris Rinehart, Alex Bellers, Gabe Jackson and Nick Trout.

Below is a schedule for the 2014 JV football season.

2014 Dexter JV Football Schedule

Date	Location	Time
8/25	at Malden	6 p.m.
9/2	at Poplar Bluff	6 p.m.
9/8	Charleston	6 p.m.
9/15	at Sikeston	6 p.m.
9/22	at Caruthersville	6 p.m.
9/29	Kennett	6 p.m.
10/6	at NMCC	6 p.m.

 

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Dexter, Missouri – The first week of football is all but a fond memory, but the winners of the ShowMe Times 4th Annual Pigskin Pick'Em Challenge are celebrating.  The results are in and the winners have been decided for Week #1 of the 2014 Pigskin Pick’Em Challenge!

All points earned by players are collected each week of the contest and go towards the finale and the Grand Prize!  Who wouldn't want to win a 42-inch flat screen television?

First place this week goes to Steve Murdock with 10 points.  He has a perfect score choosing the winner of each game. 

It’s a close battle with second place being a 7-way tie between Wade Boyer, Nick Noble, Kurt Lovelady, Mark Nea, Jason Pounds, Dustin Ward, and Myles Urhahn who each correctly guessed 9 of 10 winners.

Third place winners are Jennifer Peden, Marc Thrower, Dylan Sandlin, Kristen Bush, and Jimmy Aldridge scoring 8 of the 10 game winners.

You’ve still got time to get in on all the excitement!  Just register on www.showmetimes.com and you could win a 42” flat screen tv.

Week #2 game is ready to go!  Deadline for this week is Thursday, August 28^th at 5:00 p.m.  Why?  The SEMO Redhawks are playing Missouri Baptist at 6:00 p.m. and their game has been added to our Challenge!

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Ste. Genevieve, Missouri – The excessive hot temperatures could not keep the Dexter Bearcats from playing one of their best games in years.  Though it went down as a loss in the record book, Dexter showed Ste. Genevieve how competitive they have become.  By all accounts this was an extremely close game.

“Ste. Gen was prepared,” commented Dexter coach Justin Peden.  “Coach Stolzer is a great coach and he had his guys ready.  They are young, but hungry and ready to go.  Our guys played hard, but we made some mistakes that cost us.  There are always going to be some kinks you need to workout after the first game and we will work them out.  We are going to get back at it, correct the mistakes and be a better football team.”

Ste. Gen scored the first two touchdowns and jumped ahead 13-0 when Austin Brewer charged in at the one-yard line to score with just three minutes left in the first quarter.  Logan Rhinehart ran for a 52-yard touchdown early in the second quarter.

Pollock was able to cut their lead to 6 when he quickly ran 33 yards for a touchdown with a little over 8 minutes left in the first half.  Score at half-time 13-7.

The Bearcats seemed to be losing some ground after coming out of the locker room at half-time with Ste. Gen earning another touchdown off Wyatt Lalumandier giving the Dragons a hefty lead 19 – 7 with 8:41 left in the third quarter.

It came down to who wanted it more as the Bearcats renewed their efforts and capitalized on a four-yard pass from Pollock to Stevens with exactly 6 minutes left in the third quarter to close the gap 19 – 14. 

Just 30 seconds later, Dexter still down by 5 points in the second half scored another touchdown when Pollock threw a 30-yard pass to Ethan Stevens to move ahead 21-19.  This was their only lead of the game. 

“We finally got clicking offensively,” Peden said.  “We did the stuff we can do.  When that happens you see what we can produce, offensively.”

Dragons fought back and scored the game-winning touchdown with just under two minutes left on the clock.

The Bearcats battled down to the very last second of the game.  They took over the ball with only 24 seconds left on the clock and rallied hard against the Dragons.  Dexter’s quarterback, Peyton Pollock, hustled towards the right side of the field throwing long to Jason Jarrell who caught the ball and ran in for a touchdown.

Bearcat fans and fellow teammates jumped in the air excited to win their first game of the season.  But it was short lived and seconds later the ball was returned to the line of scrimmage, the touchdown wiped clean.  Not knowing how close he was to the line of scrimmage, Pollock  merely overstepped a few feet before throwing what seemed to be the perfect pass. 

“Peyton made a good throw and it was a good catch,” stated Peden.  “He just stepped over the line a little bit.  Sometimes that’s how the ball bounces, but it should have never came to that play.”

