Advance, Missouri – The Dexter Middle School 8th grade volleyball team ended their season winning the SCAA Volleyball Championship against the Bloomfield Wildcats on Tuesday evening in Advance.
The #1 seeded Lady Cats defeated #3 seeded Lady Wildcats 25-20, 25-20 for the 8th grade title.
Dexter finished their season with a record of 18-1.
Shown in the photo are the Lady Cats with their first-place plaque: #8 Kelby Hill, #9 Jerrica Porter, #10 Natalie Size, #12 Emily Smith, #14 Jayden Northcutt, #16 Maci McBride, #33 Anna Bishop, #18 Hallie Keathley, #19 Keirstan Keirsey, #20 Maycie Martin, #24 Rylee Allen, and #25 Chaylea Mosby.
Melissa Hahn and Kacey Christian coach Dexter.
Pictured below are the Bloomfield 8th grade volleyball team with their second-place plaque: #2 Laura Stickles, #13 Tyrah Hartle, #15 Creylee Huddleston, #16 Lillie Sherfield, #21 Lilly Warrick, #24 Bailey Below, #25 Haley Persfull, and #27 Sydney Mayo.
Sherilyn Long coaches Bloomfield.
Poplar Bluff, Missouri – The Dexter golf team took 7th place at the Poplar Bluff Invitation on Monday finishing with a team score of 342.
Ethan Stevens earned the low score for the Bearcats with a 78. Drake Mitchell finished with a score of 84. Gavin White had 83, River Chism 97, and Ethan Maul finished with a score of 97.
Poplar Bluff won the top spot with a team score of 300. Lafayette was second with a team score of 312, Notre Dame finished third with a score of 314.
View complete team and individual results below:
Team Scores: 1. Poplar Bluff 300; 2. Lafayette 312; 3. Notre Dame 314; 4. Parkway South 315; 5. Fox 331; 6. Jackson 333; 7. Dexter 342; 8. Cape Central 362; 9. Bloomfield 373; 10. Caruthersville 378; 11. Sikeston 384; 12. Advance 385; 13. Clearwater 388; 14. Kennett 393; 15. PB Maroon 407; 16. Doniphan 437; 17. Malden 463; 18. New Madrid Central 596.
Top Individual Scores (Par 71): 1. Nick Woolard, Poplar Bluff, 68; 2. Jack Litzelfelner, Notre Dame, 70; 3. Nathan Woolard, Poplar Bluff 74; 4. Brett Darland, Parkway South, 75; 5t. Drew Faust, Parkway South, 76; Riley Katsev, Lafayette, 76; Kobe Franklin, Cape Central, 76; 8t. Tyler Norton, Poplar Bluff, 77; Hunter Asher, Jackson, 77; Dillon Eaton, Lafayette, 77; Conrad Maloney, Lafayette, 77; Jonathan Bell, Notre Dame, 77.
Bloomfield’s Andrew Northern finished with a 91, Peyton Bell 84, Hunter Frymire 105, Sean Finney 96, and Justin Zink 102.
Bloomfield's Golf Team will play at home on Thursday against NMCC and Doniphan. Game time is 4:00 p.m.
Dexter's Golf Team will play Wednesday at home against Sikeston and Cape Central.
Jackson, Missouri – The Dexter High School Track and Field team participated in the Jackson High School Invitational on Saturday, April 11th.
The Dexter Bearcats Women’s track and field team finished 4th overall with 19 events being scored. Jackson earned first place in team rankings with Poplar Bluff second and Cape Central third.
MaKayla Waldner, a junior, at Dexter High School is having a great season. She broke a State record this weekend in the 300 Hurdles. She ran a 43.32. The previous record was 43.90.
Waldner also broke two school records and a meet record during Saturday’s Invitational.
She also broke the DHS record for both the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles and of course the Jackson Invitation Track Meet in the 300 meter hurdles. Congratulations on your State Record!!
Several athletes placed in the top 8 spots. Below are the results.
