Sikeston, Missouri – The Lady Cats begin their quest for a District Championship tonight at the Sikeston Fieldhouse. Dexter is the number one seed in girls Class 4, District 1 and will play Cape Central at 6:00 p.m.
Cape Central seeded #4 eliminated #5 seeded Kennett Lady Indians 58 – 33 in round one on Monday.
Notre Dame seeded #3 defeated #6 seed Perryville 68 – 24 and will play the #2 seed Sikeston Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening.
The District Championship is slated for Friday, March 5th at 6:00 p.m.
Sikeston, Missouri – The 2015 Boys Class 4, District 1 Basketball Tournament begins this evening at the Sikeston Fieldhouse.
Number 4 seeded Perryville will play #5 seeded Kennett at 7:00 p.m. Number three-seeded Sikeston will take on the Dexter Bearcats at 8:30 p.m.
Notre Dame is seeded #1 and will play the winner of the Perryville/Kennett game on Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m.
Cape Central is seeded #2 and will play the winner of the Sikeston/Dexter game on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Championship game is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6th.
Sikeston, Missouri – The Lady ‘Cats ended the Lady Bulldogs’ 13-game winning streak at the Sikeston Field House Thursday evening by a score of 55-50.
Krysten Garrison paced the Bearcats with 22 points and 13 rebounds.
Melanie McKuin tallied 19 points including one trey for the Lady ‘Cats.
Dakota Reynolds finished with 8 points including one 3-pointer.
Dexter scored double digits in each of the four periods. Their defense shut-down Sikeston in the first quarter to give them a nice lead 16 – 7. Sikeston scored only two points in the third quarter securing the Lady ‘Cats win!
Tyeshia Mitchell who tallied 16 points and 6 rebounds paced the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs. Erica Peet finished with a double-double scoring 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Special Note: The SEMO Conference By-Laws were changed back in April 2014 to allow a head-to-head tiebreaker in the event that two teams might have the exact same conference records. The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs had an undefeated conference record coming into Thursday night’s game and Dexter had one loss.
With the Lady ‘Cats win they could have been the sole champions; however Dexter did not play Poplar Bluff due to hazardous weather conditions therefore not completing a full conference schedule. A decision from Conference officials and athletic directors will be made soon.
Final Score Dexter 55, Sikeston 50
Dexter 16 11 14 14 - 55
Sikeston 7 20 2 17 - 15
Dexter (55) – Dakota Reynolds 8, Melanie McKuin 19, Cheyenne Mosby 2, Hannah Thurmon 2, Krysten Garrison 22, Harley Allen 2. FG 20, FT 13/22, F 24. (3-pointers: Reynolds 1, McKuin 1. Fouled Out: None).
Sikeston (50) – Dominique Roach 1, tyra Bonner 9, Zateanna Williams 1, Erica Peet 11, Arianna Beard 4, Miranda Harrison 8, Tyeshia Mitchell 16. FG 13, FT 21/31, F 22. (3-pointers: Bonner 1, Harrison 2. Fouled Out: None).
Dexter (15-9) is the #1 seeded in Class 4, District 1 and will begin play on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in Sikeston. They play the winner of the #4 Cape Central vs #5 Kennett game slated for 4:00 p.m. Monday at the Sikeston Fieldhouse.
#3 Notre Dame will play #6 Perryville at 5:30 p.m. with Sikeston playing the winner of that game on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Championship game is scheduled for Friday, March 6th at 6:00 p.m.
Photo provided by Daniel Byrd of Sikeston.
Jackson, Missouri – The Dexter Lady ‘Cats basketball team traveled to Jackson on Monday evening and were defeated by the Lady Indians by a score of 60 – 45.
Dexter came out strong in the first period leading the Indians. Jackson scored five unanswered points in the beginning of the second period to move ahead and lead the rest of the half. At the end of the first period Dexter lead by one point 9-8.
In the second quarter the Jackson Indians outscored Dexter putting them in contention for the win. At the half Jackson lead by four 17-13.
Krysten Garrison paced the Lady Cats with 13 points.
Melanie McKuin and Cheyenne Mosby each finished in double digits adding 11 points each to the scoreboard.
Garrison hit three treys and McKuin added one 3-pointer.
Dexter (14-9) will conclude their regular season on Thursday at Sikeston. The Lady ‘Cats are seeded first with Sikeston seeded second in the Class 4, District 1 Girls Basketball Tournament.
In junior varsity action the Lady Indians defeated Dexter 35-18. Cheyenne Mosby recorded 6 points for the Bearcats.
Final Score Jackson 60, Dexter 45
Dexter 9 13 17 6 - 45
Jackson 8 17 22 13 - 60
Columbia, Missouri – Ethan Steven, junior, at Dexter High School finished fourth at the 85th MSHSAA State Wrestling Tournament in Columbia on Saturday.
Stevens lost by fall (1:12) to Reed Springs junior Broden Lemaster in a championship quarterfinal on Friday. He went on to win by decision (6-4) against Owensville senior Christopher Dolles in a second-round wrestleback match late Friday.
On Saturday, Stevens won by decision (5-2) over Ste. Genevieve junior Wyatt Hahn in his third-round wrestleback match. Stevens then lost to Lemaster by decision (8-3) in the 170 lb weight class.
Ethan Stevens finishes his season with a record of 35-2.
"Ethan had a very good season finishing with a 35-2 record. Went into the State undefeated and lost to Jr. Broden Lemaster of Reeds Springs (38-3) twice, once in the quarterfinals matchup and then again in the 3rd/4th place match up," stated Dexter Wrestling Coach James Sneed.
"As the season progressed Ethan started to wrestle a little conservative, I don't know if it was the pressure of being undefeated or what, but when Ethan wrestles his match he is very hard to beat," continued Sneed. "Ethan has great hips and a very good wizzer that makes it almost impossible to score on him. Looking for him to take the next step as a Senior and be in the finals, I know that is his and my goal for him next year."