Time for one more play and Pollock knew he had to make this one count.  A pass to Ethan Stevens some 25 yards up field, but was brought down by several Dragons. The clock simply ran out on the Bearcats!

Pollock tallied a team-high 92 yards rushing for Dexter.  He completed 16 of 27 passes for a total of 140 yards, throwing one interception.

Ethan Stevens recorded 74 yards in 7 catches scoring two touchdowns.  Austin Chesser tallied five catches for 45 yards.

“Offensively, I thought we did well.  We just need to get the rust and kinks out.  We did a lot of things positive on the offensive side of the ball, but then again stalled drives killed us,” continued Peden.  “We have got to turn big plays into points and I thought that is something we didn’t do very well tonight.”

Dexter only fumbled the ball one time during the game while Ste. Genevieve fumbled the ball five times with the Bearcats gaining possession each time.  Cameron Craft, Brandon Quertermous, Tim Spence, Ethan Stevens, and Noah Kronk each recovered a fumble for the Dexter Bearcats.  Dylan Bazarian earned the most tackles with a total of 10 and Noah Kronk added 9 tackles.

“Defensively, I thought even though we didn’t win the game we played very well.  Big plays killed us.  Basically all of their scores were on big plays.  They didn’t really sustain a drive and just drive it down our throats.  When they did we forced a fumble on the goal line and got the ball back.”

Dexter had 10 penalties for 69 yards while Ste. Gen had 6 penalties for 66 yards. 

“Penalties stall our drives,” commented Peden.  “We were moving the ball pretty well in spots.  Then you go from second and one to second and twelve.  You cannot work with that.  Penalties were definitely a killer.” 

Final Score Ste. Genevieve 27,  Dexter 21

DHS  0   7   14   0  -  21

SGS   7   6     6   8  -  27

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

SG -- Austin Brewer 1 run (Drew Schmelzle kick), 3:12 (7-0 SG)

Second Quarter

SG -- Logan Rhinehart 52 run (Schmelzle kick no good), 10:42 (13-0 SG)

DX -- Peyton Pollock 33 run (Jason Jarrell kick), 8:17 (13-7 SG)

Third Quarter

SG -- Wyatt Lalumandier 39 run (conversion no good), 8:41 (19-7 SG)

DX -- Pollock 4 pass to Stevens (Jarrell kick), 6:00 (19-14 SG)

DX -- Pollock 29 pass to Stevens (Jarrell kick), 5:30 (21-19 DX)

Fourth Quarter

SG -- Lalumandier 47 pass to Dalton Giesler (Brewer run), 1:59 (27-21 SG)

Team Stats	Dexter	Ste. Gen
First downs	13	13
Rushing-yards	35-152	39-280
Passings yards	140	138
Comp-Att-Int	16-27-1	7-15-0
Total yards	285	379
Fumbles-lost	1-1	5-5
Penalties-yards	10-69	6-66
Punts-Avg.	4-155	2-51
Possession Time	28:02	19:58
Sacks by-Yards	1-8	0-0

RUSHING - (Dexter) Peyton Pollock 19-92, Carson Dean 10-42, Dylan Bazarian 4-6, Ethan Stevens 2-12. (Ste. Genevieve) Wyatt Lalumandier 17-121, Austin Brewer 16-47, Luke Gettinger 4-60, Logan Rhinehart 2-52.

PASSING - (Dexter) Peyton Pollock 16-27-0. (Ste. Genevieve) Wyatt Lalumandier 7-15-0.

RECEIVING - (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 7-74, Austin Chesser 5-45, Gavin White 2-11, Tim Spence 1(-1), Jason Jarrell 1-11. (Ste. Genevieve) Logan Rhinehart 4-36, Dalton Giesler 2-52, Drew Schmelzle 1-50.

PUNTING - (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 4-155. (Ste. Genevieve) Drew Schmelzle 2-51.

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Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcats varsity football team will be lead by Coach Justin Peden in his second year as head football coach. 

“I have gotten to know the guys really well now and they have gotten to know me, so we all have a better relationship,” stated Peden.  “They know what my expectations are and we have also had a year in the weight room and a year in the offensive system, so the players are more comfortable with what we are doing.”

Dexter will return 35 athletes to the roster this season comprising of sixteen seniors, twelve juniors, and seven sophomores. 

