Dexter, Missouri - The Lady Cats of Dexter secured their second win of the season over Jackson 25-16, 25-21 on Thursday evening at the Bearcat Event Center.
Bailee Williams hit a ball over the next that could not be returned by any Lady Indian player securing their win in the second set.
“We don’t have time to call those,” commented Dexter’s head coach Carmen Morgan of Williams’ game=ending play. “She just sees it and does it. Bailee has a sense for what she can do when. She’s not afraid to do anything. She’s a very tenacious player.”
“We dug ourselves a little whole at the first of the match and came from behind and it’s always good for your team to know they can do that,” Morgan stated. “The second game we were out in front and then we hit a lull and stayed at 12 for a long time. We lost our concentration and focus a little. We stopped talking and the momentum definitely shifted, and in this game it was shift quickly. We called timeout and I said ‘we’ve got to get a pass to the setter and we’ve got to put the ball down.’ After that we got a pass and Krysten Garrison went up and put one on the spiking line, which will stop the momentum sometime.”
Garrison tallied six of her eight team-high kills in the second set. Hannah Thurmon added five kills. Both Thurmon and Garrison collected a pair of blocks.
Bailee Williams recorded a team-high seven assists. Garrison and Julia Hahn recorded five assists.
Brittany Brown led the Lady Cats with a team-high nine digs. Garrison and Williams added seven digs each and Hahn recorded six digs.
“We moved our block,” Morgan said of adjusting to Jackson’s hitting. ”We were standing behind our block some so our defense needed to get away because you don’t want to ever be behind your block. We got away from that.”
“What I told the girls is ‘we got some blocks, but blocking is still something we have got to work on and get batter at’, continued Morgan. “We are not closing our block like we need to. Once we start closing that block it is going to make a big difference because we will get some blocks and get some hands on some blocks. Our goal is for our blockers to get ahead on every ball so it slows it down for the defense.”
“Jackson is a good team,” Morgan said. “They dug up some balls, hit some balls and got to some balls. They are a very good team and it was good for us to get a win over them.”
The Lady Cats (2-0) will return to action on Monday, August 31st when they travel to Sikeston. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is #13 Lady Cats Krysten Garrison.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Lady Cats Tennis team traveled to Cape Central on Thursday afternoon securing their third win of the season. Dexter’s varsity team easily defeated the Lady Tigers 8-1.
Varsity Doubles
MaKayla Waldner/Lexi May beat Dai/Harding 8-2.
Macy Urhahn/Kalee Howard beat Grimm/Maxton 8-2.
Nicole Sells/Rachel Singh beat Uhls/Ustinov 8-5.
Varsity Singles
#1 MaKayla Waldner defeated Amy Dai 6-1, 6-2.
#2 Lexi May defeated Kate Harding 6-3, 6-2.
#3 Natalie Grimm defeated Macy Urhahn 2-6, 6-1, 10-4.
#4 Nicole Sells defeated Elizabeth Ustinov 6-0, 6-0
#5 Rachel Singh defeated Lauren Uhls 6-0, 6-1.
#6 Kalee Howard defeated Jordan Mexton 7-6(4), 1-6, 10-8.
In junior varsity action the Cape Central Tigers defeated the Lady Cats 5-3.
Junior Varsity Doubles
Reagan Miller/Morgan Aldridge (D) defeated Shelby Powers/Rachel Williams 6-1.
Holly Finnegan/Shelby Wilkerson (C) beat Abbie Dorton/Kirsten Teffertiller 6-1
Reagan Miller/Morgan Aldridge (D) beat Brooke Kimberly/Kennedy Davis 6-0.
Madeleine Baker/Shelby Norder (C) beat Abbie Dorton/Kirsten Teffertiller 6-4
Junior Varsity Singles
Kirsten Teffertiller (D) defeated Kennedy Davis 6-3.
The Dexter Bearcats (3-0) will be back in action on Monday when they travel to Poplar Bluff. Game time is 4:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is Dexter's Nicole Sells at an earlier match of the season.
Dexter, Missouri - The ShowMe Times is proud to highlight the outstanding performance of two Dexter Bearcat Football Athletes. Each week the ShowMe Times will choose two players – one offensive player an done defensive player who will be features as Players of the Week.
