Broseley, Missouri - The Lady Cats of Dexter are seeded #1 in the 2014 Twin Rivers Lady Royals Christmas Classic slated to begin Thursday, December 18th.
Dexter will play #16 seed East Carter County at 4 p.m. Thursday.
#8 Chaffee will play #9 Kennett at 5:30 p.m. #5 New Madrid County Central plays #12 Doniphan at 7:00 p.m. and the hosting team #4 Twin Rivers will play #13 Portageville at 8:30 p.m.
Winners will advance to round two to begin on Saturday, December 20th at 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
On Friday evening #3 Naylor will play #14 Malden at 4:00 p.m. #6 Charleston will play #11 Greenville at 5:30 p.m. #7 Kelly will play #10 Clearwater at 7:00 p.m. and the #2 seeded Neelyville will play #15 Senath-Hornersville at 8:30 p.m.
The winners will proceed to round two to be played at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Consolations bracket will begin on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. See bracket for details.
Last year the Lady Cats defeated #2 Neelyville 63-45 in the Championship. They also won the 2012 and 2011 Classic.
Bloomfield, Missouri – The Bloomfield Wildcats varsity boys basketball program improved their record to 4 – 1 with a convincing victory over the Richland Rebels.
“Offensively, we played about as well as we could play, and really did a good job for all four quarters,” commented head Bloomfield basketball coach Jason Karnes. “We weren’t very pleased with our defensive effort the first half, but thought we did a better job defensively and on the boards the second half. We are proud of our guys and the way they have played the first two weeks, but we want to continue to practice hard and continue to get better every day. We need a good week of practice and preparation for a really good Advance team on Friday.”
Preston Tilley recorded a game-high 23 points including five 3-pointers for the Rebels. Marcus Grayson added 11 including a trey.
Noah Vandiver recorded a team-high 22 points for Bloomfield. Peton Bell and Tim Hector each hit three treys for the Wildcats. Bell finished with 15 points and Hector tallied 9 points.
Austin Bond recorded 16 points and Tyler Battles tallied 18 points for Bloomfield.
Final Score Bloomfield 97, Richland 46
Richland 16 11 10 9 - 46
Bloomfield 31 30 29 7 - 97
Photo submitted by Katie Pinkley/Richland High School Student
Richland senior Skyler Harper #1 puts up a shot past Bloomfield’s Austin Bond #25.
Jackson, Missouri – Players from around the state met at Jackson High School on Saturday, December 13, 2014 for the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association 2014 All-State matches.
Shown in the photo are SCAA players who competed at the event. From left to right are: Chelsea Delay (Bloomfield – Class 2 second-team), Lindsey Young (Bloomfield – Class 2 first-team), Jessica Lindsey (Dexter – Class 3 second-team), Shyann Jines (Dexter – Class 3 Honorable Mention), Morgan Baker (Bernie – Class 1 first-team), Kayli Tanner (Bernie – Class 1 Honorable Mention), and Krista Rhodes (Woodland – Class 2 Honorable Mention).
"All-state teams are determined by a committee that meets on Saturday afternoon of the state tournament. Any all-region player is eligible for all-state because (depending on regional strength), a second team player from one part of the state may be better than a first team player from another part of the state. Coaches of all-region players send in a profile that lists season stats, honors and other information to assist the committee. For a player to be honored, their coach must be a member of MHSVCA. The committee then selects between 8-12 players to be on each class's first team, second team and honorable mention teams."
Paragould, Arkansas – The Lady Cats made one last attempt to win a game at the McDonald’s Shootout in Paragould on Saturday, Jonesboro defeated the Cats 55 – 33.
Dexter trailed at the half 28 – 17 before getting outscored by 11 points in the third period.
Melanie McKuin led Dexter with 11 points including 3 treys. Dakota Reynolds hit 6 points, both 3-pointers.
Sydney Rogers and Krysten Garrison each accounted for 5 points. Rogers hit one trey and Hannah Thurmon scored 4 points.
Dexter (3-3) will play East Carter County on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in the opening round of the 16-team Lady Royals Classic in Broseley, Missouri.Final Score Jonesboro 55, Dexter 33
Jonesboro 13 15 19 8 - 55
Dexter 8 9 8 8 - 33
Photo is Melanie McKuin from a previous Lady Cat game.
Eight middle school wrestlers placed first. Travis Waldner, Mason Keena, Parker Vanslyke, C.J. Ezell, Corbin Strong, John Tuckers, Jett Featherson, and Colton Gibson all received first place medals.