BEARCAT SENIORS ARE: Caleb Rea, Peyton Pollock, Dakota Southerland, Austin Aldridge, Jason Mattison, Brandon Quertermous, Jackson Hubbard, Tim Spence, Dylan Bazarian, Noah Kronk, Drake Mitchell, Matt Sims, Cameron Craft, Dalton Twomey, Aaron Sandlin and Jacob Murdock.

BEARCAT JUNIORS ARE: Ethan Stevens, Gavin White, Nate Weathers, Jared Deal, Austin Merritt, Tyler Stevenson, Carson Dean, Austin Chesser, River Chism, Austin Mitchell, Houston Burnett and Brandon Twomey.

BEARCAT SOPHOMORES ARE: Corey Holland, Jake Adams, Jason Jarrell, Clay Henson, Payton Tinnin, Steve Stidmon and Tyler Conaway.

“We have a lot of returning players on both sides of the ball.  Every starter except for two or three started or received considerable varsity playing time last year.  The game experience these guys have will be invaluable during this season.  They have been battle tested and dealt with tremendous adversity last season so that is a major plus.”

Senior Peyton Pollock will be back at the helm throwing for the Bearcats.  He transferred in last year when his father took over at the principal of Dexter Senior High School.  He had 110 carries for 504 yards last year and threw for 1,360 yards. 

“Peyton is able to do a lot of the things you need a quarterback to do,” commented Peden.  “He has a strong arm and can move his feet when needed.  He is also a leader in the locker room and in the huddle.  I expect big things from him this season.”

“We are looking really good offensively,” continued Coach Peden.  “We have added some new wrinkles that allow our personnel to be more successful.  With all the returning players it has been easy installing new plays and formations.  Our offense is complex so having a year in the system has really helped out!”

The Bearcats have the comfort knowing they have some of the most substantial defensive athletes in southeast Missouri.  Noah Kronk, Jason Mattison, and Jake Adams are hard-core linebackers with River Chism and Bo McMullin providing excellent depth.  Ethan Stephens and Dylan Bazarian are the Bearcat’s two safeties.  Cornerbacks are Gavin White, Austin Chesser and Austin Aldridge all having a tremendous amount of experience on the field.

“Our defense is looking pretty stout.  We also changed some things defensively to help our players and are being more aggressive at the line of scrimmage.  Overall this years defense is head and shoulders above where we were at this point last year.”

Jason Jarrell will serve as the Bearcat’s back-up quarterback and kicker, while Ethan Stephens will punt the ball when necessary.

“I feel like we have some of the best specialists in the area,” commented Coach Peden.  “Ethan Stevens will punt, Caleb Rae will long snap and Jason Jarrell will handle kick-offs and extra point/field goals.  I truly believe that at least two games are won or lost by special teams every year.  We have been working on some things to help us in this area during practice.”

Dexter will compete in Class 3, District 1 along side New Madrid County Central, Fredericktown, Kennett, Potosi, St. Pius X (Festus), Park Hills Central, and Ste. Genevieve. 

They open Friday night against Ste. Genevieve.  Game time 8:00 p.m.

Due to the extreme heat and high temperatures it was a unanimous decision to postpone the game by one hour.  “The heat will be a factor, but we have been preaching about hydrating and will make sure the kids have plenty of water on the sidelines.”

“I am looking forward to a good, hard nosed football game against Ste. Genevieve,” continued Peden.  “The Dragons are a good team with a great coach so they will be ready for us.”

“I truly feel like high school football presents a chance for young men to have a second “family” so to speak.  These guys will go through things together that not many people will ever experience or understand.  Playing together as a family and looking out for each other will only lead to success on the and off the field.”

1 – 2 – 3 FAMILY!!!  Go Bearcats!  We will see you on the field 8:00 p.m. Friday, August 22^nd in Ste. Genevieve!  #SlaytheDragons!

Date	Location	Time
8/22	at Ste. Genevieve	8 p.m.
8/29	Poplar Bluff	7 p.m.
9/5	Charleston	7 p.m.
9/12	at Sikeston	7 p.m.
9/19	at Caruthersville	7 p.m.
9/26	Kennett	7 p.m.
10/3	at NMCC	7 p.m.
10/10	Park Hills Central	7 p.m.
10/17	at Malden	7 p.m

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Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Varsity Volleyball Team may have some of the most talented volleyball athletes in Southeast Missouri.  Last year’s record will be hard to beat considering they had such a successful season finishing 26 – 5.

