Malden, Missouri – The Bearcats knew going into the game that it was going to be difficult.  The Malden Green Wave program has had an impressive year defeating every opponent.

Malden wasted no time scoring against Dexter.  They recorded 28 points effortlessly in the first and second quarters of the game.  At half it was 56-0 and the Bearcats knew it was almost unreachable at that point, but they never stopped playing the entire game and for that fans are very proud of our Bearcats.  They played with great sportsmanship and never gave up.

“It was a disappointing game,” commented head football coach Justin Peden.  “I really thought we would come out and play them a lot closer.  They got on us quick and we made some mistakes in all aspects of the game.  Malden capitalized.  When you do that with teams that are good they are going to put it away quick and that’s exactly what they did.”

The first half was all varsity play, but as the night progresses it was time for the underclassmen to show their stuff! Jason Jarrell, sophomore took over as quarterback late in the fourth quarter and rushed the ball 12 yards for the only Bearcat touchdown of the game.

“At the end of the day we got some younger guys some experience,” Peden said.  “I think the guys tried hard and were still fighting even though it was out of reach to win.” 

Malden secured the #1 seed in Class 2, District 1 and has an impressive record of 9-0.  They play Charleston Friday night in District Quarterfinal contest.

“They have some serious speed,” Peden said of Malden.  “Their receivers are off the line block extremely well.  They did a really good job of setting the edge all night.  Their receivers were driving our guys back.  We hadn’t seen anything like that all year.  They are a bunch of really good, athletic kids who play hard.  They play hard the whole time and you have got to take your hat off to Malden in that situation.  Those guys just play really hard, they wanted this game and they are an extremely good football team.”

Ethan Stevens had a team-high 7 tackles for the Bearcats.

Dexter is seeded #5 in Class 3, District 1 and will play St. Pius of Festus on Friday, October 24^th at 7:00 p.m.  (We will post directions to the football field on our Facebook page).

Park Hills received the #1 seed followed by Potosi and Ste. Genevieve as the top three seeds.  Kennett earned the #6 seed, Fredericktwon #7, and New Madrid County Central the #8 seed spot.

“We need to regroup after a game like this and make sure we have our focus going into the playoffs,” stated Peden.  “St. Pius is a good team, but we can win and set up a rematch with Park Hills tat I am sure our guys would like to have.  We have just got to make sure after a night like tonight we don’t stop wanting to play football and want to keep going.  I think these guys are resilient, are good young men and will want to keep going and erase this from people’s memories.”

The ShowMe Times will be at the St. Pius vs Dexter game taking great photos and posting scores on the ShowMe Times Facebook page as well as Twitter.  It’s Black-Out Friday so wear your favorite Bearcat shirt and let’s beat those Lancers!!!!

Final Score Dexter 8, Malden 76

Dexter     0    0    0   8   -   8

Malden  28  28  14   6  -  76

First Quarter

M - Dremond Robinson 6 run (Chapen Riley kick), 10:00

M - Cortez Dobbins 14 run (Riley kick), 8:00

M - Parker McCormick 40 pass from Riley (Riley kick), 6;51

M - Dobbins 10 run (Riley kick), 2:54

Second Quarter

M - Shaeen Perkins 99 interception return (Riley kick failed), 9:15

M - Dexter safety, 8:19

M - Nick Thompson 10 pass from Riley (conversion good), 7:12

M - Robinson 40 run (Riley kick failed), 6:01

M - Dobbins 14 pass from Riley (Riley kick), 3:13

Third Quarter

M - Dobbins 19 run (Riley kick failed), 6:42

M - Jamilyn Criglar 5 run (conversion good), 0:38

Fourth Quarter

M - Dee Triplett 1 run (conversion failed) 9:58

D - Jason Jarrell 12 run (conversion good), 4:04

Team Stats

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - (Dexter) Dylan Bazarian 9-25, Tim Spence 9-14, Peyton Pollock 6-29, Ethan Stevens 5-8, Jason Jarrell 4-35, Tyler Conaway 1-1. (Malden) Dremond Robinson 8-155, Cortez Dobbins 3-43, Shaeen Perkins 2-30, Tyler Currie 2-26, Bryce Nelson 2-21, Nick Thompson 2-19, Dee Triplett 2-6, Howie Payne 2-4, Malcom McBride 2-1, Jeremy Jones 1-30, Jamilyn Criglar 1-5, Tray Stevenson 1-1

Passing - (Dexter) Peyton Pollock 12-28-1 = 44. (Malden) Chapen Riley 6-7-0 = 119, Ben Owens 1-1-0 = 2

Receiving - (Dexter) Payton Tinnin 3-2, Noah Kronk 2-7, Austin Aldridge 2-1, Ethan Stevens 2-4, Austin Chesser 2-20, Nick Trout 1-10 (Malden) Parker McCormick 2-54, Cortez Dobbins 2-32, Jeremy Jones 1-23, Nick Thompson 1-10, Ethan Harris 1-2.

Punting - (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 3-98, Drake Mitchell 1-39. (Malden) Chapen Riley 1-55.