Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

The ShowMe Times is proud to highlight the outstanding performance of two Dexter Bearcat Football athletes.  Each week the ShowMe Times will choose two players – one offensive player and one defensive player who will be featured as Players of the Week.  Leadership on the athletic field is often a good indicator of the future development of our young students and is a perfect training ground for future leaders.

The ShowMe Times is pleased to announce the ShowMe Times Players of the Week #2 against the Poplar Bluff Mules are senior Peyton Pollock and senior Noah Kronk.

Peyton Pollock is Dexter’s quarterback and demonstrated outstanding performance.  He completed 20 passes for 174 yards, threw one touchdown, rushed for 59 yards and scored two touchdowns against the Mules.  Way to go Peyton!

Noah Kronk had a team-high 6 tackles and 1 tackle assist giving him 7 total tackles.  Awesome Noah!

The Bearcats suffered a tough loss to the Mules, but they have much improved over last year.  They were able to even the score in the third quarter, but after a rain delay the Mules fought back and won.  It was a tough loss.  For entire article please click HERE.

Congratulations to both of these two fine young men on their accomplishments.

Pollock and Kronk will be back in action with the Bearcats on Friday evening when they host the Charleston Bluejays at Charles Bland Stadium.  Game time is currently 7:00 p.m. #GoBearcats!

Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Dexter, Missouri – Mother Nature seemed to have her way with many area football games as they were delayed by more than an hour for lightning.  Week #2 didn’t go exactly as planned for the Dexter Bearcats, but they fought hard and performed well on the field despite the score. 

The Poplar Bluff Mules seemed invincible in the first ten minutes of the game, but the Bearcats overcame a 14-point deficit to tie things up 14-14 by the end of the third quarter.  The game then stopped for a lightning delay and the rain followed.  It took about one hour and a half hours before the Bearcats could resume play.

It was all Mules in the first quarter as they scored first with Bi Nguyen rushing for just three yards to points on the board.  On the Mules second possession of the game Kameron Misner threw 18 yards to Briar Alford to increase the lead to 14-0 with about two and a half minutes remaining in the first quarter.  That put a damper on the Bearcats and the crowd cheering for their favorite team!

“When we came out we put undue pressure on ourselves to be great,” commented Dexter head football coach Justin Peden.  “We don’t just go out sometimes and play football because we are so ready to impress.  I think we need to calm down sometimes at the beginning of the game.  These guys were excited because they know we can be good.”

The Bearcats did not give up!  Peyton Pollock completed an 81-yard touchdown drive in the middle of the second quarter, passing to Austin Aldridge putting points on the board, cutting the lead 14-6.

“We knew their corners were playing soft,” Peden said.  “Their corners played back a little ways so we thought we could hit the underneath routes.  That drive was pretty and was a good indication of what we can do when we get clicking offensively.  We are still working out some kinks I guess, but we are going to be better offensively and that drive was a good showing of how e could keep moving the chains and get in the end zone throwing the ball.”

Peyton Pollock once again came through for the Bearcats running the ball 25 yards for their second touchdown of the game with just eight minutes left in the third quarter.  A completed pass to Ethan Stevens added a two-point conversion securing a tie between the two teams.

“It was a good game,” Peden said.  “The guys were playing well coming into the fourth quarter.  We are competing with teams people thought we weren’t supposed to be competing with.  I think that’s showing people we have been working hard, getting prepared and we are a better football team.  Now we’ve just got to turn these close games into wins and I think we will be ok.”

The Mules came out strong after the rain delay and outscored the Bearcats 16-6 in the forth quarter to win. 

Poplar Bluff’s final score came with a 69 yard drive with Misner ran the football up the middle from the 1-yard line to put the Mules out of reach 30-14 with 5:51 left on the clock. 

Peyton Pollock answered with his own, keeping the ball and ran an 11-yard touchdown in the final minute of regulation trimming the lead, but it wasn’t enough for the win.

“We kind of thought it would be good for us to get in and get some time,” Peden stated when asked about how the weather affected the Bearcat’s spirit.  “But once we started hitting a half hour, 45 minutes and then an hour it was kin d of lagging for us.  We needed to get out earlier.  If we could have got out earlier after a chance to rest up it would have been better for us, but they had to sit in there too so you cannot really blame it on the weather delay.  We lost our momentum and the emotion we had going because we were riding a high and they had to get in there and talk x’s and o’s and correct their mistakes.  That’s just the way it goes sometimes.”

Pollock completed 20 passes for 174 yards.  He ran for two touchdowns and threw one to Ethan Stevens.  He finished with a net 59 yards rushing.