The Lady ‘Cats return all but two of their starters this season.  They went undefeated in the Stoddard County Athletic Association conference and won the tournament.

"We’ve got the numbers and height and pretty much we’ve just got to put it all together and go out and be competitive,” commented Carmen Morgan, head volleyball coach.

Leading the Bearcats are Jessica Lindsey and Shyann Jines who are veteran seniors this year and have the most experience along with juniors Brittany Brown, Julia Hahn, Ashlyn Werneck, Kendall Adams, and Matney Davis.  “We lost two key players to graduation in May, but we also have a lot of athletes back,” continued Morgan.

“I tell my kids two things.  We are going to compete and I want effort.  Those are two things that drive us all the time in practice and in games.”

“I came in with Shyann Jines and Jessica Lindsey as sophomores so we’ve been together for three years now,” stated Morgan.  “I definitely think hitting should be one of our strengths because these two middle hitters are strong.  They are also strong blockers and passers.  These two girls are very talented and work hard!”

“Julia Hahn, a junior, has been playing with us since she was a freshman,” continued Morgan.  “She’s really been working on her defense and setting this year.  She can also hit!” 

“Brittany Brown is stepping in as libero,” stated Morgan.  “Her sister (Ashley Brown) is the one who graduated and I know she will do a good job for us.”

Sophomore Janie Lindsey and freshmen Lexi Barnes, Addie Kruse, Hannah Thurmon, and Kristen Garrison also bring a lot of talent to the group. 

“We’ve got a 5’10 freshman that jumps well,” speaking of newcomer Kristen Garrison.  “She moved in and she’s a player.  She brings a whole new element to us because not only does she hit, but she can also set.”

“We have a good group of freshmen coming in,” according to Morgan.  “They have had success at the junior high level and I expect them to have success at the high school level because they play a lot of off-season ball and they’ve got good skills.  Coach Hahn has done a great job with those girls at the junior high level.”

Dexter opens their season on Monday, August 25^th when they host Farmington at the Bearcat Event Center.  “We tried to get our schedule a little tougher.  We’ve added Farmington and they are always tough.  We’ll have lots to work on when it’s over, but we are going to get out there and give it our best shot against them.”

The Lady ‘Cats will compete in Class 3, District 1 against Perryville, Notre Dame, Kennett, Doniphan, and Fredericktown during play-offs.  “We’ve also added Perryville in the regular season.  Some years we see Perryville in every tournament and some years we don’t see them at all until the district.  This year the week before the district we play Perryville and Notre Dame, which are always two tough ones in district competition.”

Coach Morgan has a new assistant volleyball coach this season.  Kacey Christian is new to the Dexter area coming from Fox Schools near St. Louis.

“I’m really excited,” commented Christian.  “I think they will have a great season.”

Pictured at the top is the Dexter varsity volleyball team:  Front row sitting from left to right are:  Ashlyn Werneck, Julia Hahn, Jessica Lindsey, Shyann Jines, Kendall Adams, and Addie Kruse.

Standing from left to right are: Brittany Brown, Lexi Barnes, Janie Lindsey, Hannah Thurmon, Kristen Garrison, and Matney Davis.

Pictured above is the Dexter JV Lady ‘Cats volleyball team.  Sitting from left to right are Megan Trout, Maddison McConnell, Ashlynn Wyman, Emily Page, Addie Kruse, and Lexi Barnes.  Standing from left to right are Rylan Hillis, Morgan Aldridge, Bailee Williams, Hannah Thurmon, Janie Lindsey, Lauren Rascher, and Maci Daniels.

JV games begin at 6:00 p.m. with Varsity following when held at home at the Bearcat Event Center.

2014 Dexter Volleyball Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site
8/25	Farmington	Home
8/26	Kennett	Away
8/28	Jackson	Away
9/2	Cape Central	Home
9/5-6	Notre Dame Tourn	Cape Gir.
9/8	Bloomfield	Home
9/11	Bernie	Home
9/12-13	Dig for Life Tourn	Cape Gir.
9/15	Woodland	Away
9/16	Richland	Home
9/18	Bell City	Away
9/22	Advance	Away
9/23	Leopold (Dig Pink)	Home
9/25	Sikeston	Home
9/29	Puxico	Home
10/2	Poplar Bluff	Away
10/6-10	SCAA Tourn	Bloomfield
10/13	Notre Dame	Away
10/16	Perryville	Away