Bloomfield, Missouri – The #6 Dexter Bearcats earned another win defeating the #11 Portageville Bulldogs 62 – 47 in game #6 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Portageville’s Kynan Mosby recorded a team-high 16 points including an impressive five 3-pointers. Derrick Priggel tallied 13 points including one trey. Greg Hopkins finished with 10 points for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs recorded zero fouls in the first half and were down by 20 points going into the locker room at the half.
Jason Jarrell recorded a game-high 21 points for the Bearcats. Austin Chesser tallied 15 points including one trey. Jacob Pedigo finished with 11 points including a trey. Peyton Pollock and Addison Moore each added one trey also.
Final Score #6 Dexter 62, #11 Portageville 47
Portageville 6 5 15 21 - 47
Dexter 15 16 11 20 - 62
Portageville (47) – Kynan Mosby 16, Will Crysler 2, Jaylin Mosby 4, Derrick Priggel 13, Greg Hopkins 10, Ian Torrey 2. FG 17, FT 7/10, F 17. (3-pointers: Mosby 5, Priggel 1. Fouled Out: None).
Dexter (62) – Noah Kronk 6, Jason Jarrell 21, Peyton Pollock 4, Jacob Pedigo 11, Austin Cheser 15, Adison Moore 5. FG 20, FT 18/26, F 12. (3-pointers: Pollock 1, Pedigo 1, Chesser 1, Moore 1. Fouled Out: None).
Dexter is slated to play the Kennett Indians at 8:30 p.m. Saturday evening. Portageville was defeated by Doniphan 66-47 in game 11 at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Bloomfield, Missouri – The #5 seed Twin Rivers easily defeated the #12 seed Holcomb Hornets in game #5 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament 64-31.
Twin Rivers jumped out to a 27 – 8 lead at the end of the first period and never looked back.
None of the Hornets could score double digits against the Twin Rivers defense. Jacob Adkins had a team-high 7 points.
Andrew Mittelstadt tallied a game-high 14 points for Twin Rivers. Seth Snider scored 11 points. Matt Austin, Jase Worley, Chance Wilkerson, and Jesse Robards each scored a 3-pointer in the game. Mason Douglas tallied two treys for the Hornets.
Final Score #5 Twin Rivers 64, #12 Holcomb 31
Holcomb 8 11 5 7 - 31
Twin Rivers 27 9 13 15 - 64
Holcomb (31) – Skyler Johnson 4, Pearson McClendon 3, Preston Sikes 4, Paden McCormick 4, Jacob Adkins 7, Colton Dunbar 5, Ben Vance 4. FG 9, FT 13/20, F 13. (3-pointers: None. Fouled Out: None)
Twin Rivers (64) – Matt Austin 5, Jase Worley 7, Chance Wilkerson 7, Jesse Robards 6, Andrew Mittelstadt 14, Josh Suiter 8, Mason Douglas 6, Seth Snider 11. FG 27, FT 3/7, F 15. (3-pointers: Austin 1, Worley 1, Wilkerson 1, Robards 2, Douglas 2. Fouled Out: None).
Twin Rivers is slated to play the Bernie Mules on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in game #14 of the annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Holcomb was defeated by East Prairie in game #9 70 - 41 and will now play in the quarterfinal for 5th place slated for Monday at 4:00 p.m.
Bloomfield, Missouri – It was definitely one of the most exciting games of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament thus far. The #4 Bernie Mules utilized Matt Vernon’s scoring ability to secure their win over East Prairie 76 – 67.
East Prairie led at the end of the first quarter 16 – 15.
Seth Bays recorded 5 treys tallying 15 points for the East Prairie Eagles. Brandon Evans scored a team-high 20 points and Deverance Jones added 11 points. Dylan Lingle and Dustin Bryars each added a trey.
Matt Vernon recorded a game-high 23 points for the Bernie Mules including three 3-pointers. Brandon Sparks tallied 18 points including 2 treys and Caleb Ellenburg finished with 14 points. Gavin Smith tallied 12 points and Devin Trammell recorded 7 points.
