Dexter, Missouri – Archrival Richland Rebels journeyed into the land of the Bearcats on Friday evening hoping for another win, but were disappointed. Dexter’s varsity boys basketball team conquered the Rebels and earned their first win of the 2014 season defeating Richland 75 – 40 at the Bearcat Event Center.
“We have played five real good basketball teams in the SEMO Conference and tried to control the ball against them, but tonight we were going to let the kids play free and run up and down the floor,” commented Dexter boys head basketball coach Josh Dowdy. “It seems like the kids enjoyed doing it and I think we hit five 3-pointers early.”
Austin Chesser was the man to beat earning him a game-high 26 points and hitting three treys in the first quarter.
“Chesser seemed real comfortable in the offense,” stated Dowdy. “We will keep pushing him when we can. We just don’t want to play keep away all year long.”
Dexter dominated Richland throughout the game leading 36 – 12 at the end of the first period.
“The first half when we were able to press them we caused them problems,” Dowdy said. “We talked at halftime about how we could get better and the kids were like ‘I think man to man’. We struggle guarding man to man so we came out and tried to play man and we actually didn’t do very well to be quite honest. But we are just trying to grow, get better every day and challenge ourselves in every facet of the game.”
Skyler Harper led the Richland Rebels with a team-high 15 points. Preston Tilley hit three treys and tallied 11 points. Josh Thornton scored one 3-pointer and finished with 9 points.
“It was nice to go to in the locker-room and see the kids smile,” Dowdy said. “We have worked all summer long and these kids have done about everything I have asked them to do with our 25 contact days from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. They deserved this victory tonight. The kids can go home, not have to come back to school on Monday and enjoy this!”
Jason Jarrell tallied 19 points against the Rebels. Jacob Pedigo tallied 14 points. Peyton Pollock hit two treys and scored 8 points.
Dexter (1-5) will be back in action when they travel to Bloomfield for the Annual Christmas Tournament slated to begin Friday, December 26th. Dexter has the #6 seed and will play #11 seed Portageville at 5:00 p.m.
Richland (2-4) is also scheduled to appear in the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. They are seeded #16 and will play the #1 seed Hayti at 10:00 a.m. Friday morning.
Final Score Dexter 75, Richland 40
Richland 12 9 11 8 - 40
Dexter 36 16 14 9 - 75
Richland (40) – Marcus Grayson 9, Skyler Harper 15, Preston Tilley 11, Josh Thornton 5. FG 25, FT 1/5, F 14. (3-pointers: Tilley 3, Grayson 1. Fouled Out: None)
Dexter (75) – Noah Kronk 3, Jason Jarrell 19, Peyton Pollock 8, Jacob Pedigo 14, Austin Chesser 26, Matt Sims 2, Gabe Jackson 3. FG 30, FT 9/16, F 11 (3-pointers: Chesser 3, Pollock 2, Jarrell1. Fouled Out: None)
Shown in the photo above is Jacob Pedigo #21, a 5'9" junior guard about score two for Dexter. Photo by Dee Loflin.
Essex, Missouri – The Richland Rebels varsity boys basketball team broke a 38-38 tie to secure their win over Marquand-Zion on Monday evening. Final score 59 – 48.
Richland led in the first period 19 – 12, but it was the fourth quarter that propelled them to victory when they outscored the Tigers 21-10 to give them a win!
Preston Tilley hit 4 treys pacing the Rebels with 14 points against the Tigers.
Richland’s Brandon Partenberry tallied 12 points including two 3-pointers.
Clayton Harriel and Josh Thornton finished with 8 points each. Marcus Grayson finished with 7 including a trey, Devin Stoker with 6 and Skyler Harper with 4 points. Thorton also hit one 3-pointer.
Richland returns on Friday evening when they travel to Dexter to take on the Bearcats at the Bearcat Event Center. Should be a great game!
Final Score Richland 59, Marquand-Zion 48
Marquand 12 16 10 10 - 48
Richland 19 9 10 21 - 59
Marquand (48) - Jarrod Johnson 6, Brandon Whitener 1, Daniel Snider 11, Ethan Lord 3, Drew Cook 2, Evan Hovis 12, Nick Dunn 4, Cody Weekley 9. FG 16, FT 10/20, F 17. (3-Pointers: Weekley 2, Snider 1, Lord 1. Fouled Out: None)
Richland (59) - Marcus Grayson 7, Skyler Harper 4, Preston Tilley 14, Devin Stoker 6, Josh Thornton 8, Clayton Harriel 8, Brandon Partenberry 12. FG 19, FT 13/22, F 18. (3-Pointers: TIlley 4, Grayson 1, Thornton 1, Partenberry 2. Fouled Out: Grayson)
The Indians jumped out to a 7-0 lead with 2:42 left in the first period before the Bearcats called a time-out. Gabe Jackson was fouled and scored Dexter’s first point from the charity stripe with 1:25 left before going into the second quarter.
At halftime it was 23 – 12 Jackson.
Trevor McDonald finished with a team-high 9 points for Dexter including one 3-pointer. Gabe Jackson scored 4 points all free throws. Kole Kelley hit one trey.
Final Score Jackson JV 38, Dexter JV 27
Jackson 11 12 6 9 - 38
Dexter 5 7 2 13 - 27
Jackson (38) – Cameron Hester 4, Pete Lake 5, Antoine Collier 8, Jacob Friess 6, Brayden Martin 3, Grayson Ward 2, Gavin Harris 3, Brett Varner 4, Desmond Morris 3. (3-pointers: Lake 1, Martin 1, Harris 1, Morris 1: Fouled Out: Hester)
Dexter (27) – Gabe Jackson 4, Trevor McDonald 9, Bo McMullin 2, Dawson Kasting 3, Isaiah Hightower 2, Payton Tinnin 4, Kole Kelley 3. (3-pointers: Kelley 1, McDonald 1: Fouled Out: None)
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.
