Missouri - The Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association has released the latest volleyball state rankings.
Several southeast Missouri teams are state-ranked.
In Class 1 Bernie is ranked #10.
In Class 2 Valle Catholic is ranked #5 and Woodland is ranked #7.
In Class 3 Dexter came in as #10. Their only loss was to Helias Catholic, which placed #1 in the rankings. St. Pius ranked 2nd and St. Francis Borgia ranked #3.
Class 1
1. St. Vincent, 2. Santa Fe, 3. Winona, 4. Osceola, 5. New Haven, 6. School of the Ozarks, 7. Green Ridge, 8. Bismarck, 9. Lesterville, 10. Bernie
Other teams considered: Advance
Class 2
1. Mountain View Liberty, 2. Strafford, 3. Lutheran St. Charles, 4. Jefferson, 5. Valle Catholic, 6. Bishop Le Blond, 7. Woodland, 8. St. Paul Lutheran, 9. Hermann, 10. Fatima
Other teams considered: Cole Camp
Class 3
1. Helias Catholic, 2. St. Pius X Festus, 3. St. Francis Borgia, 4. Bishop DuBourg, 5. Villa Duchesne, 6. Pleasant Hill, 7. Lutheran South, 8. Duchesne, 9. Mt. Vernon, 10. Dexter
Other teams considered: St. Pius X Kansas City, Cape Notre Dame, Perryville
Class 4
1. Blue Springs, 2. Nixa, 3. St. Joseph Academy, 4. Lee's Summit North, 5. Lafayette STL, 6. Cor Jesu, 7. Glendale, 8. Ozark, 9. St. Teresa Academy, 10. Francis Howell & Oak Park (Tie)
Other teams considered: Kickapoo, Nerinx Hall, Carl Junction, Carthage, Truman, Lee's Summit West
Brett Pollock came in 2nd with a time of 10:06 in the one and a half mile course. He is the son of Dan and Monta Pollock.
"It was good to win," commented Pollock. "I thought I was farther back maybe 15th or so. Didn't know I was in 2nd!"
Madelyn Haynes finished 5th at the Jackson meeting earning herself a medal. She is the daughter of David and Carrie Haynes.
"I am the only girl on the Cross Country team," Haynes said after being prompted by Ellinghouse. "It felt good to win a medal and be the first girl to win."
Andrew Ellinghouse is the son of Dave and Amy Ellinghouse and earned a medal for 10th place.
"I thought I was way back too and didn't know I was in 10th until I finished the meet," stated Ellinghouse. "I was glad to beat some of the Jackson kids and the Cape kids. They always place well and I just wanted to beat them."
"Congratulations to Brett, Andrew, and Madelyn for earning their first medal at our first ever cross country competition," stated head cross country coach Leonard Morse. "We traveled to the Jackson Invitational on Tuesday."
"Brett finished 2nd and Andrew finished 10th in the seventh grade boys' race. Madelyn finished 5th in the seventh grade girls' race," continued Morse.
The DMS Bearcats will travel to Arcadia Valley Invitational in Ironton on Saturday. The boys run at 9:15 a.m. and the girls run at 9:35 a.m. These athletes work hard and have a long trip as they get on the bus at 6:00 a.m. Saturday morning. That's true dedication to the sport!
Way to go Andrew, Brett and Madelyn on your inaugural medals of the first ever Cross Country Meet!!
Under the leadership of Coach Leonard Morse, the team will compete against some of the best cross country runners in the state.
"We looked at it as we needed a feeder program because if we don't get the runners until they are sophomores they are already three years behind," Coach Morse said. "The top schools in our district are running in the seventh grade and have middle school programs in place so we needed a feeder program."
Back L to R: Cole Barker, Colby Musgrave, Logan Wyman, Carson Bell, Brett Pollock
Front L to R: Wyatt Parker, Ethan Kirkley, Madelyn Haynes, Gavin Cartwright, Andrew Ellinghouse, Rider Boles
Not Pictured: Margo Nea, Sahara Schaefer, and Brandon Mooneyhan.
Dexter Middle School Cross Country team will travel to Arcadia Valley on Saturday.
Photo by Michelle Cannon.
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 several athletes contributed to the successful win over the Charleston Bluejays; however only two players were chosen.
The ShowMe Times is pleased to announce the Players of the Week are Ethan Stevens and Corbin Strong.
The Offensive Player of the Week for a second week in a row is #7 Ethan Stevens. Ethan ran up the middle for 61-yard touchdown in the first few seconds of the game. He then scored a 17-yard touchdown, a 12-yard touchdown, 23-yard touchdown, and another 12-yard touchdown and passed to Austin Chesser for a 38-yard touchdown.
Ethan had 8 carries for 167 yards; average of 20.0 yards per carry. He completed three passes for 122 yards; his longest a 53-yarder.
Ethan also had three total tackles including two tackle assists.
“Ethan had an amazing game,” commented head coach Justin Peden. “Almost three hundred yards of offense and five touchdowns. It speaks to the time he put in this summer and the time he spends studying film. I am very proud of him.”
The Defensive Player of the Week is #31 Corbin Strong.
Corbin had 12 tackles and 1 tackle assist during the game against Charleston. He had two sacks for a loss of 12 yards.
Corbin is a freshman at Dexter High School and well on his way to a great high school career in football.
“For a freshman to have 13 tackles in a game is amazing,” continued Peden. “Corbin is a great young man who has an extremely bright future in football.”
Congratulations to both of these two fine young men on their accomplishments.
The Bearcats will be back in action when they take on Sikeston on Friday, September 11, 2015 at Charles Bland Stadium. Game time 7:00 p.m.
"I could tell it was our third day in a row playing in this heat," commented head tennis coach Kurt Lovelady. "As I thought, Poplar Bluff came out playing a little different than they did on Monday and we ended up having some closer matches. I think they girls adjusted well though and fought hard for the matches we got."
VARSITY SINGLES
No. 1 - MaKayla Waldner (D) def. Elizabeth Irene Bottorff 8-1
No. 2 - Lexi May (D) def. Nikkia Hickman 8-4
No. 3 - Stephanie Hobbs (PB) def. Macy Urhahn 8-7 (7-5)
No. 4 - Rachel Singh (D) def. Jazlyn Barnes 8-2
No. 5 - Nicole Sells (D) def. Sydney Miller 8-0
No. 6 - Reagan Miller (D) def. Kailee Kanell 8-1
VARSITY DOUBLES
No. 1 - Waldner-Urhahn (D) def. Bottorff-Hobbs 8-2
No. 2 - May-Miller (D) def. Hickman-Barnes 8-1
No. 3 - Singh-Sells (D) def. Barnes-Miller 8-2
JUNIOR VARSITY SINGLES
No. 1 - Kaitlyn Paige Lloyd (PB) def. Kalee Howard 6-4
No. 2 - Morgan Aldridge (D) def. Rebeccah Lynn Palmer 6-2
No. 3 - Abbie Dorton (D) def. Jasmine Anna Ward 8-7 (7-3)
No. 4 - Ashley Parsons (PB) def. Malia Cook 6-4
No. 5 - Emily Williams (PB) def. Kirsten Teffertiller 6-5 (7-3)
No. 6 - Hannah Bien (D) def. Kayla Jean Zachary 6-1
JUNIOR VARSITY DOUBLES
No. 1 - Howard-Aldridge (D) def. Lloyd-Palmer 6-1
No. 2 - Ward-Williams (PB) def. Dorton-Teffertiller 6-3
No. 3 - Teffertiller-Bien (D) def. Parsons-Zachary 6-3
The JV won five of their nine matches improving their record to 4-2.