MaKayla Waldner, junior, 1st Place in Girls 100 Meter Dash
Amber Cage, freshman, 7th Place Girls 200 Meter Dash
Julia Hahn, junior, 6th place Girls 400 Meter Dash
Amber Cage, freshman, 8th Place Girls 400 Meter Dash
Kelsi Wood, senior, 6th Place Girls 800 Meter Run
Emily Ladd, freshman, 4th Place Girls 3200 Meter Run
MaKayla Waldner, junior, 2nd Place Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
MaKayla Waldner, junior, 1st Place Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
Amber Cage, Rhylan Hillis, Paige Moore, freshmen, and Julia Hahn, junior, 4th Place Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
Paige Moore, Amber Cage, freshmen, Emily Page, sophomore, and Julia Hahn, junior, 3rd Place Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
Hailey Anderson and Carly Dean, sophomores, Julia Hahn, junior, and Kelsi Wood, senior, 6th Place Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
Hailey Anderson and Carly Dean, sophomores, Kelsi Wood, senior, and Emily Ladd, freshman, 4th Place Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
Rhylan Hillis, freshman, 8th Place Girls High Jump
MaKayla Waldner, junior, 1st Place Girls Long Jump
Reagan Miller, sophomore, 8th Place Girls Triple Jump
Madelyn Webb, freshman, 5th Place Girls Shot Put
These young athletes were dressed in pink uniforms, pink whistles were used by the referees and the game is always played with a pink volleyball.
Volunteers manned the silent auction in the lobby area with wonderful donations from the community. Pink t-shirts were sold throughout the night with the Hits for Hope logo on the front.
The 18 FORE Life originated in 2000, when four friends got together an decided it would be fun to raise some money for a good cause by hosting a golf tournament. In 2002, love offerings were sent out for the first time to families all over Southeast Missouri battling cancer and in need of love, hope, and encouragement.
After losing Ben Kruse in 2004, the event grew into much more than a golf tournament. The phrase Celebrate/Give/Remember was coined and guided the efforts of organizers, sponsors, volunteers and golfers as hundred gathered for the 2005 event and over $100,000 was raised.
To date, 18 FORE Life has given away just over 1 million dollars in love offerings.
The 7th and 8th grade Lady 'Cats Volleyball Teams are proud to host the Hits for Hope game and with the community's support they promise to continue this game annually.
2015 Hits for Hope 8th Grade Lady Bearcats were Kelby Hill, Jerica Porter, Natalie Sitze, Emily Smith, Jayden Northcutt, Maci McBride, Anna Bishop, Hallie Keathley, Keirstan Keirsey, Maycie Martin, Rylee Allen, and Chaylea Mosby.
2015 Hits for Hope 7th Grade Lady Wildcats were Ryann Stroup, Hannah Jarrell, Natalie Powell, Eva Hester, Emily McGowin, Breanna Phillips, Shelby Sandage, Madison Cox, Sierra Gigaroa, and Natalie Cazee.
2015 Hits for Hope 8th Grade Lady Wildcats were Natalie Powell, Laura Stickles, Tyrah Hartle, Creylee Huddleston, Lillie Sherfield, Sydney Mayo, Lilly Warrick, Bailey Below, and Haley Persfull.
Dexter, Missouri – Blake Horton hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the second inning against Scott City to put the Bearcats back in the game after trailing by six.
Horton followed up with his second home run in the fourth inning with a two-run home run improving their run total to six, but Scott City still lead by four.
In the fifth inning the Bearcats propelled themselves to the top with a 10-10 tie on a three-run home run by Garrett Keathley.
Jason Jarrell slid at home plate scoring the winning run for the Bearcats.
Jason Mattison earned the win for the Bearcats.
Final Score Dexter 11, Scott City 10
Scott City 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 10 9 3
Dexter 0 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 - 11 9 3
WP – Jason Mattison, LP – Bryan McNeely, Multiple Hitters (SCC) Braden Cox 2-6, Trent Pobst 2-3, Tyler Rogers 3-4; (D) Colton Averett 2-4, Jason Jarrell 2-3, Blake Horton 2-3. 2B – (SCC) Braden Cox, Jordan Kluesner. HR (SCC) Trent Pobst, (D) Blake Horton 2, Garrett Keathley.
Dexter lost to Notre Dame 12-0 prior to the Scott City game. On Saturday, the Bearcats lost to Ste. Genevieve 14-3 and Perryville 2-1.
Dexter will be back in action on Monday, April 13th when they travel to Sikeston. Game time 4:00 p.m.