Noah Kronk led the Bearcats with seven tackles.  Drake Mitchell and Bo McMullin each had six tackles.  Tim Spence, Dylan Bazarian, and Austin Chesser each completed five tackles.

“Our defense played treat tonight,” stated Peden.  “They had a short field a couple times and we stopped them.  Any mistakes that were made are ones that are correctable.  As long as the effort is there it’s our job as coaches to correct the mistakes.  We will get in there and look at film, figure out what went wrong, fix the problems, and come out better next week.” 

The Dexter Bearcats (0-2) will be back in action this Friday hosting the Charleston Bluejays (0-2).  Both teams are looking for their first victory of the season!  Game time 7:00 p.m.

Final Score  Poplar Bluff 30, Dexter 20

TEAM STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - (PB) Kameron Misner 16-102, Bi Nguyen 15-54, Tristen Francisco 2-12, Briar Alford 2-9. (Dexter) Peyton Pollock 24-59, Carson Dean 3-3, Dylan Bazarian 2-0.

Passing - (PB) Kameron Misner 10-20-1 = 110. (Dexter) Peyton Pollock 20-39-1 = 174.

Receiving - (PB) Briar Alford 3-37, Austin Jefferson 3-21, Tristen Francisco 2-14, Elijah Dawson 1-22, Denzel Britton 1-16. (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 4-43, Austin Chesser 4-14, Austin Aldridge 3-41, Gavin White 3-21, Jason Jarrell 2-26, Nick Trout 2-17, Tim Spence 2-12.

Punting - (PB) Tristen Francisco 6-185. (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 5-183.

Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Dexter, Missouri – It was hot and muggy, but the home crowd came out with umbrellas and pop-up tents to watch the Dexter Lay ‘Cats tennis team take down another opponent.  It was cats vs cats at the nets and the Lady ‘Cats came out on top with the victory 6-3 over the Cape Central Lady Tigers.

The Bearcats are off to a great start this season and improved their record to 3-0 under Coach Kurt Lovelady.

Varsity Doubles Matches:

MaKayla Waldner/Mary Kate Miller defeated Powel/Harding 8-5

Messerlie/Dai defeated Macy Urhahn/Alexis May 8-6

Destiny Robertson/Kalee Howard defeated Grimm/Ustinov 8-5

Varsity Singles Matches:

MaKayla Waldner defeated Josey Powell 8-2

Mary Kate Miller defeated Katherine Harding 8-5

Macy Urhahn defeated Paige Messerli 8-3

Amy Dai defeated Alexis May 8-1

Natalie Grimm defeated Destiny Roberson 8-1

Kalee Howeard defeated Elizabeth Ustinov 8-0

The Dexter Lady 'Cats will be back on the court Tuesday, September 2nd at 4 p.m. in Kennett and on Wednesday, September 3rd at 4 p.m. in Poplar Bluff.   Go Bearcats!

Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Cape Girardeau, Missouri – What an amazing evening for the Southeast Missouri Redhawks at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau.  With a crowd of over 7,000 people, the Redhawks seemed unstoppable against Missouri Baptist.

Southeast scored a record 77 points during the game and the highest they have ever scored in their NCAA Division 1 tenure.  The last time they scored a record win was against Quincy in 2009 when they were victorious with a 72-3 win. 

The Redhawks scored on their first possession and just kept scoring continuous over the next seven possessions!  The crowd was stoked with each touchdown.  They couldn’t have asked for a better opening home game in the history of the Southeast Redhawks!   It just wasn’t in the cards for the Spartans tonight. 

Southeast limited Missouri Baptist to just 81 yards all night accumulating three quarterback sacks.

SEMO will be back in action when they travel to Kansas on September 6^th.

Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Sikeston, Missouri – The Dexter netters are rolling across southeast Missouri defeating the Sikeston Bulldogs 9-0 in the blistering heat Wednesday.

Varsity Doubles Matches:

MaKayla Waldner/Mary Kate Miller defeated Price/Hope Mannon 9-7

Macy Urhahn/Alexis May defeated Henson/Basham 8-3

Destiny Robertson/Kalee Howard defeated Landers/Braden 8-2

Varsity Singles Matches:

MaKayla Waldner defeated Ali Price 8-2

Mary Kate Miller defeated Peyton Henson 8-1

Macy Urhahn defeated Brianna Basham 8-4

Alexis May defeated Allenna Landers 8-5

Destiny Robertson defeated Emily Braden 8-1

Kalee Howard defeated Madison Lancaster 6-0

Dexter’s JV also won their contest against 3-0.

Reagan Miller defeated Kaylan Butler 6-0

Rachel Singh defeated MacKenzie Alsup 6-0

Brittany Gibson/Jessica Ladd defeated Butler/Alsup 6-1