Leadership on the athletic field is often a good indicator of the future development of our young students and is a perfect training ground for future leaders.
This week was a tough decision as so many players contributed in ways that did not reflect on the stats sheet against Ste. Genevieve; however only two players were chosen.
The ShowMe Times is pleased to announce the Players of the Week are River Chism and Ben Sindle.
The Offensive Player of the Week is River Chism for Week #1 against the Ste. Genevieve Dragons. River had thee carries for 12 yards, but it earned him the most yards per carry rushing.
“River has come long very well,” stated head coach Justin Peden. “He has learned a new position in the past few weeks and has done a great job.”
River is a senior at Dexter High School and is the son of Rob and Michelle Chism.
The Defensive Player of the Week is Ben Sindle for Week #1 against the Ste. Genevieve Dragons. Ben intercepted a ball thrown by the Dragon’s Lalumadier with just over 3 minutes left in the third quarter.
"Ben is someone to watch on our team," commented Peden. "He is a competitor and works very hard. I can see his play getting better and better as the season progresses.
Ben is a sophomore at Dexter High School and the son of Darrell Sindle and Chris and Holly Bowman.
Congratulations to both of these two fine young men on their accomplishments.
The Bearcats will be back in action when they travel to Poplar Bluff to take on the Mules Friday, August 28th. Game time 7:00 p.m.
Dexter, Missouri - It proved true that cats don’t like water! The Malden Green Wave all but sank the JV Cats on Monday at Charles Bland Stadium. They defeated the Bearcats 42-6.
Green Wave scored three touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the game adding two more in the second quarter for a 34-0 lead at halftime.
Dexter scored their only touchdown in the 4th quarter with just 3:25 left in the game. Kris Rinehart ran the ball seven yards to put 6 points on the board.
Caleb Hoggard paced the Bearcats with eight carries for 48 yards. Kris Rinehart tallied four carries for 21 yards and Jett Featherston had seven carries for 23 yards.
Ben Sindle passed for 35 yards for the Bearcats. Braxton Foster caught a 21 yard pass and Jeff Featherston caught a 14 yard pass.
Final Score Malden 42, Dexter 6
Malden 22 12 8 10 - 42
Dexter 0 0 0 0 - 6
First Quarter – Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 38 yards to score with 8:31 left in the first quarter. (conversion good for 2) Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 56 yards for a touchdown with 4:02 left in the first quarter. (conversion failed) Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 23 yards for a touchdown with 52 seconds left in the first quarter. (conversion good for 2) 22-0 Malden
Second Quarter - Malden’s Tye Miller ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 35 left in the 2nd quarter (conversion failed). Malden’s Tye Miller ran 45 yards with 8 seconds left in the 2nd quarter (conversion failed). 34-0 Malden
Third Quarter – Tray Stevenson ran 54 yards for a touchdown with 3:16 left in the 3rd quarter (conversion good). 42-0 Malden
Fourth Quarter – Dexter’s Kris Rinehart ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 3:25 left in the game. (conversion failed) 42-6 Malden
The JV Bearcats will be back in action at Charles Bland Stadium when they host the Poplar Bluff JV Mules. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo Dexter Bearcat #44 Jett Featherston.
Dexter, Missouri - The junior varsity Lady Cats volleyball team came from behind in the third set to defeat the Kennett JV Indians 25-10, 20-25, 25-18 in their first game of the season.
“Coach Pulley has done an amazing job with those girls,” Morgan said of the JV team. “We’ve got some short little girls and we have also got two girls out.”
“One girl will be back on Thursday night and the other next week so once we get to add that in we have got three sophomores out on the floor and they will do a great job,” continued Morgan.
“Maci Daniels and Megan Trout have stepped up and provided so much leadership on the floor, and there is such an improvement in those girls from last year,” stated Morgan. “I think we will be OK, but we have some short girls and they hung in there and got the job done tonight!”
The JV Volleyball team (1-0) will be back in action on Thursday when they host Jackson at the Bearcat Event Center. Game time is 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is sophomore Megan Trout.