Final Score #4 Bernie 76, #13 East Prairie 67
East Prairie 16 8 29 24 - 67
Bernie 15 20 20 21 - 76
East Prairie (67) – Set Bays 15, Dustin Bryars 3, Dylan Lingle 3, Mack Marcum 2, Brett Ellis 4, Cade Douglas 5, Deverance Jones 11, Nick Grubbs 2, Brandon Evans 20, Nate Owens 2. FG 28, FT 4/6, F 26. (3-pointers: Bays 5, Bryars 1, Lingle 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bernie (76) – Matt Vernon 23, Login Wood 2, Brandon Sparks 18, Caleb Ellenburg 14, Devin Trammell 7, Gavin Smith 12. FG 23, FT 25/35, F 11. (3-pointers: Vernon 3, Sparks 2. Fouled Out: None).
East Prairie played Holcomb at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday defeating them 70 – 41.
East Prairie is slated to play at 1:00 p.m. in the Consolation Semi-final on Monday against either Richland or Saxony Lutheran. That game is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Bloomfield, Missouri – The #3 ranked Kennett Indians defeated #14 Doniphan 64-48 in game #3 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Kennett scored double digits in each of the four periods.
Doniphan had three players score 8 points each; Bryce Hale, Klay Barton , and Lucas Moe. Tanner Buck tallied a team-high 9 points including two 3-pointers. Klay Barton hit two treys and Brad Eddens finished with 7 points including one trey.
Kennett tallied six 3-pointers against Doniphan. Rantrell Caruthers finished with a game-high 14 points including two 3-pointers. Jad Kenny and Carlos Turner scored 10 points each.
Final Score #3 Kennett 64, #14 Doniphan 48
Doniphan 12 10 9 17 - 48
Kennett 18 16 17 13 - 64
Doniphan (48) – Tanner Buck 9, Bryce Hale 8, Alex McVaney 2, Klay Barton 8, Brad Eddens 7, Anthony Quintanar 4, Austin Leroux 2, Lucas Moe 8. FG 18, FT 7/14, F 16. (3-pointers: Buck 2, Barton 2, Eddens 1. Fouled Out: None).
Kennett (64) – Rantrell Caruthers 14, Carlos Turner 10, tyreik Thomas 2, Landon Vaughan 3, Fred Gooden 9, Jarvis Stewart 2, Andre Oliver 7, Jackson Britt 2, Patrick Maddox 5, Jad Keny 10. FG 22, FT 15/21, F 19. (3-pointers: Caruthers 2, Vaughan 1, Gooden 1, Oliver 1, Maddox 1. Fouled Out: None).
Kennett is slated to play the Dexter Bearcats at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday night. Doniphan will take on the Portageville Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday in game #11 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Bloomfield, Missouri – It was no contest for the #2 seed Malden Green Wave in their first contest of the day. Malden had five athletes in double digits and tallied ten 3-pointers to secure their win over Van Buren 91 – 37..
Zach Griffin tallied a game-high 25 points for Van Buren including three 3-pointers. Logan Sanders scored 8 points including two treys.
Reggie Reed tallied a team-high 17 points. Cortez Dobbins scored 15 points including 1 trey. Alejandro Gordon finished with 11 points including his two treys. Shaeen Perkins hit for 14 points including two treys. Shamrudre Barber finished with 14 points including one trey. Dishon Ross and Orlandis Farr hit one trey each.
Final Score #2 Malden 91, #15 Van Buren 37
Van Buren 13 8 6 10 - 37
Madlen 30 17 36 8 - 91
Van Buren (37) – Tristan Hollis 2, Logan Sanders 8, Caleb Davis 2, Zach Griffin 25. FG 11, FT 10/12. F 9. (3-pointers: Griffin 3, Sanders 2. Fouled Out: None)
Malden (91) – Dishon Ross 3, Alejandro Gordon 11, Shaeen Perkins 14, Dremond Robinson 2, Cortez Dobbins 15, Tyler Currie 6, Jace Brown 2, Reggie Reed 17, Shamrudre Barber 14, Orlandis Farr 3, Trevor Ison 4. FG 37, FT 7/10, F 16. (3-pointers: Ross 1, Gordon 2, Perkins 2, Dobbins 1, Currie 2, Barber 1, Farr 1. Fouled Out: None)
Malden will take on the Bloomfield Wildcats on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. The Dexter Cheerleaders and the Dexter Kickin’ Cats will be the half-time performers during the game.
Van Buren is slated to play Puxico at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.